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Professional cyclist Veronica Ewers is from a small town in the United States and currently lives and trains in Girona, Spain. Since she began her pro career in 2021, she has raced to stellar results, especially in stage races. Just a few examples are a 4th overall in the Giro d'Italia, 9th overall in the Tour de France Femme avec Zwift, and 1st overall in the Classica Feminina Navarra. Veronica decided to take a break from racing to recover from RED-S and works hard to be transparent about that journey as well as mental health. Veronica is looking to come back strong in 2025 with her team EF Education-Oatly and to see exactly what kind of rider she can be. Veronica explains how all that is going, what taking time off was like, struggles, goals, and where she has improved her fueling habits. We also talk about women's racing right now, team chefs (and all the other staff at stage races), eating on tour, lifting heavy, measuring food –or NOT, and the cruelty of RED-S. Get involved and support the show directly at https://bit.ly/supportWsports Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Sign up for Hear Her Sports newsletter at https://bit.ly/HHSnewsletter Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Veronica Ewers on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/vkewers Find EF Education-Oatly on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/efeducation.oatly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wout van Aert in het rood en met etappewinst, bijna(!) Lenny maar dan toch de zoveelste wederopstanding van ons Primoz Roglic. Jonne en Tim bespreken de eerste dagen van de Vuelta en het ongekend spannende slot van de Tour de France Femme.
In todays episode we bring you our live podcast following La Vuelta Espana. But Anthony and Sarah couldn't but open the podcast without talking about the final day of the Tour de France Femme and the drama that unfolded on Alp d'Huez! WHOOP Your health underpins EVERYTHING you do in life, and WHOOP helps you understand and proactively improve it through 24/7 monitoring. Go to join.whoop.com/Roadman to get a free month's WHOOP membership on me! Pillar Performance If you're ready to elevate your performance and sleep quality, why not give PILLAR a try, head to pillarperformance.shop and use the code Roadman on your local website for 15% off your first order. Or for US listeners, head to TheFeed.com/pillar and use code Roadman for the same 15% off your first order. Veloforte Todays show sponsor is Veloforte! Head over to veloforte.com and use code roadman30 to get 30% off your first order. Wattbike Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. Head on over to wattbike.com and use roadmanten you'll get 10% off the Wattbike Atom HUEL Huel has become my secret weapon for when I don't have time to prepare a balanced meal and now you can order Huel Ready To Drink directly to your home, go to huel.com/roadman LeCol For amazing cycling kit go check out LeCol at www.lecol.cc Use code roadman20 to get 20% off your LeCol order The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast
Diese Schlagzeilen haben es diese Woche ins Zirkeltraining mit Lisa Währer, Co-Gründerin und Geschäftsführerin des FC Viktoria Berlin-Frauen, und Felicia Mutterer geschafft: "Die Präsenz von Sportlerinnen im TV ist trotz Aufwärtstrend gering. Olympia kann mit erstmaliger Geschlechterparität die Zahlen etwas aufbessern."; "So wollen OneFootball und der DFB internationale Fans bedienen"; "Tour de France Femmes ist gestartet"; "Die Größte, die je gespielt hat".Weitere Links:Werbemöglichkeiten Tour de France Femme im Ersten10.000 Euro für alle Olympiateilnehmer*innenhttps://sportdeutschland.tv/https://www.dyn.sport/aktion/willkommen?utm_source_platform=g&utm_id=id1:101-862-0923_id2:20138860281_id3:149011761253&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiOy1BhDCARIsADGvQnBjAI4H0NWZQA-5fou22a_YSLXmXfj53zOWJrTkYWZOd0acEdhyBbMaAj5yEALw_wcBProduktion Achtung! Broadcast:Producer: Silvan OschmannSprecherin: Louisa BoettcherModeration/Redaktion: Felicia MuttererGästin: Lisa WährerFoto: Fliliz Dubois Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We have another heavy hitter in our lead up to the Tour de France Femme avec Zwift; Kate Veronneau the Director of Women's Strategy at Zwift, and arguably #1 fan of The Tour. Kate is a former professional cyclist, and has been leading the charge on the Tour de France Femme for three years. She offers some incredible insight on the route, including the Grand Depart in Rotterdam and what is sure to be a jaw dropping finish on the top of the Alpe d'Huez. This year will be unique compared to the previous two, as the tour will be starting just after the Olympic Games wrap up in Paris. Kate shares why she thinks this pairing of events is a great advantage for cycling, and how this can benefit the entire women's field. Follow Kate on Instagram @kateveronneau, as well as @gozwift and @letourfemme for all of the Tour de France Femme avec Zwift action.
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If you have questions about any aspect of the Tour de France Femme avec Zwift, this episode is for you! This week Kathryn and Kristi welcome back our very special 5-timer Alison Tetrick to chat all things bike racing leading into the Paris 2024 Olympics as well as the Tour de France Femme avec Zwift which starts just days after the action wraps up in Paris. As a former World Tour rider as a member of Team USA Athletes' Commission, Ali has a unique insight into how an Olympic year can change the dynamics of racing at the tour. She also explains the selection process for the US Olympic cycling team, and breaks down how strategies may play out in Paris. Then, she dives into all things Tour from tactics, to team dynamics, bikes, nutrition, massages and more. This is one you won't want to miss!Ali will be co-hosting The Move, a daily podcast, during the Tour de France Femme avec Zwift that details what happens in the race each day. You can find it on Youtube or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.Follow Ali on Instagram @amtetrick Visit womensperformance.com/womenssportsfanclub to join the Feisty Women's Sports Fanclub Follow us on Instagram:@girlsgonegravel @feisty_media Girls Gone Gravel Website:https://www.girlsgonegravel.com/ Feisty Media Website:https://livefeisty.com/ Support our Partners:Use the code gggfierce for 30% off at fiercehazel.com Buycycle: save up to $100 on your purchase by entering code GIRLSGONEGRAVEL at buycycle.com Precision Fuel & Hydration: Use this link to get 15% off your first order https://visit.pfandh.com/girlsgonegravel Tifosi: Use the code FM20! to get 20% off your order at tifosioptics.com Use the code FEISTY for 15% off first-purchases at pillarperformance.shop, or TheFeed.com for North American listeners.
After the route was announced for The Tour De France Femme last week there were a few raised eyebrows... after all it will be Stage 5 before the race actually even enters France. Some have dubbed it The Tour de Netherlands but Sarah thinks that this will only add to the spectacle and feels the organisers have done a great job considering the restrictions that are happening around the Olympic games. Sarah also discusses each stage in detail and gives some predictions! Silca Go to www.silca.cc and use ROADMAN13 at checkout to get 13% off your purchase Join The Breakaway Cycling Apps FREE 4 week coaching plan at this link - https://form.typeform.com/to/p3oII8Qf Pillar Performance If you're ready to elevate your performance and sleep quality, why not give PILLAR a try, head to pillarperformance.shop and use the code Roadman on your local website for 15% off your first order. Or for US listeners, head to TheFeed.com/pillar and use code Roadman for the same 15% off your first order. MyWhoosh Get started on the cycling platform everyone is talking about. It has all the features of its competitors plus more. I'm loving the new "Belgian World" . It's completely free to get started. Go to https://www.mywhoosh.com/ Wattbike Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. Head on over to wattbike.com and use roadmanten you'll get 10% off the Wattbike Atom Factor Bikes Today's show is brought to you with special thanks to our amazing on-going sponsors Factor Bikes The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Peter Barnes joins Sarah today to do a round up of The Tour de France Femme Avec Zwift, Peter has written for multiple publications about racing, both men and womens but I came to know him through his amazing work on the Giro Donne & The Cerattizit Challenge by La Vuelta. He's has also interviewed most of the big hitters in Womens cycling. So Peter has the inside scoop and was able to fill in some of the gaps for me about the 8 days of wonderful racing we had! Today's Show Sponsor is AG1. To Claim a 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D & Five Free Travel Packs head over to https://www.athleticgreens.com/roadman Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. If you would like to win your very own Wattbike we have an amazing competition running at the moment! Simply click this link https://wattbike.com/pages/win-a-wattbike , enter your name and email and you're in! Today's show is brought to you with special thanks to our amazing on-going sponsors Factor Bikes The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Today we we wrapped up the 2023 edition of the Tour De France Femme avec Zwift. Today saw the women take on an Individual Time trial and even though we were confident the result of the stage wasn't going to change the fact that Demi Vollering would win the overall GC, we were all on tender-hooks to see who would get on the podium with her. Could Lopecky knock Niewiadoma & van Vleuten out of their current standings at 2nd and 3rd? Today's Show Sponsor is AG1. To Claim a 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D & Five Free Travel Packs head over to www.drinkAG1.com/ROADMAN Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. If you would like to win your very own Wattbike we have an amazing competition running at the moment! Simply click this link https://wattbike.com/pages/win-a-wattbike , enter your name and email and you're in! Today's show is brought to you with special thanks to our amazing on-going sponsors Factor Bikes The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Newbie questions is back more insights, laughs and Tour de France reaction. Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. Head on over to wattbike.com and use roadman10 you'll get 10% off the Wattbike Atom Today's show is brought to you with special thanks to our amazing on-going sponsors Factor Bikes The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Todays Stage 5 of the Tour de France Femme is complete and the racing kept the exciting pace that's been set so far. It was supposed to be a day for the sprinter but the lumpy route and fast pace saw the sprinters suffer. Yesterday breakaway success gave the teams with no sprinters the confidence to try and try again with breakaways. A massive 20 second penalty was handed down to Demi Vollering and she slips down to 7th in the GC rankings. Sarah discusses this ridiculous decision plus much more! Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. Head on over to wattbike.com and use roadman10 you'll get 10% off the Wattbike Atom Today's show is brought to you with special thanks to our amazing on-going sponsors Factor Bikes The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Todays stage of the Tour de France Femme avec Zwift brought us another fantastic day which saw the women cover 177km - with 5 categorised climbs and over 2,400 metres of climbing. After 110km of riding a 14 woman breakaway made big moves and managed to pull out a gap of over ten minutes at one point but could they hold off the galloping peloton behind? Sarah recounts a very exciting day of racing and looks forward to tomorrows stage in her Stage 5 preview. Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. Head on over to wattbike.com and use roadman10 you'll get 10% off the Wattbike Atom Today's show is brought to you with special thanks to our amazing on-going sponsors Factor Bikes The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Todays sprint stage of The Tour de France Femme did not disappoint. It wasn't all plain sailing for the sprint squads though, there were a lot of breakaways and one in particular that ALMOST made it first to the finish line. Sarah recounts a very exciting day of racing and looks forward to tomorrows stage in her Stage 4 preview. Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. Head on over to wattbike.com and use roadman10 you'll get 10% off the Wattbike Atom Today's show is brought to you with special thanks to our amazing on-going sponsors Factor Bikes The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
With the excitement building for the upcoming Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Anthony had the pleasure of speaking with Kate Veronneau, Kate was on the show this time last year and we had to get her on again. Kate is Zwift's Director of Content and Women's Strategy, and they talked about Zwift's initiatives around women's cycling in both the real world and on their virtual platform. We are so excited for The Tour de France Femme and Sarah will be doing a daily round up of all the racing PLUS watch out for some pre kick off shows to fill you all in on the riders and the stages and we are encouraging everyone to WTF (Watch The Femmes!). Caldera Lab Get 20% OFF with our code ROADMAN at calderalab.com/ROADMAN to unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera + Lab! Wattbike is the only brand I trust for my indoor training needs. Head on over to wattbike.com and use roadman10 you'll get 10% off the Wattbike Atom Today's show is brought to you with special thanks to our amazing on-going sponsors Factor Bikes The heart beat of our community & best place to reach me is Twitter Want to watch full interviews on video? Check out our new Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/roadmancycling?sub_confirmation=1 Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Grace Brown multiple stage winner, Classics Queen, and TT specialist joins us in the studio to talk about her preparation in Melbourne for the Tour de France Femme, as well as her thoughts on the current state of women's cycling, and of course, we hear her thoughts on the Men's stages, Netflix and riding for a French team FDJ. The Domestiques is presented by Black Sheep Cycling and Honnan Insurance
Kate Veronneau, the Director of Women's Strategy at Zwift, joins us on the podcast to bring everyone up to speed on Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023. Kate sheds light on what's new and exciting from fun stages on the course, the teams, cyclists to watch, the jersey point system, race travel logistics, and the cool cycling perks of her job. We also talk about the E-Sports Olympic Series and whats new on the gaming side of Zwift. We also chat about Kate's weekly cycling mileage and how shes staying fit, and what she is watching on the tele. We talk about her uber talented husband, bespoke bicycle artist, Michael Patrick Hurley aka @MPHPaint on insta, and her Great Dane Bruce-where he got his name and his fave hobbies. Zwift it is the the global online fitness platform for cyclists and runners. Born from gaming, Zwift makes indoor training fun, social, and sweat drenching! Thousands of cyclists and runners train in imaginary cool worlds like Watopia and the Makuri Islands or real world destinations including NYC, London, Paris, France and more. Zwift is the title sponsor of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and without this pioneering brand and todays guest, Kate Veronneau, the women's race would just be a stage at the end of the men's race. CONNECT Zwift on Instagram Kate Veronneau on Instagram Marni On The Move Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, or YouTube Marni Salup on Instagram and Spotify SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER Sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Download, for Marni on the Move updates, exclusive offers, invites to events, and exciting news! OFFERS AG1:Get 5 free travel packs and a year's supply of vitamin D with your first purchase at drinkag1.com/MarniOnTheMove NIX Hydration Biosensors: Use our code MARNI20 for 20% off on a Nix Hydration Biosensor so you can create your own personalized hydration strategy at nixbiosensors.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST Leave us five stars on on Apple and Spotify. Leave a review on Apple, it's easy, scroll through the episode list on your podcast app, click on five stars, click on leave a review, and share what you love about the conversations you're listening to. Tell your friends to what you love on social. Screenshot or share directly from our stories the episode you're listening to, tag us and the guests, and use our Marni on the Move Giphy
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At stage races this season, Olivia Baril has been in the mix. Recently, the rider from Rouyn-Noranda, Que., sprinted against Demi Vollering, Annemiek van Vleuten and Katarzyna Niewiadoma for a podium place on the final stage of Itzulia Women. Baril was third on the day and finished fourth overall. Her result at that race and at La Vuelta Femenina show that a Grand Tour win is a possibility. The rider herself has the confidence in her abilities for such a feat. She'll have a chance this summer as the team recently informed her that she'd be heading to the Tour de France Femmes as UAE Team ADQ's general classification rider. In this episode, Baril talks about the dynamics within the women's pro peloton, living and racing in Spain and her goals for the rest of the season.This episode of the Canadian Cycling Magazine Podcast is supported by MS Bike. Register and start fundraising at msbike.ca. Also, check out MS Bike specific training advice and tips from Canadian Cycling Magazine experts.
This is the third episode in a series of episodes recorded by Dominique Powers about the storytellers of cycling. Jojo Harper is the guest in this episode, who is a professional cycling photographer.
I'm really excited to be joined by one of my favourite female road riders and current European Champion, Lorena Wiebes.After starting out racing cyclocross, Lorena progressed to road and track racing as a Junior rider winning National and European titles in both disciplines.Lorena now focuses on road racing as well as taking part in a few cross races through the winter. With Team DSM, Lorena was the first ever wearer of the Yellow Jersey in The Tour de France Femme avec Zwift and was one of the most successful female road riders of 2022. As well as becoming Elite European champion, Lorena won 3 stages of The Women's Tour, 4 stages of the Baloise Ladies Tour and the General Classification in the Simac Ladies Tour.Lorena now rides for Team SD Worx and has already started her season well with a stage win and a 2nd at the Women's UAE Tour.I'm so grateful to Lorena for taking the time to chat with me and can't wait to watch her racing again this season. Photo used with thanks to Team SD WorxThank you so much for listening and supporting me and my podcast. Find all episodes of Cycling Talk Podcast wherever you get your podcasts from.You can also follow me on social media:Instagram - https://instagram.com/cycling.talk.podcastGCN app - https://gcn.social/cyclingtalkI'm also on Facebook and Twitter.Thanks for listening!See You on the BikeSupport the show
This week, Randall connects with Anne-Marije Rook, North American Editor at Cycling Weekly with an exploration of how she got into cycling and from there into cycling journalism, with fun tangents into competitive cycling, exploding e-bikes, and a bit of gear nerdy. Episdoe Sponsor: Athletic Greens Support the Podcast Join The Ridership Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: [00:00:00] Craig Dalton: Hello, and welcome to the gravel ride podcast, where we go deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in-depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes. Who are pioneering the sport I'm your host, Craig Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and made all the mistakes you don't need to make. I approach each episode as a beginner down, unlock all the knowledge you need to become a great gravel cyclist. This week on the broadcast, I'm handing the microphone off over to my co-host Randall Jacobs. Who's got an Mariah Rook on the broadcast. She's the north American editor at cycling weekly randall will take us on an exploration on how she got into cycling. And from there into cycling journalism, with fun tangents, into competitive cycling. Exploring e-bikes and a bit of the gear nerdery that Randall is famous for. Before we jump in and hand that microphone off to Randall. I do need to thank this week. Sponsor athletic greens. Athletic greens and AIG. One is a comprehensive daily nutrition made from simple, powerful ingredients. It's made up of 75 high quality, whole food sourced ingredients. Carefully curated to nourish all the body's systems holistically. As many of you know, I've been an athletic greens user for many, many years, predating the podcast. So I've been super stoked that athletic greens has been a big partner for what I do The key to ag one is that it replaces key health products in one simple scoop. AIG one combines nine health products working together as one, replacing your multivitamin. Multimineral. Pre and probiotics. Immunity support and more, that means ag one does more for your body and saves you time, money and confusion compared to taking multiple unique products. And that is a hundred percent key for me. I do one scoop in the morning, mixed up with a little bit of ice, and I feel like I've got some of my nutritional basis started before I've even begun the day. If you're interested in learning more about athletic greens, go to www.athleticgreens.com/the gravel ride. For podcast listeners, our friends at athletic greens have given us a free year supply of vitamin D and five free travel packs. If you ordered today. Simply visit athletic greens.com/the gravel ride to get your age. The one on the way today. With that said i'm going to hand over the microphone to my co-host randall jacobs [00:02:35] Randall R. Jacobs: Let's talk about how you got into this particular field. How did you end up as a cycling journalist? [00:02:42] Anne-Marije Rook: Sure. Yeah. So I was actually, uh, a real journalist before, um, not that second journalist aren't real journalists, but, uh, I did a lot heavier topics, um, you know, worked at newspapers, just straight up outta college, became a newspaper journalist, and then, , uh, at some point, I think I was 22, I started racing bikes myself, and when I did, I, I was looking for content and I realized there wasn't a lot of women's seconding content coming out of the us. So I started kind of dabbling with that on the side. And, uh, then started riding for some different publications and eventually seconding tips reached out and were like, Let's do something. So we founded Ella Cycling Tips, which was the, the women's side of Cycling Tips. And then, um, yeah, just stayed in the field. I quit my day job and started doing cycling journalism while still racing, and I've been doing it ever since, going on 10, 11 years now. [00:03:39] Randall R. Jacobs: and was your educational background in writing in journalism specifically? [00:03:44] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, I did, uh, journalism, German and French. So interestingly enough I get to use all of that nowadays [00:03:51] Randall R. Jacobs: Are you native in any of those other languages? [00:03:53] Anne-Marije Rook: In Dutch. So I was born and raised in the Nets, the, the biking country, and then, uh, lived in Germany for three years and then ended up in the US uh, when I was almost 16. [00:04:04] Randall R. Jacobs: That's quite a skill to have, and makes me think of a joke about Americans. What do you call someone who's speaks three languages trilingual, two languages bilingual and one language. We have US Americans. [00:04:13] Anne-Marije Rook: I think a lot of people actually do, you know, they dabble in Spanish and some other languages. I think, uh, you shouldn't sell yourself so short. [00:04:22] Randall R. Jacobs: True, maybe I'm projecting a little bit. In my personal case, I studied six years of Spanish in middle school and high school and was able to get by during a month stint in Peru. But, it didn't seem immediately relevant at the time. And so later on in life, I moved to China and learned Mandarin and actually being present and having to use it in day-to-day life just makes such a, a world of difference. And for I think a lot of people who are born in the us and who don't grow up in a household or another, the language is spoken, there's just not. That impetus versus in Europe you have surrounding countries where with different languages or maybe even within one's own country there are different dialects or different languages being spoken. [00:05:04] Anne-Marije Rook: That's really good though. So you're a trilingual. [00:05:06] Randall R. Jacobs: I wouldn't go as far as to say trilingual, other than in the sense of trying , a little bit of Spanish and enough, what I call cab driver Cantonese in order to be able to fool somebody that I speak some Cantonese before switching over to Mandarin. [00:05:21] Anne-Marije Rook: That's, I mean, that's pretty impressive. Those are really difficult languages. I never studied, uh, Cantonese from Mandarin. I, I studied Japanese and just having to learn a whole new way of, of writing, uh, is, is, yeah, it's difficult to do. [00:05:34] Randall R. Jacobs: that's probably the hardest part. I would say that , Mandarin the scripts for sure. It's a very abstracted pictographic script. To be able to read a newspaper, you need, two, 3000 different characters and to have a higher level of sophistication, you need 5,000, 10,000 characters. And, even a native speaker. , especially in this day and age, we'll have difficulty remembering how to write a character. Cuz everything is being tight. [00:06:00] Anne-Marije Rook: Hmm. [00:06:01] Randall R. Jacobs: But on the other hand the grammar is really simple. So in English we say, yesterday I went to the store and we have to go and we conjugate it as went, which actually comes from an entirely different language family than to go. and in Chinese you just say, ah, yesterday, go store. [00:06:20] Anne-Marije Rook: Ah, yeah. [00:06:21] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. English also has way more synonyms because it's such a hodgepodge amalgamation of other languages, whereas Chinese also has external influences, but it's arguably more insular versus English. You have Germanic, you have Latin, you have Greek, you have various forms of cockney and so on that are all in there and the occasional Chinese phrases, very little that comes over for Chinese. Uh, one example being longtime nok, which is a direct translation from the Chinese [00:06:50] Anne-Marije Rook: Really, that's fun. Here's the thing I I discover with my language skills or lack thereof, is that, um, learning all the bike parts, for example, I had, like, I never learned those in my native tongues. So like suddenly I had to learn like, oh shit, what's the railer or what's, what's the railer hanger in Dutch or in German or whatever. And it's been fun learning those terms for the first time, even though, yeah, I grew up with that. [00:07:19] Randall R. Jacobs: that's actually a common phenomenon and one that I definitely resonate in my own experience too. I have friends who were born in China, but largely grew up here or even who came over to go to college. And, they're native speakers. I'm not at that level but I will have terms that I know that they don't because I am in this highly technical context of the bike industry of manufacturing, materials and production processes and so on. Um, and so it's kind of the same, same sort of phenomenon. [00:07:50] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of a fun thing where I was like, wow, I never learned any of these terms in those languages. Yeah, [00:07:55] Randall R. Jacobs: So you've been doing cycling journalism for, you said about 10, 11 years now. [00:08:00] Anne-Marije Rook: yeah, yeah. It's been a minute. [00:08:02] Randall R. Jacobs: I'm curious to hear more about the project at Cycling tips. How'd you get brought into that and, and how did that come about? [00:08:09] Anne-Marije Rook: So they, uh, I think they found me on Twitter. Uh, Twitter was really where. , um, women's cycling was, was living for quite a while cuz there was very little streaming and you can watch any of these races live, so you followed them online and Twitter had a really wonderful community of, of women's cycling fans and it still does to a certain extent, but yeah, that's where it used to. Live and I did a lot of, you know, uh, I would watch races and Life tweet and, you know, uh, was pretty active on, on Twitter and um, was writing for Podium Cafe, which is a nation site at the time, and they were looking to start a women's cycling component. Uh, and so they like reached out to various people and, you know, did a job interview and, you know, got going that way. [00:08:54] Randall R. Jacobs: And this was when? Who was there at the time? Kaylee and James and, [00:08:59] Anne-Marije Rook: No, this was before Kaylee. Um, this was, it was just, uh, Matt dif and, and Wade. [00:09:05] Randall R. Jacobs: Oh, okay. [00:09:06] Anne-Marije Rook: Um, Andy was there already, and then it was Jesse Braverman and myself who came on to do the women's cycling. [00:09:12] Randall R. Jacobs: Let's talk about women's cycling for a little bit. what are the areas in women's cycling that you find most interesting, most compelling, and that also you think that are maybe, under discussed underreported. [00:09:23] Anne-Marije Rook: Oh yeah. The nice thing about women's cycling is that it's been growing so much in the last 10 years or so, so that it's uh, people get to see it a bit more and I think what. , uh, intrigue me about women's second from the get-go is just how aggressive the racing is and how, um, while there was a definite period of like modern force dominating, and then we had and then we have anique. The nice thing about women's acting, I think is because it has grown so much is that you never really know who's gonna win. and it makes a racing very exciting. Cause it, it, like I said, it is so aggressive cuz the races are shorter, so you have fewer opportunities to make, you know, a break stick. So there tends to be more attacking and, uh, you, you don't really experience that unless you're watching it. I think the nice thing about. Where we are now, we can actually watch in the Tour de France Femme showed this, like watching women's cycling is actually very entertaining. And you know, in France alone, like millions of people tuned in every single day. So it is, it's different and I think that's, uh, something we should celebrate. rather than point out like, you know, women's cycling is, is men's cycling, but in shorter distances, and that's not at all true. I think women's cycling is a bit of its own sport in, in terms of tactics and the way the races play out. And, uh, in psycho cross especially, that's been very apparent. You know, people have shorter attention spans. So if you can sit down for a, you know, a 45, 50 minute bike race, you'll see basically what women's cycling is like on. On a heightened level, and it's extremely entertaining. You don't know who's gonna win. There's a lot of good candidates and, uh, it's, yeah, it's aggressive from the gun. [00:11:03] Randall R. Jacobs: At least in the us it seems that women's cyclocross racing was most prominent, most early. Mary McConnellogue is one example I remember from my racing days, I don't remember hearing as much reporting about women's road racing at the time. Maybe that was just what I was tuning into, but cyclocross. I remember getting similar billing to men's cyclocross [00:11:24] Anne-Marije Rook: yeah, I think the, the heyday of women's cycling really was the 1980s, early nineties. You know, we had the course classic and we had some, some really great names. Um, and. That has dwindled down. There were a lot of lack of races. Uh, we've had some great road racers in the US you know, with, with uh, Christian Armstrong and, uh, e Evelyn Stevens, and we've had some really Mara Abod and the Jro, like some really great road racers. You just don't hear about 'em as much . I do remember a particular race where I like looked to my right and it was like Kristen Armstrong and I looked to my left and it was Evelyn Stevens and I was like, ah. This is gonna suck today, It's gonna be a fast one. [00:12:04] Randall R. Jacobs: Let's talk about that, let's talk about you're racing background. So you mentioned that you got into cycling in your early twenties. How did that come about and what was that like for you? [00:12:13] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, so I've, uh, coming from the Netherlands, I've been a bike commuter since I was, I don't know, six. Uh, and so I just like grew up on the bike. It's just how I got around. And in college I just rode everywhere. And there were a couple times where people were like, Hey, you should maybe consider. Racing or, or doing like, you know, grand Fonds or something. And I was like, ah, this is just my vehicle. And then, uh, I moved to Seattle and did the Seattle, the Portland, which is uh, like a 220 mile bike ride between the two cities. And there were some teams that were doing it. And, uh, you know, again, people were like, have you considered racing? You're pretty strong. And I'd be like, no. I mean, it's kind of like, Hey, do you like driving? You should do nascar. You know, like it's, it was just such a foreign concept to me. Um, which is funny cuz I grew up in the Netherlands, but like, uh, and my grandpa was super into bike racing, but it wasn't, uh, ever like, exposed to me or con like, wasn't just like, oh, you like riding bikes, you should become a bike race. It just wasn't a thing. It wasn't really a, a sport I was exposed to, uh, in the northern part of the. . And so I was kind of intrigued and, and I had enjoyed training for the 200 mile event, so I, I went to the, the tryout, so to speak, and start racing and. as a Cat four. And I remember my first race weekend was a double header, so Saturday and Sunday and Saturday I, I think I got eighth and I got, I was like, oh, okay, this is cool. Top 10. And I was like, I wonder if I can get better. And the next day I got fifth. And, you know, that's, that's all it took for me to get super into it and trying to see where, where I could take it. And, uh, I think I was racing UCI like the next season. [00:13:54] Randall R. Jacobs: Oh wow. [00:13:55] Anne-Marije Rook: mostly, uh, or at first in cross and then, uh, road and track as well. But um, yeah, it's, it's an interesting place to be in, in, in the US in that you can be racing as a pro. And I use pro here very loosely because it's called pro level, but no one's actually getting paid to race their bikes. Like I would never consider myself a pro. Uh, I just raced in the UCI one, two levels and it's kind of weird that we throw it all. Um, when really, yeah, very few people are actually getting paid to, to race their bikes. [00:14:29] Randall R. Jacobs: I definitely fall on that boat as well. I think my best season, I didn't quite break even as a, as a Pac fodder Cross Country Pro. Mid pack was pretty good at the national level. And then you have a good regional results here and there. [00:14:42] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, a good season for me, like, I loved crits, so that's where the money was at for me. You know, if I walked away with three grand at the end of the summer, I, I was pretty stoked. [00:14:51] Randall R. Jacobs: Oh, I never saw that. That sort of money and crits, crits always terrified me. There's a certain attitude that you have to have going into a crit, like a fearlessness that I, I dunno. Mountain biking always felt safer for me. [00:15:03] Anne-Marije Rook: It is, it is. And I, I quit racing after getting injured too many times. Like you can only hit your head so many times and, you know, if, if I list my, my laundry list of injuries, it's, it's definitely evident that, uh, yeah, quit racing is, is rather dangerous and asphalt is hard. And, you know, trees don't jump out on you. Where's Razor Smith? [00:15:23] Randall R. Jacobs: Yep. And pavement is like sandpaper when you're skidding across it in spandex. [00:15:27] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. There's not a lot of protection there. Um, but it was all, it was all good fun. And you know, I, I wish I'd gotten into it earlier in my life, but I had a, a lot of fun during my twenties and early thirties. [00:15:38] Randall R. Jacobs: what'd you love about it? [00:15:40] Anne-Marije Rook: Uh, I liked the, the challenge of like the, the personal level, like how fit can I be? How strong can I get? Um, and then there's the direct correlation between what you put in that, that you get out, um, and then. Especially with crit racing. I liked, uh, the team tactics. I liked the aggressiveness. Like I was definitely that area that went like super hard on the front, on the first lap, just trying to get as many people off the back and then like would go for pre after, pre, pre and then in the last two laps found that I had no legs left and someone else had to finish it up. But, um, Yeah, I, I like the aggressiveness. I liked, I, I'm really a team sports person, and I think road racing, uh, doesn't get enough credit for the team sport that it is. And I think, like, personally, not to get on like a, a whole nother side spiel, but in, in [00:16:27] Randall R. Jacobs: No, let's do it. Let's do it. Go there. [00:16:29] Anne-Marije Rook: In Olympic racing, like why does only one person get a gold medal? Like in soccer? The whole team gets a gold medal. And I think, uh, you know, road racing especially is such a steam sport that everyone should be getting a medal. It's only, you know, six or seven medals versus 11. So, [00:16:47] Randall R. Jacobs: I mean, that's one of the, that's one of the things that's nice about the grand tours. There's lots of ways to win. There's the points, there's the stages, there's the gc, there's the most aggressive rider, so something more subjective. there's all these different ways in which to be acknowledged, but I'm definitely with you. It would quite a feat to show up at an Olympic level road race. Solo and [00:17:09] Anne-Marije Rook: went away. Yeah. [00:17:11] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. Yeah. No one to defend you, no one to pull you up. You'd have to be very, very lucky. And also be doing a lot of riding on people's wheels the entire time [00:17:20] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. And I think as a racer I enjoyed that. You know, I enjoyed the team aspect. I enjoyed the, the collective effort it took to, to win the race. Sure, one person was the first across the line, but it took all of us to, to get that person there. And like, there's, to me as a, as a racer, there's a few things as as beautiful as, as a well executed, uh, lead out at the end of the race. You know, like where everyone has a role every. You know, executes it perfectly, like a little team train. Like the, those things don't happen very often on the, on the non, you know, world tour level. And it, it's really, it, it feels amazing as a, as a racer to be part of that. [00:17:56] Randall R. Jacobs: I've had limited crit racing experience and you note about the intensity of it. There are a few things more intense because not only do you have the, the digging really deep, not just at the end, but every single time a gap opens up or every ti single time there's a break and it's such a short, tight circuit, and a short duration of an event that you really can't let anything open up. And people can sustain a lot more over 30 minutes to an hour than they can over the course of a four hour road race or a long gravel race . And there are curbs and there are other people and there are bottles and there are people taking shady lines. And that person who just passed you is on a trajectory where there's no way they're gonna be able to come around the corner without hitting the outside curb on the other side. Especially at the early levels like cat four or cat three, where you have strong riders coming over from other disciplines. and just don't have the chops. [00:18:50] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, I did a, I did a, a number of, of races in, in the men's field just to get more, uh, racing my legs. And, you know, the, the groups tend to be bigger but also very varied. You know, I'd be running around the course with like 80 dudes and maybe two women in there and be like, terrified of, of the experience. And at the same time, like that, getting that chariot effect, like having that many people around you, you're kind of just like, Kind of going with the flow and, and being dragged around the course, which was kind of fun too. But I think it's a pure adrenaline rush and I feel like I'm too old for that now. trying to hold those kind of efforts. My heart rate doesn't go up that high anymore. I mean, it used to go up pretty easily over 200 and I think now I'd be on the sidelines vomiting if I had 200, [00:19:33] Randall R. Jacobs: that's almost hummingbird level [00:19:36] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, yeah. You know, young and fit. . Yeah, I miss that. I think I miss being that fit. I do not miss having to put in the kind of effort to be that fit. [00:19:45] Randall R. Jacobs: Well, and more recently you've been doing a lot with gravel. is most of your riding gravel at this point? [00:19:49] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. And I've always done gravel, like back when we just called it road bikes off road, you know, there wasn't any special gear just riding 20 threes over gravel and, uh, I've always liked gravel and adventuring. I've always liked being underbid. Um, so I've been doing gravel for a long time and I think, uh, I've definitely, since quitting, uh, racing, I've done mostly off-road. I think nowadays if I have like two hours to kill, I'll most definitely ride through the forest rather than go on a road ride. [00:20:19] Randall R. Jacobs: You're based currently in Portland [00:20:21] Anne-Marije Rook: portland, [00:20:22] Randall R. Jacobs: yeah. So you have fantastic outdoors right out your door in the Portland area and decent bike infrastructure as well, at least by, by our US standards. [00:20:31] Anne-Marije Rook: yeah. I mean, I chose, so I live in a, in a neighborhood called St. John's and I, I chose that specifically cause I go over across the bridge and I'm in the, in Forest Park, which is a, uh, a really big, and I think the long shill, there's 30 miles or so. So it's like, it's a, a really big forested area with gravel roads. Yeah, I'm, I'm there all the time. Uh, I also really got into mountain biking after I quit racing. So, you know, like all, all Mountain, uh, I used to do mostly XE and definitely been working on my skills and, uh, since quitting. Uh, just it's nice to be away from cars. I think the gist of that. [00:21:07] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah, I think that, in addition to the exploratory element of it, is one of the things that led me to transition to primarily gravel riding . And I do think it's a major reason why gravel cycling has taken off in general. Not only are the bikes really versatile, so if you're only gonna have one bike while you can do all these different things, but then also I remember reading a. Some years ago a university study that was looking at the reasons, that people cite for not riding more. And safety is always number one by. I think that study was maybe eight or nine years ago, so in a few places the infrastructure has gotten a little bit better, but still not enough. And the attitudes of drivers. Have gotten better, but , still you get out of a certain zone of safety and you still have people angry at you for being on the road. [00:21:58] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, I mean, like as a lifelong commuter, I, I've been hit quite a few times. I got hit twice during the pandemic alone, uh, while riding around town. And so, uh, It is the sa Yeah, I understand. The safety team. The thing a hundred percent, like you don't, uh, wanna take your life in your own hands when you're out riding. And, uh, it, it's, it's a big problem in the US that the infrastructure is still so lacking. And on one hand you're telling people to, you know, go get on your bike and be more sustainable and healthy. And at the same time, they're not offering a lot of, uh, insurances in terms of, you know, uh, infrastructure and whatnot to, to make that. [00:22:34] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. Now I'm, I'm curious as a journalist, what have been some of the areas that you've found most interesting to report on or that, you know, you've been able to dive into as a consequence of having that credential? [00:22:46] Anne-Marije Rook: Hmm. Uh, I'm, I always love people. I, I, I like to know what makes them tick. You know, especially those people on, on like the, the very top end of the sport. Like what makes 'em tick? How, how are they able to do this? And at the same time, uh, this year, one of the things I've been really interested in is, um, ebi. in terms of like the, the regulations around, um, lit I and, uh, batteries and, and the, the fact that there's so many fires and then the legislation around it and wish there is none yet, but that's coming. And so, uh, looking into a bit more of where these bags are coming from and, and what it takes. To control these, these devices a bit more has been very interesting. And it's not something that gets a lot of rates or gets clicks and whatnot, but it's something I find very interesting cuz it'll have a lot of, uh, repercussions I think in, in the next couple years as to which eBags are on the market, which products you can and cannot buy. And, uh, hopefully the safety of it all. [00:23:50] Randall R. Jacobs: What are some of the things that you've uncovered in that exploration? [00:23:54] Anne-Marije Rook: Well, the fact that there is absolutely, at the moment no legislation whatsoever, uh, for the consumer. So you can buy whatever you can find on the internet, and there's, there's no guarantee that it's not gonna set your house on fire. There's no safety around it, and that's, that's changing right now. New York City is currently, uh, considering banning the sale of secondhand or, uh, like. Uh, tested products, which would have massive repercussions cuz there's like 65,000 delivery workers in, uh, New York City alone. And these people are mostly relying on e-bikes to do their jobs, right? It's their livelihood. And so the moment you, you control these products, uh, it'll have a financial impact on these people as well. Well, third party testing and safety device. It costs more on the, on the manufacturers and therefore it'll have a higher price tag, price tag for the consumer as well. Um, but at the same time, you know, they ha are also dealing with 200 fires already this year. Um, specifically [00:24:56] Randall R. Jacobs: just the city of New York. [00:24:58] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, just the city of New York relating to um, e mobility devices like E-Bikes, ESCOs, hoverboards, e Unicycles, that kind of stuff, which is a lot, you know, that's a lot for one city, specifically around these mobility devices. [00:25:12] Randall R. Jacobs: Sure, especially when you have such immense density. So a fire in New York City is not a standalone house that's oftentimes a building with dozens of families and a lot of people get displaced. [00:25:24] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. Luckily they've, they've only, I should say that in, in quotation marks, they've had six fatalities and, and over 130, uh, injuries related to those fires. So, relatively speaking, that's not a high number, but it's, it's something that could be prevented with proper legislation. So I think for me, what's interesting is just like, The, the, the concept was that you can just import products that don't get tested and, you know, people will buy 'em because it's popular and it's, it's, uh, affordable and, and there's a reason, you know, items cost as much as, as they do and, you know, as, as someone who, uh, creates consumer goods. So, yeah. Anyway, that's, that's a long wind winded way of saying that's been a very interesting, uh, passion project of mine. [00:26:07] Randall R. Jacobs: well, on that particular topic, I know that there's, there's also kind of a cultural backlash against, say, in New York City, these e-bike, service providers out doing deliveries and if you look at who it is that is taking on those jobs, generally immigrant, , generally it's the first opportunity that they have in order to survive and make a living, getting a foundation here. So it's not as easy as simply, we're gonna band all these things , it's some, it's somebody's livelihood. [00:26:35] Anne-Marije Rook: And like as you said, it's a, it's a culture issue. It's a class issue. It's, it's not, not as simple as like, well, these items are unsafe, so we'll just ban them. [00:26:45] Randall R. Jacobs: And that, kind of speaks to, broader issues , that we could talk about in the bike space. Like we have this concept of a sidewalk bicycle, a more pejorative way of saying it would be a, bicycle shaped object. So these are, bikes that are generally built to a very low standard, generally sold through non, specialty retail , poorly assembled, and even if they were well assembled generally of parts that are of questionable quality. So poor breaking things like this, and they aren't required to. Hold up to the same standards as a bicycle that you buy at a bike shop that is designated for commuter use or other sorts of use. And, in the more premium end of the spectrum, which for a lot of people who aren't cyclists, would be any bike that's more than three, $400. There's detailed, is. International standards organization criteria for testing that. But that's another example of the same thing where, well, you could require that all bikes be built to a certain standard, but then new bikes would be inaccessible to lower income demographics. Though frankly, I think another outcome of that would probably be that you see more refurbishing of better quality. older used bikes and so that could be a net positive, especially given that they're likely to hold up a lot better. [00:28:01] Anne-Marije Rook: Mm-hmm. [00:28:01] Randall R. Jacobs: So, so that's another area [00:28:03] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, I mean to that, like, I could ask that a lot and, and we've, we're about to enter another recession. Um, it's, it's apparent in another country already and, and we're headed that way as well. And, and so a big topic becomes budget bikes, like how much do you spend on a bike and new bikes that are. of a certain budget , I always tell people, go, go shop for a, a used bike and, and refurbish it. You're, you're better off than a cheap brand new bike. And there, I think for a long time there was this, this rather like attitude towards buying secondhand. , uh, products, especially, you know, around carbon bikes, like people were worried that they were broken or cracked, and I think there's a huge misconception around carbon, specifically in, in terms of the strength and like a carbon bike, if it doesn't, if it's not cracked, will last you an entire lifetime. Like, they don't deteriorate. Like, you know, metals will cor. And the restin in carbon doesn't necessarily break apart. Like if maintained well, a carbon bike will last you a lifetime, the end, right? You sure it breaks and you have to maybe get it checked over by, uh, an expert. But I think, uh, now that we have been in this carbon age for a bit longer, there's, there's nothing wrong with a used carbon bike [00:29:23] Randall R. Jacobs: I think that that is often true. There's a couple of challenges there though, with a metal bike, if there's something wrong with it, you generally see it unless it's cracking. Uh, and, and even a crack, you'd be able to see, but you'd be able to see that with a carbon bike too. But what you wouldn't be able to see is an impact that causes delamination in a tube but doesn't result in visual cracking or damage. The construction has gotten much, much better, so they are vastly more reliable, but there's been this push for, as light as possible, which means there's not a lot of buffer and there's a lot of higher modus carbons that are not as impact resistant. So I agree with you that the concerns are overblown. but at the same time, actually this is something that, was talking to, Kaylee Fretz about when he was on not too long ago. The merits of metal bikes, and I think that. Especially on the more economical end of the spectrum, it would be great to see more, steel bikes. [00:30:19] Anne-Marije Rook: Oh, for sure. I love, I I myself, steel roadie. I, I think I would love to have a titanium bike for sure. Um, I just think that from a sustainability point of view, for the last, I don't know, 10, 15 years, we've been cranking out one carbon bike after another and they're not being recycled, uh, because. Well, you can, but it's very, very cost prohibit, pro prohibitive to, um, try to get around the re resin and recycle that carbon. And so I think I would rather see some of these older frames be picked up and, and reuse in one way or another. Um, you know, slap a new group set on and it's a good bike. I'm also. , um, privilege in that. In Portland, we have a great company called Ruckus Composites, and they for, for fee, but it's not a significant fee. They will scan your carbon frame to make sure there aren't any, uh, cracks or whatever that, that you can't see, um, simply with your eyeballs. [00:31:17] Randall R. Jacobs: That's a great service and one that if anyone has access to, especially if they're buying secondhand or if they've crashed, absolutely worth it., the cost of not doing it is, potentially nothing or potentially catastrophic [00:31:29] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. Yeah. And I think I'm, I'm more worried about people buying these really cheaply made. Carbon bikes cuz they're like, it's carbon and it'll be good. And I'm like, there is such a thing as bad carbon and uh, budget bikes that just, um, yeah, they, they don't stand the test of time. Whereas good carbon bikes will, like I said, last your lifetime, uh, obviously. You know, metal is, is, this is the safer bet. But, um, yeah, we, we just have so many carbon frames out there right now, and I just don't, don't see them being used, uh, ending up in landfill. I don't know. I think that's one of the things that if I could ask the industry to do anything, it's to be a bit more, uh, sustainable in, in what they crank out and, and looking for the opportunities to recycle some of the products that they create. [00:32:14] Randall R. Jacobs: There is talk about this within the industry. Craig was at the people for Bike Summit and there was a lot of talk around sustainability. It may have been more around packaging and the like, being discussed there. some of this is, the facilities haven't existed. So carbon recycling, for example, you need specialized facilities. fortunately there's new, ways in which recycled carbon can be utilized cuz it is a degraded material, right? So you're not going to get the long pure fibers that you're getting purely homogenous, resin with and so on. So you need to be able to create forged carbon components and the like, and you're starting to see that, um, That whole recycling infrastructure, like all recycling infrastructure, for the most part in this country, is not keeping up with the sheer amount of stuff that we're creating and discarding. [00:33:04] Anne-Marije Rook: No, absolutely not. And uh, I think especially after. You know, uh, right before, um, gravel got real big, I think the industry was just sitting on, on thousands of, of car, like mid-level carbon bikes with, with 10 speed group sets. And luckily in some ways, luckily the, um, pandemic created, um, this, this delay in, in, in the. Um, in, in getting new components. And I think that that forced people to go back and be like, can we use this nine or 10 speed group set? And there's an interesting amount of, of nine and seven speed groups that's on the market right now that just like got picked up cuz they were laying around. And uh, you see those especially in, in, uh, super adventure bikes or e-bikes where they use older group sets. And I think it's great cuz we, we need to use the, the things that we've produced. [00:33:55] Randall R. Jacobs: you've been following some of the supply chain changes. [00:33:59] Anne-Marije Rook: of course. Yeah. I mean, that's been the story for the last few years for the industry and, uh, it, it is a struggle. I, I can't imagine being one of those businesses that, that relies on. Uh, you know, uh, pretty much anything at the moment. But, uh, seeing, see, I think it's, it's really fun to see some innovations happening around, um, using the stuff that we already have. And, uh, there's a lot of, you know, maybe I'm just a super bike nerd, but a lot of different ways you can get more gears out of a you a seven speed trailer or like, you know, using micro shift and, and using all the different. uh, like innovative, uh, little handy tools out there to, to make what's old, new. [00:34:44] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah, a hundred percent with you there. And some of the organizations that we've sought to support, as a company have been around taking old bikes and making them new again. [00:34:53] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. And down to sh shifters, I've been seeing a lot of those and, and just like old friction shifters being used again, which I thought was very fun because, uh, it's a cheap way to build an adventure bike. You know, you just go with, with, uh, , straight up brake levers, no shifting in the, in, in your handlebars, which leaves more room for bags and whatever else. And then, um, little bar end shifters or shifters, which never thought I'd see those come back again. [00:35:18] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah, also provides a lot more options in terms of what you can spec, because there's really only three major players in that space currently. STR and Shao being the dominant two. [00:35:28] Anne-Marije Rook: What, uh, what's the coolest thing you've seen done with a, with a thesis? [00:35:32] Randall R. Jacobs: We did have a rider do this really stunning, metallic flake paint job With a painter out of the Boulder, Denver area. So those sorts of customizations have been neat otherwise. we have a lot of people who've done extended bike packing trips. We have a channel in an online community that we help to set up which is dedicated to bike packing. So there've been whole reports on people's setups, and that's been really cool to see. One. Has become normal at this point. But I think that we were relatively early with was dropper posts. So had a dropper post in second wheel sets. So had a hypothesis early on, that people would have a single bike for a lot of things and about 50% of people got two wheel sets and pushing 90% of our riders have gotten dropper posts. [00:36:22] Anne-Marije Rook: Really? That's, that's a, surprises me. That's a, a large percentage of people. Um, do they actually use 'em? Like, do they get shredding enough to where you need a, a drop or post? [00:36:33] Randall R. Jacobs: I've seen several examples of folks that have either discarded the dropper or who were really concerned about weight, and so you're trying to figure out how to swap it easily. But in general, like the typical response was, yeah, game changer. And, from, me personally, especially living in the Bay Area where there's so much fast and steep road descending, I'd used it all the time. The argument that I make is it adds say three quarters of a. [00:37:00] Anne-Marije Rook: Mm-hmm. [00:37:02] Randall R. Jacobs: one, you're, you're faster and more confident, less likely to crash in all of those technical or high speed sorts of situations. But then also, to be able to scoot your butt off the back of the saddle, you need to often compromise your satellite a little bit. . And so that means that you're no longer setting up your bike for pure comfort, pure efficiency, pure performance. And so that three quarters of a pound, I'm 165, so I'm probably pushing, let's say, round up to 200 pounds with gear and so on. Three quarters of a pound is as a percentage, less than half a percent. So am I getting half a percent more efficient, on a climb because I'm in the right position? I think that that's pretty plausible. Never. The rest of the time. So that, that's my pitch for droppers. I know that not everyone is sold on them, but I, I think that it's, uh, it is the thing that makes a bike that is otherwise really good on flat and smooth train, something that you can get really rowdy with. [00:38:00] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, I mean, I like to get rowdy on, on gravel bikes very much. It's, it's kind of like my, my favorite thing to do is see how far I can take it, uh, to the end I will say, uh, you know, I've, I've come around, I mentioned this to you in email, but I've come around on six 50 bees finally. That took me a long time, uh, to get, but having that actual rubber does, does allow me to get, uh, a little bit more rowdy than, than on 700. [00:38:27] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. And I, I had shared some thinking about why that might have been, but I'm curious, what did you find different and hard to adjust to switching from 700 to six 50? [00:38:36] Anne-Marije Rook: Uh, I think initially it was like, oh, this feels slow, and, um, You know, given my background, I, I, I liked really quick and, and fast responses and lively rides, and it felt like it did the opposite. Like it became a bit more, more twitchy, which makes for a bit more engaging. Right? But it just felt a little slower. Um, and it just, the handling was different than what I was used to on 700 seats, which also had to do with the, the tire width that was running, you know, going from, uh, 700 by. F maybe 40 to, you know, six 50 to 47. That's a huge difference in terms of like your, your rolling surface that you have and, and how that feels around the corners. Um, but then it got real rainy and muddy and I was riding the, this, this rather, uh, you know, Rudy Mound, bikey terrain. And that's when I noticed the difference of like, oh yeah, this really allows me to stay planted a bit better and, and, uh, maneuver these roots. . Um, I also like it, it started off like, oh, I understand this form, like a technical point of view. And then for comfort, it is really darn comfortable to just like crank out the miles on on more rubber. And it just, yeah, it's cushy and uh, I can see now why, you know, randomers and such opt for that, that tire size. But it took me a while. I, I will say maybe I'm just old school, but um, I finally got around to it. [00:40:01] Randall R. Jacobs: I can definitely relate to , at least the sensation of it, potentially feeling a little bit slower rolling. And there's definitely circumstances and this is, , Casing dependent as well, where, you know it very well may be, but at the same time, remember the first time you gave up 20 threes and put on 20 fives or 20 eights or thirties and how different that felt. And it's like, I'm not getting all of that, that road. It just feels slow all of a sudden. But, , data said otherwise, but I mean, six 50 s have their place. There's a reason why a lot of racers in certain types of events run 700 by, I mean, in the case of Belgian waffle Ride in San Diego, I think people are running like 32 slicks, [00:40:44] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. Yeah, I mean, that makes sense, right? Like it's if when you have that much, uh, ground to cover and, uh, a fair bit of road in that as well, I believe, um, you would opt for that. But yeah, I've, I've come around. I'm a hundred percent a six 50 B believer. Now I do think you need two wheel sets. Um, for different, different occasions. But yeah, it was, it was a fun experiment for me. This, uh, this fall. [00:41:10] Randall R. Jacobs: When you say two wheel sets, you mean 2 6 50 wheel sets or, or one seven hundred and one six fifty. [00:41:15] Anne-Marije Rook: The latter. Yeah. 1 700, 1 6 50. Yeah. There's definitely days that, you know, if I know I'm gonna go long, I, I just feel like I'm. covering more ground then, then I'll do that on a, a 700. But yeah, for my, my most, like my lunch rides, that's up in, in, in the trails, that's definitely six 50 now. [00:41:34] Randall R. Jacobs: So what else have you found surprising or delightful in terms of products or insight into the sport or, experiences you've had of late. [00:41:43] Anne-Marije Rook: Uh, well, sticking with gravel, I think we're starting to see a, a really broad spectrum. of bikes that are either super capable, have suspension, you know, there's an increasing amount of bikes and suspension. And then on the other side, the ones that are, are really going for speed. , um, where you basically have a road bike, um, that's, that's slightly more capable, you know, so like if you wanna go with specialized, you've got the, the new s C r with the sus, the rear end suspension and front end suspension versus the crux, which is, uh, you know, a very capable cyros bike basically, and feathery light. And I think we're seeing more of that divide happening, which is pretty quick given that gravel as a category hasn't been around for all that long. Um, and it's, it. I think it's a very interesting development just to see what people are gonna go for and how much we're we're differentiating between gravel racing and gravel adventuring and bike packing. And like the difference now, like you can't just say gravel anymore. You have to specify whether you're talking about gravel racing or, or adventuring. Cuz those are two very different. Sides of the industry now, which is, it's interesting and it's really fun to watch. Um, and I, I think personally, I like the adventure side from a tech nerdiness a bit more because we know what a fast road bike look like and what it can do, but like, how capable can you make, um, a drop bar bike and how, like watching people bring back rigid mountain bikes and, and just like drawing on, on, uh, old technology and, and, and seeing things. Redshift and connect with their suspension posts that, you know, remind me of Soft Ride and like it is just from a tech point of view, it's, it's, it's an interesting development and really fun to watch. [00:43:27] Randall R. Jacobs: It's kind of like, um fashion in, in a way, like what's old is new. I mean, it's definitely radically better with, composites and wide and tubeless and disc brakes, in particular. But in a lot of ways we're riding the original mountain bikes again. [00:43:42] Anne-Marije Rook: We totally are, we're just writing, you know, those, those spring loaded , what were they? Canadas the ones with the, the head tube springs. [00:43:51] Randall R. Jacobs: Oh, the head shock. [00:43:52] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. Yeah. , which I mean future shock is that, you know, connect and Redshift is basically a soft ride. It's just everything is, is new again. And it's really fun to watch. And I think what I geek out a lot more is just seeing what people are coming up with in their own shops and how people perhaps are learning for the first time to be a bit more hands-on and, and, uh, mechanical and. Exploring with their own setups. I mean, how many people don't know how to fix their own tire? Uh, and I think nowadays watching them experiment and building super machines, it's, it's just really fun. [00:44:27] Randall R. Jacobs: So given that we're kind of coming to the end of the., favorite products of 2022 and then in a general sense, products, racing. Otherwise. What are you most excited about in the new year? [00:44:39] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, so my favorite products, uh, some of 'em are things that I bought myself or own, like, uh, my Brompton was one I found on Craigslist, which is super random, but I. I wanted something to travel with, um, that's compact and wouldn't require me having an extra bag or anything like that. And, uh, my Bronson and I have been to the Tour de France fem together. We've been to the Netherlands, to London, to the Sac Cross World Championships. So that bike goes with me everywhere, which was a really fun, uh, crux purchase that I didn't need, but has given me a lot of joy. [00:45:13] Randall R. Jacobs: Are you doing a lot of long rides on that, or is it more getting around and being able to get that 20 miler in? [00:45:18] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah. Yeah. Getting around the, it's not , it's not very comfortable. Talk about like slow rolling, tiny. Like try, try 16 inch wheels, like no. Uh, but [00:45:28] Randall R. Jacobs: seen dispatches from people doing extended tours on a Bronson, which I've always found super impressive. [00:45:34] Anne-Marije Rook: I mean, good on them. I like, I, I, I applaud them. I, I don't, I don't enjoy that very much. Um, but it's been a great bike to travel with and, and it's just a really silly, really fun purchase. Um, I also got a ultra cleaner for the first. Which is great for, uh, you know, the position northwest is really wet, really muddy. Um, our, our gear gets just absolutely destroyed and so keeping it clean, uh, extends the, the lifetime of, of your components. And uh, that's really been a fun way to, um, get like that super shiny clean drive train. [00:46:14] Randall R. Jacobs: mm-hmm. [00:46:15] Anne-Marije Rook: Uh, and that was just a birthday present, so it's not something that was sent to me to review. Um, and then the best shoes I had were to live, uh, much shoes. Um, they are bright purple. Uh, they look great. Everyone is always asking me about 'em, and I keep asking them to make 'em into a gravel shoe because I don't spend enough time on my road back anymore to wear them. Um, go ahead. [00:46:42] Randall R. Jacobs: Do you love them for their styling or some other [00:46:44] Anne-Marije Rook: No, they're, they're, they're a pure race shoe, like you're locked in. They're some of the stiffest shoes I've ever worn, but they also are an absolute head turner. [00:46:52] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. [00:46:53] Anne-Marije Rook: so it's a two for one package. Um, and, and the gravel side of things, uh, the SW RS tires were super impressive. Um, they're so fast and, uh, I've yet to flat them, which is pretty incredible given a, my, my history and B uh, just how much I've written. [00:47:11] Randall R. Jacobs: What size are you running them in? [00:47:13] Anne-Marije Rook: I have, uh, 40 twos, I think is when I was running last, and I, I mean, I took 'em with me traveling. Like I, I did the, uh, Finland gravel and I did not know what I was getting myself into. And, and so getting a file, like bringing a file thread, Racy Tire is a bit of a risk. Um, but they did really well and, uh, they're probably the best tires I've had in no while. And I'd say in general, the market, it has gotten so much better. Like the, it's so easy to set up two plus tires now, whereas like even two years ago I, it was quite struggle sometimes getting those seated in your, in your garage. Yeah. [00:47:52] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah, absolutely. Though I, I will say, um, and this is a hobby horse I often jump on, um, you know, road, road, tubeless hook, less road tubeless scares me, [00:48:04] Anne-Marije Rook: I tried to, I, I got a few to review this year and I, I tried to see if I could make them explode, but I think I reached my, like, comfort level far before, or the end of my comfort level far before the tires did. So there's that. [00:48:18] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. Yeah. Uh, and then going into 2023 and this doesn't have to be gear, it can be events, it can be, personal adventures. What are you excited about coming into the new year? [00:48:29] Anne-Marije Rook: Uh, yeah, I'm gonna go even more into gravel and attending some more gravel events. So I'm very excited to return to Unbound and to do s p d Gravel. There's talk about, uh, me and a colleague of mine setting an F K T. So there's some really fun challenges and, um, since stepping away from racing and, uh, you know, getting married, buying a house, I've definitely spent less time on. On the bike as I would like. So getting something to train for, for me personally, is, is uh, it's kind of exciting to get back to it. [00:49:01] Randall R. Jacobs: By the way, congratulations on those milestones. [00:49:04] Anne-Marije Rook: thanks. It was an exciting two years of the pandemic. Yeah. [00:49:07] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. Um, well, alright, um, so where can people find you on Twitter? Uh, you're at cycling weekly. How do, how do people get ahold of you or see what you're, what you're writing about? [00:49:18] Anne-Marije Rook: Yeah, definitely on second weekly.com and then on social media Am Rook is my handle across every platform, including the ones that are popping up now that Twitter is taking a t. [00:49:29] Randall R. Jacobs: All right. Well, Anne-Marie, it's a pleasure to finally sit down and properly chat and very much looking forward to seeing you at Sea Otter and other industry events now that that's a thing again, and we can be out in the wild seeing each other. [00:49:41] Anne-Marije Rook: That's right. [00:49:42] Randall R. Jacobs: All right. [00:49:43] Anne-Marije Rook: for having me. [00:49:44] Craig Dalton: That's going to do it for this week's edition of the gravel ride podcast. Big, thanks to Anne Mariah. For having that conversation with Randall, I hope you guys learned a lot and I hope you do follow her on Twitter and follow her work as north American editor at cycling weekly. Huge. Thanks to our friends at athletic greens. Remember head on over to athletic greens.com/the gravel ride to check out ag one. One today. If you're interested in connecting with me or Randall, I encourage you to join the ridership. That's www.theridership.com. 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Matt Stephens and Niamh Fisher-Black discuss her route to glory at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia. The New Zealand native treated the race as a stop on her way home to Nelson, and enjoyed the rare treat of celebrating a massive win with her nearest and dearest around her. Now, the Under 23 world road champion is looking forward to the 2023 season and perhaps the prospect of racing the Tour de France Femme if selected by Team SD Worx. In the hometown quiz, Matt asks the same questions he asked of fellow Nelsonian George Bennett, to determine who's the best at being from Nelson.
As a companion podcast to last weeks episode on the Tour de France Hommes, we have the Tour de France Femme and it's a cracker. The second year of the women's inclusion in the Tour promises to be even more dramatic and exciting than the first. On the penultimate stage we have the Col du Tourmalet which is almost sacred ground for cyclists, followed by a Time Trial finale the next day? Could this route be any more perfect? Is Vos a shoe in? Sarah profiles some of the contenders that are looking to stick it to Marianne before she retires. Our full back catalogue of episodes https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast My gift to you is 14 days of free coaching. To Claim your gift go to www.roadmancycling.com/14daygift Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh For coaching inquiries https://www.roadmancycling.com Follow my journey on Strava https://www.strava.com/athletes/145186 Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/roadman.cycling Follow us on LinkedIn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
I'm so excited about this one! And yes, you read that right, I managed to sit down with world tour rider, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and her husband, Carl in their beautiful home Rocacorba Cycling in Girona, Spain. This was a fantastic treat! Tour de France Femme, hospitality, routine, and building a space for female cyclists, we cover it all! Stay tuned for a great episode! Rocacorba Enduren --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cross-chaining/message
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Sarah Sturm returns to the show for a wide-ranging conversation about the struggle to stay hungry in a profession full of uncontrollable inconsistency, Tour de France Femme, and the anxieties about what life might look like after retiring from professional cycling. They also discuss the many ways that grief is shaping the gravel community this season and how their mental and emotional connection to racing has permanently changed. Sarah also talks about her work with Protect Our Winters, and the athlete who she thinks is the gold standard for maintaining their integrity.
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What age do you really feel? Sarah is nudging into middle age but feels at least 15 years younger! She chats about the inspirational women of the Tour de France Femme that are of her own vintage and also gives her big learnings from the 8 days of exceptional racing. Support this podcast by buying me a beer https://www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh For coaching inquiries https://www.roadmancycling.com Follow my journey on Strava https://www.strava.com/athletes/145186 Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/roadman.cycling Follow us on LinkedIn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
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Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Fußball-EM vorbei, Seb hört in der F1 auch, wilder Supercup und DFB-Pokal-Spektakel! Während sich David wohlverdient im Urlaub in Bad Mitterndorf befindet und den Kulm bestaunt, redet Benni mit David vom Fußballpodcast "Football´s Coming Home" über die vergangene EM der Frauen, eine wieder einmal verrückte erste Pokalrunde und auch den Beginn der Bundesliga am kommenden Wochenende. Auch die Formel 1 durfte natürlich nicht fehlen: nicht nur, weil in Ungarn das letzte Rennen vor der Sommerpause anstand, sondern auch wegen reichlich Umbruchstimmung in den Teams! Zudem natürlich auch die Siegerin der Tour de France Femme nicht fehlen, die eine alte Bekannte ist.. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit dieser Folge und hören uns bald mit neuen Episoden wieder wieder! Alle Plattformen, auf denen wir aktiv sind, findet ihr auf linktr.ee/onthepitch Kontaktiert und folgt uns gerne bei Twitter und Instagram - @onthepitch_pod Bewertet uns auch gern bei Spotify und nutzt diese neue Funktion! Benni: @bennischerp David: @mrdadihd Gern könnt ihr uns auch eine Kleinigkeit rüberbeamen, damit wir unser Setup weiter verbessern können: buymeacoffee.com/onthepitchpod Für Fragen und Feedback sind wir jederzeit offen und dankbar! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.
Women's sport is celebrating not just in the UK but around the world as football fans watched England defeat Germany 2-1 after extra-time at Wembley Stadium to capture the European Championship this past weekend. The scenes at the North London venue were unprecedented in women's football with a crowd of 87,192 creating an atmosphere like no other. The chants of ‘football's coming home' echoed far and wide as Sarina Weigman's team did what so few teams have historically been able to in this tournament—they beat eight-time champions Germany. That the game went to extra-time only underscored the Lionesses resilient form that they showed all tournament and served to reinforce the remarkable leadership that is Sarina Weigman. She has empowered her team like no other manager in England's history and led the team to a European victory, just as she did with her native Dutch team in 2017. The tournament attendance topped 574,875 (In The Netherlands in 2017 it was 240,055) and the UK TV audience reached 17.4 million ( the 2019 Women's World Cup was 11.7 million). Chris and Nancy share their thoughts on the final and what it will take to keep the momentum going for girls and women in football and beyond. In other news, The Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten won the inaugural Tour de France Femme. Her compatriot; the legend that is Marianne Vos won three of the stages, plus a second and third finish. Meanwhile in Hungary in motorsports W Series, Alice Powell fended off reigning champion Jamie Chadwick to give Britain a total of five finishers in the top ten. In Birmingham, England last week the Commonwealth Games began and Nancy has news of a cycling controversy. In MMA Brazilian Amanda Nunes regained her Bantamweight title defeating American Julianna Pena in a bloody fight. And as we indicated last week, the UK Rugby Football Union Council voted in favor of updating its gender policy starting with 22/23 season, which excludes transgender men from competing on women's teams.Hosts: Chris Stafford & Nancy GillenRecorded: August 1, 2022WiSP Sports is the ONLY GLOBAL PODCAST NETWORK FOR WOMEN'S SPORT with more than 60 hosts, 1600+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. Every episode is a WiSP SPORTS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.We are ranked in the top 2% of more than 2.71 million podcasts worldwide. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at wispsports@gmail.com.
At her group ride this week Sarah got some very honest feedback about her leadership. Not all positive! She talks about her "extreme ownership" around it. Sarah also chats about the Warriors at The Tour de France Femme avec Zwift. Plus Winter Is Coming! It's time to prepare! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roadman-cycling-podcast/message
Ein Sprint - ein Sieg - die Wiebes! LaLaLaLa Loorenaaa Wieeebes! Die Niederländerin behält die Ruhe und holt sich Etappensieg 2 bei der Tour de France Femme. Eine Italienerin versucht es links rum obwohl alle nach rechts müssen - Vos rettet aber die Situation und sichert der Konkurentin den Sieg. Sucht immer nach Orientierung: der Tourfunk! Unser Gast heute: Felix Mattis Twitter: https://twitter.com/felixmattis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/felixmattis/ Interviews von der Tour de France: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkLgBtoowqPuqjpBscRqduA --------------- Stravaclub: https://www.strava.com/clubs/651331 Twitter: @wattsab_podcast Instagram: @watts_ab **WATTs Ab!** ist ein M94.5-Podcast. © [M94.5 - ein Angebot der MEDIASCHOOL BAYERN.](https://www.m945.de/) Lust auf mehr junge & frische Formate?
Politiet opfordrer til medbragte madpakker efter lange køer og ventetid forstyrrer trafikken i Sønderjylland. Lovforslag om privat kørertræning vækker glæde hos FDM. Cecilie Uttrup vinder etape i Tour de France Femme. Vært: Astrid DateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's episode Chris and Nancy share their thoughts on last week's quarter final games at the UEFA 2022 Euros and preview the upcoming semi final matches. Will England be jinxed at another semi-final or will the vast England supporters carry them over the finish line on home soil‽ Nancy has just arrived back home from the inaugural Tour de France Femme in Paris which began on Sunday. At the time of recording, Dutch legend Marianne Vos has just claimed the yellow jersey after Stage 2. In golf this weekend, Canadian 24 year old Brooke Henderson won her second major title at the Amundi Evian Championship, also in France. The World Athletics Championships wrapped up on Sunday after 10 days of thrilling competition in Eugene, Oregon. There were several impressive records broken before huge crowds in great weather and a terrific sporting atmosphere. We share a few of those highlights. And finally, the English Rugby Football Union will vote this week on gender participation policy for rugby union. Hosts: Chris Stafford & Nancy GillenRecorded: July 25, 2022WiSP Sports is the ONLY GLOBAL PODCAST NETWORK FOR WOMEN'S SPORT with more than 60 hosts, 1600+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. Every episode is a WiSP SPORTS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.We are ranked in the top 2% of more than 2.71 million podcasts worldwide. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at wispsports@gmail.com.
Bate papo no estilo mesa redonda com Celso Anderson, Adriana Salazar do Pan Brods, Gisele Gasparotto da Lulu Five e Gui Nehemy da Santini Brasil, comentando a vigésima primeira etapa do Tour de France 2022, com 115 km planos de Paris La Defénse Arena aos Champs-Élysées e a primeira etapa do Tour de France Femme 2022, com 82 km planos de Paris LTorre Eiffel aos Champs-Élysées. Durante todo o mês do Tour de France, use o cupom TDF22 e ganhe 15% de desconto na loja virtual Bikehub! (*Exceto bikes e quadros. Não-cumulativo. Um cupom por CPF) https://www.loja.bikehub.com.br/ Inscreva-se no canal e não perca as análises das próximas etapas do Tour e os próximos vídeos, sempre sobre o mundo da bike. https://www.youtube.com/c/Bikehub_br Do Brasil, é possível assistir ao Tour pelos canais ESPN, TV5 Monde ou GCN+ (todos por assinatura). Participe do pelotão Bikehub no WhatsApp para conversar com outros ciclistas, ficar por dentro do mundo da bicicleta e receber ofertas e novidades especiais. https://chat.whatsapp.com/Kyt3IZDZb1u1PGm9FzDOB5 Faça um Seguro Bici Sura e pedale mais tranquilo! Aproveite as condições especiais da parceria Bikehub e Seguros SURA e se proteja em caso de roubo ou acidentes https://materiais.bikehub.com.br/parceria-bikehub-e-sura Visite a nossa Loja Física: Rua Conde de Porto Alegre, 1649 - Campo Belo, São Paulo, SP https://g.co/kgs/yEQ4V5 Bikehub, para quem tem bicicleta como estilo de vida
Today Faith and Val pay homage to Iris Dixon, a champion of Australian cycling and a cracking story teller. Iris Dixon passed away at the end of last week, aged 91. Iris was an incredible cyclist, Australian Cycling Hall of fame inductee and sixteen time national champion. She dissed our bikes when she was our studio guest in 2013. You can read more about Iris in Monique Hanley's article A ride through history with Australian cycling legend Iris Dixon.One thing that struck us was how much Iris would have enjoyed the inaugral Tour de France Femme which kicked off this weekend. We also discuss the changes to the No Left Turn for motorists at the cnr of Victoria Parade and Brunswick street and increasing cycnicism amongst people who use bicycles to get around about State government commitments to active transport.
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As the Tour de France Femme begins Chris and Gary talk to Maria Blower and Kathryn Bertine. Maria was a GB International who rode the Tour de France féminin in 1985 and Gary talks to Kathryn Bertine, an instrumental figure in the of development higher profile women's races over the last few years.
Just a handful of years into her pro career Kristen Faulkner has gone from a rider the peloton actively avoided due to her mishaps on the bike to one of its most respected riders. A Harvard graduate who turned her back on a successful career in investment banking to pursue her love of cycling.. Kristen's conversation with Bobby and Jens is not to be missed. Fresh of earning the Queen of the Mountains classification at the 2022 Giro Donne she reveals what she's expecting from the Tour de France Femme... and what she still has to learn. This episode of Bobby and Jens is presented by Hammerhead Karoo2. The show is a Velonews production in association with Shocked Giraffe. This episode was produced by Mark Payne and edited by Tim Mossa.
At long last, the first official women's Tour de France begins this Sunday. So, today's episode of The GIST of It has everything you need to know about the historic inaugural occasion. Co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz kick things off with a brief history of women's cycling, including a discussion of the bike's pivotal role in the women's rights movement. Sports and feminism? You love to see it. Then after the break, El and Steph dive into the details of the 2022 Tour de France Femme. From the course to how the scoring works to the top cyclists to watch — they have you covered. Big thank you to Sonos for sponsoring today's episode! With customizable sound and a sleek aesthetic, Sonos' Ray soundbar is the perfect way to take your listening to the next level. Get ready to hear the difference and learn more by visiting www.sonos.com. Show notes: More on The GIST: Subscribe: thegistsports.com/subscribepod Twitter: @thegistpod Email: pod@thegistsports.com IG: @thegistca @thegistusa
Lizzie Deignan is one of the world's greatest ever female cyclists. She's won World, Commonwealth and National titles as a road cyclist and is an Olympic silver medallist. Lizzie is now also changing the narrative around motherhood and elite sport. Having returned to cycling after the birth of daughter Orla, last October she won the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes after pulling away from the peloton with more than 80km to go in what a spectacular race. In this fascinating episode we talk about how Lizzie's team, Trek Segafredo, are supporting her during her latest pregnancy, the importance of the Tour de France Femme this summer for the profile of women's cycling and what can be done to ensure equal prize money in the future. Thanks to Sport England who support The Game Changers through the National Lottery. Executive Producer – Sam Walker Host – Sue Anstiss A Fearless Women production
Vrees niet! Het wegseizoen loopt dan wel tot zijn einde maar Kop over Kop gaat gewoon verder. Jeroen Vanbelleghem, Jan Hermsen, Bobbie Traksel en Sander Valentijn zijn een dag later dan normaal tezamen gekomen om het over de wielersport te hebben. Het Tour-parcours van volgend jaar wordt onder de loep genomen met al zijn prachtige en verraderlijke etappes. En wat te denken van de eerst Tour de France Femme met heerlijke ritten door de Vogezen. Na een korte nabeschouwing verleggen de mannen hun focus op het WK baanwielrennen dat in Roubaix verreden wordt. Om hier echt chocolade van te maken schuift oud-baanwielrenner en Eurosport-expert Nick Stöpler aan om zijn visie te geven over het aankomende WK. En terwijl de gladiatoren daar hun strijd uitvechten, onthult Jan welk gevecht hij dat weekend zal leveren. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Kate Veronneau is an avid cyclist, former domestic pro cyclist and D1 college basketball player, and now the Senior Content Strategist at Zwift. I know so many of my listeners are on Zwift but for those who have not yet come over to the dark side… Zwift is the ultimate online endurance sports and fitness platform catering to cyclists, runners and triathletes around the globe. Founded by Eric Min in 2014, the app and platform are rooted in gaming with both super creative video game designers and top athletes, coaches and fitness goers working behind the scenes to bring the Zwift experience and community to life which is truly where fitness meets adventure! Athletes race and train on immersive interactive courses in cities like London, New York, and Paris or in the magical fantasy worlds unique to Zwift like Watopia and The Makuri Islands. Zwift uses multiplayer online gaming technology to create vibrant, 3D worlds ripe for exploration. Zwifters unlock cool virtual in-game prizes and badges along the way. It's super easy to use. You just download the app , it connects wirelessly to your exercise equipment: bike trainers, treadmills, and more Beyond the incredible courses, races, and worlds, Zwift offers top training programs across cycling, running, and triathlon called The Zwift Academy, which is what Kate came on board at Zwift to spearhead and launch in 2016. Here, champion Zwifters unlock coveted sought after real-life opportunities like earning a spot on the CANYON//SRAM Pro Cycling Team. On this episode, Kate and I sync up about Zwift's most exciting new venture as the presenting sponsor for the 2022 Tour de France Femme, kicking off on July 24th, 2022 and how the gaming platform has played a major role in increasing the rise of women to the sport of cycling and the Zwift community. Kate dials listeners in to the Zwift Academies for cycling, triathlon, and running, we touch upon some of the upcoming courses, races, tours, and worlds in Zwift. Kate shares where her passion for cycling began and what her goals are now, and overall what she loves about the sport. CONNECT Zwift on Instagram Kate Veronneau on Instagram Marni On The Move Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube Marni Salup on Instagram and Spotify SUBSCRIBE Sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Download for Marni on the Move updates, exclusive offers, invites to events, and exciting news! TRAIN Meet me on Zwift, Strava, or Peloton OFFERS Take control of your health and wellness journey with InsideTracker, the ultra-personalized nutrition platform that analyzes your blood, DNA, and lifestyle to help you optimize your body from the inside out. Transform your body's data into meaningful insights and a customized action plan of the science-backed nutrition recommendations you need to optimize your health! Get twenty percent off today at InsideTracker with our code THANKYOUMOTM. Alkamind Supplements and Dr. Daryl Gioffre. The Alkamind Plant-Based Organic Protein Powder has been a terrific addition to my nutrition and training. It has three core alkaline proteins Satcha Inchi, Pea, and Hemp. Plus, Coconut Oil ( which turns your body into a fat burning machine), and of course it's sugar free. I am also using their Acid Kicking Mineral Mix when I am out on the bike for hydration, as well as the Acid Kicking Greens, and the Omega 3 and Black Seed Oil supplements for general health. Check out their website and use our code MOTM20 for 20 % off. Also listen to my convo with Dr. Daryl Gioffre on the podcast, its Acid Kicking! Lifepro is offering MOTM listeners 10% off products with the code MOVE10. Art of Tea is 0ffering MOTM listeners 15% off (excluding gift cards, Tea of the month, subscriptions, and any wholesale orders) through July 2021. Use this code at checkout MARNIONTHEMOVE15 Head over to our SHOP page for additional offers from Marni on the Move partners, sponsors, and guests SUPPORT THE PODCAST