{"podcast":{"title":"Sigma Sports Unplugged with Matt Stephens","slug":"sigma-sports-unplugged-with-matt-stephens-985027","podcast_index_feed_id":985027,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NSR4657020948","website_url":"https://sigmasports.podbean.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5c910cce-6a04-11ef-96fe-f7b883fee034/image/6530ec718643d781bb30968d5df3fa0c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sigma Sports","episode_count":149,"summary":"Sigma Sports is proud to present Matt Stephens Unplugged, a regular catch-up with cycling’s favourite character, Matt Stephens, as he chats with special guests and explores the bowels of his own fruity mind. With lots of surprises along the way, the route-map has been torn up; so who knows what direction we’re going in, or where we’ll end up! www.sigmasports.com/podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T22:18:49.921612+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sigma-sports-unplugged-with-matt-stephens-985027"},"episode":{"title":"Giro Rest Day Reflections 2026 Stages 4 - 9: Metatarsal Madness","slug":"giro-rest-day-reflections-2026-stages-4-9-metatarsal-madness","published_at":"2026-05-18T11:17:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sigma-sports-unplugged-with-matt-stephens-985027/giro-rest-day-reflections-2026-stages-4-9-metatarsal-madness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sigma-sports-unplugged-with-matt-stephens-985027","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9059212942.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9059212942.mp3","summary":"Matt Stephens is back on Breakaway duty for another week of racing from the TNT Sports / HBO Max Studio, and for the first time ever at an external broadcast featuring a live studio audience at the Sigma Sports store in Hampton Wick. It wouldn’t be Matt Stephens without some unpredictable tangents, and this week’s spanner in the works comes in the shape of a fractured Metatarsal. Brave Matt soldiers on to tell us about Thai curries, Toblerones, the merits of automatic vehicles while sporting an injured left foot, and of course a full week of action packed Grand Tour racing! www.sigmasports.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Matt Stephens is back on Breakaway duty for another week of racing from the TNT Sports / HBO Max Studio, and for the first time ever at an external broadc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3378,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sigma-sports-unplugged-with-matt-stephens-985027/episodes/giro-rest-day-reflections-2026-stages-4-9-metatarsal-madness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sigma-sports-unplugged-with-matt-stephens-985027/giro-rest-day-reflections-2026-stages-4-9-metatarsal-madness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}