The Tour of Poland is going to be critical for riders to test themselves ahead of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia later this year. There are plenty of big names coming to this Tour of Poland including Remco Evenepoel who is on fire at the moment after La Vuelta a Burgos. In this episode we will talk you through all the stages, which stages are vital to the GC and who are the favourites for GC and the sprints. We will also provide our predictions as to who will win.
Milan Sanremo is my favourite classic so this is a very exciting preview to make. In today's podcast we will discuss the newly diverted route, the favourites for the win and the different scenarios that could happen.Will we see a solo attack? A reduced bunch sprint? Or an almighty gallop from the sprinters? Find out what we think will happen by listening to the Ow Do Cycling podcast.
The first UCI World Tour race is happening in just a few days and we are very excited. Strade Bianche was cancelled back in March but we finally get to watch it this weekend. It's a fantastic race and this is a complete preview of how we think the race will unfold. We cover all the teams and favourites for the win alongside some different scenarios that you could see happen. And what would a preview be without predictions, at the end, Cam and I will tell you our favourite and an underdog pick. Let's get this season restarted!
Welcome to another episode of 'If I was the DS'. This is probably one of the last episodes of this series before we start getting into race previews later this month, if you could let me know how you think this series was by leaving a review I would be very thankful :)Anyway, today, Team Sunweb released a video showing their riders for the Tour de France and Giro d'italia. I will be going through their selections and sharing my thoughts on how successful the team will be. Because the video didn't contain a Vuelta team I will be making one up on the fly so if you want to see me thinking on my feet give this episode a listen.The next team on the series isn't decided, it will likely be on a team that releases their roster in the coming days.
Bora are the 2nd team to provide some confirmation of where riders are going this year, a very exciting Tour de France lineup with stars Sagan and Buchmann. We discuss their chances and what we expect will happen from this attacking team. Alongside this we will be filling in the Giro and Vuelta rosters with who we think would fit best. Tune in next week for the next team to be analysed.
UAE are the first team to confirm riders going to the grand tours, we discuss who they have selected and how we think the team will perform. Who will be their key riders? How will Pogacar do on his TDF debut? Have a listen to get our opinion.
EF has grown in strength over the past few years to the point where they have a strong GC team to back up their key man: Rigoberto Uran. With the team in financial difficulty, it's imperitive they get results. We select the teams that will do just that. This episode accommodates for the calendar changes implemented by the UCI which has moved Il Lombardia earlier to the 8th August. Previous episodes were in line to the previous calendar.
Team INEOS has a tricky job of managing three TDF winners into 1 team. Today, alongside my brother, we will be discussing how INEOS can solve their problem - or at least our takes on it. Who should be selected to support the leaders? Should Froome have leadership priority? Will friendships falter? Find out in this episode.
This is the 1st episode of a series I'm going to do where I create the rosters for the world tour teams. Today is Deceuninck Quick Step, the UCI ranking leaders, I try and organise this team of winners based on rider goals but also on what is most likely to get the best results. The foundation of my thinking is built on who to send to each of the Grand Tours and then work on which races best suit the build up to that. Tune in next week for the next teamP.S: sorry for the background noise
With optimism in my heart I'm taking a stab at making sense of the UCI calender. With plenty of overlap teams will have to be savvy with their rosters, I'll be talking through the races deciding which ones will be hotly contested and which could be left in the dark.
Rumours swirling suggest that 5 time Tour de France winner, Chris Froome, is looking for a move away from INEOS. This episode discusses whether the move is a good idea, why would Froome move and most importantly, who would be the most likely candidate for Froome's future.Check it out1st ever podcast
Grab a cup of tea for our comprehensive preview of the UCI World Championships mens road race. There's plenty to get through so let's begin...ParcoursTeam StrengthStrategyRidersPotential race scenariosThe predictions
Puncheurs delight at the Tour of Poland this year with fewer stages for the pure sprinters, the GC will be contested mainly on stage 4 which has a mountainous finish and on the stage 6 TT.Pre-race favourite Joao Almeida will go up against 2018 winner Michal Kwiatkowski. INEOS Grenadiers bring a strong squad for GC whereas other teams also bring a sprinter, the main sprinters being Pascal Ackermann, Fernando Gaviria and Alvaro Hodeg.
Recently, Patrick Lefevre has been talking badly about Sam Bennett and his likely move back to Bora Hansgrohe. So who could replace Bennett? We go through all the options and then choose who we think would be the best fit in the squad.
After the excitement of Le Tour de France and the Olympics, we head to Spain for the classic Basque race. This is usually won by a solo rider or from a reduced sprint, this is why the likes of Julian Alaphilippe are the favourites to win. Steep gradients characterise this race, the last climb finishing with around 10 kilometres to finish. Who do we predict will win? Listen to the end and we'll tell you
With Wout van Aert as the big favourite for the race, can anyone beat him? Pogacar and Roglic line up for Slovenia which will make the other riders worried considering they're the best riders in the peloton.Outsiders like: Mollema, Almeida, Yates, Lutsenko, Gaudu etc will hope to attack early and perhaps solo to victory. Not many will want a reduced bunch sprint except Wout, Schachmann and maybe Valverde.We discuss the route, the weather and the tactics that we could see on Saturday. We each give our predicted winner too so we can look like geniuses when they win ;) ;)
The 2021 Tour de France was won by a gap of almost 6 minutes! This has lead to questions of the legitimacy of Pogacar's performance and whether there has been any doping involved.We wanted to talk about this and explain why we think Pogacar isn't doping, but is in fact just an exceptional athlete. Alongside this we discuss why him doing so well has possibly covered up more suspicious activity that may have gone unnoticed.
It's the final week of this grand tour and Egan Bernal leads by over 2 minutes to Damiano Caruso. Hugh Carthy moved up to 3rd place after a brutal stage 16 where the weather prevented us from seeing most of the finale. Stage 17 has a steep mountain finish that could see Bernal winning his 3rd stage. Can anyone stop him? That's what we talk about.
A little late (sorry), but here's our preview of the first 10 stages of the 2021 Giro d'Italia. We talk about stage profiles, tactics, and the riders we expect to win.The podcast is also on YouTube, search OwDoCycling if you prefer watching your podcasts.See you on the 1st rest day for our preview of the 2nd week
The most iconic steep climb in cycling: Le Muur de Huy returns with many of the previous winners lining up. We give you a brief run down of the climb and who is going to do well, no messing about, no divvies. Straight to the point and cutting out the major detail is how we're rolling for these 'smaller' races. If you prefer watching your podcast, you can watch this on YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1DOGXxDOO4-neg8y_JOBw