Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast

A straightforward bunch sprint day in the Giro d'Italia gave some respite to the GC contenders ahead of Zoncolan tomorrow. Benji and LR discuss who Quickstep should sign for bunch sprints next year as...

21 Touko 202157min

Over 4400m of climbing awaited the peloton after the hard day to Montalcino yesterday but the finish to this stage may not have had enough to entice the GC men. Quickstep will have been licking their ...

20 Touko 202126min

The much anticipated Montalcino stage with the famous gravel sectors has arrived after the first rest day. The GC action kicked off early and did not stop until the finish line, with riders needing go...

19 Touko 202141min

Solo break-away by Benji today! A quick recap of what happened in the Giro so far, and discussing what might happen in the coming stages. I also look through the team of the current Velogames league l...

18 Touko 202132min

A perfectly balanced route for the climby sprinters to put the non-climby sprinters under pressure, with 3 short climbs stuff together in the middle of the stage with the last cresting with 39km to go...

17 Touko 202124min

The big mountain stage of the weekend with 3500m of climbing across a day that was constantly up and down. The finish included a 1.5km section of smooth gravel with some steep pinches, beckoning to th...

16 Touko 202134min

A stage designed perfectly for the breakaway with a long climb that would be too hard for the sprinters and an uphill rise of 3km at 6.5% gradient that was not enough to entice the GC riders out of sl...

15 Touko 202123min

Another likely sprint stage on the cards with the main climbs of the day over 80km from the finish. A tricky finish awaited the sprinters, with a 12% 200m section and multiple corners in the final 2km...

14 Touko 202118min