The Cycling Legends Podcast [free version; no premium access]

Chris, David and Gary reconvene to find at least something bike-related in the bleak off-season. Is Tom Pidcock half as good as he thinks he is? How come Demi Vollering only has a 2-year contract at FDJ-SUEZ? And what was policing really like in the 1980s and 1990s? Haste ye back, Het Nieuwsblad! Recommendations Why Your Bike is Made in Asia - Bill McGann https://a.co/d/fifNfK1 Bill McGann chats to Ben Delaney on The Ride podcast https://youtu.be/FpjB2k481_E?si=huxQA33k7aOVY6p6 Enfant Terrible - David Le Grys https://www.legrostrainingcamp.com/book/ Still True - Maggie Ginsberg https://maggieginsberg.com/still-true-novel/

As both the Tour and the Tour de France Femmes routes are announced, British telly viewers wake up to the news that they're going to have to cough up for their annual dose of yellow jersey fever from 2026. This plus Demi Vollering adds animal welfare to her palmares and the guys inadvertently promote responsible and safe doping. Just say 'no', kids, unless you've under the supervision of a suitably qualified medical practitioner. Recommendations BikeFarmer (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@bkefrmr Ned Boulting - 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession - https://amzn.eu/d/jbs8yuv Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now - https://amzn.eu/d/bZIHqKz Other stuff Michael Hernandez punch up - https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/salt-lake-criterium-culminates-with-fist-fight-between-two-riders Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

As the end-of-season devil makes work for idle podcasters, David, Chris and Gary ponder whether it's time for British Cycling to take a leaf out of the England football team's book and get Johnny Foreigner in to sort stuff out? This plus Track Worlds snippets, how to wind up the the World Tour in style and taking in the tragic news from Sir Chris Hoy. Recommendations The new look Cycling Legends website - https://www.cyclinglegends.co.uk Fumpa Pumps - https://www.fumpapumps.co.uk and https://www.fumpapumps.co.uk Takeaway Thieves - https://www.takeawaythieves.com/ Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Lost? Aimlessly wandering the streets because it's that fortnight between the World Championships and Il Lombardia? Fear not as the Devil has been making work for idle podcasters. Gary picks over some of the post-Zurich scuttlebutt, plus: Transfers - real and imagined/wished for Whither, Demi Vollering? If 24 hours is a long time in politics, 72 hours is ages in Eddy Merckx Paris-Tour Get in touch! Drop us a line at CyclingLegendsPodcast@gmail.com Links Spanking new Cycling Legends website! - https://www.cyclinglegends.co.uk An Evening with Chris Sidwells (and Phil Bayton) Ride 247, Cirencester Tuesday 8 October - https://ride247.cc/products/an-evening-with-chris-sidwell?_pos=1&_sid=6e3047356&_ss=r Music - 'So Alive' by A Month of Sleep, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.

QUALITY CONTROL ALERT: Apologies for Gary's sound issues. He'll explain all at the top of the show! Triumph and tragedy in Zurich. Chris, David and Gary recap an epic weekend of elite racing at the UCI World Championships, all of which happened in the shadow of the tragic passing of 18 year-old Muriel Furrer following a crash in the Junior Women's race on Thursday. People Shouldn’t Die Racing Bikes - https://dstanley.substack.com/p/people-shouldnt-die-racing-bikes?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true Recommendations Tony Hewson “In Pursuit of Stardom: Les Nomades du Velo Anglais” (Mousehold Press, 2006) - https://booksplea.se/in-pursuit-of-stardom-les-nomades-du-velo-anglais-by-tony-hewson-9781874739418/?setCurrencyId=1 Rwanda Cycling (Threads) - https://www.threads.net/@rwandacycling The Hot Damn! “Dancing on the Milky Way” - https://www.thehotdamn.com