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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Podcast recorded a few hours before INEOS‘s Caleb Ewan announcement, which we nonetheless sort of mooted. Lots of other stuff in here, including INEOS‘s mea culpa, Geoghegan Hart, Fisher-Black, Pithie & more. audioboom.com/posts/864163...

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Summer of Sam

Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Rob Hatch return to ring in the new season, which commenced this week with the Tour Down Under. After two stages and two emphatic wins for Redbull-Bora-hansgrohe’s “Fl...

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

A UAE Grand Tour clean-sweep, a Van Aert Monument, a Yates brothers grudge match…& (nearly) a live airport-lounge cameo from Rog. All in The Speculation Episode 2025: audioboom.com/posts/863884...

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The Speculation Episode 2025

After a Christmas and New Year break, The Cycling Podcast returns with the now traditional early-season speculation episode.

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Desperately sad to say that my friend Gianni Savio has passed away. There’s a lot to add - about his remarkable career, the riders he launched towards greatness, the laughs he & I shared over 20 years & hundreds of chats - but for now my thoughts are with his wife & daughters.

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

A footnote/encore to my interview with Redbull-Bora-hansgrohe Head DS Rolf Aldag, our festive audience* with Primož Roglič is online for Friends of The Cycling Podcast. *utterly devoid of Xmas references minus two or three ski-jumping references

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Time for our now annual audience with Redbull-Bora-Hansgrohe Head DS Rolf Aldag at their Mallorca training camp. We get into the weeds of Roglič‘s first season with the team, the teething problems & the mistake they made before the Tour. audioboom.com/posts/862518...

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Review of 2024 - Ep.7: True Rolf, The Redbull Reign Idea

For the penultimate instalment of our Review of 2024 series, we reprise and re-iterate on one of the most popular episodes of 2023, a long & very in-depth interview with Redbull-Bora-Hansgrohe Hea...

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Roglič’s programme: Algarve, Catalunya, Giro, Tour. No Tour de Suisse (obviously) & says he ‘won’t be competitive’ in Algarve.

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Confirmed: Roglič will target the Giro d’Italia (with Hindley & Martínez in team) & then also ride the Tour.

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Contrary to some reports, Ineos were never remotely in the running - at least according to my info. bsky.app/profile/inrn...

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Maxim Van Gils ain‘t going to Ineos unless someone‘s telling big, fat lies.

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Just further to this, don’t expect INEOS to try to ‘replace’ Pidcock with some kind of last-minute signing. Despite him attending team meeting at Old Trafford a few weeks ago, feeling even then was he’d be gone. Riders/staff weren’t surprised when they were informed. bsky.app/profile/frie...

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Understand the Pidcock ‘divorce’ was relatively amicable in the end, despite the very onerous financial considerations. ‘Like a married couple who know they want different things,’ I was told by a source today. Destination not confirmed but everything points to team currently known as Q36.5.

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Over the summer it was widely reported that triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt intended to become a pro cyclist with the goal of competing for victory in the Tour. The plan has been shelved, probably forever, Blummenfelt says here - ‘It was probably now or never.’ open.spotify.com/episode/0RWk...

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The Norwegian Train Gets Back On Track: Kristian Blummenfelt Unpacks Kona, The Olympics, Training, & Lessons On Resilience After Failure

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Daniel Friebe @friebos.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Before we get into a froth about Prudhomme wanting to ‘slow racing down’ based on one pull-quote, it’s worth noting that he’s also said the onus is partly on course designers. See here in a 🇩🇪 interview from the summer. www.tour-magazin.de/profi-radspo...

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Tour-Chef Christian Prudhomme: "Die Rennen müssen langsamer werden"

Christian Prudhomme, Chef der Tour de France, sorgt sich um die Sicherheit im Radsport – und wirft kontroverse Vorschläge in die Diskussion.

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