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Hosted by track cycling professionals, Lewis Stewart and Jonny Mitchell, the Piste Take offers top level insight into the world of track cycling. With expert analysis from some of the sports top riders and coaches, we offer a deep dive into the stories, shenanigans and titbits as the sport gears up for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.The Piste Take releases on Thursdays on a fortnightly basis, with some bonus extra episodes lined up.Artwork by Taylor Craig with thanks to Glasgow Caledonian Library for the use of their recording studio.
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Send a text We are back with our normal episodes with a BANG! This week we take our longest ever intro to discuss the recent doping ban of Colombian track star, Martha Bayona Pineda before welcoming on Team USA superstar and human Adonis, Mr Anders Johnson. As a bronze medallist in last year's Individual Pursuit in Chile, Santiago, Anders is in a great place to tell us about the USA Men's Endurance Programme; their development from anonymity to thrusting themselves into the spotlight. W...
Send a text We bring you our final British Track Nationals Special episode with a short interview too with triple British champ, Emma Finucane. We discuss her race performances, upcoming competitions and the excitement of being back repping the famous Welsh Green Dragon! As the audio corrupted on our initial roundup, we bring Lewis back in in the studio to chat through the other events of the day - from a controversial Men's Points race, Richo ripping the face off the Men's Keirin and a stand...
Send a text In our next wrap up, we're again joined by the calming presence of Tom Davidson to chat through Day 3 of the 2026 British Track Nationals. We are joined by podcast stalwart Will Tidball to talk through THAT elimination race where he believes he was robbed of national title. In other events the ususal suspects like Emma Finucane, Matty Richardson, Sophie Unwin, and Finn Graham all added national titles to their names, while rising talents elsewhere showcased the depth of Brit...
Send a text In our next day 2 wrap up, we're again joined by the calming presence of Tom Davidson to chat through Day 2 of the 2026 British Track Nationals. On the Women's Endurance side we chat through a world class final between Josie Knight and Anna Morris; before being joined by rising Scottish Superstar Erin Boothman. With Men's sprinters we talk through a dominant sprint performance from Matty Richo, alongside breakthrough ride from 19 year old Archie Gill, while the Women's Team ...
Send a text As Jonny is down coaching at nationals we thought we'd try and put out some short sharp episodes. With a quick roundup with Cycling Weekly's Tom Davidson, we did a short feature interview with Matt Richardson as he just recorded 9.19s in his Flying 200m - the fastest time ever at sea level outside of Olympics!
Send a text We talk through our take on last week's 2026 UEC Elite European Track Championships in Konya, Turkey. We discuss new World Records, Harrie Lavreysen's dethroning by Matty Richardson and what it might mean for the months ahead, and give our take on the racing overall. Let us know your thoughts in the comments or direct message us @thepistetake on instagram!
Send a text After some unexpected logistical hurdles, we are back with a bang! In this episode we bring on our former housemate, teammate & 4 time World Championship medallist Joe Truman. We hear about Joe's recent successes at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships in Chile where he came home with a silver and a bronze medal in the Team Sprint & 1km Time Trial respectively. Listen to our latest episode to hear about the progression of GB's Men's Team Sprint, balancing training betwee...
Send a text On this episode, we speak to one of the the all time greats of track cycling. No one else has won the sprint world championships multiple times, a world champs madison medal, and won road stages on the World Tour. Truly one of the most versatile athletes that has ever graced the bicycle, we hope you enjoy!
Send a text Listen as we breakdown this years Track World Championships with no less than the devil himself, Will Tidball. Dutch and GB on top, but were there any other stories from behind the scenes? We hope you enjoy!
Send a text On this episode, we are back with a pre-race preview of tomorrow's World Championships. We run you through the disciplines, share a bit of gossip, and tell you who to watch out for in Santiago this year!
Send a text On this episode of The Piste Take, we speak to a man who broke onto the scene last October after seemingly breaking the IP WR out of nowhere. We hear if that really was the case or if it was just a matter of time. We take a journey through the silent rise of one of the fastest and most promising pursuits of talents in the world.
Send a text On this episode we speak to Olympic silver medallist Cole Shields. This is one of the more incredible stories we've had on the podcast as we hear about how Cole battled through multiple major set backs and chronic fatigue to reach the podium in Paris. I don't think we've ever had more ridiculous stories and tangents. If you want to support Cole's journey across Africa you can find the link here: https://wbr-africa-project-2025.squarespace.com/
Send a text On today's episode we bring on one of great relics of track sprint, Commonwealth and World Cup medallist, doctor and self declared professional rugby player, Lewis Oliva. Lewis was one of the main GB sprinters going into Rio and we hear the story of the early days of the academy programme, the progression to podium and everything in between. He is the people's champion, it was an absolute blast and we hope you enjoy!
Send a text On this episode we get back on the man making track cycling great again, Justin Grace. In the previous two episodes with Justin we learnt all about his past, but today, we learn about his future. Since we last recorded Justin has taken up the role of head sprint coach at USA cycling and we peel back the curtain on why the sleeping giant has never really realised it's potential and what the plans are for the upcoming home Olympic Games.
Send a text A lot of the time in cycling we have copy and paste origin stories, not this week. Anna has one of the most unique roots into the sport and from there, she went strength to strength. Olympic medallist, 3 time world champ and world record holder, hear the story of how she went from the university championships to the international stage!
Send a text Part 2 with one of the most underrated legends of our sport - Shane Perkins. An Olympic medallist, world and commonwealth champion, Shane has had one of the longest careers in tracking cycling spanning nearly 20 years and 2 countries. We had a such a laugh recording this and we hope you enjoy!
Send a text On this episode we speak to one of the most underrated legends of our sport - Shane Perkins. An Olympic medallist, world and commonwealth champion, Shane has had one of the longest careers in tracking cycling spanning nearly 20 years and 2 countries. We had a such a laugh recording this and we hope you enjoy!
Send a text A new year and out first round up. Jonny is freshly back from racing in Zolder and we get his inside track from the champs!
Send a text Ever wondered how to train with no time? How to stay motivated or how to age in reverse? On this episode we hear one of the most usual stories in track cycling, that of Pete Mitchell. Pete was a long standing member of the GBCT and after huge successes on the tandem retired from the sport. in 2023 he stunned riders and audiences at the British champs were he took gold in the sprint after only recently retuning casually to the sport. Pete also runs the largest track cycling coachin...
Send a text On this episode of the Piste Take we speak to our first Frenchman! European and Nations Cup medallist Oscar Nilsson-Julien. After beginning his career with the GBCT he transferred to the French and has since gone from strength to strength - and his first Olympic Games. It's got all you want from a podcast with a French rider - château's, gossip and passion. We hope you enjoy!
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