Cycling Talk Podcast

For this episode I am joined by rider for La Conti Groupama FDJ and Great Britain, Noah Hobbs.Noah and I chat about growing up riding and racing in the UK and Europe as a youth rider before Covid hit in his 2nd year as an under 16. After losing most of his track and road seasons in 2020, Noah then made great progress as a Junior, representing Team GB at the Track European Champions

Joining me for this episode is Australian road rider currently racing with Q36.5, Cyrus Monk.Cyrus and I chat about his early memories of cycling as well as playing lots of other sports before heading to University and starting on his path to become a professional cyclist. Cyrus has raced all over the world with teams of all different levels from club to World Tour and has gained e

For this episode I am joined by British rider for Canyon-SRAM, Alice Towers.Alice and I chat about her progression through youth racing, starting with cafe rides with her dad and brother before joining her local club and beginning to train and race.Alice was a Junior when we went into Lockdown in 2020 and we talk about the impact this had on her cycling and how she got to join a te

Today I am joined by former British Track and road rider now racing for France, Oscar Nilsson-Julien.Oscar grew up in London riding and racing as part of VCL cycling club. We chat about his progression through the youth and junior categories, the people who he raced with and the multiple British National titles he achieved.After competing as part of the GB programme as an Under 23,

For this episode I am joined my British Junior road and cyclocross rider Seb Grindley.I've followed Seb's progress since 2021 and after having him on the pod as a guest as part of a team episode a few years ago, I really wanted the opportunity to have a proper chat with Seb about his life in cycling so far.Seb started riding with his dad when he was young before quickly pro

Today I am joined by female British road rider for Movistar Team, Claire Steels.After growing up playing field hockey, Claire studied Psychology with Sports Science at university before getting into running and then duathlon which led to her representing Team GB in her age group.Alongside setting up her own personal training business, Claire began to focus more on the bike and quic

This week I am joined by Swiss mountain bike rider for Ghost Factory Racing Team Nicole Koller.I'm so grateful to Nicole for sharing the highs and lows of her life in cycling so far. We chat about growing up cycling with her brothers, her progression through the Junior category and becoming the XCO Junior World Champion. We also chat about moving through under 23 into Elite, ra

I'm back for season 5 of Cycling Talk Podcast where I am joined by Pro and young riders in all disciplines of cycling to share their cycling life story so far.For this episode I am joined by under 23 rider for Great Britain and Trinity Racing, Bob Donaldson.Bob and I chat through his early experiences on the Road and Track through to his progression as an Under 23 including rac

For this special episode I welcome back British Track and Road rider Ben Wiggins.After talking to Ben in early 2022, he joins me again to talk about his time as a Junior in 2022 and 2023.We chat about how he has progressed as a rider and the experiences he has had including being part of Team GB at a number of Nation's Cup events, riding at Track Nationals and racing in Glasgow

For this episode I am joined by road rider Rory Townsend who represents Ireland and will be joining Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for 2024.Rory is well known by British an Irish fans after spending a number of years as part of Wiv SunGod, racing both domestically and around the world. We chat about some of his early memories of racing in Qatar and China, the friendships he has made and wh