Chris, David and Gary reconvene to find at least something bike-related in the bleak off-season. Is Tom Pidcock half as good as he thinks he is? How come Demi Vollering only has a 2-year contract at FDJ-SUEZ? And what was policing really like in the 1980s and 1990s? Haste ye back, Het Nieuwsblad!

Recommendations

Why Your Bike is Made in Asia - Bill McGann https://a.co/d/fifNfK1

Bill McGann chats to Ben Delaney on The Ride podcast https://youtu.be/FpjB2k481_E?si=huxQA33k7aOVY6p6

Enfant Terrible - David Le Grys https://www.legrostrainingcamp.com/book/

Still True - Maggie Ginsberg https://maggieginsberg.com/still-true-novel/

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Lost? Aimlessly wandering the streets because it's that fortnight between the World Championships and Il Lombardia? Fear not as the Devil has been making work for idle podcasters.

Gary picks over some of the post-Zurich scuttlebutt, plus:

• Transfers - real and imagined/wished for
• Whither, Demi Vollering?
• If 24 hours is a long time in politics, 72 hours is ages in Eddy Merckx
• Paris-Tours

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Links

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An Evening with Chris Sidwells (and Phil Bayton) Ride 247, Cirencester Tuesday 8 October - https://ride247.cc/products/an-evening-with-chris-sidwell?_pos=1&_sid=6e3047356&_ss=r

Music - 'So Alive' by A Month of Sleep, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.

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Gary's in Kelso for stage 1 of the 2024 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men. It's noisy!

(Also, the post-race blues were recorded on Wednesday morning!)

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All music by A Month of Sleep and courtesy of Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com

This episode was powered by Sook Jai Coffee Shop, 45 Horsemarket, Kelso TD5 7AA

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Chris and David catch up after a busy summer racing on the Continent (and on the track!) and look ahead to 2025.

Oh, and nobody tell Chris this isn't the Feed Zone!

Follow Britain's newest U23 women's team:

Web - https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nouvellescycling/

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After 8 stages, 3 countries and nearly 950km it all came down to seconds. And not many of those.

To look back at a historic third edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Gary is joined by freelance writer, author and the brains behind the excellent Write Bike Repeat team, Katy Madgwick. (Oh, and there's even an audio montage at the end. Pro or what?!)

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Links

Write Bike Repeat - www.writebikerepeat.com

Justin Britton -

(Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/justinbritton/

(Website) - https://www.justinbritton.com/

Music

Titles/TdFF Montage: A Month of Sleep - "So Alive"

TdFF Montage: Martin Klem - "I Smell Victory"

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Can anyone throw a spanner in the SD Worx this year or will it be a double for departing Demi?

It’s all eyes on Rotterdam for the Grand Depart of le troisieme Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

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It is estimated that there are 980 million black Africans living on the continent and yet only 4 of its men currently ride for UCI World Tour teams.

Following Eritrean Biniam Girmay's historic trio of stage wins at this year's Tour de France, Gary chats to Kimberly Coats, CEO of Team Africa Rising, about the work of the non-profit and the challenges facing riders who want to compete at the highest level.

You can support the work of Team Africa Rising at www.teamafricarising.org

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Kimberly Coats: “The inside story of Rwanda’s lost cycling generation” (Escape Collective, 5 Sep 23)

https://escapecollective.com/the-inside-story-of-rwandas-lost-cycling-generation/

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