128. Legends of Flanders, Roubaix and Tom Simpson with Chris Sidwells
On this week's episode James and Will are joined by author and journalist Chris Sidwells to discuss the history of pro cycling's Holy Week, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.We talk about the ori...
3 Apr 20251h 20min
127. Risk, burnout and Olympic gold, with Connie Carpenter Phinney
In this week's episode, Robyn and James are joined by Connie Carpenter Phinney, who is 1984 became the first ever Olympic Women's Road Race gold medal winner.Connie charts her career from 14 year-old ...
20 Mar 20251h 23min
126. The doping olympics: president of the Enhanced Games, Dr Aron D'Souza
This week Will and James are joined by Dr Aron D'Souza, president of the Enhanced Games. Billed as 'the ultimate demonstration of what the human body can do', the Enhanced Games seeks in part to answe...
6 Mar 20251h 15min
125. Phil Burt, the king of bike fit
In this week's episode James is joined by Phil Burt, former head of physiotherapy at British Cycling and Team Sky and the man who literally wrote the book on bike fit. They discuss micro adjusters and...
20 Feb 20251h 15min
124. The ultra-cyclist missing half his organs, Juan Dual
In this week’s episode, James and Will are joined by Spanish ultra-cyclist and runner, Juan Dual. As a teenager, Juan was diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis, a rare form of cancer that atta...
6 Feb 20251h 14min
123. Lael Wilcox: The fastest woman around the world by bike
In this week's episode, Robyn and Will are joined by ultra-cyclist Lael Wilcox, who set the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle in September 2024, cycling over 29,100...
23 Jan 20251h 15min
122. Why do we do it? Endurance, with Dr Michael Crawley
This week James and Will are joined by Michael Crawley, doctor of anthropology, sub-2h 20min marathon runner and award-winning author. In this episode, we discuss Michael’s latest book, To the Limit, ...
9 Jan 20251h 25min
121. Andy Schleck: Chaingate, Contador, Bruyneel, Froome, retiring demons and the brotherhood
This week James and Will are joined by Andy Schleck, Tour de France winner, brother to Frank and victim in the infamous chaingate affair, in which Alberto Contador rode past a stricken Schleck – the y...
26 Des 20241h 24min
