The Press Room Cycling Podcast

Sam Welsford - Classics or Sprints?

In the final episode for season 2 of TPR, I sit down with Sam Welsford from Team DSM. Sam emerged in his first year in the WT as a tough classics rider who can also contend in bunch sprints. We hear about his brilliant start to the season, relive some hectic bunch kick finales and discuss some of Sam's goals for the rest of 2022.

 

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SEVEN Gravel Race: Nathan Haas & Theo Yates

In this special preview episode of TPR I preview the SEVEN - UCI Gravel World Series race with Gravel Pro Nathan Haas and reigning SEVEN champion Theo Yates. Theo and Nathan both explain why they love riding and competing in gravel events and we also dive deep into the race specifics such as training, equipment set up and preparation that both competitors have dialled in. Nathan also explains in detail his new career as a privateer gravel cyclist.

 

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Pavel Sivakov: Giro di’ Italia 2022

This weeks episode of TPR is a Giro special celebrating the Grande Patenza of the Tour of Italy. I sat down with Ineos Grenadier and climbing sensation - Pavel Sivakov to chat about this years Giro and what he expects from the race from the perspective of the team with the overall GC favourite, Richard Carapaz. Climbing threats, special pillows, coffee, tapering, its all in there so enjoy the podcast!

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Kell O’Brien: The Classics Prototype

This week on TPR we chat with Kell O'Brien of Team Bike-Exchange. Kell and I discuss his great start to his neo-pro year including his 7th place at Dwars door vlaandeeren on debut. Kell explains the challenges of timing your form and the type of rider he would like to develop into. We also hear about his return to the boards at the UCI Track Nations Cup and follow that up with some trademark TRP banter.

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Ben Swift: The Academy, Ineos and more

This week on TPR we chat with the reigning back to back British Road Champion, Ben Swift of Ineos Grenadiers. Ben recalls his time coming through the famous British development academy and we touch on his career to date and how the peloton has changed in recent years.

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Emma Norsgaard: Paris Roubaix Femmes 2022

In this episode of TPR, I chat with Movistar’s classics weapon, Emma Norsgaard. Emma and I discuss this Saturday’s Paris Roubaix Femmes where she is determined to better her 6th place in 2021 step on the podium. We learn about her preparation for this year's race, what she learned from last year's edition and also what Emma loves about Zwift. 

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Ellen van Dijk: Paris Roubaix Femmes 2022

Episode 9 of TPR kicks off the first of 3 Paris Roubaix feature episodes. First up, I speak with World Individual Time Trial Champion Ellen van Dijk of Trek-Segafredo. Ellen details her thoughts and feelings about this weekend's 2nd edition of Paris Roubaix Femmes. We also hear an exclusive take on her recently announced challenge for the World Hour Record.

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Bram Lippens: Trek-Segafredo Team Chef

This week's bonus episode of TPR features Bram Lippens, Team Chef for Trek-Segafredo. We dive into all the ins and outs of being a chef on a World Tour cycling team and we even find out what Lizzie Deignan had for breakfast before her huge win at Roubaix last year.

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Maeve Plouffe: Track or Road?

Episode 8 of TPR features Australia's most exciting prospect on the track and on the road - Maeve Plouffe. Maeve runs us through her recent success at the Track Nationals (despite some challenges) where she won back the IP title, her World Tour ambitions on the road for 2023 and we discuss how she got into the sport before diving deep in to the art of sprinting and who inspires her as a female athlete.

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AG Insurance - NXTG: The ”She-Wolf Pack”

This week's episode of TPR features Natascha den Ouden, the team owner/founder of AG Insurance - NXTG. Natascha and I discuss the overall mission of the team, the challenges with developing talent in the Women's World Tour, their participation in the TDF Femmes and their new alignment with Quickstep-Alpha Vinyl for 2023 and beyond.

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