Over The Top Cycling

Ian Boswell (Team Sky) cautiously looked forward to this day as one of the easier days of the Vuelta - fairly flat with a sprint finish. Things worked out as Boswell anticipated. Ian discusses the tactics of team work throughout the race as well as setting up for the final sprint.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ian MacGregor and Timmy Duggan have been best friends since childhood. They ended up following similar paths to the US National Ski Team and then on to careers as professional cyclists. Both felt it was important to give back to the sports at which they thrived so created the Just Go Harder Foundation which provides scholarships for young people to participate in skiing and cycling. They join us to talk about Just Go Harder and their upcoming fundraiser The Indian Peaks Classic bicycle ride.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lisa Wourms joins Annick and George to discuss her upcoming trip to the 70.3 Triathlon World Championships.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The racers faced a long stage today with a tough 4km climb at toward the end. Ian tells us what it's like to race the day following a crash, strategy and a little bit about the life of a racer during a Grand Tour.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Erica Zaveta just completed the women's US Pro Cycling Challenge and is preparing for a busy CX season. She's joined by her coach Benjamin Day as we discuss her growth to professional road and CX racer.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

8 athletes entered the 2015 Paris Brest Paris on EliptiGos. 6 of them finished. This was an incredible showing by the team. We're joined by riders Idai Makaya, Billy Grace and Alan McDonogh as well as EliptiGo marketer Dave Pittman to share the team's inspirational adventure!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Retired professional racer joins us to discuss the use of disc brakes on road and cyclocross bikes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Team Sky's Ian Boswell crashed today with 40-50km remaining in today's stage. He's a bit banged up but otherwise okay and says this is all part of the job.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maria Parker (Cruz Bikes) joins us for a discussion about her roots in cycling, interest in recumbents, ultra distance racing and 3,000 Miles to a Cure.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ian Boswell checks in from the massage table to give us a recap of yesterday's team time trial which, due to course conditions, did not count toward GC. Stage 2 opened up the racing and Ian gives us a recap.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's been great to watch Gavin Mannion mature over the past three years into such a strong veteran racer. Gavin is having an excellent race and we touch on Stages 1 - 6.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Day provides his unique insight into Stage 6, discusses the success of team Jelly Belly and gives us a preview of tomorrow's finale.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patty George, MD who founded Team Phenomenal Hope discovered brevets just a couple of years ago. Having accomplished finishes on a 4 woman relay team at Race Across America as well as a 2 person women's relay at this year's Race Across the West, Patty set her sights on Paris Brest Paris. She had a great ride and shares her experiences with us.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Team Drapac's Lachlan Norris is having a great race thus far. Sitting in 7th place on GC, Norris is looking forward to tomorrow's Golden to Denver finale.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Day (Day by Day Coaching) spent the race in a team car following one of his female racers today in the women's inaugural stage. Ben discusses time trial strategies, communications and bicycles. He also gives a preview of tomorrow's course  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marko Baloh joins us to discuss his experiences at the 2015 Paris Brest Paris  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Team Sky's Ian Boswell checks in from Spain following the team presentation. Stage 1 is quite different this year. Due to unsafe conditions the race organizers have changed the team time trial to still being a race but no longer counting toward general classification standings.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today Ben talks about the change in yellow jersey between teammates, the difficulty of the race and tomorrow's time trial.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

UHC's Kiel Reijnen is having a great race thus far taking second place in Stage 1 and winning yesterday's Stage 3 to Aspen. We catch up with Reijnen this morning prior to Stage 4 of the USA Pro Challenge.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Day by Day Coaching's Benjamin Day joins us to provide insight into today's Aspen stage.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.