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Episode 98: Tour de France Preview
After a hiatus, we’re back with a Tour de France preview! Jeff reveals he’s been lonely, I mean, LAZY all these months away. We had some technical difficulties while recording (mainly, Anna forgot to hit the record button…), so please excuse our intro.
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Episode 95: 2014, The Season That Was
Episode 87: Dear Pelotonitis Podcast…
The podcast is getting all fancy, guys! Listen to hear our upgrades 😉 Thanks to Jeff’s friend, Dan (@SonicBlissProd) for creating our new intro!
Jeff compares Nibali to Vino!! Anna is excited that everyone else is finally realizing how AMAZING Nibali is and the podcast comes dangerously close to becoming “The Nibali Show”. Jeff puts curses on everyone (except Nibali). We’re both so happy to see Frank back in action. And be on the lookout for our new feature, “Dear Pelotonitis Podcast” where we answer all your relationship advice. We start with “Rhymes with Deaf”…
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Episode 58: The Doping is Back in Town
We’re back talking about all your favorite topics- doping, the UCI, Pat McQuaid!
First up, the Senate report.
- Cycling Tips has a great overview of the whole report (not just the ’98 positives)
- Joe Lindsey wonders if the fault of the journalists or the fans that there is so much focus on doping/positives [Bicycling Magazine]
- Neil Browne’s guide to doping categories
- Gerard Vroomen wonders about all the coincidences in the doping confessions
- Inner Ring’s thoughts
We speculate on why O’Grady got so much grief for his ’98 positive over the others who were revealed as positive in the report. We discuss the other type of omerta that still exists in cycling – doping methods and networks.
Also, how and when do cycling fans move on? Who is at fault for all headlines that focus on doping – the journalists or the fans who click on the links?
Then, we talk about Pat McQuaid’s slow decent into crazy-town
And we demonstrate that we are bad at math.
We also talk a little bit about actual racing, when we talk about team transfers! Jeff rechristens it “Schleck Trek” and sings a little ditty.
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Episode 55: We Know Our Stuff
We recap the first two stages of the Tour, talk about fantasy cycling, and discuss who we think could win. OH, we also talk about Lance, but leave it to the end, so you can skip it if you want.
- Top 10 Riders To Look Out For at the 2013 Tour de France [GCN video]
- Tour de France 2013: Preview and Favorites [C-Cycling]
- Tour de France 2013: Who Will Win? [Cycling Weekly]
- Le Tour: Killers, Pretenders, and Dreamers [PezCycling News]
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Episode 54: The Tour is Coming!
We spend too much time talking about Jan Ullrich, Brad-we-refuse-to-call-him-Sir breaks up the the Tour?? and we compare Andy and Frank to Bert and Ernie (you can guess who’s who).
And the LE TOUR!
- Keep track of who the teams are taking [Cycling Weekly]
- Podium Cafe preview (they make fun of Aussies!)
- CGN does a good video preview
And since I KNOW you want to do fantasy cycling this year, be sure to check out Neil’s (@NeilSG83) 10 tips for being awesome at fantasy cycling, then join our teams at road.cc (76730) and Velogames (23164933)!
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Episode 33: S*** Storm before the Rainbow
Marianne is back to offer her opinion on the reasoned decision and the fallout! Anna reveals the first thing she does when she wakes up is check Twitter and we reunite the Optimists Club. Also, we find some things to talk about that aren’t related to doping!
- Rabobank leaves pro cycling (link). What it could mean (link)
- We talk about zero tolerance, whether it works, and Marianne does some role playing. Brailsforth’s way or Vaughters’ way?
- Cav to OPQS, Bernie to stay at Sky
- Basso finally wins something!
- Are the Schlecks done? Can they ever be a force to be reckoned with again? Link
Things we avoided talking about but you might still be interested in:
- Gazetta breaks a big Italian investigation into Ferrari. Link 1 Link 2
- Bassons is given 1 year ban link
- How Armstrong’s wall fell link
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Deep Thoughts: TdF ’14 Stage 18
Jul 24
Posted by TheBloomingCyclist
Once again, Nibali makes the Tour his BITCH. And seriously, I cannot say enough about Nibali. I cannot remember a time when he was so aggressive. My memory of his Vuelta and Giro wins were more defensive, once he had the jersey. Here, he’s just toying with the competition!
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