The Press Room Cycling Podcast

Summer Series: Bay Crits 2022

In the first episode of the Summer Series we focus on the Bay Crits down in Geelong. Famous in Australia as the last 'tune up' race before Nationals. We learn a little about the history of the event and then hear from audio diarist Brenton Jones, Nick White, Jensen Plowright and Matilda Raynolds as they breakdown stages 1 and 2 of the race. 

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Zwift Academy: Maud Oudeman

In this episode I sit down with the winner of the 2021 Women's Zwift Academy, Maud Oudeman. Maud will be racing for Canyon-Sram next year after winning the Zwift Academy competition at just 18 years of age! Maud shares more about her short time in road cycling thus far, details her own experiences from the Zwift Academy competition and also outlines what she is looking forward to in her first season with Canyon-Sram. 

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Zwift Academy: Alex Bogna, Rachael Wales & Cooper Sayers

In Episode 9 I catch up with Zwift Academy Finalists Cooper Sayers, Rachael Wales and the Men's Zwift Academy winner - Alex Bogna. The crew give us a first hand look at what the Zwift Academy was like behind the scenes and give some insight to each of the key moments on the GCN series over on Youtube. 

 

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Zwift Academy Finals Series:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuTaETsuCOkJ0H_GAztWt0Q

Olivia Ray: From the Lions Den to the World Tour

In this weeks episode we chat with New Zealand Criterium Champion and winner of Legion's 'Into the Lions Den' super crit, Olivia Ray.  Olivia races for the Human Powered Health (HPH) team (formerly known as Rally) who are stepping up to the Women's World Tour in 2022. Olivia and I discuss how her results in the U.S and her 'potential' led to HPH offering her a contract into the top tier of cycling. We learn about how she navigates races as a pure sprinter and of course, we dive deep into her 'Legion -Into the Lions Den' victory where she took home $15,000 USD! We find out what Olivia is expecting in her first year as a World Tour Professional and also listen to Olivia's thoughts on the 'body positive’ movement she is so passionate about.    Legion Crit - https://intothelionsdencrt.com/   Olivia's Insta - @oraycycling    

Jess Allen: The Pro‘s Pro

Jess Allen of Team Bike Exchange gives an inside look into the development and growth of the women's peloton as she enters her 7th year with the Australian WWT team. We chat about the difficulties of moving to Europe as an Aussie, winning the biggest races on the calendar with Annemiek van Vleuten, racing the first women's Paris-Roubaix and Jess's pipe-dream to put together an all-star WT criterium team and race in the US. 

This episode is sponsored by WestCycle, the peak body for bike riding in Western Australia and a representative voice for all bike riders in the state. 

Head over to their website and check out the DAMS challenge information page and choose your challenge for 2022. I'll see you there!

DAMS: https://westcycle.org.au/dams-challenge/

 

 

Cameron Mason: World Cups, Formula One & ‘The Big Three‘

Cameron Mason is a professional CX, MTB & Road racer for Trinity Racing. Cameron and I chat about the structure of the pro CX scene and how it all works. We also find out more about what it is actually like racing the World Cup series where Cameron explains how he navigates through the field when he has to start from the back row. We discuss the skills and techniques he uses in training to improve his sand and 'rut' riding and even touch on how CX is similar to Formula One and how the race weekends could be improved.

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Luke Plapp: An Aussie Grenadier

I sit down with Australian Time Trial Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist - Luke Plapp who has just recently signed with the Ineos Grenadiers. We talk about signing his new contract and just what the other pro teams were throwing at him for his signature. 'Plappy' also goes deep into the technical side of the Teams Pursuit and talks about the ' TT bars incident' at Tokyo. We hear about his plans for next year at Ineos and what he is expecting from his first season. 

 

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Kate Wagner: Profiling Primoz Roglic, Matej Mohorič & Covering her first Tour de France as a journalist

In this weeks episode I chat with the popular cycling journalist and talented writer, Kate Wagner. Kate and I discuss what it was like getting to know Primoz Roglic, Matej Mohorič & Gino Mader on a deeper level during her profiling quests. We talk about her very Tour de France as a cycling journalist and what it was like featuring on the #1 cycling podcast as an audio diarist, The Cycling Podcast.

 

The Roglic Article - a must read!

https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a36727940/primoz-roglic-2021-tour-de-france/

https://derailleur.substack.com/ 

Sarah Gigante: Olympics, Movistar, Nationals & Zwift

In this weeks episode I catch up with Australian ITT champion and our own Aussie super talent, Sarah Gigante. Sarah talks us through her first season as a full time pro in Europe, competing at the Tokyo Olympics, stepping up to the World Tour with Movistar and what her fastest time on the Alp Du Zwift is. 

Brenton Jones: Inside Paris Roubaix, Rapha Nocturne & The Australian Criterium Title

In episode 2 I catch up with Brenton Jones, the 2019 Australian Criterium Champion and former Pro-Tour cyclist with Delko-KTM. Brenton shares his stories of his journey to a pro contract in Europe. We hear about the racing the UK domestic scene at its prime, competing with the best sprinters in the world, winning his National title and of course, what it's really like racing Paris Roubaix.