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Greg Lemond’s first Tour de France victories are writ large in the history of the race; his duel to the (almost) bitter end with team mate Bernard Hinault in 1986 and then snatching the Yellow Jersey from Laurent Fignon by a mere eight seconds 3 years later.Twelve months on from that momentous, historic afternoon on the Champs Elysees, Greg Lemond won his third Tour de France and in doing so joined an exclusive club alongside Philippe Thys, Louison Bobet, Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault. Gary Fairley looks back at an edition of cycling’s greatest race that passes almost unnoticed in the shadow of Lemond’s other 2 wins.Music: A Month of Sleep - “Starry Eyes”, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.comExecutive producer: Chris SidwellsGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Juli 16min

Stunned by actually calling the second week’s play correctly, the team are both full of admiration for the Rumena Majica and just a little bit full of themselves. Collective back-slapping aside, Chris, David and Gary try to remember the last 5 stages while simultaneously keeping one eye on the Tour's upcoming final week. Whither Remco Evenepoel? Whither Jonas Vingegaard? And should pro cyclists have a 15 minute time-out between finishing a stage and speaking to the media? Lidl-Trek probably think so!Photo: This year’s Tour began in the Hautes-de-France region, birthplace of Amédée Fournier, seen here taking a well-deserved rest during the 1939 edition. Fournier won the opening stage from Paris to Caen and again on stage 5 from Lorient to Nantes. We reckon this photo is taken in Toulouse after a gruelling 311km stage 9 trek across the Pyrenees to Pau. The race would be won by Belgian rider, Sylvère Maes - the second of his pair of Tour wins. It would be 3 decades before another Belgian would with the Tour de France. Yes, you guessed, Édouard Louis Joseph Merckx. (Credit: AFP, Tour map (inset): ASO)LinksJohn Eustice (Facebook) - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0dpDocoiyMsjf7aNQuDf6GNcGhsU1GrYzGY49KBaiR8iuJHk9UWyCsS1WEHBGVXNil&id=603585333 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Juli 1h 22min

Crosswinds, crashes and chaos marked the opening few stages of this year's and there seems to have been no let-up in the crazy ever since. Walker from Yellowstone wins a stage and leads GC but will things be more Rip Wheeler than Beth Dutton in the second week?Gary, Chris, David and John look back at a most atypical first week and ponder wether in trying to improve his Tadejness, has Jonas lost some of his essential Jonasness and for just how long will Irish eyes keep smiling as the battle for the Geansaí Buí picks up as the Rás na Francach moves into the Pyrenees?Photos: The Angel of the Mountains, Charly Gaul, takes it easy, no doubt dreaming of Alps and Pyrenees. The Luxembourger won 10 stages of the Tour between 1955 and 1961 and won the race in 1958. Credit: unknown.Tour de France Map (inset): ASOGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Juli 1h 11min

Richard Oakes was a successful junior racer before pursuing a high-flying business career. He returned to top-level competition in 2019 in a personal quest to see how fast he could go. In the course of doing so, he has won masters titles on the track at national and world level and in 2023, at the age of 54, set a new Masters Hour World Record.In 2025 he published The Equation, co-written with our very own Chris Sidwells. Richard sat down with Chris recently to talk about the book which isn’t so much a memoir but a manifesto you build for your life.You can buy The Equation on the Ohten or Cycling Legends website:Ohten GroupCycling LegendsYou can follow Richard via the following links:StravaInstagramLinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Juli 1h 6min

In April this year, the world of cycling lost a giant and the Cycling Legends family lost an uncle, a friend and an inspiration when legendary British racer Barry Hoban passed away at the age of 85. Barry rode no fewer than 12 Tours de France between 1964 and 1978. He would go on to win 8 stages along the way, setting a British record that would stand until Mark Cavendish surpassed that total in 2009In 2022 Chris Sidwells sat down with Barry to record a series of chats about his first experiences of riding cycling’s iconic races.In this episode Barry talks to Chris about riding his first Tour de France, in support of no lesser name than the great Raymond Poulidor in 1964. That year’s race would be eventful for both riders, but I’ll let Barry tell you about that.So enjoy the chat. Vive le Tour and vas y Barry!Photo: Barry Hoban (number 15, nearest) would spend his first Tour in the service of no lesser talent than Raymond Poulidor (number 19). Both would go on to have an eventful race. (Credit: via Chris Sidwells/Cycling Legends Collection)Episode Music (title/closing): A Month of Sleep - “Starry Eyes”, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.comBook: Barry’s autobiography, Vas y Barry! is available now from the Cycling Legends storeGet in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Juli 28min

Is it all over before a wheel has turned or will there be some twists and turns on the road from Lille to the Champs Elysees, 50 years after the peloton first graced cycling’s second-most famous cobbles?Join the team and a very special guest to preview the 112th Tour de France. No matter what, we think it will be a cracker!Image: ASOGet in touchDrop us a line or send us your Tour Haiku at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Juli 1h 15min

Clive Phillips is a former British Army Officer who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.In late 2019 Clive was diagnosed with Multifocal Motor Neuropathy an ultra-rare neurological condition affecting motor function in the peripheral nerves. After starting regular treatment that keeps the worst symptoms temporarily at bay Clive was determined to use his skills and passion for adventure to take advantage of raise awareness of MMN and funds for research in to the condition and founded the Making the Most of Now project.In May 2025, Clive and a team of fellow British military veterans set off to ride 3200km around France, following in the wheel tracks of the first British team to enter the Tour de France in 1955. Chris Sidwells caught up with Clive during a rest day in Avignon to talk about the ride and MMN.You can find out more about MMN and support Clive’s fundraising at https://makingthemostofnow.co.nz/You can also follow MMN on social media at:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/making_the_most_of_now?igsh=MWcwcGUybWljOXY3Yg== Facebook https://www.facebook.com/makingthemostofnowTwitter/X https://twitter.com/makemostnowGet in touch with usDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Juni 1h

The 2025 road season careers toward the Lille Grand Depart like a Tom Pidcock film and the team are simply trying to hang on. Have we learned anything about the summer’s big guns from the Dauphine and Tours de Suisse? What have the UCI learned about seemingly arbitrary rule changes? (Don’t answer that.)We also bid a wholly disrespectful au revoir to Romain Bardet and a sycophantic bon anniversaire to cycling’s newest octogenarian Eddy Merckx. Come on, who would you least like to meet in a dark alley?Episode recommendations/shameless plugsSimpson Nouvelles Supporters Club - https://www.nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-clubRolling Stones - Goats Head Soup - https://open.spotify.com/album/6iVOz2hudE6dv5Yrcsw2c9?si=SIdqVJ8aSD-iRwnia89DbwDire Straits - Brothers in Arms - https://open.spotify.com/album/6Pz06FAaeym0JSqVqIkN56?si=AVsrXB4iQxqexuUkP2Ps3wSir Bradley Wiggins’ Café Afficianado podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/0fpeDR4pz81XsD81ssEBZF?si=qQSZy64mQ_mGr3X4W3t4uQCover photo: It may have been before he became the Cannibal but a no-less hungry Eddy Merckx looks on incredulously as reigning Maglia Rosa, Gianni Motta tucks into a bowl of spaghetti during the 1967 edition of the Giro d’Italia. There would be no second victory for Motta, who finished 6th behind Felice Gimondi that year. Merckx would only have to wait another year before winning his first of 5 Giri. The rest, as we know, is history. (Credit: Keystone/Keystone-France/Getty Images)Get in touchDrop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you.Social mediaCycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cyclinglegendsmedia?igsh=MW9ldTNhemF6aWVlcA==Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?X/Twitter @cyclinglegends1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22 Juni 1h 22min