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The road.cc Podcast aims to target a wide range of cyclists, with segments that will appeal to commuters, leisure cyclists, road racers and everyone in between. It brings to life the hugely diverse content you all will have become accustomed to on road.cc, including discussions of the most popular and/or controversial recent stories in our news and live blog sections of the site. There will also be tech news, reviews and interviews.

We’ll have special guests and all your fave members of the road.cc team appearing regularly. With a new episode landing every two weeks, you can find the road.cc Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. If you have an Alexa, you can even tell it to play the road.cc Podcast. Subscribers will also get direct download links in the road.cc subscriber’s newsletter.

Podcast episodes:

“We did 10 miles on our first ride and couldn’t walk”: The father and son who cycled around the world as “complete novices”… and who still don’t identify as cyclists

Riding a bike around the world for over a year is tough enough. Now imagine doing it with your dad…

Thu, Jun 04, 2026 16:59

Victoria Pendleton: “I wish I could be part of Team GB now. But someone had to go out there and do it first. I’ll take the hit”

The double Olympic gold medallist and nine-time world champion discusses fear and a little less loathing in British Cycling

Fri, May 22, 2026 11:55

“People will come up to me and say: ‘Yeah, f*** cycling!’ No, that’s not the message!” Comedian Kathy Maniura on creating ‘The Cycling Man’, your local bike lane’s worst nightmare

The worlds of cycling and comedy collide this week on the road.cc Podcast, where we discuss a new critically acclaimed character who is emotionally repressed, not very self-aware, and loves his bike. Sound familiar?

Thu, May 07, 2026 18:26

Big Mac recons, broken radios, and never giving up: Inside Picnic PostNL’s classics campaign

As this year’s cobbled classics campaign built to a crescendo, we joined former Paris-Roubaix podium finisher Pfeiffer Georgi and her team for a behind-the-scenes look at the Queen of the Classics… and got trapped in a fast-food drive-through in the process

Mon, May 04, 2026 14:25

How to prepare for Paris-Roubaix: Alex Dowsett’s tech guide to the cobbled classics + Reflections on cycling’s Holy Week

Get the rosary beads out, it’s time to genuflect at the altar of Flemish bike racing…

Sat, Apr 11, 2026 17:03

“The day after a classic, I was dead. He’s playing golf!” Adrie van der Poel on Mathieu’s chances of making Tour of Flanders history, Tadej Pogačar, and remembering his own Ronde win 40 years on

In 1986, Adrie van der Poel beat Sean Kelly to win the Tour of Flanders. This Sunday, his son can make history by becoming the Flemish monument’s most successful ever rider. The 66-year-old chats to the road.cc Podcast about the past, the present, and why records don’t matter

Sat, Apr 04, 2026 22:39

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig: “I’m a bit silly, I’m a bit weird but, you know, it’s what you get”

The Danish dynamo, one of cycling’s biggest entertainers, has had a tough couple of years, but she’s determined to return to the top. And while the old energy and spark is still there, the road.cc Podcast discovers there’s a new pensive side to her personality – including an interest in world politics, stockbroking, computers, and acting…

Fri, Mar 27, 2026 17:45

Chasing Brennan: Chapels, wonderkids, and Status Quo + The pros discuss race safety (and the UCI’s tech interventions) as the road.cc Podcast hits the Spring Classics

This week’s podcast is all about frites, morning beers, booming techno music, tech regulations, marching bands in retro kits, cobbles, chapels, and errr… Status Quo tribute acts, as we take a trip to Flanders for the classics

Fri, Mar 20, 2026 16:38

Is Shimano’s surprise Tiagra revamp an admission that its CUES project has failed?

Shimano promised to simplify and revolutionise its mid to entry-level components line-up across road and MTB back in 2023... but with the revamp of Shimano Tiagra, it looks like the road groupset hierarchy is, for the most part, going back to how it was (or never really changed in the first place)

Tue, Mar 03, 2026 08:02

‘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”

Thu, Feb 26, 2026 17:59