{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/dba8f56e-cd21-4164-a184-2397b4784ead/1d2c32c8-aa7e-4601-89c5-454a2a7f0ec7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Rouleur Longreads Podcast: Slovenia","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60edc0aa8a822b6646c6cd76/60edc0d545e7b6001ada7bf0.png?height=200","description":"<p><em>“You peer at this gleaming canvas of countries and you can see that the paint is still wet.” - Kwame Anthony Appiah, The Lies That Bind</em></p><p><br></p><p>With Slovenian riders on the cusp of achieving an historic one-two at the Tour de France, we revisit our 2019 exploration into how a country less than thirty years old, the size of Wales and home to barely two million inhabitants, has risen to the status of cycling superpower. Seemingly overnight.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Rouleur Longreads Podcast brings you selected long form articles from the magazine, especially recorded for Rouleur. Don’t stop what you’re doing – do it while listening to the world’s best cycling writing.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>The latest in this series is ‘Slovenia’ by Nick Christian, from Rouleur 19.5. Download the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/rouleur/id480114825\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rouleur app</a>&nbsp;and use the code SLOVENIA to read the whole issue free of charge.</p><p><em>﻿</em></p>","author_name":"Rouleur Magazine"}