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A Journey Through the Cycling Year

A Journey Through the Cycling Year

Summary

Readers as well as listeners can now embark on a journey through the cycling year with The Cycling Podcast, which has been entertaining and informing fans since 2013.

Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe share their diaries from three incident-filled Grand Tours, the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España. These take readers behind the scenes and explore the culture and landscape as well as the racing, while the ‘Lionel of Flanders’, complete with beer recommendations, does the same for the Classics in Belgium.

There are appearances, too, by leading journalists and podcast favourites François Thomazeau, who takes responsiblity for the French Tour de France jinx, Ciro Scognamiglio, with a heartfelt love letter to cult favourite Filippo Pozzato, Fran Reyes, who pens a farewell to El Pistolero, Alberto Contador, and Orla Chennaoui, who hits the road to cover La Course in a one-woman karaoke-booth-on-wheels.

Further contributions from professional riders Ashleigh Moolman Pasio and Joe Dombrowski and the voice of the Tour de France, Sebastien Piquet, as well as stunning galleries from the podcast world’s first and only dedicated photographer, Simon Gill, make this the perfect celebration of a year in cycling.

About the author

The Cycling Podcast

The Cycling Podcast comprises of three core presenters: Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe. Between them they have written or contributed to over fifteen books, and written features for national press, magazines and attracted numerous award nominations.

The Podcast has attracted a huge loyal following, with a weekly show throughout the year. In addition, Daily editions throughout the Grand Tours have become the go-to destination for news and updates on the three biggest tour competitions.
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