We are half way through the Vuelta, so what better time to express ill-founded opinions on Frome's performance & Dan Martin's riding style. We look at the final round of the MTB World Cup and indulge in idle speculation surrounding rider trans

Episode 72 - Just blow into this bag, sir.

Aug 21st, 2014 1h 14m

In this episode we break the mould by bringing you our Vuelta preview before the race has even started. Gary brings you the MTB news since Graham was too lazy to even bother watching it. We discuss JTL's epic bender and conclude that he's a v

Episode 71 - J Geils Band

Aug 7th, 2014 1h 21m

In this episode we wrap up the last few stages of the Tour. We chat about the latest round of the MTB World Cup and round up the biking action from the Commonwealth Games. Danny's PR faux pas (what's French for faux pas) and Graham's Malaysia

Episode 70 - Nudge, nudge, wink, wink - say no more!

Jul 24th, 2014 1h 18m

We're well into the 3rd week of the Tour - what better time to bring you our preview of Week 3 and to tie up the standings on the second rest day, which was 3 days ago. Yup, business as usual for the VCDL Cycling Podcast.

Episode 69 - Tour Preview (or TUE Preview)

Jul 3rd, 2014 1h 30m

Yup, it's Tour time and in a break with tradition we bring you our Tour preview show - before the race has even started! Beer is drunk, nonsense is spouted, rash predictions are made. We also tackle yet another "gate". This time it's Millarg

Episode 68 - TUE, Brute?

Jun 25th, 2014 59m 30s

Ahead of the Tour, what did we learn from the Dauphine & the Tour de Suisse? What does the departure of Belkin as a sponsor tell us about the marketing benefits of sponsoring a cycling team? What could the UCI (or SKY) have done better in the

Episode 67 - Media Mountain Stage

Jun 19th, 2014 1h 9m

It's film night & book night here at VCDL Towers as we review Marco Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist and Steve Peat: Won't Back Down. We go old skool with a couple of good, old-fashioned, paper-based books, the first of which is Volu

Episode 66 - Manager's Special

Jun 11th, 2014 1h 6m

We decide to add our voices to all the static surrounding the great Wiggins/Froome debate. We look at what we learned from the last week of the Giro and as is now the norm, we preview the Dauphine after it has already started. There is some t

Episode 65 - Werewolves of London

May 28th, 2014 1h 12m

A Giro-centric episode looking at the first 2 weeks of the race and looking forward to a mental final week. We discuss the Stage 16 controversy & ask whether this was a race or a freak-show (or whether the riders are just jessies!)Mountain bi

Episode 64 - It was fine when it left here.

May 14th, 2014 1h

In this episode, given that the race has already started, it seems like a perfect time for our Giro preview. Rash predictions about riders & stages abound. We also reflect on Ireland's relationship with the race in its opening stages.There i

Episode 63 - PDCST

Apr 29th, 2014 1h 7m

Really? So soon? Yes - barely 2 weeks after unleashing our last ramblings, we bring you more nonsense in the shape of an Ardennes round-up, the latest from the MTB World Cup in Cairns, and a review of Faster by Michael Hutchinson in our VCDL

Episode 62 - Tramadol Nights

Apr 16th, 2014 1h 16m

Having forgotten to record any new episodes due to watching the cobbled classics, we finally get around to catching up with all the action so far. We apologise to the entire population of Norway & we bring you a round-up of the start of the 20

VCDL Extra - Balint Hamvas & Rowan Mackie

Mar 13th, 2014 1h 7m

In this edition of VCDL Extra, Graham chats with renowned cyclocross photographer Balint Hamvas and reviews the recently completed season. Meanwhile, Gary hooks up with Rowan Mackie of the Scottish Bike Show to hear about his exciting plans fo

Episode 61 - Classics Nouveaux

Mar 5th, 2014 1h 4m

So much racing to catch up on that Graham mixes up his Stijn Vandenberghs with his Sep Vanmarckes whilst recalling previous Classics. A quick roundup of Oman, Andalucia & Algarge before we dive headlong into Openings Weekend & some Boonen-love

Episode 60 - Teething Troubles

Feb 10th, 2014 1h 10m

In this episode we look back at the Tour Down Under & the recently completed Dubai Tour. Is it still too early to predict how the season will pan out? We look back at the life & legacy of Marco Pantani on the 10th anniversary of his tragic de

Episode 59 - A Pod Lesser Known

Jan 20th, 2014 1h 15m

We start 2014 with a look at the Tour Down Under & the first full-on sightings of this year's team kit. Despite being utterly unqualified to do so, we comment on their style (or lack of it.) We look ahead to the TDU and we look back at the Bri

Episode 58 – It’ll Probably Go Rubbish for a Bit

Dec 5th, 2013 1h 5m

Our latest 5-Star iTunes review suggested of the pod that since it's the off-season, "It'll probably go rubbish for a bit." Just to prove the reviewer right, we bring you a pod full of off-season rubbish. A cloak of mediocrity woven from thre

Episode 57 - Nescafe Handshake

Nov 11th, 2013 1h 15m

Fight! Fight! Fight! Gary & Graham have a square go over the Hesjedal / Garmin debacle. We calm down enough to discuss Rod Ellingworth's Project Rainbow in the VCDL Book Club & we give our thoughts on the 2014 Tour De France route.

Episode 56 - Keep Your Receipt

Oct 16th, 2013 1h 3m

In this episode we are all over the place like a Grand Tour winner avoiding the dope testers. We start out by looking at the World Championships - what do they really mean, and were we right to liken Team GB's performance to a Spinal Tap albu

Episode 55 - You Hear Me Knocking

Sep 23rd, 2013 1h 21m

Lifted from our post-Tour funk by a wonderful Vuelta, and brilliant Tour of Britain & the prospect of a great World Championships, we find enough aimless & ill-informed waffle to fill a whole 100 (yes 100, count them) minutes. We (almost) set

Episode 54 - Back in Time

Sep 4th, 2013 1h 11m

Venga, venga, venga! It's Vuelta time and we spend part one discussing the race so far & just why we're not huge fans of the 86 year old chris Horner. Part two see us round up the mountain bike World Championships & admit that if we'd had a c

Episode 53 - We Didn't Inhale

Aug 15th, 2013 1h 6m

In this episode, we discover that Contador doesn't still ride for Astana! We bring you our views on the doping "revelations" from the French Senate report & preview the forthcoming Vuelta.In mountain biking news we cover the season so far & b

Episode 52 - A Tale of Two Sundays

Jul 24th, 2013 1h 13m

After sitting on our backsides watching the Tour for 3 weeks we felt it was time to sit on our backsides and talk about the Tour. So in the middle of an alpine-like thunderstorm in Sausage Roll City we bring you our 2013 Tour de France review.

Episode 51 - That Difficult 51st Album

Jun 25th, 2013 1h 15m

In this episode we are live from the British National Road Race Championships in Glasgow. We also bring you our factually-suspect Tour de France preview and we bring the mountain bike season bang up to date.