Rob Sleamkaer is the author of Serious Training for Serious Athletes. This book, first published in 1989, single handedly transformed my understanding of how to structure a training plan to win bike races. I first read the book when I was still

Michael Hutchinson - Dr. Hutch

Apr 3rd, 2020 1h 12m

Michael Hutchinson – also known as Dr Hutch - is a British and Irish former professional cyclist turned writer who has represented Great Britain, Ireland and Northern Ireland at events including the Commonwealth Games. Hutchinson began cycling

Ant McCrossan - Master of (Cycling) Ceremonies

Mar 20th, 2020 1h 1m

Ant McCrossan’s voice is the background to many bike races on the World Tour. In 2011 Anthony hosted the opening of the London Velodrome with Lord Coe and later became the lead voice of the road and track cycling events at London 2012. Ant beca

Tom Smith & Alex Gaiger - Range

Feb 14th, 2020 55m 53s

In his award-winning book Range -Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, author David Epstein examines the world’s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters and scientists. He discovered that in most fields–es

Grant Young - Condor

Jan 31st, 2020 49m 24s

When Monty Young first opened the doors of Condor in 1948, he probably didn't think he'd build bicycles for pop stars, Olympians, and royalty. Condor bikes have been ridden to World Championships medals, multiple National titles, and ridden in

Katie Scott - From Grassroots to Elite

Dec 13th, 2019 46m 13s

Katie is an 18-year-old who has managed to breakthrough into the British National Team for cyclo-cross. Katie’s rise through the ranks of cycling has been almost linear and she is already learning Flemish in anticipation of eventually relocatin

Rouleur Classic London

Nov 14th, 2019 1h 1m

In this special episode of the RoadStarz podcast I interview a host of guests at the 2019 Rouleur Classic in London. The Rouleur Classic - first launched in 2015 - is an event which seeks to celebrate the very best in road cycling – with an ex

Claus Moller - The Life of a Pro Cyclist

Sep 20th, 2019 39m 16s

My guest on the podcast today is Claus Moller. Claus is a former professional cyclist from Denmark. As a young amatuer rider Claus moved to Pamplona in Spain where he enjoyed a very successful amateur career. He quickly rose to the attention

Dr Josie Perry - Performance In Mind

Sep 6th, 2019 35m 10s

My guest on the podcast today is Dr Josie Perry. Josie is a chartered psychologist working with those in sport and on the stage to help them overcome their barriers to success so they can achieve their goals. Josie has a background in communica

Beccy Waters - The Road to Nepal

Jun 13th, 2019 52m 42s

My guest on the podcast today is Beccy Waters. Beccy took up road cycling in 2011 to keep fit during her recovery from a running injury. She started competing on the road in 2014 but after 5 years of 'medium' and lows in predominantly regional

Magnus Backstedt - Training to Win

Apr 20th, 2019 1h

In this second part of my exclusive interview with Magnus Backsted, we talk about How Magnus' training evolved throughout his pro cycling career, how he re-discovered his love for racing and training and how the 'more is better approach' to tra

Magnus Backstedt - Part 1 Winning Roubaix

Apr 4th, 2019 1h 6m

My guest on the podcast today is former professional cyclist Magnus Backstedt. In a career which lasted over 12 years Magnus won may races including stage 19 of the 1998 Tour de France and the opening Team Time Trial stage of the 2008 Giro d’It

Mike Devaney - A Sense of Power

Mar 24th, 2019 33m 39s

It would be overstating the point to suggest that British cyclists weren’t always successful. But, until the arrival of lottery funding, the number British riders who were winning at world class level were far fewer than we see today. For cycli

Michelle Ross - RPM Studio Instructor to Road Cyclist

Mar 15th, 2019 29m 47s

Until recently, the words ‘indoor cycling’ evoked images of solitude, stoicism or even bad weather. Following the explosion of indoor cycling fitness classes -or studio cycling- in the late 1990s the cycling world has since been revolutionised

Tim Foster - Achieving Greatness

Feb 6th, 2019 57m 55s

Tim Foster MBE is an Olympic Gold medalist, winning Gold in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in the Men's Coxless Four, alongside Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell and Sir Steve Redgrave. In this fascinating and compelling interview Tim describes w

RoadStarz Episode 1

Jan 3rd, 2019 59m 57s

My first guest on RoadStarz is my good friend James Stewart. James is a former professional cyclist with Team UK Youth and Team Raleigh. After finishing his career as a pro cyclist James was looking for the next challenge. Motivated to raise aw