Interviews

‘No, I’m not the new Cycling Mikey’: Britain’s most infamous camera cyclist councillor on holding bad drivers to account, dealing with trolls, and not caring what the Daily Mail thinks

“I’m trying to make things safer for people on the road and if they don’t like it, then that’s their problem”

Juggling elite gravel racing, managing a women’s team, business and family life, Laurens ten Dam is the grand master of true cycling grit

From Tour de France contender top gravel and ultra racer, all while running several businesses, being a father, and the Dutch national team coach. We caught with Laurens Ten Dam.

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“Cheating will be part of cycling forever”: MPCC president Emily Brammeier on anti-doping, tackling the ‘grey area’, and making clean sport the norm

“The cycling fan in me, the little girl in me, wants to say we will have a clean sport one day, but you have to be realistic. It’s human nature”

The 60-year-old cyclist in training to ride every stage of the Tour de France after a hip replacement and leukaemia diagnosis

Despite plenty of hurdles, David Stoyle is taking on one of the biggest challenges in all of cycling. We spoke to David about his planning and preparation for the huge event

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“I want to make sure I retire knowing that I gave it absolutely everything I had”: Joe Breeden on building the Nukeproof Axess Racing team

From Mid Wales to the World; downhill race ace Joe Breeden tells us all about why and how he built one of the world’s most exciting downhill teams, Nukeproof Axess Racing.

‘Oscar Onley shouldn’t have gone to Ineos’: Brian Smith on Scotland’s new Tour de France hope, calendar congestion, and how pro teams “use and abuse” riders

The two-time British champion and TNT Sports pundit chats to the road.cc Podcast about the pressure that comes with Onley’s big money move to Ineos, and explores the “dog eat dog” world of promoting smaller races

How are visually impaired cyclists classified for competition? We spoke to the professor in charge at British Blind Sport to find out

Professor Joy Myint – head classifier with British Blind Sport (BBS) – talks us through her role classifying the UK’s blind and visually impaired athletes

“The cycling industry needed a good shake-up”: Can bike brands finally breathe again in 2026? Why the industry is back on track and “wiser” after years of turmoil + Tour de France UK Grands Départs reaction

On the latest episode of the road.cc Podcast, industry stalwart Rory Hitchens joins us for our annual cycling market health check-up, and Ryan and Dan pore over the details of next summer’s festival of bike racing

Lloyd Cole: Rattlesnakes and rim brakes

Enjoy a musical ride down memory lane as Steve Thomas catches up with Lloyd Cole to talk all things bikes (and a bit of music)

How Cycle to Work was saved: The battle to stop Labour’s Budget spending cap + The year in cycling reviewed

On a Christmassy edition of the podcast, we go behind the scenes to delve into Labour’s plans to reintroduce a Cycle to Work spending cap (and how it was stopped), while looking back on the biggest cycling stories of 2025

“I don’t think governing bodies have fully caught up with what real gravel racing is yet”: Kevin Vermaak; from Cape Epic to Gravel Burn

We speak with the man who created pure offroad racing fire and magic from dreams and toil in the wilds of South Africa

“Gear restrictions are a no-brainer”: Cadel Evans and Stuart O’Grady on cycling’s safety debate, how the sport has changed, protests, and why fans should “just enjoy watching Pogačar’s greatness”

The 2011 Tour de France winner and the 2007 Paris-Roubaix conqueror join the road.cc Podcast to discuss their shifting perspectives on the sport since retiring and why Tadej Pogačar isn’t boring, he’s just a “freak”

“I’m proud that Dave Brailsford doesn’t like me”: Emma Pooley on the Tour de France’s weight debate, growing women’s sport, and battling cycling’s old-school “f***wits”

The 2010 world time trial champion chats about her and cycling’s relationship with food, giving MAMILs a “crisis of masculinity” on the commute, making enemies, and why being s*** at sport is fun sometimes

“Coming out the other side felt insane”: Inside Matt Jones’ scarily amazing jump between two moving trucks

By a freezing gnat's whisker, Matt Jones jumps at full speed like a ninja between two moving trucks in his latest death-defying Red Bull film, The Impossible Gap. We caught up with the man from Milton Keynes about the whole experience

“I’ve done some stupid things in my life, but this was beyond stupid!” Ultra-endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili on breaking into Russia, 51 days in jail, and cycling’s most dramatic failed record attempt ever

“This is crazy. It’s Russia, you don’t illegally enter Russian territory. You don’t do that!” says Sofiane Sehili. Except he did… And the ultra-endurance legend tells us all about it on the road.cc Podcast

51 days in a Russian jail: Sofiane Sehili reveals all on his trans-Eurasia record attempt… and its spectacular failure

After an uncertain 51 days in a Russian jail French ultra cycling legend Sofiane Sehili is back in France and riding free. We spoke to him about what happened.

“I lost sponsors after riding with Lance Armstrong – but it did us more good than bad”: Ex-footballer Geoff Thomas on 20 years of tackling the Tour de France route for charity, tears on the Galibier, and enjoying cycling more than ever

Two decades on from his first Tour charity ride, former Crystal Palace captain Geoff Thomas joins the road.cc Podcast to discuss his cancer story, his love of cycling, and his experiences with a certain Texan…

Racing and winning mountain bike races at 70: the secrets and strategies behind Ned Overend’s incredible longevity

Ned Overend is one of the original legends of mountain biking, and at 70 years of age, the former cross country world champ is still winning races and beating riders a quarter of his age. We tracked Ned down to learn the secrets of his speed

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Chinese bikes and components galore, 21mm tyres and rim brakes FTW: some of the most intriguing bikes and set-ups from the 2025 National Hill Climb Championships

It wasn't just weight savings on display at the soggy 2025 National Hill Climb Championships, as riders all the way up to the top step of the podium demonstrated that you don't always have to spend big to go very fast uphill

Children from Scottish Cycling at Edinburgh’s 2027 Tour de France announcement

“If your campaigning doesn’t generate a response, you’re not being radical enough”: Active travel campaigners Spokes on making spaces bike friendly

road.cc chat with the organisation as they release their new cycle map of West Lothian and discuss meaningful cycle campaigning after nearly 50 years

“Is sport a force for good? Or for battering people into submission?” Former UCI president Brian Cookson on Israel, sportswashing, banning nation state sponsors, and why protests highlight bike race security failures

“We’re ambivalent about so many things in cycling. Aren’t the crowds so enthusiastic? But on the other hand, it’s a disaster waiting to happen”

From All Road to All Terrain, Gloria’s attainable range brings titanium bikes to a wider audience

Carlos from Gloria tells us all about the brand's new gravel bike, and how the brand offers something different in a world of titanium similarities

“Once you’ve won the World Championship, those rainbow bands stay with you forever”: Alan Hatherly on two World Championships wins and an Olympic Bronze, training between road and MTB and mid-race line choice

We catch up with South Africa’s double World Cross Country Champion, Alan Hatherly, to learn about how he pulled of such an impressive feat

“I told myself, just let Robert Millar go!” Pippa York and David Walsh on gender, following the Tour de France, and why pro cycling isn’t Disneyland

In this week’s episode of the road.cc Podcast, the authors of ‘The Escape’ discuss life on Tour, York’s struggles before, during, and after her career, the trans debate in sports, and whether cycling has changed over the last 30 years

“Timothée Chalamet can’t replace me in this one!” Actor behind Cadel Evans one-man show on taking the Edinburgh Fringe by storm, cycling “full gas” on stage, and why creating a play is like riding the Tour de France

What do you get if you cross a New York-based Australian actor, the 2011 Tour de France, and a turbo trainer on a stage in Edinburgh? One of the most critically acclaimed pieces of theatre of 2025, that’s what…

Is China ready to take over the cycling industry? We chat to Chinese bike brand Yoeleo about challenging the old guard, changing Western perceptions, and “pushing the limits”

As well as your usual cycling chit-chat to kick things off, Ryan sits down for a fascinating chat with Yoeleo's marketing manager about China's role in the current bike industry, and what's in store for the future

“It would be a tragedy if we abandoned time trialling in Britain because of bad drivers”: Lawyers discuss duty of cycling clubs after rider seriously injured by motorist during time trial – and why cyclists should “expect better” from the police

“It all comes back to the basic rules of the road. Ben could have just been doing a training ride – any cyclist is entitled to ride on the dual carriageway at any time”

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“These are my holidays, this is the time I work for and to get, so if it would give me misery, why would I do this?”: Justina Leveika on balancing nursing with winning ultra races

Justinas Leveika has won many of the biggest offroad ultra races around in the past three years, and all whilst holding down a full time and extremely challenging job. We caught up with him to learn more.

How to build a Tour de France team from scratch: Tudor Pro Cycling’s CEO on reaching the biggest race in the world within three years and creating a squad that’s “here to stay”

How do you go about creating a team to race the Tour in just a few years? We popped by the rest day hotel of Fabian Cancellara and Julian Alaphilippe’s Tudor team, who are making their debuts at this year’s race, to find out

“YouTube alone is getting harder to make a career of”: The reality of being a cycling YouTuber

Ever wondered what it’s really like to be an off-road cycling YouTuber? Read on to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly of it according to the Cycling366 channel creator Tom Wall