Épisodes

  • S2 Ep49: 2022 LBL: Revival On & Of La Redoute

    S2 Ep49: 2022 LBL: Revival On & Of La Redoute
    May 4 2022
    "Yes, yes, in much the same way how some now think the Giro-Tour double is back to being impossible or at least shall never be done again because of the steep competition, so some thought Liege-Bastogne-Liege would never again be won on La Redoute. Ah! But surely no reasonable limits can bound Titans when they Clash in the Second Golden Age of Cycling."
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    20 min
  • S2 Ep48: 2022 P-R: The Three Laws Hold at Puncture-Roubaix

    S2 Ep48: 2022 P-R: The Three Laws Hold at Puncture-Roubaix
    May 4 2022
    "There was no way to lay back in the armchair at ease, most viewing must have been bolt upright with every muscle tensed. It was a beautiful moment where the primal senses and instincts of Man were fused with modern gamesmanship and technology in the heat of a cunning competition that was as epic as any quest or gladiatorial melee of forgotten yore. (An Author’s Note: Why, O! Why, can’t such stakes ever be felt at Average Amstel?). "
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    19 min
  • S2 Ep47: 2022 Itzulia: Keeping Count of Breakaway Heartbreakers

    S2 Ep47: 2022 Itzulia: Keeping Count of Breakaway Heartbreakers
    May 4 2022
    "Allow me to introduce another award....I draw upon the idea of Ace Fighter Pilots."
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    11 min
  • S2 Ep46: THAT Tour of Turkey Stage - 10 Years On

    S2 Ep46: THAT Tour of Turkey Stage - 10 Years On
    Apr 17 2022
    Must watch before listing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ru3vGR8nck&t=336s
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    22 min
  • S2 Ep45: FTV 2021: Roubaix's Three Laws of Motion

    S2 Ep45: FTV 2021: Roubaix's Three Laws of Motion
    Apr 16 2022
    "It had not been seen for a generation, but finally in this Autumnal edition it commenced once more: a muddy Roubaix. There are very few sporting events guaranteed to be compelling drama and griping viewing, but a muddy Paris-Roubaix, a proper Sunday in Hell, is one of them."
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    26 min
  • S2 Ep44: 2022 AGR: An Avenging At An Average Amstel

    S2 Ep44: 2022 AGR: An Avenging At An Average Amstel
    Apr 12 2022
    "To peel back the deeper dramatic narrative layers of a Monument or a Grand Tour is easier than peeling an onion, but for certain Classics like Average Amstel I find that deeper-narrative-peeling-process to be rougher than shucking corn. Perhaps this is a “Me” problem, but I can’t recall anyone else drawing out a compelling narrative from Average Amstel either (save in 2019)."
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    16 min
  • S2 Ep43: 2022 Scheld: A Race Personified

    S2 Ep43: 2022 Scheld: A Race Personified
    Apr 12 2022
    "Scheldeprijs is a weird race for me, I don’t exactly understand where it fits and how to classify it, or perhaps it has multiple identities. Sometimes it acts as a bona fide Flandrien Cobbled Classic and is won by the likes of Peter Van Petegem or Servais Knaven, despite being very flat near Antwerp and the Dutch border with relatively benign cobbled sectors. And sometimes it really does act like the unofficial sprinters’ world championships...It was only with 24 hours’ digestion after its 2022 completion that I even decided to cover Scheldeprijs this year, because the winner made me smile, and embodied this dividing line classification conundrum."
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    13 min
  • S2 Ep42: 2022 RVV: Staving Off Empire

    S2 Ep42: 2022 RVV: Staving Off Empire
    Apr 5 2022
    "They had Clashed like Titans creating earthquakes and thunderstorms for the past 50km in front of the best fans in cycling who ate up every minute of it and brought the best of these Titans themselves. It had been an epic battle for which this podcast was exactly created to commemorate."
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    20 min