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World Tour racing is back! Bram Wulteputte and Ethan Lessiter break down the 2026 men's Santos Tour Down Under, which organisers are calling the toughest route they've ever put together. In this episode, we preview all six stages of the race, from the unique 3.6km prologue in Adelaide through to the decisive battles on Willunga Hill and the challenging Norton Summit finale. We discuss the logistical challenges teams face bringing equipment to Australia, the innovative aero setups mechanics c...
Former sprint king Alexander Kristoff joins us for The Hotseat to talk about life after retirement, his unforgettable memories racing alongside Tadej PogaÄar, and why he would swap one of his Tour stage wins for rainbow stripes. Also in this episode: - Why he's only touched his bike three times since retiring in October - His honest take on PogaÄar's evolution from 2020 Tour winner to today's dominant force - The brutal reality of racing against Sagan, Cavendish and Kittel in their primes -...
The cycling world was stunned this week when Simon Yates announced his immediate retirement at just 33 years old, walking away after winning the Giro d'Italia. We break down why the two-time Grand Tour champion called it quits at his peak. Plus: Derek Gee's transfer saga finally ends as he officially joins Lidl-Trek after months of arbitration with Israel-Premier Tech. Matteo Jorgenson opens up about the "reality check" of Grand Tour racing and the sacrifices required to compete at the top. J...
In this episode of the Domestique Hotseat, Tim Declercq sits down with Aidan for a wide ranging conversation that moves well beyond watts and race results. Declercq talks about the shift from rider to coach, what modern cycling asks of young riders, and why safety and stress became harder to ignore as his career went on. They also get into the bigger picture: what new money is doing to the sport, why nutrition has changed the level of the peloton, and how Declercq views Remco Evenepoelâs Tou...
The 2026 season hasn't even started properly, but we've already got drama. Wout van Aert crashed at the cyclo-cross race in Mol and fractured his ankle, requiring surgery. We break down the injury and discuss whether this disrupts his spring classics campaign. We also tackle the Remco Evenepoel rumour mill after he was spotted recon'ing the Tour of Flanders route with a team car. Is Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe throwing him into the deep end, or was this just a casual training ride? And with the T...
Relive the funniest, most insightful and most emotional moments with some of the best riders in the pro peloton. Thanks for listening throughout 2025, and weâll see you next year. 00:00 Intro 01:25 Amanda Spratt 08:15 Michae Storer 12:15 Kim Cadzow 24:55 Finn Fisher-Black 34:13 Kim Le Court-Pienaar 44:06 Byron Munton 48:52 Wout Poels 53:55 Sarah Gigante 59:15 Niamh Fisher-Black 01:04:01 Bas Tietema 01:08:38 Cole Kessler 01:12:57 Cat Ferguson 01:17:45 Marcel Kittel 01:22:47 Magdeleine Vallier...
To end the year, we decided to have some fun and do things a little bit differently. We rank every pro cycling team's 2025 season! We're looking back at the 2025 campaign and grading each WorldTour and ProTeam squad based on their roster strength and success in the biggest races. From the superteams stacked with Grand Tour contenders to the squads fighting for survival, we break down who's positioned for glory and who might struggle when the racing starts in January. This is our take on how...
HonorĂ© reflects on the emotional highs of 2025, including Kasper Asgreen's crucial Giro stage win and the dramatic 20th stage on the Finestre, which ultimately didnât deliver victory for teammate Richard Carapaz. HonorĂ© also discusses what makes modern cycling compelling for fans, the return of team time trials, and why he believes moving the Giro to August would solve some of the race's biggest challenges. Other things they talk about: đČ The role of gravel in Grand Tours đ» That unforgettable...
This week's cycling news: the 2026 Vuelta a España reveals a brutal route with over 58'000 meters of climbing, Ineos Grenadiers announces the signing of Australian sprinter Sam Welsford and the launch of their racing academy, and the UCI moves forward with plans to change contract start dates from 1 January to November. Bram and Ethan discuss the awkward optics of riders training in mismatched team kits during the transition period, examining the Remco Evenepoel situation at Soudal Qui...
In this episode of the Domestique Hotseat, the conversation shifts from the peloton to the boardroom. Host Aidan sits down with EF Education - EasyPost founder and team boss Jonathan Vaughters for a wide ranging, sharply opinionated chat about what worked in 2025, what did not, and why the sportâs economic model is creaking under its own weight. Vaughters assesses EFâs 2025 with bluntness. The big races, he says, went almost exactly to plan. The smaller ones did not. He links that gap to the...
Itâs the final stretch of the season, but thereâs no shortage of talking points. With teams deep into training camps and media days, the 2026 picture is starting to take shape, and in some cases, unravel. Bram is joined by Domestique editor Ethan to break down the fallout from Lidl-Trekâs media day, including mixed messaging around Mattias Skjelmose, Juan Ayuso, and Grand Tour leadership. Thereâs also discussion around Jonathan Milanâs Giro focus, Mads Pedersen targeting the Tour de France gr...
The World Champion has outlined plans to target the Ardennes Classics in 2026, after revealing how she has found the first few months since that defining moment in Kigali, Rwanda, back in September. She talks through the surreal reality of being world champion, from rainbow nails and custom Brooks shoes to a Cannondale that arrived at 10pm the night before her first race in the stripes. Vallieres breaks down the decisive move in Rwanda, the risk of committing to a break where âmost of...
Do you want to win the signed Team Visma | Lease a Bike jersey? Drop your favourite Victor & Matteo vlog in the comments đ Aidan sits down with Tour de France stage winner and Visma | Lease a Bike workhorse Victor Campenaerts for a conversation about trading personal glory for the life of a super domestique in service of Jonas Vingegaard. He dives into the art of climbing as a domestique, the trust inside Vismaâs Tour de France train, and why hearing Vingegaard say âyou will be a lot of...
The 2026 Giro dâItalia route has finally been revealed and itâs every bit as dramatic as the rumours suggested. In this episode, Bram and Ethan walk through the full three-week parcours, from the flat opening along the Black Sea in Bulgaria to the brutal double punch of stages 19 and 20 in the Dolomites. The episode also explores how different contenders might approach the race. Would Vingegaard risk a GiroâTour double with so little recovery time between the two? Does Evenepoel lean into the...
Aidan sits down with Visma | Lease a Bike's American star Matteo Jorgenson for a wide ranging conversation about life inside the team that keeps trying to crack Tadej PogaÄar. From creative Tour de France tactics and media made âtensionâ with UAE, to Wout van Aertâs emotional win in Paris, Jorgenson lifts the lid on what it is like to race the best rider he has ever seen. The American also looks beyond July. He explains why Matthew Brennan is âthe definition of a wonderkidâ, what the rise of ...
Aidan sits down with Decathlon rider Rasmus Pedersen for a wide ranging conversation. The 23-year old reflects on the national championships that transformed the way he sees himself, the instinctive jump that won the race, and the long stretch of consistency that followed. There is an honest look at the European Championships too, where Rasmus rode in support of Jonas Vingegaard on a day when the sportâs margins showed their teeth. And of course, with a Decathlon rider in the chair, Aidan ha...
Kittel looks back at a career built on raw power and precision. He explains why he never adopted the extreme low positions of other sprinters, how it felt to dominate the Champs ĂlysĂ©es, and why losing that finish still stings. âA big tradition is gone,â he said. âParis smells different. Food, perfume, excitement.â The conversation moves far beyond sprinting. Kittel speaks candidly about the pressure faced by young riders, the dangers of comparison culture, and how expectations have exploded ...
This week on the Domestique Cycling Podcast, Bram and Ethan dive into everything happening in the world of cycling⊠even if it is the off-season. From Mathieu van der Poelâs Ironman tease to Greg LeMond talking tech at Rouleur Live, itâs been a surprisingly lively week. We break down the big headlines, including: Van der Poel and the 100k-like Ironman challengeQ36.5 becoming Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro CyclingThe early chatter around the 2026 Giro dâItaliaWhy Evenepoel, Vingegaard, and Del Toro ...
At just 19, Cat Ferguson has already lived a full cycling life. From a childhood spent on Alpe dâHuez to a breakthrough season with Movistar she talks about growing up fast in the peloton, handling setbacks and whether she could beat Puck Pieterse in necking a pint. In the Domestique Hotseat, Ferguson reflects on skipping cyclocross for the first time, the mental strength it takes to survive the spring, and how a stage win at the Tour of Britain helped her reset after a tough start to the yea...
Weâre deep into the off-season â and that means one thing: transfer chaos! In this episode, Bram and Ethan dive into the biggest transfers ahead of the 2026 cycling season. From Red Bullâs signing of Remco Evenepoel to INEOSâ puzzling strategy and Decathlonâs surprise masterclass â we break down every major move, what it means for the teams, and whoâs shaping up for success next year.
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Aidan Burgess interviews are the best part of this podcast. When the other segments start talking about men's cycling as if women's cycling didn't exist, not interested. Maybe they got to women at the end, but it didn't sound like it would happen because they talked about teams like EF as if it was only a men's team.