Cycling Legends Podcast

Cycling moves from Flanders via Roubaix to the Ardennes as the team pick over the bones of another breathless few weeks of racing. Plus: we look back at some of the tech from Paris-Roubaix; could it also be the end of the rear wheel as we know it (?); why so meagre pickings for the winners of bike races and we remember Barry Hoban, trailblazer, legend and friend, who passed away this week.Photo: Team Garmin-Transitions feed zone during stage 4 of the 2010 Tour de France, from Cambrai to Reims. David Millar takes his musette from soigneur Alyssa Morahan. Millar's team mate Julian Dean would narrowly miss out on the win, closing rapidly in the final but finishing second to Lampre's Alessandro Petacchi. The win was Petacchi's second of only 2 stage victories that year which would help him to winning the overall points classification, despite HTC Columbia’s Mark Cavendish winning 5. (Credit: Garmin-Transitions via Flickr)Recommendations/LinksBarry Hoban - Our Obituary https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/blogs/long-reads/barry-hoban-our-obituaryThe Backpedal -Cillian Kelly https://substack.com/@cilliankelly?r=nsm6y&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profileTom Simpson Cycling Festival, 7-14 September 2025 https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/pages/tom-simpson-cycling-festivalFasten Switch wheel system https://youtu.be/2fNxa_dNIU4?si=rLXV6KXwY83UGPNpSimpson-Nouvelles Cycling https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/Tales from the Team Car podcast - https://shows.acast.com/tales-from-the-team-carGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1

Barry Hoban raced Paris-Roubaix no fewer than eight times between 1964 and 1974, becoming the first British rider to finish on the podium in 1972.In this interview from 2022, Chris Sidwells talks to Barry about his very first encounter with the Queen of the Classics.You can read all about Barry’s career in his autobiography,Vas y Barry, available again exclusively from the Cycling Legends store at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/vas-y-barryGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1

O, Holy Week! David, Chris and Gary are briefly rendered speechless as they look back on the weekend’s Rondes Van Vlaanderen. The guys also cast an eye towards Paris-Roubaix and ponder what it takes to win a cobbled Classic. Big love goes to Wout Van Aert and Primoz Roglic plus news from the Simpson-Nouvelles team whose formal launch took place at Herne Hill Velodrome last week.Photo: Dutch rider Henk Faanhof taking his feed as the race’s opening stage of the 1954 Tour de France passes through Rotterdam on its way from Amsterdam to Brasschaat, the first time that the Grand Depart had ever taken place outside France. Faanhof would take his only Tour stage win 8 days later on the 343km run from Angers to Bordeaux. (Credit: BNA Photographic/Alamy)Recommendations/LinksStyrkr Products -https://styrkr.com/Lux Readers - https://luxreaders.co.uk/Brian Grazer - “A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life” - https://amzn.eu/d/64BNtl4“Cycling Legends 04 - Flandriens” - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-04-flandriens-by-chris-sidwells“My PrP Injections” - David’s Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/dstanley/p/my-prp-injections?r=nsm6y&utm_medium=iosSimpson-Nouvelles Cycling https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/Tales from the Team Car podcast - https://shows.acast.com/tales-from-the-team-carGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1

In a busy month for British Cycling, Gary caught up with Chief Executive Jon Dutton to talk about the Grand Departs for both the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes in 2027 and British Cycling's newly-launched strategy that will take the governing body and the sport in the UK into 2029.You can learning more about British Cycling's strategy at https://cloud.britishcycling.org.uk/article/our-strategy-2025Get in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/

It’s Openinsgsweekend so it stands to reason that we’re team talking about doping in shinty and ballroom dancing. Talk does eventually turn to both Omloopen Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, plus more world records on the track, the return of a famous sponsor to cycling and a possible return to the UK for the Tour de France in 2027.Recommendations/LinksThe Mountain Races - https://www.themountainraces.cc/Ride of Silence http://www.rideofsilence.org/main.phpAeropress Flow Control Filter https://aeropress.com/products/aeropress-flow-control-filter-capStill Game - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80073432?s=i&trkid=0&vlang=enPeter Sagan can really move! https://youtube.com/shorts/IJaPhMcL7AQ?si=Us-YVYStDxsfGoiKPhoto: Andy Hampsten in pink and much better weather, taking a musette from another Cycling Legends guest, Shelley Verses on his way to his historic 1988 Giro d’Italia win. Credit - unknown.Get in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1

In the 1980s, men's pro cycling was a closed-door to women, unless you were a podium girl, of course. In 1985, a 25 year-old from Connecticut changed all that.Chris Sidwell chats to pro cycling's first female soigneur, Shelley Verses. In this hour-long interview from 2023 Shelley, who worked with 7-Eleven, La Vie Claire, Toshiba, TVM and Saturn, talks about learning the ropes and becoming accepted in the macho world of the men's peloton and supporting some of the best riders in the world.Photo: Offside/L’EquipeGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/

Chris and David are joined by Erin Avill as we announce this season's line-up with some new faces and new flags join the team for 2025.Erin also reflects on the learning-curve that was 2024 and looks ahead to the forthcoming season with Britain's most exciting women's U23 elite team.Supporters ClubSign up for news and pre-order Simpsons-Nouvelles merch at https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-club-%26-merchYou can also join the Club for as little as £10 and help support the development of women’s U23 cycling. https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-supporters-club-to-assist-young-talented-female-cyclistsGet on board!Is your business interested in sponsoring Britain's most exciting U23 elite women's team? Drop Chris Sidwells a line at chris@cyclinglegends.co.ukGet in touch!Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Get Online!www.nouvellescycling.co.ukwww.cyclinglegends.co.uk

Theo de Rooij won 14 races in a professional career that spanned the decade from 1980 to 1990. Having ridden with the Panasonic team between 1984-1990, he then became a DS on the team for 4 seasons before joining Rabobank in 1996. He resigned from the Dutch team at the end of 2007.Theo spoke to Chris Sidwells in 2023 about his career, riding behind the Iron Curtain and riding under – and then working for - the legendary Peter Post. He also found time to recreate his famous interview from the finish of the 1985 Paris-Roubaix!Get in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/