17 Burst results for "Connor Swift"
The Cycling Podcast
"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Hey richard lionel and daniel a huge fan of the podcast and my question is actually about one of my favorite sections the dyers. Can you describe how you approach. And convinced cyclists to become one. And i really want to know if it involves your free. Go bribing them with some fancy him. Thank you for taking my questions. Enjoy a spaniard silos. I your question who liana or juliana pronunciation prefer. You're the you're the captain of all shipping. The admiral so maybe the best place to to answer this question audio direst question. I'm glad you enjoy them. That's great to hear. And i think the first audio s we We often he'd kept on generous for or or the us was joe. Dombrowski wasn't a twenty sixteen judo and kind of develop from there and it really to a life of its own Last year 'em in the first star of post 'em lockdown races because we weren't sure what kind of access we would have 'em it was all about uncertain so for the last year. We assembled a squad of. I think ten audio diaries. The the process for approaching writers is kind of blandishments and incentives and brown envelopes for involve rich. Well i've been like to go into the details too much actually. The writers. Don't ask for anything. That's the first thing to say. The other thing says none of the writers have ever turned to stein. We must not true one. This this Wealthy but for understandable reasons but other than that every single writer has agreed when asked if they would be willing to keep an eye on your diary in some case. You've through the team through the teams press office. I would say that. That's the case number. Fifty percent of 'em cases and naylor. We've approached the right at the right lane. And then they've i guess run at pastor team not always am generally run it pastor team and just done off their own bat and i've been impressed by committed they are james. Knox i think this is third or fourth audio diary for us. And he's incredibly committed to doing it. Feels bein if he hasn't done it every day we say them off to do everyday but he sees you part of his ritual and they got a lovely stacey snider mug am. She's busy making mugs for audio. Diaries here at the vuelta as we speak. And they get as a as a gift which i think they appreciate. It's a surprise for them although not if they're listening to this podcast 'em yes remarkably easy and i. I don't know what the equivalent would be another sports but my impression from listening to other sports podcasts knowing journalists cover the sports is the. I think we were lucky. And we've said this on numerous occasions in terms of the the the access contact we have with the right is for all. There are press officers and media operations around teams. Now there's still you can still very easily approach the right directly and have a conversation with them and explain to them. You know that you would like to keep an audio diary and explain how that would work etcetera. And as i say in all but one of the cases to date. They've all said yes. They've all been willing and enthusiastic. And i suppose is regards while the selection the main criterion and a criterion. We talk about a lot when it comes to interviews as well and the ride is might be completely oblivious to or they. Don't think about it too much on. I think he's who's a good talker. And who's not who who is expansive. Who enjoys communicating that. You know that daily experience and you know there are other riders who probably because they don't think it's interesting to other people they they're not nationally inclined to share the minutiae of that day. But we try to based on previous interactions with these reuters. Go for the guys who have we thought have been engaging in interviews and i have to say final point of said this before but i think we get more than through other because they own them they take. They take some pride in what they. They're very aware that they're speaking through their older diary directly to you listeners. And is a different dynamic to that to say the team bus where they can be a big garden defensive and when we asked them to keep it on your diary is their responsibility to make that interesting norm in all the cases so far. They tried to do so special for victims. the francis here didn't finish terrifically entertaining audio. Diaries and connor swift. Who's kept a diary. I the last two thirds of france. And it's been absolutely brilliant. Also i should say writing extremely well. At the moment.
The Cycling Podcast
"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Daniel was buying. We're hardly well rich. We are on the cantabrian coaster about twenty kilometers east of santan. There isn't that beautiful spot that we found incredible spoke place. Go plan the la la so arena. I think it's near a little town Code islah we're sitting in a in a bar. Well the setup on the grass here on us are kind of just a spot. In between two beaches we've got beaches on either side of us beautiful golden beaches small beaches. And no. it's not too hard. I think there's been a big dip in temperature for you from las few days about twenty degrees. Isn't that pleasant just as we boob actually as we go in. This is spinal today on a long drive up last night we stayed in via lead and we had about two and a half hours to go this morning and we sort of drive pass around where book goes is and then temperature dipped radically yeah. This coast is The torius for erotic weather can be. It can be cold and raining here in the summer. I i flew into madrid drove four and a half hours north from there burbs where we started off. And you're struck by how spain changes from those vast open plains into this lush green countryside that we have appeared. because there's a lot of rain up here and the vuelta kicks off again tomorrow. Just along the coast from here but is an absolutely stunning. Spa feels some than twenty degrees sunshine on our faces at the moment. I've probably this before in the podcast. Rates vuelta these northern regions which are all equally beautiful equally. Beguiling side of the basque country. Kentucky theon in order from east to west is a slightly different shade of green in each of those regions. Always find anyway. I always think there must be a shade. A shade of green known as cantabrian green so vivid hanes manufacturer in june looks to but yeah you buy screen can bring grenier studios was What i wanted to say last night when you asked me where we were gonna 'cause i knew we weren't in the boss country but when i was little pocket when i think of the bus kind of adult green there there are a lot of pine forest in the bus country pine forests on these fantastic hills overlooking the ocean. Then in cantabria is. It's really kind of luminescent grievance greenbury paler as we go because i said with eucalyptus trees which are paler. Almost all the Shade and australia somewhere in between galicia the pellegrini and uncomfortable well. That's where we're headed isn't that we're working our way east. Sorry west over the course of this final week. The which kicks off again tomorrow. As i said this is a rest day of course so we bring you our press conference episode. We've had lots of questions despite only asking for them. Yes lots of good questions interesting questions. So let's get stranded shall we. Here's who liana. Hey richard lionel and daniel a huge fan of the podcast and my question is actually about one of my favorite sections the dyers. Can you describe how you approach. And convinced cyclists to become one. And i really want to know if it involves your free. Go bribing them with some fancy him. Thank you for taking my questions. Enjoy a hispania silos. Kwena i your question who liana or juliana pronunciation prefer. You're the you're the captain of all shipping the admiral so maybe the best place to to answer this question audio direst question. I'm glad you enjoy them. That's great to hear. And i think the first audio s we We often he'd kept on generous for or or the us was joe. Dombrowski wasn't a twenty sixteen judo and kind of develop from there and it really to a life of its own Last year 'em in the first star of post 'em lockdown races because we weren't sure what kind of access we would have 'em it was all about uncertain so for the last year. We assembled a squad of. I think ten audio diaries. The the process for approaching writers is kind of blandishments and incentives and brown envelopes for involve rich. Well i've been like to go into the details too much actually. The writers. Don't ask for anything. That's the first thing to say. The other thing says none of the writers have ever turned to stein. We must not true one. This this Wealthy but for understandable reasons but other than that every single writer has agreed when asked if they would be willing to keep an eye on your diary in some case. You've through the team through the teams press office. I would say that. That's the case number. Fifty percent of 'em cases and naylor. We've approached the right at the right lane. And then they've i guess run at pastor team not always am generally run it pastor team and just done off their own bat and i've been impressed by committed they are james. Knox i think this is third or fourth audio diary for us. And he's incredibly committed to doing it. Feels bein if he hasn't done it every day we say them off to do everyday but he sees you part of his ritual and they got a lovely stacey snider mug am. She's busy making mugs for audio. Diaries here at the vuelta as we speak. And they get as a as a gift which i think they appreciate. It's a surprise for them although not if they're listening to this podcast 'em yes remarkably easy and i. I don't know what the equivalent would be another sports but my impression from listening to other sports podcasts knowing journalists cover the sports is the. I think we were lucky. And we've said this on numerous occasions in terms of the the the access contact we have with the right is for all. There are press officers and media operations around teams. Now there's still you can still very easily approach the right directly and have a conversation with them and explain to them. You know that you would like to keep an audio diary and explain how that would work etcetera. And as i say in all but one of the cases to date. They've all said yes. They've all been willing and enthusiastic. And i suppose as regards while the selection the main criterion and a criterion. We talk about a lot when it comes to interviews as well and the ride is might be completely oblivious to or they. Don't think about it too much on. I think he's who's a good talker. And who's not who who is expansive who enjoys communicating that. You know that daily experience and you know there are other riders who probably because they don't think it's interesting to other people they they're not nationally inclined to share the minutiae of that day. But we try to based on previous interactions with these reuters. Go for the guys who have we thought have been engaging in interviews and i have to say final point of said this before but i think we get more than through the diners because they own them they take. They take some pride in what they. They're very aware that they're speaking through their older diary directly to you listeners. And is a different dynamic to that to say the team bus where they can be a big garden defensive and when we asked them to keep it on your diary is their responsibility to make that interesting norm in all the cases so far they tried to do so special for victims The francis here didn't finish terrifically entertaining audio. Diaries and connor swift. Who's kept a diary. I the last two thirds of france. And it's been absolutely brilliant..
The Cycling Podcast
"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"So there's a hundred years ago this guy. So was was his best place in the tour but his real fame came in nineteen twenty nine thousand nine hundred twenty if finish eighth in the tour but yet an extraordinary arrived at the. I mean you know like the pyrenees actually crashed heavily near examples. It got off unconscious and headed for niece with a fractured collarbone. A dislocated wrist. He climbed the alice and the gal an his passes on his own and without being able to pull on his underboss well. It still managed to reach paris guarantee to restructuring the first frenchman. He was carried in triumph to express an after after the tour. Your personal pain in his eye. And you realized that there was splinters from from his crash in his any desire removed and from then on the the next year when he finished the tour yet a glass eye and henderson durst and dirt in the roads. At the time that everything was racing it was taking his. He's off you know like the anymore guy's not put their sunglasses on for the finish. So what he did. I removed for the stage. And when he was coming to finish was put in. This is kidding. I'm not kidding you on the way battery me. The nineteen thirty nine hundred. Twenty one troupe. Aretha threatens on small this this many obser- great check him out on the internet. As the there's some peaches of these men. I mean they were they were. They were almost as strong as with von out. Well yes von art. And we've barely talked about the winner in this absolute tally pogo. But we taught him. We're going to be talking about him a lot. Because he's twenty two years old and he has won. Two thirds of france. Phenomenal we're gonna play out with a song eventually. Think front so very appropriate kind of sauna. By tiny i guess But before we do go some thank yous to get through. Traditional end of france might get emotional here guys. But i'm thanks to skoda for the beautiful superb car francois. Thank you enjoyed your nest. Yes a space. Maybe the times sitting that nest as to say that. But yeah i. i'm thinking. I'm sixty years old now and i with mitch retiring from professional cycling after peru. Bates i'm kind of complaining. Retiring myself you know but enough to three tours. Don't make me even more emotional than already makes you drove the car thing joy. The school to superb did yeah beautiful hybrid car and some tom upon that estimated arrival while while sticking to the speed limit and thank you very much a once again stacey snider for making all these beautiful cups mugs jolanta bulls and selling them for brain. Th money for brain tumor research very grateful to her as ever thanks to divine sellers. Who came up with our wine collection for this turned fronts. There are still cases available if you want go to divine sellers dot com and order a cycling podcast toward franz case of wine. Thanks very much to our title sponsor super sapiens. We're very grateful determine. It was fantastic to meet phil sutherland. And if it's in crew. In on dora the people the people very involved in super sapient so great to meet them thanks to sciences sport. Our long term sponsor gregory as to them for their support. Thanks alastair lloyd jones and who's been absolutely brilliant helping us at the jiro and here. Turn on the social media side of things in particular. He's done an awful lot. Worked for us at this time. And he's forced us to force persuaded us gently to do things like the video blogs the video the video entries. Which we've we've done and we'll do one. I'm sure this evening. Thanks to our producers. Our team of producers john mooney will jones adam. Bowie hugh owen and tom walley. We wouldn't be a show every night with them. We've met and enjoyed the hospitality of several friends of the podcast of this of france. I won't say a big. Hi chris and tasman anstey. Who looked after us and cheryl at spencer martin and karen in onto on simon loosened in teen third time. He's put us up. Thank you very much. Tell them very very grateful. Thanks to simon scars brooke. Who's done the wonderful illustrations of all of us Which form our logos. Simon gill for his photography chris old for his photography and finally a big. Thank you to francois once again. Thank you very much. Richard was being a fantastic. A member of our team throw three weeks. Thank you very much to kate. Thank you kate for coming on board and you were with us for the first nine days it's been great am sharing your third france. Your have been obviously brilliant. Maybe it'll be a bit more of that. But thank you very much. Kate and thank you mitch for coming on board for the final week an to bring this podcast up to beautiful listening level goes in to be on the ground and see how it happens. It's not as easy round things out there. You know this it's not all be drinking in Cheap aiding even though that is big part of it It's been great. Really great to see for me as a philip podcast to to see how it all happened so thanks very much for having me thank you. Thank you for being along for the ride. Thank you very much keith. to us. Well and thanks to lie as well. Let's not forget him. He came out for the middle week and it was great to have line with us as well And finally thanks to our audio diaries. Victim arts unfortunate. Finish the tour but we really enjoyed hearing from him inside the race span o'connor Who finished fourth overall or highest ever placed audio direst connor swift absolutely brilliant. His diary entries have been absolutely wonderful. And you'll hear more of them in next week regular episode..
The Cycling Podcast
"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Tonge and maxime chevallier bnb ktm bridge across to make a much bigger group. Julian bernard poodles bernard. That was painful. Wasn't a yeah. He was trying to get across and it just wasn't happening for and eventually that group was never allowed to gain too much time. Eight minutes was the maximum advantage. They had papa one intermediate sprint and in the palatine. Michael matthews scored a few more points. Mark conditions green jersey competition and we had those big three claims right at the end the stage it was really back loaded and we saw a really concerted push by archaic samsung entry from swift. This morning saying that they were really up for it kentucky. Who did win the fears. Which were the up before winning kingdom points and trying to the stage. We saw connor swift working with you. Et memories to bring outbreak by then l. e. r. Went off front on the hills of the climb with kintana big effort. They made 'em which may be didn't quite pay dividends because what polls was with them and the polls had good day and makina mines jersey to consolidate his lead on his closest rival finances today picacho. But we'll get him in a moment. Perez was the last survivor from that group and on another day he might have fancied that he had a better chance. It a decent lead. There was a long way to the finish. And as i said earlier it looked like pugachev had this stage in his sights. There wasn't to be a victory for a frenchman. Unfortunately halfway up the climb to the finish perez was caught. I mean they barely had a chance to glance and pugachev by then was really kinda turning the screw. We were eight kilometers up the claim francois and it was roughly about that point in the picacho really turned on 'em rafael mica had swung off by that point. He was on his own and he really ticket to the others but finger was very impressive. Didn't ever really can too much trouble. Richard carapaces with the to those two as well. Counterparts did leak in trouble and he was his face was in contortions he was grimacing along the way up. We'll maybe talk about that a bit later on. We do valiant attempt for the french behind by didn't make much of an impression he was chasing all the way to the line. It was a great battle between the three of them upfront. Mainly pugachev forcing it vingada following an end in the end counterparts attacking fingers distance initially. He came back how to go. But poor gotcha are always kind of look the most comfortable. And he was the winner of.
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"There with the noise from the summit. Finish the day. The top of the cold deport. The mitch. you're up. there couldn't knock up there. We had the press zinta halfway up loss. Climb and there was no mic. Sign at the top today so as journalists not necessarily that beneficial to guard the top anymore because the whole area is blocked off for thought. I'm going to catch the scale. Leafed up it's not every day. I get to go and see the finish of one of these epic mountain sages let alone the two to france. I'm gonna take the opportunity and it was well worth it. I sorta called my wife through the crowd. I found spotted about one hundred and fifty minutes to guy and what blew me away was the raw emotion in the faces of these guys. I'm talking about the first three their carapace being a guy and The other guy a that guy. You could just i could feel it and i could see that. That effort in their eyes and that was so close to me and it was a first time thing for me And i really understood that moment why people go up hours before dies before for that split second moment it was actually all worth it even though a half an hour before but it was. It was so amazing It was called up there. There was a wind blowing and just absorb that atmosphere of the queen stage of the tour to france. In that moment there are really got a whole two and a half weeks of the tour is claiming with kaethe again. Isn't it fronts for but it's amazing a- leave time pressure on you and you're able to experience those emotions because you know this is your world the the you know these people you ride with me race with them so for you to be able to watch it in that detach whereas spectator for the day and never mind journalist because you were before the finish your right. She there watching the race makes it probably quite unusual. I suspect i think as of raw you appreciate the effort putting in you know where they're not that i've ever been at the top of the mountain sprinting for the victory but i just knew what it took for those costs to be there. The the two and a half weeks before the stage the to man's before the hallway up that mountain attacking h hala on the limit and knowing that at a kite ago. Oz one guy to go. i've got to do say. Gce or whatever it is and then a hundred a hundred meters and everyone's mon. It's a split second. But in that moment it just expi- and that's where i was at that moment i could just see those guys guy. It's just the las push. This is the last portion. could feel it. So it's really cool to say that because you can relate to it so much as iran ah It was it was really Like i said it was really nice moment. Great you probably also related to. I mean there was a nice the immediate one on tv. We saw liu so then pass by When when anthony perritt peres last guy out for the from the break you we we we we. We started to seem crumble. Gradually the little gesture made like asking for the forbidden. And his face contorted and and sweaty. And you knew he was in about way you know You could feel everything was falling apart and he knew it was year and so on on the one end. You've you've got the the winners you know the guys but battling out for for the stage rectory and on the other end you got. The guys is done his best but knows you know it's the do miss come in controlling and creeping on him and yeah that's that's was make what makes look great mountain stages so exciting. I guess it did seem to be a stage that certain writer and the jersey wanted 'em possibly the best displayed by his team. Usa team member today but they put out chart clearly wanted staged eight to serve cement his status as the champion in waiting of this turkey fronts but we did see a really interesting battle three way. Battle your mind and rigobert. Iran loss a ground. Today i would say he's still a shot at the bottom given the time trial and saturday. We're going to hear from him in this episode and use them at the start this morning metro which is great to hear. Speaking english is a short but fantastic interview with iran. So we'll hear that a bit later on we've got lots of interviews. I mean you're fighting them off the they're forming a key. There was accused. Speak to you at one point in this morning you were speaking to simon gash get us. That's a very funny years. Well he tells us about his humiliation. He has to do with art. Came stealing past them and calls for came along and he was queuing patiently in the rhine in the rain. I felt so bad for him about that. Didn't keep him waiting a bit longer. The tale of atop at least begun this morning. Marie and we finished sandler salon. The top of the cold deport day. It was an. I didn't really fully appreciate us until luke darvish points but it was a stage that we did a couple years ago. That night or container one started in Lucia didn't just start solution. The grid start in Twenty eighteen. I think it was so it was a stage. A love right. If you're familiar with it was also catholic. The fourteenth of july so bastille day as we call it. The french don't call it steel pier. Ramon well we saw french Attacking today okay. So i've hidden the crisps here. Because chris bond during the podcast and they don't realize i've hidden them on. They brought on their bullet crisps. Obviously houghton regis anyway. Appear will was How to go to anybody. It was a big old effort. He made for not offload gain. The break did form with lucas. Postal bargain-hunting o'donovan papa enter marshy. Don't go down of as you deserve. Antony perez of covetous still searching for that stage when anthony turn to tonge and maxime chevallier bnb ktm bridge cross to make a much bigger group. Julian bernard poodles bernard. That was painful. Wasn't a yeah. He was trying to get across and it just wasn't happening for and eventually that group was never allowed to gain too much time. Eight minutes was the maximum advantage. They had papa one intermediate sprint and in the palatine. Michael matthews scored a few more points. Mark conditions green jersey competition and we had those big three claims right at the end the stage it was really back loaded and we saw a really concerted push by arcadia samsung entry from swift. This morning saying that they were really up for it kentucky. Who did win the fears. Which were the up for winning kingdom points and trying to the stage. We saw connor swift working with you. Et memories to bring outbreak by and then l. e. r. Went off front on the hills of the climb with kintana big effort. They made 'em which may be didn't quite pay dividends because what polls was with them and the polls had good they and makina mines jersey to consolidate his lead on his closest rival finances today. Picacho but we'll get him in a moment. Perez was the last survivor from that group and on another day he might have fancied that you had a better chance it a decent lead. There was a long way to the finish. And as i said earlier it looked like had this stage in his sights. There wasn't to be a victory for a frenchman. Unfortunately halfway up the climb to the finish perez was caught. I mean they barely had a chance to glance and pugachev by then was really kinda turning the screw we were. Eight is up the claim francois and it was roughly about that. Point in the pa- gotcha really turned the on camera. Formica had swung off by that point. He was on his own and he really ticket to the others but finger was very impressive. Didn't ever really can too much trouble. Richard carapaces with the to those two as well. Counterparts did leak in trouble and he was his face was in contortions he was grimacing along the way up. We'll maybe talk about that but later on we do a valiant attempt for the french behind by didn't make much of an impression he was chasing all the way to the line. It was a great battle between the three of them upfront. Mainly pugachev forcing it vingada following an then in the end counterparts attacking fingers distance initially. He came back how to go but forgot. You're always kind of look the most comfortable. And he was the winner of.
The Cycling Podcast
"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"To that leads and coaches told her france rest number. Two it's not fun out paris. There's only a couple real big hurdles to get through saudi that you didn't hear a lot of last days but After the chrysler there was a little bit dizzy and decided to continue into at least one time off from two because my dad was beating on the more to him and I wanted to win a stage calling me when they taught me off and then there were three. We started the turkey. France in brittany with four audio. Diaries fecta competence of quebec. Next tim to clark of the quickstep connor swift of archaic simsek and ben o'connor from ag to our citron stage already of course after the highs of last week we experienced the laws of the francis week because unfortunately the campaign arts will not finish the tour de france he pulled out on the mont ventoux stage and we open this episode with his account of what happened. We also hear from the others. Ben o'connor still flying high in fifth overall after home stage in. Turn dora tim de klerk struggling after having a nasty crash and connor swift just being connor swift. Let's get straight into. Let's hear from victims campus after that fateful onto stage one hundred and fifty five kilometers still to go with two ascents of malvano to. It's eight horrendous stage. If you'll drop now leaving through firms is not at all what you would go into the tour de france. The lost out on your mind may season was quite busy in. I changed myself as going from a really structured time travel writer. Everything doubts getting the season blando till october already. In december the ad before and no more free starting doing classic races going from race to read being. But taking on the most unexpected moments in a really really enjoyed it together with that we also tried to push the boundaries from where my capabilities are are much racing days in a rule. I can handle a decence block of training. Between and of course we were expecting or hoping that it which would owned easy it would only be collapsing. The berries gray tuning astuter. It was visible that. I was not in the best cheap already in the breakway. What was not really a good sign. That i was there with four riders. Important reason than just having to lose wheels and then from that day on goats word verse everyday you d before the risk was really tight with a time cuts and then a limo to stage. I was quite soon lifted. Loom reach some writers but they decided to quit in the feeding zone and the decided to continue and do at least one time from two. Because my dad was waiting there on the move on to the mobile i climb as little bike and when i was fourteen years of age. My dad took me on the sanctity day and we need to move to. It was quite extraordinary and now he was shouting for me from two to france. I was bossing broom. That was really. What's what we expected of course but the days before beforehand. We knew this kind of situation would have been possible. Sue and was still to the empty and i knew at that moment in the race as still at three kilometers to go to the summit. The first marvel our already half and over to behind the first writers meeting time could was not achievable goal so i took some time to stop with my dad's i helped him. In a real short dock act continued. Int- decent then able finish time to i lay still it special moment for me because the roads were extraordinary I was writing writing from Already sits and eighteen because even gave them more of a reason to really screaming to the top. I took the time to take my gloves off and give it to get. That was really all shouting for me. That was a two different for me. And i hope i will be big knicks yet and then taking the two front street appropriate preparation. The voltage life. Now is mortally still. See my girlfriend before. She leaves next wednesday to the tokyo olympics. In gouzer for stunning result. Bora handscroll decides. He's going to kick it off. Fantastic to see he's i. It's a bridge to him lying across the road. The start of the day today neal's polling has already like no wins colored. Swith are sick. There we have it stays twelve in the breakway. I was gonna talk about it yesterday. Stage company that happened. Oh yeah footsie. Yep two times. A month to those remembered it all now. That's why i didn't do the great lakes today all climbing yesterday. Ridiculous going onto today the the breakway you know to the star and the team in today might be a breakway day on. It's just the case if you follow follow the big groups and follow especially Quick step if they want to try and get into break. It was a supernova. Stop because we had about eight k. Of crosswind at this stage. So you know the neutral felt like a sprint finish. Everyone fayoum for little is in the pella. Tom and then. The neutral ended up getting extended know. Normally we'd ave jimmy turn left and then we've got crosswinds around sixty seven k book. The neutral zone extended to the left hand corner and then bang flagged drops in the gutter. What a day. That's how you want style this stage and a cross. We never worn pumpkin in the good find physician trying to stay. In the top twenty riders navigate through the first set the stage safe and sound and then after that about fifteen knots when they come in. And you kinda be group is going to go the road and i think talked tunes We'll go this little little climb and then before you knew it. I was in some strong company. We've comb it Olof elite Singer and then yeah. He was just super fast day. Because we always. How'd you know crosswind tailwind. And then he was all about the final and choosing basically choose three rogers who i needed to follow about four k. Tux and i thought it was. You know a long one..
The Cycling Podcast
"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Katie sleeping saw space looking at twenty five k. Shacking mariner phone. I'm looking forward to your architectural highlights. And lowlights dora kate but yeah cavendish made another tough day for him. He was off the back early. Got back on. Well looked after by michael. Markov and tim clark and others lost another rival today. Nasa were nassar behind finishing on the podium. Well a few times. On the francie. You abandoned as they say so. Yeah i mean once again. If the more calf gets near paris the less opposition will have on the last day. He was behind him. Struggling in front of the broom-wagon for a little bit and Eventually called a day. A biggest is actually one of the stories of we weren't going to cover at some point. The the rebirth of behind him. And we've been so focused on cavendish but behind me has also been really close to stage when this tour back to probably his best which is kinda gone. It's a story that's going on told in a way and maybe we'll ask. Connor swift are direst For more a by behind the and his trip he's like the race sonically. Well today i mean stage went for sap koos a guy who has often promised a result like this. You know it's another classic case of roget's was still in the race. He wouldn't have been in a position to win the stage. He's somebody's capable of for a long time and but when the responsibilities being given to him he sometimes struggled to deliver you know when he's given team leadership or when he's been given opportunities he really took it today and i was really impressed. With the way that you held off valverde. A wily was there was an interesting pattern again. Actually kind of explains what. I was saying before about the new patterns with these breakaway groups with lots of strong guys in there. There's really been a divine our thing in teams between the juicy. The real jesse guys. I mean the real jesse guys not the guys might ever transfer one day become a juicy writer and the guys who might have the potential to jesus writers don't have the mind for it and for stage wins. I think there's a case for sabco's if you don't give him too much responsibility you don't put too much burden on his shoulders and he goes for the stage. Wins is yeah. He's the kelly. I the long interview for fidel over with all and tell told me that the first five or six years of his career had been a nightmare because he was considered as a potential jesse container being the best young rider in twenty eleven and the five years. That followed said. we're nightmare you're under pressure. Every day you fear in the crash you fear into. Let your teammate sound. And he said the day when jonathan voters told him. Forget the gopher. Sage wins if it was a newborn rider and enjoy the job again. I think that most of the guys wear the front of the type of writers. you know they. they're great. writers are going to win a stage. Major to sage thoughts energy writers sept- coups is absolutely this type of rights. I had a message from lizzy banks to say nice to finally see set coups trying now the rest of us when we are not trying. Because i've said on the podcast before that. He just often looks so easy for sap coups when he's been lieutenant rogue lich there have been moments where he's sorry rug which has been struggling until this wheel and kucice just writing on air. You know he looks. He looks so sublime moderated by his task of servitude. He's a classic climber. You know who when things are going well for him and he's writing. Well it just looks so so easy for him on. This is a yeah. This is a success. That has been a long time coming. He lives in under. He's one of the many lives on. Jury said his girlfriend was on the climb on her parents think she's from barcelona and not was inspiration for him today. Don martin was actually very emotional. Finish talking about his wife and twin daughters being near the finish as well. So yeah you really choked up talking about that. We're seeing a a really interesting. Bothell for the king of the mountains are kind of long. Discredited competition is like a consolation prize. Either a writer on the podium as one almost banks or it's been one by somebody a modest writer really targeting. What we're seeing here are early four kentuckiana polls was on venar baffling for real quality writers. Our houses it's adding luster to this. Competition is one of the real interesting points in the race. Now there's mountains until wednesday. I'm in until almost thursday. So most of the last week will still be mountains so more excitement on the hills on the climbs and and given that. Now it's it's it's one of the most interesting conditions and that all these guys and all these teams are going for it. I'm sure we'll have really animated racist from the start and we the kind of crit- with today is probably going to be reproduced in in in the future stages which is which is rather exciting. Well i spoke to the man now in the polka-dot jersey while polls finished. Here's what he had to say.
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Road today in that move of big hitters super tough super tough As soon as i came up into the breakaway. I could tell it was going to be a really really hard day and honestly Headwinds on the on the last couple of climbs Did make it a bit easier but over the top of the envelope and then facials were just incredible. The pace was so high. And i spent a lot of time. up here in Apnea and door. I have an apartment in so resident here and i knew the climb super well And that is by far the fastest ever gone up. These climbs it was insane is interesting your team onion guys place highly overall but also men in the break is well. It's not just a sign of how far charters ahead of everybody else that you're allowed to go for you and i'm vicious as well. Yeah i mean. I think no matter what position you're in Even if we go was only a few seconds behind pogo charge. And i think it's just in our interest to be in the breakaway to. We need to come back because we wouldn't be able to follow rigo and pull him off the front to to get away from in the stage so if he does that in his own and we're ahead and then we're up there to help him and that's Just a If you can pull it off. Yeah so we see more of that in the final week. Yeah we hope we hope All we can do is just keep raising our bikes and Folks on our race and hope that rigo just Continues to stay solid nielsen pilots the ef education nipple writer i also spoke to mark donovan. The team dsm writer making his debut undeterred. Franz he rode the vuelta last year. He found himself in that. Very distinguished company today and not big breakaway. They've they've had a really tough tour team. Dsm but he seemed quite happy. The finish don martin just said he thought i was the strongest break. Ever been in the third of franz. It's not what it felt like. Yeah pretty much. Yeah looking around when a form that was like. Oh we've got about half of these guys can win today or more. Yeah it was pretty crazy. crazy schoenberg was looking good on i On you you're just Just to get into. But yeah it. Nice and i felt good day which just didn't have the legs on the final climb and then i had to be unlucky. Punchers slow punch while chain bike so it wasn't ideal changed much in the end this. There's a whole day in strong wind as well. Yeah it was just constantly ice on the back in the neck water all the time. It's kind of nice being in the car. And the fumes behind you all the time and then yeah it was There was a time when After the break. I formed on the returned onto the main road as a few attacks going and no one really wanted to take control but then luckily fda took control and they just about into a headwind both so that was kinda nice for everyone else to impress you. I mean in the big names in strong writers. But who particularly impressed you. Oh i gotta say The two french Guys who worked for go to america. He was in both my first the brakes. I've been in the volts as well then also Address as well. They just pulled all day. And then yeah i think everyone else is just Pretty happy to sit in the world. How are you feeling being sent to your. I started front. Feel really good today based how unlucky Trying to get into break so many times. It's just not quite worked out but today it's really did and hopefully going into the final week. I can yeah kind of build on this chances in the third week. Yeah definitely the first half of the first week some of the movie some big. Jc fights for your show. I mean got nothing to lose some as well. Trash science is supporting cycling. Podcast at the twenty twenty one. The science in sport fueled by science. Thank you very much. Indeed to science and sport are longtime sponsor and we have been running our super sunday competition. Lionel is charged with administering guests. The winner of sunday's stage is today and if your name is drawn the slight can podcast casket. You will win. Eighty of scientists for good as lionel has not. Let me know. Yet whether anybody named sam koussa's a potential when i'm sure they did so i'm sure we'll have a winner but i'll probably say who is in tonight's episode economically competition by going to the cycling podcast dot com. And you'll see the details about how to guess. Who will win next sunday stage in paris and maybe it will be marked county because he survived. Today's stage if you want twenty five percent off your science sport goodies go to scientists board dot com and enter the code kate. Katie sleeping saw say looking at cap twenty-five her phone and looking forward to your architecture. Highlights and lowlights. yvonne. Dora kate but yeah cavendish made another tough day for him. He was off the back court early. Got back on. Well looked after by michael markov and tim clark and others love another rival today. Nasa were nassar behind the initiative on the podium. Well a few times. On of francie. You abandon as they say so. Yeah i mean once again. If the more calf gets near paris the less opposition he will have on the last day. He was behind him. Struggling in front of the broom-wagon for a little bit and Eventually called day. Shame biggest is actually one of the stories over. We were going to cover at some point. The the rebirth of behind him. And we've been so focused on cavendish but behind. He has also been really close to a stage. Win this tour back to probably his best which is kinda gone it's a story that's gone untold in a way and maybe we'll ask connor swift are direst For bit more behind the and his trip. He's like the race sonically. Well today. i mean stage went for saint koos a guy who has often promised star result like this. You know it's another classic case of roget's was still in the race. He wouldn't be position to win the stage. He's somebody's capable of for a long time. But when the responsibility being given to him he sometimes struggled to deliver when he's been given team leadership or when he's been given opportunities really took it today and i was really impressed with the way that you held off valverde a widely was there was an interesting pattern again and actually kind of explains what i was saying before about the new patterns with these breakaway groups. With lots of strong guys in there. There's really been a divine our thing in teams between the juicy. The real jesse guys. I mean the real jesse guys not the guys who might have a chance to one day become a juicy writer and the guys who might have the potential to be with with. Don't have the mind for it and goofy stage wins. I think there's a case for sabco's if you don't give him too much responsibility you don't put too much burden on his shoulders and he goes for the stage wins. Yeah i m long interview for with pio and told me that the first five or six years of his career had been a nightmare because he was considered as a potential contender being the best younger twenty. Eleven and the five years that followed the said. We're nightmare you're under pressure. Every day you fear in the crash you fear into. Let your teammates down and said the day when jonathan voters told him forget the go for stage wins if it was a new born rider and enjoy the job again. I think that some most of the guys where the front of the type of writers you know the the gray trousers are going to win a stage of major grant to sage thoughts. energy writers. Sabco's is absolutely this type of rights. I a message from lizzy banks to say nice to finally set coups trying now. He looks like the rest of us when we are not trying. Because i've said on the podcast before that. He just often looks so easy for sap koos when he's been lieutenant to raw glitch there have been moments where he's sorry rog which is starting wheel and koussa's just writing on air. I.
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Won a big engine one. The other one just baked into anyway moving off last year from connor swift show a are all direst. He's sent in another crack. Angie one of the highlights of the for me. So far has been corner. Swift's dispatches fantastic thinning at this one starts off brilliantly. So we'll we'll we're gonna play just a little bit of a you'll hear the whole diary entry and the next two zero dedicated to the the audio diaries m connor the heavy lifting because we've lost one reminder on duty refer to the code. Do whatever again and no he doesn't. He was very active today. Road rodwell no easy to get in these brace especially when the forman in crosswinds effectively as a strong writer and and to even follow paula when he showed strength as well. I think he paid for that. Well let's hear what yes to say there we have. It stays twelve in the breakway. I was gonna talk about yesterday. Stage company the member happened bit too deep today. Oh yeah up two times a month well. That was a Oh i remember the old now. That's why i didn't really great lakes today. A lot climbing yesterday. Ridiculous going onto today. The the breakaway you know Is the star and the team meeting. Today might be a breakway day on. It's just a case if you know follow follow the big groups and follow especially Step if they wanna try and get into break. It was a supernova stop because we had about eight k. of of crosswind The star stays so you know the neutral felt like the Sprint finish everyone fi in for low millimeters in tom and then the neutral ended up getting extended. You know. normally we'd ave eight hundred is turn left and crosswinds around six or seven k book. The neutral zone go extended to the left hand corner and then bond flag drops in the goethe or what a day. That's how you wanna style the stage in a crosswind everyone mccain in the good five physician join us. Stay in the twenty ride is trying to ride through an you know people switch and left him almost crushing and all that sort of stuff but Yeah navigate through the first stage pre safe and sound and then after About fifteen k. And that's when the commission and you could kinda sense you know grew is going to erode and i think i talked Tunes wheel garon obese. Little little climb and then before he knew it. I was in some pretty strong company. And then he was all about the final and you know choosing basically huge in three rogers who i needed to follow about four k out polly talks and i thought it was. You know a long war. You know you don't wanna give him an inch. Basically he talked to now news wheel. And i was like right. Gotta go now philadelphia talk and then came across in those three of those baugh. Paula was just on another level. I was No full gas wheel. Maybe i'd have fifty five or something on and our on the fifty four balls. I don't think he'd have made any difference. He's flicking his album. Lock time to come through. And i was probably slow downloads. You know. sometimes you know if you know on the best day and does that moment their new the legs not great today and he says it's a shame you know you you you four at the beginning stage. These opportunities don't come around often and then you find yourself playing for the win. The state for the talk of the of a stage in the tour fronts and when you realize on the greatest likewise tough mentally well we're hearing the The place where recording. We're here at the invitation of jerry. Pattison a listener named you sean. To a friend of the podcast but a friend of the podcast. You sort of tell us why you got in touch so a couple of years ago. I found you guys a few years ago. I suppose and then a couple of years ago you were named for the for the two to france. And you happen to Do your podcast at my local irish pub and we tried to. Yeah yeah you exactly. 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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"What can i do well. It was the gun and then his teammate. Neal's poland. I really strong writer. M who's actually not as young as he was not and he's I sorry pegged as a young emerging writer and he was second pirate bay a couple years ago having been to finish on the podium. That pirate bay actually finished second the last by ruby lost. Wow my goodness seems like a long time. There will be another one and bought. He is a really strong writer and am as obviously moved to a german team. Nice is a german writer. Very close to gripe while who was in the breakway in gripe hall spoke at the end how much he'd helped him growing up i guess he's good ten eleven years older than him and he you see them clothe clothing in the winter to cycling clothing to train and so on and so they're very close and it seems that he gave him a few bits of advice in the breakway. You know the very different tomlin so they could almost work together. A gripe said. Nobody was going to carry him to the finish so paula how to had a great chance of winning. He was clearly the strongest writer in the race. He put on attack. Four kilometers sill race our dyers connor swift went with them and we'll hear from connor in a moment or two. But let's hear i for me in boswell. Because whenever i see pulled it racing i always think back to a few years ago in in puzzle was keeping an audio diary for us. I the tudor franz and he was rooming with neil's paula. Remember him talking about how. Reluctant neal's paul. It was to take any part in his audio diaries. He was doing for the podcast. And if i remember. I think there was one day. They were ready to swimming pool and he was literally attempting to interview him and paul. It was just not responding not playing ball with hall. So i got in touch with ian and asked him if he could tell us a little bit by paula. Who he is. Here's what he told us. Hey richard and everyone else at the cycling podcast. Ian boswell here. Yeah what a awesome victory from. Neal's pull it today. He my teammate. For two years at kaytusha we raised together in the two thousand eighteen tour. He didn't start off as my roommate. But if you recall we- one by one lost writers on our team and eventually we're down to four riders. So i spent the last probably week and a half rooming with neil's great guy to be in a room with. He's very simple very easy. And i was doing my own audio diary from the two thousand eighteen tour for the cycling. Podcast and i tried to get kneels on a couple of times and he. Yeah he never really wanted to participate and he always gave me a hard time for you know doing the additional media that i was doing both with the cycling podcast and with the breakfast with baas. I was meeting a friend every day. Either at my hotel room or at the start village and doing some additional podcasting and a neil's yeah in many ways is a is an old school cyclists. He likes to just keep it. Simple keeps his head down. Does his job you know. And he knows he knows what he needs to do. Knows what makes them happy. And yeah unlike a lot of riders in the modern peleton. You know he's not incredibly active on on social media or doesn't do his own podcast he just puts his head down gets the job done. And that's what we saw today. So to neil's i was genuinely thrilled to see him. Take his first win at the tour. And i hope this is just the beginning of of more great things to come from him at grand tours. But i'd love to see him reach. Its full potential at the the classics as well and with pair baby and pushed back to october we could see meals once again up at the front contesting for another victory on roads that he loves. I know he loves the. Yeah the classics. And you know just the nasty conditions so yeah congrats to neil's and thank you so much for keeping the podcast going throughout the tour. I'm actually heading out on a ride here and going to listen to the move onto stage so say hi to everyone. And thanks so much richard. I'm still tickled richard by the image of a young new poly in a joy lotto jersey given to him by or hcc or yeah drake ripe flapping behind him like a wind. Sock toughening up. You know extra drag making a young teenage boy into a man but he had a number of years katusha albertson and then went to israel startup nation for one season and then switch to boron score. Clearly you know a classics engine. You mentioned the second place in pay rebate but fifth into two of florida's seventh as well in pyro bay in two thousand eighteen. He's been six in eighty. Three classic he built for the kobe. Races and ride is like that all very very dangerous from breakaways. Like this particularly you know. Takes the real strong men to get away from anyone with cross. Tailwind finishes doesn't it. I mean that's that's the hardest way to get away and stay away although everyone also says it's the hardest condition to chase in it just much harder because so much faster isn't it and the margins are even tinier than they all win. It's a headwind finish. It just comes down to the sort of willpower my brute strength but it was an impressive. Finish by pollack. He played the numbers game perfectly. Didn't he was you know. There were a couple of teams who had numbers lotto sue. Doll had richard moore soy brennan. And harry sweeney in there. And richard von moore. Was i see right this morning. Richie i actually finished two hours. Eight minutes ahead of neapolitan. Technically i'm the winner of today's stage. I mean you doing the alternative alternative alternative alternative tour. Yeah like you Richard the newspaper. He's a big boy. You know an while. he's almost two meters. Zola is one one ninety two. And that's it struck me that discuss this type of writers like really big boy. It's not so not so old. It's twenty seven which is normally the age winner in the old days the the age when a rider would ripen up and enriched maturity and it always strikes me that this type of writers don't have many chances in in a cycling calendar these days to express themselves because they're not convert obviously the too big to sprint and they really needs to see their chances either in hop classics of the winter or like today in a in a heart Grant who staged and is great uniden despite sees his chance because this type writers their impressive really good extremely good ruler as we say But often use that that strength. He has is often used to help win. Absolute to my vogler on french tv. Kalyan are all to an always. You know pulling and yeah. It's it's like like like like you know pulling off in a win. And and i'm in love this typewriters. I mean tim clark gum in the big guys in the pivotal and unfortunately they don't have the chance to very often so credits to police for once is chance to guys had the chance to express themselves today. Want a big engine one. The other one just baked anyway moving off last year from swift. Show a our audio direst. He's sent in another crack in one of the highlights of the tour for me. So far is being cornered. Swift's dispatches fantastic thinning. This one starts off brilliantly. So we'll we'll we're gonna play just a little bit of will you'll hear the whole diary entry and the next two zero dedicated to the audio diaries m. connor my the heavy lifting because the compensate. We've lost spun remained on duty. Refer to the code..
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Of the travelers in the state and became. Well can i do well. It was a gun and then his teammate. Poll it a really strong writer. M who's actually not as young as he was and he's Yeah i i was pegged as young emerging writer and he was second pirate bay a couple of years ago having been to finish on the podium. Not pirate bay actually finished second at the at the last peru pirate. Wow my goodness. I seems like a long up. No that won't be another one. And he is a really strong writer. And as obviously moved to german team nice is a german writer very close to andre gripe gripe spoke at the end how much he'd helped him growing up. I guess he's a good ten eleven years older than him and he you see them clothes clothing in the winter to cycling clothing to train and so on Sort of very close and it seems that he gave him a few bits of advice. In the breakway. You know the very different tommy. So they could almost work together gripes that nobody was going to carry him to finish so paula how to had a great chance of winning. He was clearly the strongest right in the race for columbus silt erase our dyers connor swift when with them and we'll hear from connor in a moment or two. But let's hear first from boswell. Because whenever i see pulled it racing i always think back to a few years ago in in basel was keeping an audio diary us on the tour de france rooming with neil's paula under remember him talking about how reluctant neal's paula was to take any part in his audio. Diaries he was doing for the podcast. And if i remember there was one day they were ready to swimming pool and he was literally attempting to interview him and paul. It was just not responding until not playing ball with hall. So i got in touch with ian and asked him if he could tell us a little bit by. Paula is. Here's what he told us. Hey richard and everyone else at the cycling podcast. Ian boswell here. Yeah what a awesome victory from. Neal's pull it today. He my teammate. For two years at ca tusha we raised together in the two thousand eighteen tour. He didn't start off as my roommate. But if you recall we one by one lost writers on our team and eventually we're down to four riders. So i spent the last probably week and half rooming with neil's great guy to be in a room with. He's very simple easy. And i was doing my own audio diary from the two thousand eighteen tour for the cycling. Podcast and i tried to get kneels on a couple times and he. Yeah he never really wanted to participate and he always gave me a hard time for doing the additional media that i was doing both with the cycling podcast in with the the breakfast with ause. I was meeting a friend every day. Either at my hotel room or at the start village and doing some additional podcasting and a neal's Yeah in many ways is a is an old school cyclists. He likes to just keep it. Simple keeps his head down. Does his job you know. And he knows he knows what he needs to do knows what makes them happy. And unlike a lot of riders in the modern peleton. You know he's not incredibly active on on social media doesn't do his own podcast he just puts his head down. Gets the job done. And that's what we saw today. So to neil's i was genuinely thrilled to see him as i win at the tour and i hope this is just the beginning of great things to come from him at grand tours. But i'd love to see him to reach its full potential at the classics as well and with pair baby and push b-actor see meals once again up at the front contesting for another victory on roads that he loves. I know he loves the. Yeah the classics and just the nasty conditions so yeah congrats to neil's and thank you so much for keeping podcast going throughout the tour. I'm actually heading out on a ride here and going to listen to the move onto stage so say hi to everyone. And thanks so much richard. I'm still tickled richard by the image of a young new polly in a giant lotto jersey. Given to him by or each cc or drake ripen flapping behind him like a wind. Sock toughening up you know extra drag making a young teenage boy into a man but he had a number of years Katusha albertson and israel startup nation for one season and then switch to bora score clearly. You know a classics engine. You mentioned the second place in everybody. But fifty two of florida's seven says well in pyro by in two thousand eighteen. He's been six in the three classic. He's built for the code. Races and ride is like that all very very dangerous from breakaways like this particularly you know. Take surreal strongmen. Took it away from anyone with cross. Tailwind finishes doesn't it. I mean not so. That's the hardest way to get away and stay away although everyone also says it's the hardest condition to chasing it just much harder because so much faster isn't a nice. There's the margins are even tinier than they all win. It's a headwind finishing it just comes down to the sort of willpower my brute strength but it was an impressive finish by paula. Played the numbers game perfectly. Didn't he was you know. There were a couple of teams who had numbers lotto. Sue doll had richard moore brennan and harry sweeney in there and richard moore was see right this morning. I actually finished two hours. Eight minutes ahead of neapolitan. Technically i'm the winner of today's stage. I mean you doing the alternative alternative. Two hundred alternates alternative tour. Yeah like you Richard the news poses a big boy. You know and and while he's almost two mirror sola is one one ninety two. And that's it struck me that discuss type riders. Really big boy. It's not so not so all it's twenty seven which is normally the age winner in the old days the the age rider with the ripen up and reach maturity and it always strikes. Me that this time of riders. Don't have many chances in in the cycling calendar these days to express themselves because they're not obviously the too big to sprint and therein needs to to see the Either in hop classics of the winter or like today in a in a heart Grant stage and is great unit despite seized his chance because in this type writers that are impressive. Really good extremely good rule there is. We say you know but often use that that strength. He has is often used to help win. Absolute vogler on french tv. Kalyan are all to an always. You know pulling and yeah. It's it's like like like pulling off in a way. And i'm in love this type of riders tim clark gum in the big guys in the pivotal and unfortunately they don't have the chances to very often so credits to police for once. Season is chance to guys of the chance to express themselves. Today.
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Management for committee athletes and coaches go stage twelve. Today we are talking. Nemo should moore. I'm with award-winning writer. Fronts thomas a winner of the prix day. Your name is often lights in the pressroom. Yeah i thought about the writer bernie count him in a moment and award-winning rights. It's great to be in the company of an award-winning writer and award. Winning photographer live. Well come online. It's true it's true. You told me about this yesterday. Yeah i won the category in the red born village photography competition a little bit earlier this year. Yeah simon gil. Watch your back well. He's not very there. Was there was a cyclist in your picture. I took it cycling. Themed picture of a ride going from daffodils. I entered the spring category and one extra. What did you in for that. I've won some vouchers to spend in some of the village shops. Does that make you a professional photographer. I guess it does. I mean i'm being awarded for my work has paid some of them. How many other photographs were there. In the spring in catching loads. I mean just before. I came out to the two of them. Wasn't harsh coming on photographers. That was a comment on people using their photographs paying them. But we don't do the general state of the industry. Maybe i'm well francois. There were loads of entries and they were all displayed in the village over the weekend. Twitter front started so we went down and had a look my picture taking pride of place and yet you admitted to me that you didn't think it was very good well. I was surprised. I walked the income to the tune of fronts in the first place. We're waiting for the war. They are taking more award-winning photographs. He knows anyway. No it's great line. We all think sharing your success. I know professional photographers always book when people say to them. Oh that's a great picture. You must have a really good camera. Say he's a photographer quite understandably the photographer down like that My picture was taken on an iphone. So i didn't have a really great camera. Well you're very good podcast of because you have an excellent microphone and we're gonna we're gonna hear that none because you're gonna give us the tale of the top. Where all we first richard name. I'm we'll hear a little bit more by where we are and why we're here later in the episode archive stage twelve then from some poll. Wash to to name one hundred and fifty nine kilometers flat cross. Tailwind doke talking in the background. That cross tailwind so much so that they moved the four star back ten minutes anticipating a far stage absolutely nailed him for sprint. Finish obviously except now it wasn't a sprint finish tool much. To my surprise. I must have bought. The peleton broke up in the wind pretty early on and a break. Thirteen riders was established and there was some big hitters in that julian. Felipe the world champion on the attack again for the current quickstep. Who else would they now. Own gripe pool. Probably one of the most experienced riders in the race and the world in the world yet Fading force of course he was offending force but ten years ago recycling podcasts. Admiral bozen haugen. Was that edward turns a man. No not neal's police. Stephon stephan bisa connor swift harry. Sweeney run moore luka measure and sergio an hour in that break and they were let go. They were away on their lead built and built and bill. It was very quickly five minutes and ten minutes and then it was clear that the peleton had no interest in chasing them down and the up came in the last fifty kilometers. One of the first little moves from the break was swift our audio diaries with the eventual stage winner neal's poet and there was a counterattack by maj ben sweeney and felipe and were up the road. It all came down to a final four of coon polit. Sweeney sweeney tried to crack that with about fifteen kilometers ago that narrowed it down to three and news. Pollock pictures moment and siloed in from twelve to go to take his first tour de france. Stage his first grand tour stage in only his second pro win which the prize may wanna stage of the deutschland tour few years ago and it ended a day off sweetness for one hundred zero because that team leader pizzas again with the start of this morning. Francois was at the start and had a word which tug on a swollen knee. Francois took a picture which we posted on twitter early. Just well the hope for is he will now recover and go to the olympics in tokyo but perhaps he came out with these on show so that people could criticize him for pulling out of the tour early and disrespecting the race who knows but We go news. Paulie winning the stage no sprint finish. Mark coming to she's record. Not speaker's name. we'll have to wait for another day. 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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Twenty twenty one to powered by super philippians an engine management for committee athletes and coaches stage twelve. Today we are talking. Nemo should moore. I'm with award-winning writer. Fronts thomas a winner of the prix day. Your name is up in lights in the press room. Yeah i thought you were about to say will rancho llano bernie. Count him in a moment and award-winning rights. It's great to be in the company of an award-winning writer and award. Winning photographer live imparting. Well come online. I mean it's true. It's true you told me about this yesterday. yeah. I won the category in the red born village. Photography competition a little bit earlier this year. Yeah simon gill. Watch your back. Well he's not very there was there was cyclist and your picture cling themed picture of a ride going from daffodils. I entered the spring category. And one extra. What did you win for that. I've won some vouchers to spend in some of the village shops. Does that make you a professional photographer. I guess it does. I mean i'm being awarded for my work has paid than some of them. How many other photographs were there. In the spring catching loads. I mean Just before i came out to the two of them. That wasn't a harsh coming photographer. Is that was a comment on people using their photographs paying them. But we don't do the general state of the industry. Maybe i'm well francois. There were loads of entries and they were all displayed in the village over the weekend. The two the started so we went down and had a look my picture taking pride of place and he admitted to me that you didn't think it was very good. Well i was surprised i walk. That's the income to the tune of fronts in the first place. We're waiting for you. They're taking more award winning photographs. He knows anyway. I mean no no great line we all. I think sharing your success professional photographers always book when people say to them. Oh that's a great picture. You must have a really good camera. I should say he's a photographer. I quite understandably the the photographer down like that My picture was taken on an iphone. So i didn't have a really great camera. Well you're very good podcast because you have an excellent microphone and we're gonna we're gonna hear that none because you're gonna give us the tale of the top where all we first richard. We're neem we'll hear a little bit more about where we are and why we're here later in the episode archive stage twelve then from some poll. Wash to to name one hundred and fifty nine kilometers flat cross tie wind doke talking in the background that cross heroin so much so that they moved the four start back. Ten minutes anticipating fast stage absolutely nailed him for sprint. Finish obviously except no. it wasn't a sprint. Finish a tore a much. To my surprise. I must have bought. The peleton broke up in the wind pretty early on and a break. Thirteen riders was established and there was some big hitters in net. Julian felipe the world. Champion on the attack again for quickstep. Who else would own gripe will probably one of the most experienced riders in the race and the world in the world yet fading force of course he was offending force but ten years ago cycling. Podcast bozen haugen was in that. Edward turns emano. Neal's paulie steffen kuehn stephan bisa connor. Swift harry sweeney brent ron moore luka mesh and sergio an hour in that break and they were let go. They were away on their lead built and built and bill. It was very quickly five minutes and ten minutes and then it was clear that the peleton had no interest in chasing them down and the shakeup came in the last fifty kilometers. One of the first little moves from the break was swift our audio diaries with the eventual stage win. Neal's poet There was a counterattack by mesh ben. Sweeney and felipe and hanauer coon. Were up the road. It all came down to a final four of coon polit. Sweeney sweeney tried to crack that with about fifteen kilometers ago that narrowed it down to three and new pollock pictures moment and sold in from twelve to go to take his first tour. The front stage win his first grand tour stage in only his second pro win which the prize may want to stage of the deutschland tour. A few years ago and it bookended. I die of bitter sweetness for one hundred zero because that team leader peter sagan with a non starter this morning. Francois was at the start and had a word which saigon he had a very swollen knee. Francois took a picture which we posted on twitter. A bit earlier just well. The hope for saigon is he will now recover and go to the olympics in tokyo but perhaps he came out with these neon show so that people could criticize him for pulling out of the tour early and disrespecting the race who knows but We go neal's polly winning the stage. No sprint finish marc-amedee she's record. That shall not speak his name..
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"From is not even aggression. I for sure. I want to finish the tour Especially because it's it's one of the biggest races of the year and also. This is a big goal for me especially this year with the the day before. Peres is Salah's chance to try everything i would. Let's say i believe this is a good A good preparation and Coming from the injury. I think it's It's what i need to have just three big weeks and then hopefully with the ride the amount of rest Traveling is possible to To tokyo Open up my game. There van art speaking today. We may well see him. Have a go tomorrow and will also see lionel burning tomorrow. i mean we're looking forward to seeing lionel. Of course it'll be great to have him with us. The tour and but it will be very sad to not have kate with us. I've so sad. No really i really said it's been wondering there's been like the best week of my life. Travelling around with you guys having great meals and staying in gray hotels and talking to guys in the mix zone and getting my feet wet and the twitter franz for the first time you guys made it really easy for me actually way easier than if i had to go it alone so yeah i owe you an immense amount and i can't thank you enough. We'll think about what you can know us. Well no it's been a great pleasure. They'll have any francois know you. You feel the same. It's been great fun fun. It's been fun and it's been really interesting as well to hear your perspective on on things really interesting to have such a fresh view of everything. And that's been it's been energizing. I would say well. Okay we will be hearing from you again of course because your tremendous audio. Diaries are still to be released as episode zero. We'll have another episode this week and then final episode next week. I should say that. We got loads and loads of questions for this episode and we have not been able to get the mall. A law on the theme of suspicion. Some really good ones. And i'm sorry we haven't got to the mall. We will be doing another press conference episode next week. And we'll be doing that one with mitch docker. He'll be joining us for the final week. I wanted to mention want him to take katherine nesbitt. You sent in the next question. I thought it'd be a really interesting one to have mitch answer about while not say what it is but i think he might have an interest in response to that so i'd be interested to hear what he thinks. And so we'll move that into next week's episode if that's okay and thanks everyone who sent in questions we really appreciate it and the lovely comments as well the emails we find of really nice emails to so much. Appreciate it just before we go. We've had an entry from bannock honor for his audio diary following his stage win on stage name that will feature in tomorrow's episode com zero along with our other audio direst. Tim declerk victor campaign arts and connor swift. But let's just hear a little flavor of bands audio diary here. Two hundred france stage nine. And i mentioned to win. It's it's madness. It's a dream. It's invigorating shocking. it's It's a lot of words open into one. Yeah you've heard from me for the first couple of days. It was pretty rough But never lose hope and to win. Yesterday is is madness knots about it for tonight. Is it for tonight. Let's go and have dinner and we will reconvene tomorrow. When the race reconvenes will be in balance. Thank you very much francois. Thanks and i do. Kate idea thank you..
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Released the first of our fifteen episodes of calm zero during this Front is all about britney and we hear from divy. Good do connor swift. We're going to hear from a bit late. Thrown and audrey car don't go And also francois tommaso. Tomorrow's episode is by the turn of fronts from the new eighth stage race that will launch next year with a lament for likud as well so the big talking points today. Am i mean i i feel. This is one of the unfortunate. Things probably not gonna talk about tim earlier and opposite phoenix. An awful lot because the tour was sat on a different chorus. Today we feel i mean people's raw glitches released a message tonight but he's okay. He's got no broken bones m he's okay to carry on. He thinks gary thomas the same. Just a message come through from any else grenadiers to say that. He's postage scanning x ray. They were clear on. He has not suffered a fracture in his right shoulder. He will reassess in the morning before stage for. I think back to the jiro last year when garrett thomas crashed on stage three also in stage three and he finished the stage and then didn't start the next state. Let's hope it's not the same you know in the end today. He he did all right. You didn't lose too much time. He actually moved up three places on. Gc's eighteenth overall by the after effects of of suffering shoulder by into factum especially in the time trial in a couple of days which can a looms and it will affect them. Sure garin thomas on premature august even if they are okay to carry on the strange thing about these fronts. The start the brittany's that already you know it it's kind of The field you know the contenders that were there was lots of talk before the salvatore franz francois other the full man lead in one prong fork shop. Stay yeah well we've got the exactly Richard characterize it as you may change again in the course of the tour. Of course it's a long race but it seems now that you know is third overall Some thirty thirty one second. Nothing behind much of under pool. He seems to be now. They'd de facto leader of the team. I mean guarant- thomas might whatever happens. is bound to suffer from this dislocated shoulder ritchie porn. Lots lost lots of time. Tale gig on our is is out of contention. Well let's face it in only three days that that what was one of the big stories of the pre tour is is kind of gone and then for rod as we might call. I'm i i. I let kate talk about it. Because she's the she's our rog correspond. Okay what can you tell us about what you know what i mean. He is tough. He has crashed before he. He's crushed quite a law. You know we think his crash last year did affect his his his bid to win the tour last year. of course we they kind of Underplayed the nba. I think the documentary. That came out just before the before. Christmas inside the team are really laid bare. Hi much did affect them in here is going to hurt. Isn't an that's going gonna. We were talking last night but he he and he was following pugachev everywhere. But he's he's lost time and last year. The thing that maybe helped forgot char win the turn. The end was the fact that he lost time. That crosswinds stage but there's a big difference between losing a minute and across win stage and falling on your bottom and be injured and then carrying those injuries into the next few stages definitely don't think he looks great. I was there at the mic zone. And i watched him cross the cross the line and who's really hard to see honestly after spending so much time writing and thinking about him and yeah he was bloody from the buttocks bloody from the leg. Here's like thousand yard stare just like you said. He looked like he got out of the ring with mike tyson. Really terrible and when i was watching the stage i mean. His teammates were forming a train to bring him back in. You know there were times where he would loser wheel. Yeah i don't know. I mean he's a hard hard man i think at heart Kinda got nerves of steel. And i think that he's gonna go as long as he can. I mean i think we'll probably no more answers by the end of the time trial. But until then i'd say it's up in the air if it really is just a flesh wound like i think. He'll grit his teeth grit and bear it. I mean the parts of that hurt are not necessarily the parts and now he's not like that heard on like you know his arms and his elbows anything that caused them to fidget in the time trial bikes. So my be interesting to see. I think that's really the proving ground for a lot of guys who have been injured so far so doll resting on that. We'll find talked about the the luck of the winner in the tour franson and tiny puppeteer actually crashed or at least he was involved in the acre crash that turned but he was quickly back on his on his bike. And this sometime salt outsource the well. The future winner from The other guys th the the the you know some guys don't crash or when they crashed it you know it's not an and it's very difficult to know why is it. Is it because of of luck on your is it because of form or is it because of it's very difficult to tell but i mean it's it's a common thing that that you know and for now the look of the winner has been on on polk side and not on roadside. It's really unusual to win. The third france having crashed in the race. It's really really unusual. I mean chris did it in. Twenty thousand seven crashed in the neutralize zone of stage one. But it's really really unusual. I think i think we're learning more by high. Crashes affect a writer i mean. Extreme example is is lizzie. Buying said i mentioned the other day am are episode that we really service course loss. Week where lizzie talks for fifty minutes by the concussion that she suffered started bankin after face that in the process of trying to recover fully from the m crashes taken i heard it from from james knox one of his audio diaries as well m no uneasy thing to deal with affects your sleep at face recovery.
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Times reasonable with eight three times. That's eight biggest nine and put put on twice as eleven. So i mean you know th there among the countries will win the tour descend high in in the nation's list amazing genre week the hub goblin of the brittany moore one of the best nicknames and cycling born in the are dan's but but grew up here. He moved here when he was seven am mentioned trooper. Les on 'em winner this year was connor swift whatever audio diaries for breath t marquess. I'm sick one of two bretagne teams in the race. Pnb the other one. Let's hear now from connor talking by writing for a A breath teeny compares britney to yorkshire where he of course is from. And i'm about winning. Truro lay on the local race. You race on the calendar and then we'll hear from the writer you spoke to before the tour began tabby. God do one of the great hopes of cycling in britney going into this morning yes. We'll see my team based in brittany on those. You say the hot lund of french cycling fronts. And i definitely put it that way you know you go to the uk and the yorkshire. Everyone's for gas with the flags and you know the Give the as a lot of grief and always say that the yorkshire yorkshire weather's always super nice and everything like this this and it's exactly the same scenario in Brittany the really passionate about where they come from the bretagne flags Everywhere on the side of the road on the even have the same joke about the weather being always suny tropical so Yeah there's definitely a similarity there. And i think it's pretty cool myself from yorkshire and then obviously being on a bretagne team that has this kind of Way about where they come from I don't know brittany super well. I know the do Some good good honey. And obviously i've been here a couple of times now when i've raced With madison genesis. Intro bro leon. In chris brown's elites and the scenery around here especially breast on long coastline is absolutely real the see super blue and He's a bit like well. He's pretty close to each of not not not too far away anyway but But yeah obviously being on this team The first stage or ways Set off from here. And this is where the teams based is massive the first four days. You're going to be huge for the team. And obviously they want to put on a show for all the funds and obviously for the sponsors to which which are based here the money into you know Publicize an important pitches on buildings and the the apple and everything they said the team. So yeah this pressure around and then m regard intro bro. Obviously i will not before Last month and yeah. I'm it was here the out the won the race. And i did it two times in the pasta and i just really really race. You know. twenty five twenty six off road sections small roads. Every set is pretty much different. Open down twisty go by the coast as wind. There's just absolutely everything in one day and it's just jump parked in you get two hundred k in the race and then the last two hundred and not just just goes by and flush and I can remember doing it for the first time being my first professional race helicopters radios everything our just star stroke and i've ever since that on and came back home and i was all i wanna do a result that one day race ending twenty nine nineteen nine when i was a national champion. Didn't have the bus legs. On the day. I still knew that you know this is a race. I could potentially do well in and then to come here with Arcade some sick and basically like their world championships and On day to win for the team it was just unreal and just super happy and Yeah it was great. Good good vivere. Literally the global dizzy.
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"connor swift" Discussed on The Cycling Podcast
"Little bit like the stage the greats cycling in the finale and terrible crashes on the way to the finish. So we're we're used to crash early in the tour. It's the crashes. these days seem to take so many writers. I don't know. I don't quite know why i. There have been various theories about why but really really awful and quite miraculously none of the none of the real hot favorites. Some very strong fancied writers have been injured but the real favourite seem to escape largely unscathed. We think at this point. Am i'll crack home with the tail of the top mean. Normally lionel's job. I mean kate you very good very good write-ups of might get you to do this for a few news lines. we just four against the stage alexander. New cross has been there for style at astonished quite surprise as new sponsor for quebec. Isos on the eve of a tour that was lachlan. Morton is writing the entire front ahead of the tour solo unsupported and he's also writing the transfers. We'll maybe try and follow that as best. we can an office in phoenix. Will they were in new jersey for the teams presentation Managed to raymond poulidor mighty under pulls grandfather and for today's They won't wear again a very strange precedent not sets and we'll maybe talk later. Sage one from breast to londono where we are now one hundred ninety seven point eight kilometers six categorized climbs in the first attack victims compensates one of our audio diaries. He threw the first mines points. Busy day for audio diarist. Who were obviously worried. They wouldn't have enough to talk about and their auditors because off the day's big break. We went away. Connor swift of archaic samsung bridged across to our other audio dynasty. Tim dick clark did what he does. So often sat on the front of the bunch for many miles keeping the breakaway on a tight leash in the break with connor. Swift ler franck bonham. You're a local wad donovan. Popol christian rodriguez anthony perez and be the scaling. The only writer there from a world not only world from world. thirteen donny. van. Poppel was there as well. And they're great when they're leads went up to fifty five. But the clark and opposite fedex. Were at try keep. It turned two minutes by lisa. Thanks shoot changed from active. Under pull at one point peres seemed determined to kill the mines his jersey and he two points Going through look ronal where that was a place that you had highlighted fronts. Yeah local nauseam. I think is probably the most beautiful village in brittany dr lots but it is amazing. If you have a chance to come over to brittany go to look now is really ready in history. I mean it's it's like a as unchain since the fifteenth century. Some things made of granite most of it and it was used as the setting for many many movies. The famous of them probably tests by roman polanski. But are there are many you know Others have been shot there. You can you come get by car in the town centre. They're really trying to keep in medieval so it's really a place to go the very famous and best tests film that while worth watching. If you're fine of thomas hardy as i am at scaling went a clear alone and kind of went back up to three minutes while they were still am wealth again tim to clark mainly on the front just trying to keep him within reach behind. There is a huge crash. The first of these two big crashes in the palestine when tony martin of movies in my head fans cardboard byner an eight. Just two am very dramatically. And quite shockingly lots of writers on the ground yasha very badly. Her too polite marstellar lost a lot of time in that crash to came in his last mine in scaling was caught on and we were waiting for the climb. The seemed like a low of the pace was going off and when there was the second massive chris room than this one seems to be quite badly wants to writers dynamite woods. His team may also badly hurt on the lost. A of time on a stage that he might fancied coming into the climb and there was a narrow entrance into the claim where the opposite phoenix team. Hotel was and kate. And i walked up the early partly claimed passer hotel. He should have really known entrance very very well. But once again positioning is visiting was questionable. His teammates were absent under. He gave himself an awful lot to do. Brilliant work by the clinic. Quickstep especially sevens again as last year on the days. Where he he set things up fell asleep. He did again today and when he began to tire. Elephant went to two point four kilometers. Go still a long long way. While venar who'd been held up in the first crash on his wheel but didn't respond. He's looking for which pair latour chase. Paul gone roll together. Briefly a quick dalliance but really allah fleet wrote away unto very convincing and an impressive victory on the line. Allah fleet matthews rogue jack. Haig got up there and for fourth on the stage wilco. Kelderman tiny char kelderman was case tip for today. The big loser superman lopez almost two minutes. Dying teigen heart lost a lot of time. Might woods richie poor while polls on mark solar so you know we talked to by any else. Grenadiers four cards to play. Well two of them are are pretty much the game already and the other race today before the men's race was luck course. They went up that claim four times and not really took its toll. It turned into a very very difficult race. A real war of attrition damage following of st works was the winner ahead of cecilia ludvig. Who will hear from a bit later on. And she i spent a mount of ostrich was a real surprise even to her and on the vonda bragan was fourth. Having done a brilliant lead for volunteering. I mentioned earlier that we're going to hear from the two. Other members of our team will be joining us on the tour. We're gonna have kate with us for week. One and who are we going to have week to well. This is who i spoke to earlier. Hella rich where are we line. Oh well i'm home. Richard and. I'm hoping that you know what i know. What i of course yet. And i'm hoping your in brest in brittany. Oh yes i am. I am in london at the finish of stage. One of the turtle fronts waiting for the finish. Of.