From the Archives - Barry Hoban: My First Tour

Resolutions, health tips and inspiration for the new year - we offer none of that as we stumble into 2025. Instead, settle yourself down for an hour of chat with Chris, David and Gary covering everything from neutralised moto-pacing to make races safer to the UK honours system. Plus we talk Six Days of Ghent (only 6 weeks late!) and remember the legendary Gianni Savio who passed away last week. God speed, Swiss Toni!RecommendationsMoto Jimm https://www.instagram.com/motojimm?igsh=MWUxNGNiamhheHgxcQ=="The Art of Suffering" - Kristof Ramon https://amzn.eu/d/5kXCKJpCycling Legends Flanders Experience https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/pages/the-flanders-experienceRapha Chamois Cream (as endorsed by C, Sidwells) https://www.rapha.cc/dk/en/shop/chamois-cream/product/CHC06XXGet 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?WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Jan 1h 11min

Reg Harris won the world professional track sprint title 4 times and was a two-time silver medallist at the 1948 Olympics in London. He was a household name in the 1950s, but came out of retirement in in 1974, aged 54, to claim a seventh British title some 26 years after his last one.Chris Sidwells and John Galloway look at Harris’ career and legacy in this episode of the Feature Show, available for the first time to all listeners.Get in touch/competition entriesDrop 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?WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 Dec 202430min

And so this is Christmas. With 3 wise men taking up a better offer, it’s down to Chris, David and Gary to deliver the final Feed Zone of the year.Episode thumbnail: ©️Kittisak Jaitieng/ Dreamstime.comRecommendationsCycling into Darkness - David’s Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/dstanley/p/cycling-into-the-darkness?r=nsm6y&utm_medium=iosStrangers Brewing Co - https://strangersbrewing.co.uk/An Audience with the EmperorPodcast - https://shows.acast.com/cycling-legends/episodes/feature-an-audience-with-the-emperorLong Read - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/blogs/long-reads/an-audience-with-the-emperorThe Holidays can be a difficult time for many and there are organisations who can help. In the UK, the Samaritans are committed to helping you, however they can. If you don’t feel like there’s anyone you can talk to, Samaritans volunteers are there for you. Call free, day or night, on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org.In the USA, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline understand that life's challenges can sometimes be difficult. Whether you're facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns, or just need someone to talk to, caring counselors are there for you.You are not alone.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?WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22 Dec 20241h 16min

The shortest day doesn't mean the shortest podcast as Gary ruminates over Project Demi, the Big Three (minus one)'s cyclocross programmes for 24/25, the Vuelta's 90th anniversary and remembers the Emperor of Herantals, Rik Van Looy.Plus: WIN a copy of Chris Sidwells' splendid new book Cycling Legends 03: Jacques Anquetil - The Man Behind the Mask.An Audience with the EmperorPodcast - https://shows.acast.com/cycling-legends/episodes/feature-an-audience-with-the-emperorLong Read - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/blogs/long-reads/an-audience-with-the-emperorGet in touch/competition entriesDrop 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?WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Dec 202430min

Continuing our look back over the Cycling Legends archives, Chris chatted to John Galloway in 2021 about the origins and history of an aspect of cycling that was once huge but has become less common in recent years: Six-Day racing.Read!The Tiny Bowl - Inside Ghent’s legendary velodrome 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?WebsiteBooks, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Dec 202434min

Rapha’s new chamois cream is no soothing ointment for the litany of injuries and surgeries talked about this episode, but it gave us the perfect excuse for schoolboy sniggering. In more serious matters we talk Pidcock, Pogacar and postal vans.RecommendationsThe Amateurs - David Halberstam https://amzn.eu/d/c6jKYSMFeel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/feel-better-live-more-with-dr-rangan-chatterjee/id1333552422Next Time Around - Noble Jacks featuring Elles Bailey https://youtu.be/BNphqX6RDL0?si=TNOyHEoG1g9e9cOf https://noblejacks.com/homeGet 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?Shameless plugCycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Dec 20241h 2min

As well as being a four-time French National Champion, Jean Stablinski won the 1958 Vuelta a España and was World Road Race Champion in 1962. But he is perhaps better known as a super domestique and, notably, one of Jacques Anquetil’s lieutenants between 1958 and 1967.Celebrating the publication of Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil, we’ve raided the Cycling Legends archives to bring you one of our earliest features shows which was previously only available to paying subscribers. So here are John Galloway and Chris Sidwells chatting about the career of “Monsieur France”.Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Dec 202431min

Jacques Anquetil is one of the all-time greats. The first five-time Tour de France winner, the first to repeat Fausto Coppi’s Giro d’Italia-Tour double, the ultimate time triallist – a great champion but a mystery as a man.Anquetil was never what he seemed, and in the latest book in the Cycling Legends series, Chris Sidwells lifts the lid on the man as well as the sporting icon that was Jacques Anquetil. Chris sat down with Gary to chat about the man, the myth and - of course - the book.Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Dec 202445min