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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 ahead to the forthcoming season with Britain's most exciting women's U23 elite team.
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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 before joining Rabobank in 1996. He resigned from the Dutch team at the end of 2007.
Theo spoke to Chris Sidwells in 2023 about his career, riding behind the Iron Curtain and riding under – and then working for - the legendary Peter Post. He also found time to recreate his famous interview from the finish of the 1985 Paris-Roubaix!
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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 Hollywood as a forthcoming biopic of the Giro and Tour legend is announced, the guys discuss yet more changes on cycling’s small screen plus the European track championships and even make some rash predictions ahead of Het Nieuwsblad/Het Volk/Het Woke*.
(*Yes,the latter is a joke!)
Photo Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi mugging for the camera, Col du Galibier, Stage 11, 1952 Tour de France. Credit - Agence France Presse
Recommendations
Amanda Rheaume - The Spaces In Between https://www.amandarheaume.com/music
Man on the Inside (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81677257?s=i&trkid=0&vlang=en
PhD Plant Protein https://www.phd.com/smart-protein-plant-500g
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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 would then go on to become, so far, the only US rider to win the Italian Grand Tour.
In a show first aired exclusively for premium subscribers in January 2023, Andy talks Chris through some of the highlights of racing career, from riding as a rookie for Bernard Hinault to winning on l’Alpe d’Huez in 1992, and everything else in between.
Image: Giro d’Italia Stage 14, 5 June 1988 - Darcy Keifel
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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 plus chat CX Worlds and much more, not all of which involves cycling!
Recommendations
Larkin Poe - 'Bloom' https://www.larkinpoe.com/products/bloom-cd
Neil Brennan - 'Crazy Good' (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81728557
'Six Nations Full Contact' (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81647358
Simpson Nouvelles Supporters Club https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-club-%26-merch3a909e51ac52&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
Sidwells Live!
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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 and riders alike.
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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 the West Midlands and wider area, including No Limits to Cycling and the West Midlands Velodrome Campaign.
Petition - https://www.change.org/p/councillor-ian-ward-build-a-west-midlands-velodrome-track-cycling-arena-for-birmingham-commonwealth-games
No Limits to Health & Wellbeing - Inclusive Cycling for Wellness https://www.nolimitstohealth.com/
Music
Special thanks to Dan Whitehouse for allowing us to share his tribute to Major Taylor, “Cyclone” in this episode.
Written by Dan Whitehouse and Jason Tarver
Vocals - Dan Whitehouse
Piano - David O'Brien
Recorded at Porcupine Studios London 2024
Mixed by Nick Taylor
Dan Whitehouse live!
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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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Reckless: The Life and Times of Luis Ocaña - Alistair Fotheringham - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reckless-9781408846001/
Kalas Clothing - https://www.kalas.co.uk/
The Peace Race - Oliver Knight & Dominik Rukat - https://www.prendas.co.uk/products/the-peace-race-book?_pos=1&_sid=62abda8ef&_ss=r
Sidwells Live!
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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 how you can meet the team as part of the forthcoming Cycling Legends Flanders Experience.
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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 everything from neutralised moto-pacing to make races safer to the UK honours system. Plus we talk Six Days of Ghent (only 6 weeks late!) and remember the legendary Gianni Savio who passed away last week. God speed, Swiss Toni!
Recommendations
Moto Jimm https://www.instagram.com/motojimm?igsh=MWUxNGNiamhheHgxcQ==
"The Art of Suffering" - Kristof Ramon https://amzn.eu/d/5kXCKJp
Cycling Legends Flanders Experience https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/pages/the-flanders-experience
Rapha Chamois Cream (as endorsed by C, Sidwells) https://www.rapha.cc/dk/en/shop/chamois-cream/product/CHC06XX
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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 in in 1974, aged 54, to claim a seventh British title some 26 years after his last one.
Chris Sidwells and John Galloway look at Harris’ career and legacy in this episode of the Feature Show, available for the first time to all listeners.
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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.
Episode thumbnail: ©️Kittisak Jaitieng/ Dreamstime.com
Recommendations
Cycling into Darkness - David’s Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/dstanley/p/cycling-into-the-darkness?r=nsm6y&utm_medium=ios
Strangers Brewing Co - https://strangersbrewing.co.uk/
An Audience with the Emperor
Podcast - https://shows.acast.com/cycling-legends/episodes/feature-an-audience-with-the-emperor
Long Read - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/blogs/long-reads/an-audience-with-the-emperor
The Holidays can be a difficult time for many and there are organisations who can help.
In the UK, the Samaritans are committed to helping you, however they can. If you don’t feel like there’s anyone you can talk to, Samaritans volunteers are there for you. Call free, day or night, on 116 123 or email [email protected].
In the USA, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline understand that life's challenges can sometimes be difficult. Whether you're facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns, or just need someone to talk to, caring counselors are there for you.
You are not alone.
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The shortest day doesn't mean the shortest podcast as Gary ruminates over Project Demi, the Big Three (minus one)'s cyclocross programmes for 24/25, the Vuelta's 90th anniversary and remembers the Emperor of Herantals, Rik Van Looy.
Plus: WIN a copy of Chris Sidwells' splendid new book Cycling Legends 03: Jacques Anquetil - The Man Behind the Mask.
An Audience with the Emperor
Podcast - https://shows.acast.com/cycling-legends/episodes/feature-an-audience-with-the-emperor
Long Read - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/blogs/long-reads/an-audience-with-the-emperor
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Continuing our look back over the Cycling Legends archives, Chris chatted to John Galloway in 2021 about the origins and history of an aspect of cycling that was once huge but has become less common in recent years: Six-Day racing.
Read!
The Tiny Bowl - Inside Ghent’s legendary velodrome
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Rapha’s new chamois cream is no soothing ointment for the litany of injuries and surgeries talked about this episode, but it gave us the perfect excuse for schoolboy sniggering. In more serious matters we talk Pidcock, Pogacar and postal vans.
Recommendations
The Amateurs - David Halberstam https://amzn.eu/d/c6jKYSM
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/feel-better-live-more-with-dr-rangan-chatterjee/id1333552422
Next Time Around - Noble Jacks featuring Elles Bailey https://youtu.be/BNphqX6RDL0?si=TNOyHEoG1g9e9cOf https://noblejacks.com/home
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Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil
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As well as being a four-time French National Champion, Jean Stablinski won the 1958 Vuelta a España and was World Road Race Champion in 1962. But he is perhaps better known as a super domestique and, notably, one of Jacques Anquetil’s lieutenants between 1958 and 1967.
Celebrating the publication of Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil, we’ve raided the Cycling Legends archives to bring you one of our earliest features shows which was previously only available to paying subscribers. So here are John Galloway and Chris Sidwells chatting about the career of “Monsieur France”.
Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil
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Jacques Anquetil is one of the all-time greats. The first five-time Tour de France winner, the first to repeat Fausto Coppi’s Giro d’Italia-Tour double, the ultimate time triallist – a great champion but a mystery as a man.
Anquetil was never what he seemed, and in the latest book in the Cycling Legends series, Chris Sidwells lifts the lid on the man as well as the sporting icon that was Jacques Anquetil. Chris sat down with Gary to chat about the man, the myth and - of course - the book.
Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil by Chris Sidwells is available exclusively from Cycling Legends. Get your copy at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/cycling-legends-03-jacques-anquetil
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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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As both the Tour and the Tour de France Femmes routes are announced, British telly viewers wake up to the news that they're going to have to cough up for their annual dose of yellow jersey fever from 2026. This plus Demi Vollering adds animal welfare to her palmares and the guys inadvertently promote responsible and safe doping. Just say 'no', kids, unless you've under the supervision of a suitably qualified medical practitioner.
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BikeFarmer (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@bkefrmr
Ned Boulting - 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession - https://amzn.eu/d/jbs8yuv
Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now - https://amzn.eu/d/bZIHqKz
Other stuff
Michael Hernandez punch up - https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/salt-lake-criterium-culminates-with-fist-fight-between-two-riders
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