The Cycling Podcast
| The Cycling Podcast | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe, Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley |
| Genre | Sports |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Thursday |
| Production | |
| Production | Jonathan Rowe, Jon Moonie, Tom Whalley, Alex Adey, Paul Scoins, Will Jones, Adam Bowie |
| Audio format | Podcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3) |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 805 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 2013 – present |
| Ratings | 70,000 listeners / week, 48.4 million all-time listens |
| Cited for | The Cycling Media Awards Best Podcast 2016, British Podcasting Awards Bronze Medal 2018, British Podcasting Awards Bronze Medal 2019 |
| Cited as | Top 20 Audio AIPS Sports Media Awards |
| Provider | Audioboom |
| Related shows | Kilometre 0 by The Cycling Podcast, The Cycling Podcast Féminin, Explore by The Cycling Podcast |
| Website | The Cycling Podcast |
| Breaking The Story | |
Search The Cycling Podcast on Amazon.
The Cycling Podcast is an independent sports audio production presented by Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe. Weekly, hour-long episodes provide insight, analysis and often an irreverent take on professional road cycling. Each episode features interviews with different professional cyclists, team staff and other actors from across the sport. Increased coverage is provided at the Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España) where daily episodes are recorded at the end of each stage. It is also published by the UK broadsheet newspaper, The Telegraph[1]. It was recently listed as one of the top 100 British podcasts[2]
There are three child shows that fall under The Cycling Podcast parent:
- Kilometre 0[3] by The Cycling Podcast features at each of the three Grand Tours. The KM0 series takes listeners behind the scenes, bringing them the stories from beyond the racing.
- The Cycling Podcast Féminin[4] is a monthly magazine show covering women's professional road cycling and the UCI Women's World Tour. It is presented by Richard Moore with Orla Chennaoui and Rose Manley.
- Explore by The Cycling Podcast premiered in late 2018[5], the six-part mini-series examined the world of bikepacking, endurance and ultra-endurance riding. It is led by Lionel Birnie with Hannah Troop and Tom Whalley.
Series Overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 49 | June 23, 2013 | December 23, 2013 | ||
| 2 | 74 | January 1, 2014 | December 22, 2014 | ||
| 3 | 94 | January 29, 2015 | December 28, 2015 | ||
| 4 | 149 | January 14, 2016 | December 26, 2016 | ||
| 5 | 144 | January 11, 2017 | December 29, 2017 | ||
| 6 | 166 | January 9, 2018 | December 23, 2018 | ||
| 7 | TBA | January 1, 2019 | |||
Giro d'Italia
It was in 2016 that The Cycling Podcast team covered the Giro d'Italia for the first time, thanks to new sponsorship funding from Science in Sport. Italian journalist Ciro Scognamiglio[6] of La Gazzetta dello Sport is a regular contributor during the three-week stage race.
Tour de France
The Cycling Podcast began as daily dispatches from the Tour de France in 2013. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe, along with a cast of special guests, have provided analysis and insight from each of the 21 stages of the race every year since. French journalist and author François Thomazeau (winner of the 2015 Prix Jacques Goddet) has joined them in their coverage since 2017.
Vuelta a España
Following the title sponsorship of cycling clothing brand Rapha, The Cycling Podcast added the third Grand Tour to their coverage in August 2016. Spanish cycling journalist and communications manager for Equipo Lizarte, Fran Reyes provides insight during the Vuelta a España coverage.
Kilometre 0 by The Cycling Podcast
Kilometre 0 is a recurring series produced at each of the three Grand Tours. Each episode vignettes that which lies beyond the racing, previous topics include the gastronomic culture, politics and sustainability. The tile, Kilometre 0, is the official start of a bike race which arrives after the 'départ fictif' or neutralized start.
Explore by The Cycling Podcast
Explore was a six part series launched in 2018. It examines the emerging trends of bikepacking, endurance and ultra-endurance cycling. It is set to return in 2019.
Adam Blythe Interviews... by The Cycling Podcast
Adam Blythe Interviews is a six-part series by The Cycling Podcast, launched in spring 2019. In each episode, Lotto-Soudal rider Adam Blythe interviews a significant figure from the world of professional cycling.
Friends of The Podcast
Each year, The Cycling Podcast invites listeners to support the podcast by becoming a 'Friend of the Podcast'. Friends of The Podcast get access to a series of special, in-depth, feature-length episodes in exchange for their support.
Episodes
Friends of The Podcast 2015
| No. overall | Episode | Title | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Team Sky , the first five years" | Richard Moore |
| 2 | 2 | "The Cobbles Classics" | Richard Moore & Lionel Birnie |
| 3 | 3 | "From Flanders to Roubaix" | Richard Moore & Lionel Birnie |
| 4 | 4 | "At home with Mark Cavendish" | Daniel Friebe |
| 5 | 5 | "The (Im)Perfect Tour de France, Live at Foyles" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 6 | 6 | "Brailsford and Froome at the Tour" | Richard Moore & Lionel Birnie |
| 7 | 7 | "The PIRC (Podcast Independent Reform Commission)" | Richard Moore & Lionel Birnie |
| 8 | 8 | "The 2015 Tour de France review" | Richard Moore & Lionel Birnie |
| 9 | 9 | "In conversation with David Millar" | Richard Moore |
| 10 | 10 | "At home with the Yates brothers" | Lionel Birnie |
| 11 | 11 | "Live at Lord's" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
Friends of The Podcast 2016
| No. overall | Episode | Title | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | "In conversation with Geraint Thomas" | Richard Moore |
| 13 | 2 | "The Froome Tests" | Richard Moore |
| 14 | 3 | "The rise and demise of HTC-Highroad" | Daniel Friebe |
| 15 | 4 | "Flanders fever" | Lionel Birnie |
| 16 | 5 | "Young Americans" | Richard Moore |
| 17 | 6 | "An evening with Ciro" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe, Ciro Scognamiglio |
| 18 | 7 | "Joe Dombrowski's Giro Diary" | Joe Dombrowski |
| 19 | 8 | "Operacion Puerto: the day the Tour almost died" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 20 | 9 | "Mont Ventoux: head, wind and fear" | Lionel Birnie |
| 21 | 10 | "El Pistolero: the many lives of Alberto Contador" | Richard Moore |
| 22 | 11 | "20:20 vision" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 23 | 12 | "Full circle: the Bradley Wiggins story" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie |
Friends of The Podcast 2017
| No. overall | Episode | Title | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | "Live at The Signet Library" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau |
| 25 | 2 | "Behind the scenes with Lotto-Soudal" | Lionel Birnie |
| 26 | 3 | "The Lionel of Flanders" | Lionel Birnie |
| 27 | 4 | "15th time lucky" | Richard Moore |
| 28 | 5 | "Boonen's fairwell" | Lionel Birnie |
| 29 | 6 | "The hipster's Classic" | Lionel Birnie |
| 30 | 7 | "Giro 100" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 31 | 8 | "The 1987 Giro according to Stephen Roche" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 32 | 9 | "Giro Extra: Team Sky's Giro options" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 33 | 10 | "In conversation with Thomas de Gendt" | Richard Moore |
| 34 | 11 | "Alexis Ryan's Tour of California diary" | Alexis Ryan |
| 35 | 12 | "Lunch with Linus" | Daniel Friebe |
| 36 | 13 | "The Cycling Podcast Live at Rapha Düsseldorf" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 37 | 14 | "The roadtrip" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau |
| 38 | 15 | "Inside the teamcar" | Richard Moore |
| 39 | 16 | "Kilometre 0 at the Vuelta a España" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 40 | 17 | "Youngish Americans" | Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui |
| 41 | 18 | "Team of the year" | Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui |
Friends of The Podcast 2018
| No. overall | Episode | Title | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 1 | "At home with the Froomes" | Richard Moore & Orla Chennaoui |
| 43 | 2 | "Look, it's lunch with Matt White" | Lionel Birnie |
| 44 | 3 | "The Cassoulet Podcast" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Orla Cheannoui with Hayden Groves |
| 45 | 4 | "The island that made Cavendish" | Orla Chennaoui |
| 46 | 5 | "The Flanders cycling school" | Richard Moore |
| 47 | 6 | "The trouble with La Doyenne" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 48 | 7 | "The espoir diaries: episode 1" | Keira McVitty, Calvert Churchill |
| 49 | 8 | "In search of the Pink Panther" | Lionel Birnie |
| 50 | 9 | "Kilometre 0: fuori pista" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 51 | 10 | "The espoir diaries: episode 2" | Keira McVitty, Calvert Churchill |
| 52 | 11 | "The Cycling Podcast live on tour" | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe |
| 53 | 12 | "The espoir diaries: episode 3" | Keira McVitty, Calvert Churchill |
| 54 | 13 | "Lunch with Colin Sturgess" | Lionel Birnie |
| 55 | 14 | "A day with Trek-Drops" | Richard Moore & Orla Chennaoui |
| 56 | 15 | "Meeting Jean Bobet" | Richard Moore |
| 57 | 16 | "The espoir diaries: episode 4" | Keira McVitty, Calvert Churchill |
| 58 | 17 | "The Tour was won on the Alpe" | Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui |
| 59 | 18 | "Ian Boswell's Tour de France journal" | Ian Boswell |
| 60 | 19 | "A day with Andy Schleck" | Richard Moore |
| 61 | 20 | "The espoir diaries: episode 5" | Keira McVitty, Calvert Churchill |
| 62 | 21 | "Mark Downey's Tour of Britain diary" | Mark Downey |
| 63 | 22 | "#NoGoTour" | Conor Dunne & Larry Warbasse |
| 64 | 23 | "The espoir diaries: episode 6" | Keira McVitty, Calvert Churchill |
| 65 | 24 | "How to retire" | Richard Moore & Stephen Harris |
Friends of The Podcast 2019
Episodes
The Cycling Podcast is a weekly show, usually released on Wednesday evening or Thursday Morning each week. The Cycling Podcast Féminin is released monthly.
History
The Cycling Podcast began as short audio dispatches from the 2013 Tour de France supported by sponsorship from Sharp. Listener numbers hit 9,000[7] halfway into the race which helped secure funding from Jaguar for the following year. In 2015, audience numbers grew to 30,000 and partnerships were developed with The Telegraph and Eurosport. Support from sports nutrition brand Science in Sport saw The Cycling Podcast cover their first Giro d'Italia in 2016 and title sponsorship from cycling lifestyle brand Rapha, secured the future of the podcast for the following two years. Notably, The Cycling Podcast was referenced in the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's report into Combatting doping in sport.[8]
The Cycling Podcast has been nominated for several awards since 2016. The podcast was given best podcast at the 2016 Cycling Media Awards.[9] In 2018 The Cycling Podcast was a Bronze medalist in sports podcast category at the British Podcast Awards.[10]. It has been renominated in the Sports category in 2019.
Current Contributors
The Cycling Podcast features regular contributions from journalists François Thomazeau, Ciro Scognamiglio, Fran Reyes and sports commentator Rob Hatch.
The Service Course[11], a new tech show by The Cycling Podcast launched in 2019 with YouTube star Keira McVitty and radio producer Tom Whalley.
Past Contributors
Matthew Beaudin, Ned Boulting, John Bradley, Caley Fretz, Rupert Guinness, Andy Hood, Matt Rendell, Owen Rogers, Owen Slot, Anthony Tan and Hannah Troop.
The Cycling Podcast Live
The Cycling Podcast was recorded live with an audience at the 2019 World Championships.[12]
Support and Sponsorship
The Cycling Podcast's headline sponsor is Rapha, it also receives sponsorship from Science in Sport. Past sponsors include Allpress Espresso, HumansInvent.com, Sharp, Van Dessel Cycles, British Eurosport, Nederburg Wines, Jaguar, Wellbrix and Hansgrohe showers and taps. The Telegraph is a long standing media partner of The Cycling Podcast.
References
- ↑ "Telegraph Cycling Podcast". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "With millions of Brits already tuning in, now's the time to join the podcast revolution".
- ↑ "Kilometre 0 by The Cycling Podcast on Audioboom". Audioboom. Retrieved September 8, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Cycling Podcast Féminin on Audioboom". Audioboom. Retrieved September 8, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Cycling Podcast launches Explore series".
- ↑ Scognamiglio, Ciro. "Ciro Scognamiglio". Ciro Scognamiglio Muckrack. Retrieved September 8, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Moore, Richard. "The origins of The Cycling Podcast". The Author, the Journal of the Society of Authors. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "Combatting doping in sport". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ↑ "Cycling Media Awards". Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ↑ "British Podcast Awards". Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ↑ "The Cycling Podcast launches new tech show".
- ↑ "David Millar & Ned Boulting, plus The Cycling Podcast team, to take centre stage at Yorkshire World Championships".
This article "The Cycling Podcast" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:The Cycling Podcast. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
|
This page exists already on Wikipedia. |
