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Racing Returns Down Under & Pidcock Skips Tour de France | LRCP Weekly #1
Season 6, Ep. 6
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In the first weekly show of 2025 Patrick Broe and Benji Naesen are live from Australia, they discuss the latest news in the world of cycling and go over the races Down Under.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Women’s Santos Tour Down Under recap
04:30 Villawood Crit recap
09:20 Vingegaard announces his 2025 schedule
12:37 Tom Pidcock skips Tour de France
13:50 Lidl-Trek sprinters Grand Tour schedules
16:13 UCI suspends DS and Team Manager
24:35 Santos Tour Down Under Preview
45:18 Outro
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