{"podcast":{"title":"The Cycling Podcast","slug":"the-cycling-podcast-745279","podcast_index_feed_id":745279,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/1405050.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/1405050","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43197821.jpg","author":"The Cycling Podcast","episode_count":500,"summary":"The Cycling Podcast takes listeners to the heart of professional cycling with weekly episodes and daily coverage of the Grand Tours. Join journalists Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie – and a few special guests along the way – as they podcast about the latest cycling news and the world of professional cycling. Founded by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie in 2013, The Cycling Podcast is one of the longest-running independent sports podcasts. To support The Cycling Podcast, subscribe as a Friend of the Podcast to join our community, listen to special episodes released throughout the year and access our archive stretching back to 2015. Subscribe at thecyclingpodcast.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T18:20:01.514776+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cycling-podcast-745279"},"episode":{"title":"S14 Ep73: The XL Tour de France 2026 Preview | Part One | The Heavyweights | Pogačar v Vingegaard","slug":"s14-ep73-the-xl-tour-de-france-2026-preview-part-one-the-heavyweights-poga-ar-v-vingegaard","published_at":"2026-06-30T17:38:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cycling-podcast-745279/s14-ep73-the-xl-tour-de-france-2026-preview-part-one-the-heavyweights-poga-ar-v-vingegaard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cycling-podcast-745279","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8922655","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8922655.mp3?modified=1782934948&sid=1405050&source=rss","summary":"Will it be Tadej Pogačar or Jonas Vingegaard? There's more to this year's Tour de France than these two, of course, but it's undeniable that the race for the maillot jaune will focus on the sport's two heavyweights (or should that be lightweights?) The 2026 Tour de France starts here. There are just a few days to go until the Grand Départ in Barcelona and The Cycling Podcast kicks off a three-part preview of the greatest race in the world by weighing up the two outstanding riders – the champion, Tadej Pogačar and the challenger Jonas Vingegaard. Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they find out about the two men who have dominated the Tour de France since 2020. Graham speaks to journalist Andy McGrath, author of Unstoppable, a biography of the Slovenian, about the man aiming to join the five-time winner's club. And Lionel talks to a man our listeners will be very familiar with, Brian Nygaard, who has followed Vingegaard's career from the beginning. Part two and three of The XL Preview series will cover the route, and all the other contenders to look out for, and will be released soon. TITLE SPONSOR – MyWhoosh Our Tour de France preview series is sponsored by MyWhoosh . MyWhoosh is a serious indoor training and racing platform, built for riders who love cycling, and it’s free. It’s built for anyone who wants to ride indoors with purpose, whether that’s staying fit, following a training plan, joining a community ride, racing hard, or exploring virtual roads and it’s free to ride, just like outdoors. EPISODE SPONSOR NordVPN Get NordVPN two-year plan + four months extra ➼ https://nordvpn.com/tcp It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast Instagram @thecyclingpodcast Friends of the Podcast Sign up as a F…","meta_description":"Will it be Tadej Pogačar or Jonas Vingegaard? There's more to this year's Tour de France than these two, of course, but it's undeniable that the race for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4148,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-cycling-podcast-745279/episodes/s14-ep73-the-xl-tour-de-france-2026-preview-part-one-the-heavyweights-poga-ar-v-vingegaard/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cycling-podcast-745279/s14-ep73-the-xl-tour-de-france-2026-preview-part-one-the-heavyweights-poga-ar-v-vingegaard.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}