Criterium Nation

A lot of bike racing just happened- Sunny King, Redlands, Gila, Spartanburg, Athens, all of Speed Week. It's a lot. We unpack a the themes and storylines from this huge block of racing.

We are broug…

The U23 Class of 2019 was insanely talented, and it included our guest this week Michael Hernandez of Best Buddies Racing. This week we talk inclusivity, we talk elite bike racing, and we talk about …

The most ambitious effort we have yet undertaken, a show literally 30 hours and 500 miles of bike riding in the making. We proudly present the first chapter of our ongoing series following the men of…

Inspired equally by The Slow Ride Podcast and the epic movie 1917, here is a one take episode of our show. It's a bit more raw than normal, filled with all our hot takes, a game with ill-defined rule…

What is your mantra? What are your centering words? Paige Kostanecki of ButcherBox Cycling joins us to talk about how she has battled negative self talk and invasive thoughts to turn defeat into vict…

Collegiate cycling has expanded greatly in the United States in the last 30 years. It has slowly become a pipeline for riders from high school to college and then on to greater successes. What has he…

Athletes want to compete and will compete even when hurt. It is their very nature that injury is ignored, often times until it becomes detrimental to a career. Harriet Owen suffered a serious concuss…

Danny Estevez of Best Buddies Racing launches the 2022 season for us. He's an athlete who made the choice to leave the sport as a junior and then, when he was ready, to come back and drive for the to…

The final episode of the season has arrived. Céline, Allan, and I breakdown, hopefully in a lighthearted fashion, what we liked about 2021.

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It's retrospection time and we've got our professor, Adam Mills, from Source Endurance here to breakdown the lessons that we all should have learned this year. We've have four lessons in today's clas…

Our guest this week, Julie Kuliecza, has made it to the end of her professional racing career. We are here to celebrate that milestone with her; but also to learn from her wisdom and experiences. We …

In road racing, the autumn is the time of expectations and fresh starts. It's when we get to dial in where we want to go in the future. The future for Scott McGill is bright with a new contract with …

In this week's episode we provide you with just the inspiration you need to get through the shorter days and cool temps. Allan and Céline cover for me in my absence with this great conversation with …

A lot has happened in our criterium nation in the past couple of weeks. There will be good that comes from some terrible news. We will be here to convey that good news and explain it when the time co…

We are getting ready for a couple week break here; but before we do it, Boedi, Céline, Allan and I need to fill you in on all the details from the big weekend in Winston-Salem and two days of phenome…

Coming from Maple Ridge, BC, Canada, Maggie Coles-Lyster of DNA Pro Cycling has been a force in the criterium peloton this year. We got a chance to sit down with her and hear about that whirlwind of …

The criterium season is winding down, which means more time for lazy Sunday mornings brunching with the cats outside. But before we pack up the Zipp 808s for the winter there is a veritable buffet of…

Kerry Werner, a double threat with Project Echelon and Kona Maxxis Shimano, joins us for the hour from the most unique host housing situation in the history of domestic bike racing to talk about CX, …

Olivia Ray of Rally Cycling and George Simpson of Project Echelon sub in for the usual suspects on the Crit Squad to talk about the Experience Fayetteville Criterium which is the final stage of the J…

A lot has happened lately which means a lot to cover. The full crit squad was back but we needed more, so we brought in our clean-up guy Micheal Boedigheimer to give us that extra little push. Tune i…