Cycling Legends Podcast

Ho, Ho and thrice Ho! It’s our 25th Feed Zone of the year to ring in the 25th day and all it entails. Our 3 unwise men are visited by a spirit of Feed Zones past, the Packfiller’s very own Patrick Bulger to chat about:What pro kit is on our Santa listsHighlights and lowlights of 2025Our hopes for the new seasonBest (and worst) of the new kits; andDid you ever get a bike for Christmas?All in your bumper Christmas and New Year double issue Feed Zone from Cycling Legends Media!You can check out Packfiller - the world’s longest running cycling podcast* - LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm Pacific at https://youtube.com/@packfiller?si=1h0OvHzaWRra3mwd*PossiblyRecommendationsConcept2 ERG Rower - https://www.concept2.co.uk/ or https://www.concept2.com/‘Shot Ready’ - Stephen Curry - https://amzn.eu/d/92qKpL3 or https://a.co/d/2Zxqc5nGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! Whether it’s your best of/worst of 2025 or just general bike chat, 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 @cyclinglegends1Webhttps://www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

Luca Kuhn launched her eponymous women’s cycling apparel brand in 2023 and from the 2026 season we are delighted to say that Luca will be kitting out Simpson Nouvelles Cycling. Luca sat down with Chris Sidwells and Simpson Nouvelles team owner and manager David Walters to talk about her journey, building communities for women cyclists and supporting Simpson Nouvelles from next year.Music: “Starry Eyes” by A Month of Sleep, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.Luca’s cycling apparel fuses cutting-edge materials with understated, performance-driven design. Extensively researched and engineered for women in both road cycling and spinning, Luca empower women to ride without limits. Check out the range at https://www.rideluca.com/Supporters ClubYou can join the Club for as little as £10 and help support the development of women’s U23 cycling. https://www.nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-clubMerchShow your support with some of our merch. As seen at races throughout 2025! Sign up for news and order Simpsons-Nouvelles merch at https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/merchGet on board!Is your business interested in partnering with Britain's only U23 elite women's team? Drop Chris Sidwells a line at chris@cyclinglegends.co.ukGet on line!Website www.nouvellescycling.co.ukFacebook https://www.facebook.com/NouvellesCycling?Instagram https://www.instagram.com/NouvellesCycling

Hot on the heels of the last episode announcing the Simpson Nouvelles 2026 line-up, David and Chris chat to a rider who, as well looking ahead to next season in the road, is currently causing a stir in domestic and European cyclocross. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Freya Whiteside!📸 Freya on her way to 5th overall and 3rd in the U23 category during Round 4 of the Lloyds Cyclo-cross National Trophy Series 2025/26 at Sandwell Valley Country Park in November 2025. (Andy Smith Photography https://www.andysmithphotography.co.uk/)Music: “Starry Eyes” by A Month of Sleep, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.Supporters ClubYou can join the Club for as little as £10 and help support the development of women’s U23 cycling. https://www.nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-clubMerchShow your support with some of our merch. As seen at races throughout 2025! Sign up for news and order Simpsons-Nouvelles merch at https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/merchGet on board!Is your business interested in partnering with Britain's only U23 elite women's team? Drop Chris Sidwells a line at chris@cyclinglegends.co.ukGet on line!Website www.nouvellescycling.co.ukFacebook https://www.facebook.com/NouvellesCycling?Instagram https://www.instagram.com/NouvellesCycling

Just to prove that it’s not just good things that you can have too much of, an impromptu Feed Zone takes to the ether barely a week after the last one. A new points system from the UCI, Wout Van Aert and news from Simpson Nouvelles Cycling are but three of the topics on the agenda as we try (and fail) to keep to time.Plus, get your nominations in for your favourites of the year. What was your cycling moment of 2025? Who was your hero, villain, favourite race, whatever? Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com and we’ll throw it in the mix in our Christmas Special on 21 December!📸 Lucinda Brand’s win at this weekend’s World Cup in Terralba was her 52nd consecutive cyclocross podium, overtaking Marianne Vos’ previous record. But Brand is no slouch on the road either, with no fewer than 28 pro wins on narrow tyres. She’s seen here launching the attack that would earn her the very top spot on Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium in 2017. (Credit: LC/Tim De Waele/Corbis)RecommendationsCycling Legends 4 for £60 while stocks last!! https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/collections/cycling-legends-illustrated-booksGood Bye, Paul Sherwen, and Thanks https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/commentary/stanley-david/2018/2018-Paul-Sherwen-Goodbye.htmlFun While it Lasted (Live) - Massive Wagons https://youtu.be/6nYXyd7z6YA?si=eDWE4-5w7Oc5JmQLGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! Whether it’s your best of/worst of 2025 or just general bike chat, 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 @cyclinglegends1Webhttps://www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

David Walters talks to Chris Sidwells as he announces the Simpson Nouvelles line-up for 2026 and plans for the new season. Music: “Starry Eyes” by A Month of Sleep, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.Supporters ClubYou can join the Club for as little as £10 and help support the development of women’s U23 cycling. https://www.nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-clubMerchShow your support with some of our merch. As seen at races throughout 2025! Sign up for news and order Simpsons-Nouvelles merch at https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/merchGet on board!Is your business interested in partnering with Britain's only U23 elite women's team? Drop Chris Sidwells a line at chris@cyclinglegends.co.ukGet on line!Website www.nouvellescycling.co.ukFacebook https://www.facebook.com/NouvellesCycling?Instagram https://www.instagram.com/NouvellesCycling

The pros might now be returning to their training regimes but there’s no off-season for the Feed Zone. Obviously there’s plenty of off-topic but in our more lucid moments we talk about the new American pro team run by George Hincapie and ask whether we should let bygones be bygones or is is “once a doper, always a doper”? We also look forward to seeing Africa’s first UCI women’s team take to the stage in 2026, plus there’s other new team chat, World Cup cyclocross and we raise a glass to pro cycling’s latest newly-weds. Just not as big a glass as Fernando Gaviria apparently does tho’. The new Feed Zone: enjoy responsibly.📸 30 January 1966: the familar sight of Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor going head to head, but in a most unfamiliar setting at the Fontenay sous Bois cyclocross. The race itself was quite remarkable and not just for having two Tour de France legends competing. First run in 1961, Fontenay sous Bois, near Paris, was an "American-style" ‘cross race with riders competing in pairs, each riding alternate laps. Each team was made up of a cyclocross specialist and a routier, or all-rounder. Paired with Jean Graczyk, it would be Poulidor who prevailed over his great road rival, with Maître Jacques finishing third, riding with Jean Stablinski. (Credit: Le Parisien Libéré)RecommendationsLuke Rowe “Road Captain - My Life at the Heart of the Peloton” - https://amzn.eu/d/0RI0JqlLUCA Premium women’s cycling and spin wear - https://www.rideluca.com/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 @cyclinglegends1Webhttps://www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

Crits, kermesse, cyclocross and cowbells! It’s been a busy second season at Simpson-Nouvelles, with the team juggling UK and Belgian commitments. Team manager and owner David Walters talks to Chris Sidwells about the ups and downs of the year while preparing to do it all again in 2026.Music: “Starry Eyes” by A Month of Sleep, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.Supporters ClubYou can join the Club for as little as £10 and help support the development of women’s U23 cycling. https://www.nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-clubMerchShow your support with some of our merch. As seen at races throughout 2025! Sign up for news and order Simpsons-Nouvelles merch at https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/merchGet on board!Is your business interested in partnering with Britain's only U23 elite women's team? Drop Chris Sidwells a line at chris@cyclinglegends.co.ukGet on line!Website www.nouvellescycling.co.ukFacebook https://www.facebook.com/NouvellesCycling?Instagram https://www.instagram.com/NouvellesCycling

Lord have mercy! It’s the vice episode! Drugs are back, tell a friend. Or at least biological passport anomalies are back. Is illegal betting the next bad thing for pro cycling? We wouldn’t bet against it (badoom-tsh!). Plus six-day racing, Euro cyclocross and recommendations to generally make your life better.📸 The end of the road season historically meant the end of regular earnings for a few months, so many riders headed to the velodrome and the lucrative six-day circuit. Patrick Sercu was the greatest six-day rider of all time, winning no fewer than 88 times in a track career that spanned 3 decades and saw him amass over 1000 victories on the boards. These also included an Olympic gold in Tokyo in 1964 and 2 professional World Championships in 1967 and 1969. Sercu was no slouch on the road either, winning 6 Tour de France stages (including the Green Jersey in 1974) and 13 stage wins in the Giro d’Italia. Here we see him at the Rotterdam Six in 1976, taking a slingshot from that other rider who was no slouch on the boards, long-term six-day partner and fellow Belgian, Eddy Merckx. (Credit: Rob Mieremet/Anefo/National Archive of the Netherlands)RecommendationsAKT London - Get 15% off with Gary’s shameless link https://aktlondon.refr.cc/refer-a-friend/u/garyfairley73?s=sp&t=cpYoga with Adriene - https://youtube.com/@yogawithadriene?si=7VpbBEyTSKSIdWurThe Dr Ida Rolf Institute - https://rolf.org/rolfing.phpGet 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 @cyclinglegends1Webhttps://www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

Sans or Avec Zwift? That is the question. Chris, David and Gary are already looking forward to next July and August after the routes of both Tours de France are announced. Ventoux, Col d’Eze, Montjuic and Le Markstein are but some of the names whetting the collective appetite with only 8 months until both Grand Departs.The team also look back at the World Track Championships that concluded at the weekend in Santiago, with varying successes for their respective nations, and look even further back to Eddy Merckx’s legendary Hour in Mexico City. Plus ‘cross is back and just what is it with the Brits and hill climbing? (We’re not sure either.)📸 This past week saw the glitzy presentation of the routes of the 2026 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. But the race wasn’t always announced with such razzmatazz and it wasn’t until Jean Marie LeBlanc’s stewardship of the race in the 1990s that each year’s route was announced with anything more than a press conference. Indeed, the inaugural edition of the world’s most famous bike race was announced to the world on 19 January 1903 in a single column in L’Auto. (Credit: unknown/via lefrancophille.com)RecommendationsA House of Dynamite (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81744537?s=i&trkid=283039074&vlang=en&trg=cp“Prisoners of Geography” - Tim Marshall https://amzn.eu/d/fItw2i7Get 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 @cyclinglegends1Webhttps://www.cyclinglegends.co.uk