Cycling Legends Podcast

The shortest day doesn't mean the shortest podcast as Gary ruminates over Project Demi, the Big Three (minus one)'s cyclocross programmes for 24/25, the Vuelta's 90th anniversary and remembers the Emperor of Herantals, Rik Van Looy.Plus: WIN a copy of Chris Sidwells' splendid new book Cycling Legends 03: Jacques Anquetil - The Man Behind the Mask.An Audience with the EmperorPodcast - https://shows.acast.com/cycling-legends/episodes/feature-an-audience-with-the-emperorLong Read - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/blogs/long-reads/an-audience-with-the-emperorGet in touch/competition entriesDrop 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?WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/

Continuing our look back over the Cycling Legends archives, Chris chatted to John Galloway in 2021 about the origins and history of an aspect of cycling that was once huge but has become less common in recent years: Six-Day racing.Read!The Tiny Bowl - Inside Ghent’s legendary velodrome 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?WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/

Rapha’s new chamois cream is no soothing ointment for the litany of injuries and surgeries talked about this episode, but it gave us the perfect excuse for schoolboy sniggering. In more serious matters we talk Pidcock, Pogacar and postal vans.RecommendationsThe Amateurs - David Halberstam https://amzn.eu/d/c6jKYSMFeel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/feel-better-live-more-with-dr-rangan-chatterjee/id1333552422Next Time Around - Noble Jacks featuring Elles Bailey https://youtu.be/BNphqX6RDL0?si=TNOyHEoG1g9e9cOf https://noblejacks.com/homeGet 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?Shameless plugCycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil

As well as being a four-time French National Champion, Jean Stablinski won the 1958 Vuelta a España and was World Road Race Champion in 1962. But he is perhaps better known as a super domestique and, notably, one of Jacques Anquetil’s lieutenants between 1958 and 1967.Celebrating the publication of Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil, we’ve raided the Cycling Legends archives to bring you one of our earliest features shows which was previously only available to paying subscribers. So here are John Galloway and Chris Sidwells chatting about the career of “Monsieur France”.Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil

Jacques Anquetil is one of the all-time greats. The first five-time Tour de France winner, the first to repeat Fausto Coppi’s Giro d’Italia-Tour double, the ultimate time triallist – a great champion but a mystery as a man.Anquetil was never what he seemed, and in the latest book in the Cycling Legends series, Chris Sidwells lifts the lid on the man as well as the sporting icon that was Jacques Anquetil. Chris sat down with Gary to chat about the man, the myth and - of course - the book.Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil

Chris, David and Gary reconvene to find at least something bike-related in the bleak off-season. Is Tom Pidcock half as good as he thinks he is? How come Demi Vollering only has a 2-year contract at FDJ-SUEZ? And what was policing really like in the 1980s and 1990s? Haste ye back, Het Nieuwsblad!RecommendationsWhy Your Bike is Made in Asia - Bill McGann https://a.co/d/fifNfK1Bill McGann chats to Ben Delaney on The Ride podcast https://youtu.be/FpjB2k481_E?si=huxQA33k7aOVY6p6Enfant Terrible - David Le Grys https://www.legrostrainingcamp.com/book/Still True - Maggie Ginsberg https://maggieginsberg.com/still-true-novel/

As both the Tour and the Tour de France Femmes routes are announced, British telly viewers wake up to the news that they're going to have to cough up for their annual dose of yellow jersey fever from 2026. This plus Demi Vollering adds animal welfare to her palmares and the guys inadvertently promote responsible and safe doping. Just say 'no', kids, unless you've under the supervision of a suitably qualified medical practitioner.RecommendationsBikeFarmer (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@bkefrmrNed Boulting - 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession - https://amzn.eu/d/jbs8yuvEckhart Tolle - The Power of Now - https://amzn.eu/d/bZIHqKzOther stuffMichael Hernandez punch up - https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/salt-lake-criterium-culminates-with-fist-fight-between-two-ridersDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

As the end-of-season devil makes work for idle podcasters, David, Chris and Gary ponder whether it's time for British Cycling to take a leaf out of the England football team's book and get Johnny Foreigner in to sort stuff out? This plus Track Worlds snippets, how to wind up the the World Tour in style and taking in the tragic news from Sir Chris Hoy.RecommendationsThe new look Cycling Legends website - https://www.cyclinglegends.co.ukFumpa Pumps - https://www.fumpapumps.co.uk and https://www.fumpapumps.co.ukTakeaway Thieves - https://www.takeawaythieves.com/Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!