Share

cover art for Rouleur Conversations - Racing tech, Sophie Smith and Tour De France Preview

The Rouleur Podcast

Rouleur Conversations - Racing tech, Sophie Smith and Tour De France Preview

It's nearly July and for cycling fans that means only one thing - days glued to screens, or standing at the roadside, as the greatest sporting show on earth rolls through the French countryside. And, this year, Denmark. Rouleur editor Ed Pickering and veteran Tour photojournalist James Startt look ahead to the Copenhagen Grand Depart. Team DSM's technical wizard Piet Rooijakkers tells us how he manages the technology and tactics for 500 races each year, working alongside partners like Shimano and Scott. And Australian journalist Sophie Smith, author of new book 'Pain and Privilege', talks about her 'addiction' to the Tour, and 'fat shaming' in the pro peloton.

Can anyone beat Pogačar and Roglič? It's the Tour - anything can happen.

More episodes

View all episodes

  • Rouleur Conversations: Matej Mohoric at Rouleur Live 2023

    30:57|
    As we approach Rouleur Live 2024, which is going to be our biggest and best ever, we present the stage interview Matt Stephens did with Tour stage winner, world gravel champion and Milan-Sanremo champion Matej Mohorič at last year's Rouleur Live.To buy tickets, go to rouleur.cc and click on the 'Rouleur Live' link at the top.
  • Rouleur Conversations: the Landscape Edition

    51:23|
    Rouleur 130: Landscape is now landing with subscribers and available to buy at rouleur.cc. Editor Edward Pickering and photojournalist James Startt discuss some of the features, including our exclusive interviews with Matteo Jorgenson and Alice Wood, plus rides in the Austrian Tyrol, Italian Alps, Alicante and Flanders.To subscribe, go to rouleur.cc/subscribe. The podcast details how to get a 15 per cent discount off the regular price.Tickets for Rouleur Live 2024 are here: https://www.rouleur.cc/pages/rouleur-live
  • Rouleur Conversations: Lizzie Deignan, Elisa Longo Borghini and Alison Jackson at Rouleur LIVE

    44:58|
    Rouleur LIVE has become renowned as the off-season bash for the cycling industry, featuring talks with the sport's biggest names, exhibits from the biggest brands, and a passionate and knowledgeable audience and public (that's you). The 2024 edition will be our biggest and best ever, taking place at London's Truman Brewery between November 14-16 and featuring special guests like Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, Fabio Aru and Alejandro Valverde.To whet our listeners' appetites for Rouleur LIVE 2024, we're running some recordings of our stage shows from 2023. The first is a three-way conversation between the first three winners of Paris-Roubaix Femmes – Lizzie Deignan, Elisa Longo Borghini and Alison Jackson, a fascinating chat which conveys their very different characters, but also the bond that they share as the queens of the Queen of Classics.To buy tickets for Rouleur LIVE 2024, go to rouleur.cc and click on 'Rouleur Live' at the top of the page.
  • Rouleur Conversations: Laura Laker on Potholes, Pavements and Britain's National Cycling Network

    41:48|
    Rouleur editor Edward Pickering interviews cycling and active travel journalist Laura Laker about her excellent new book Potholes & Pavements: a Bumpy Ride on Britain's National Cycling Network.
  • 5. Beyond the Bike: Kasia Niewiadoma on persistence, body image and finding her escape

    52:09||Season 1, Ep. 5
    The stories and people within cycling are the sport's real asset. As bike racing grows each year, the gap between the riders and fans only getting bigger – Beyond the Bike is here to close that circle. There's a lot more to know about professional bike riders than you might think. Canyon//SRAM's Kasia Niewiadoma spent five years of her career chasing a victory. After countless podiums, she finally got the big win at La Flèche Wallonne in April this season and the success was a product of hard work, determination and grit. The Polish rider believes that that her ability to never give up on her dreams comes from her honest and humble beginnings, as well as the long and tough journey she's embarked on to make it to the top of the sport.
  • Rouleur Conversations: Tour de France 2024 wrap

    34:26|
    Rouleur editor Edward Pickering and photojournalist James Startt convene in Nice to discuss the big stories of the 2024 Tour de France.
  • Rouleur Conversations: 2024 Tour de France week 2 review

    38:42|
    Rouleur editor Edward Pickering and photojournalist James Startt discuss the second week of the 2024 Tour de France
  • Rouleur Conversations: Tour de France 2024, week 1 review

    36:13|
    Edward Pickering is joined by James Startt and Rachel Jary, Rouleur's reporters on the ground at the Tour de France, to catch up on the racing, the culture, the landscape and the food and wine.
  • 4. Beyond the Bike: Magnus Cort on hiking Kilimanjaro, moustaches and the best hotel rooms

    37:39||Season 1, Ep. 4
    The stories and people within cycling are the sport's real asset. As bike racing grows each year, the gap between the riders and fans only getting bigger – Beyond the Bike is here to close that circle. There's a lot more to know about professional bike riders than you might think.Growing up on a the small Danish island of Bornholm, known for its clifftop ruins, coastal views and vast forest, Magnus Cort was always going to feel at home in nature. In episode two of Beyond the Bike, he is open about his love for exploring and how that has impacted his journey in cycling to becoming one of the few riders to have stage wins in all three Grand Tours.