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Is Tadej Pogačar vs Jonas Vingegaard the greatest Tour de France rivalry ever? Bumper TDF preview + Chris Boardman on e-bikes, road safety and Reform UK making cyclists “nervous”

Is there some kind of bike race coming up soon? We dissect this year's men's tour and ponder whether Pog vs Vingegaard is the rivalry to end all cycling rivalries, and you can also listen to the full version of our latest big Chris Boardman interview

Thu, Jul 03, 2025 13:11

Mark Cavendish makes history, Dylan Groenewegen’s bizarre (and stage-winning) aero beak, and the weirdest things we’ve ever seen at the Tour de France

On episode 81 of the road.cc Podcast, we rank the strangest, wackiest, and downright daftest things to grace the roads (and precipitous mountain tops) of cycling’s biggest race… and chat about a certain sprinter from the Isle of Man

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 15:14

Cycling and the General Election: Do the UK’s political parties care about cycling and active travel? We take a deep dive into the 2024 manifestos

On this special election-themed episode of the road.cc Podcast, we dissect the good, bad, ugly, and non-existent when it comes to cycling in each party’s manifestos and ask, why are all their active travel policies so vague?

Fri, Jun 21, 2024 15:53

road.cc CANCELLED by Ineos! What happened when we tried to take pics of the new Pinarello Dogma + Does cycling policy need a reset after the election?

On episode 79 of the road.cc Podcast, we go behind the scenes (and the team car) to discuss THAT incident with a well-known British squad at the Dauphiné, before assessing where cycling may or may not crop up in pre-election pledges

Fri, Jun 07, 2024 17:08

Making our way around the National Cycle Network (and why it’s really all about the people you meet) with Laura Laker + Is active travel in Britain heading in the wrong direction?

On episode 78 of the road.cc Podcast, respected journalist (and road.cc contributor) Laura Laker delves into her new book, Potholes and Pavements, and researcher Dr Maya Singer Hobbs chats about the future of cycling beyond the next general election

Thu, May 30, 2024 17:49

“You’re not going to legislate away these sort of incidents”: Martin Porter KC on cycling and the law + cycling and mental health for Mental Health Awareness Week

"There's no real problem here, there's nothing that justifies taking away parliamentary time from the more important problems that we face", says Martin Porter KC on the same week the Government announced tougher laws to crack down on dangerous cycling

Thu, May 16, 2024 12:59

Is cycling treated fairly in the media? BBC AntiSocial goes cycling discussed with ‘the cyclist’

For episode 76 of the road.cc Podcast, we're debriefing how cycling was portrayed on the BBC's AntiSocial show with its 'cyclist' guest Lauren O'Brien, and talking indoor bike racing with the founder of fledgling virtual cycling platform IndieVelo

Thu, May 02, 2024 12:13

A history of folding bikes with Mark Bickerton (and the story behind THAT very 80s TV ad) plus tales from Paris-Roubaix on the road.cc Podcast

Just managed to get the music from the 'Go Bag a Bickerton' ad out of your head 40 years on? Sorry for the reminder, but it's worth it to reminisce about Britain's most popular folding bike of the early 80s

Mon, Apr 15, 2024 12:44

“It’s Paris-Roubaix!” Zoe and Magnus Bäckstedt on “blood, mud, and tears”, plus climbing from the lowest to the highest point of each continent (and avoiding arrest) with Oli France on the road.cc Podcast

The most exciting weekend of the cycling year is almost upon us, so we chat all things Roubaix with two of the race’s past and present stars, while an explorer-cum-ultra cyclist discusses his latest record attempt

Thu, Apr 04, 2024 15:58

Why is it so hard to get a bike on a ferry? Plus Strava’s ‘Weekly Snapshot’ row on the road.cc Podcast

We catch up with some cyclists who recently got that sinking feeling when trying to book their bikes on the ferry, and discuss Strava's latest updates

Thu, Mar 21, 2024 17:32