Cycling Legends Podcast

Barry Hoban raced Paris-Roubaix no fewer than eight times between 1964 and 1974, becoming the first British rider to finish on the podium in 1972.

In this interview from 2022, Chris Sidwells talks to …

O, Holy Week! David, Chris and Gary are briefly rendered speechless as they look back on the weekend’s Rondes Van Vlaanderen. The guys also cast an eye towards Paris-Roubaix and ponder what it takes …

In a busy month for British Cycling, Gary caught up with Chief Executive Jon Dutton to talk about the Grand Departs for both the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes in 2027 and British Cycli…

Lugworm haemoglobin and platelet-rich plasma? Are we bringing the noughties back here at Cycling Legends Towers? In Actual Cycling, we ask whether it’s time to crown Strade Bianche the sixth Monument…

It’s Openinsgsweekend so it stands to reason that we’re team talking about doping in shinty and ballroom dancing. Talk does eventually turn to both Omloopen Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Brus…

In the 1980s, men's pro cycling was a closed-door to women, unless you were a podium girl, of course. In 1985, a 25 year-old from Connecticut changed all that.

Chris Sidwell chats to pro cycling's fir…

Chris and David are joined by Erin Avill as we announce this season's line-up with some new faces and new flags join the team for 2025.

Erin also reflects on the learning-curve that was 2024 and looks…

Theo de Rooij won 14 races in a professional career that spanned the decade from 1980 to 1990. Having ridden with the Panasonic team between 1984-1990, he then became a DS on the team for 4 seasons b…

Does Alison Jackson listen to the Feed Zone? Probably not, but that doesn’t stop Gary from claiming his musical influence on the Paris-Roubaix Femmes winner.

in the real world, it’s Bartali goes to Ho…

Andy Hampsten is known to millions of cycling fans for THAT image taken as he attacked in Arctic conditions on the Gavia Pass on his way to take the Maglia Rosa during the 1988 Giro d’Italia,. He wou…

Is the TNT Sports bombshell really the biggest robbery in cycling since the 1985 Vuelta a Espana or have we just had it too good for too long? Chris, David and Gary discuss the fall-out from this plu…

Team owner/manager David Walters chats to Chris Sidwells about the team's invitation to return to the Interclub series in Belgium this spring and talks about learning from the past to sustain teams a…

Chris Sidwells chats to Sam Henry, the Bicycling Mayor of Wolverhampton, and former racing cyclist and Chairman of Halesowen Cycling Club, David Viner about initiatives to make cycling accessible in …

Yellow cards are go Down Under. Have age and treachery gone woke? All this and much more in the new Feed Zone.

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As the new season approaches, DS David Walters discusses the team's 2025 race programme which will be heavily focussed on Belgian both on the kermesse and interclub circuits. You can also hear about …

Chris Sidwells and David Walters introduce a new season and a new name for Britain’s most exciting elite women U23 team in a historic year for British cycling.

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Resolutions, health tips and inspiration for the new year - we offer none of that as we stumble into 2025. Instead, settle yourself down for an hour of chat with Chris, David and Gary covering everyt…

Reg Harris won the world professional track sprint title 4 times and was a two-time silver medallist at the 1948 Olympics in London. He was a household name in the 1950s, but came out of retirement i…

And so this is Christmas. With 3 wise men taking up a better offer, it’s down to Chris, David and Gary to deliver the final Feed Zone of the year.

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