Episode 31: Tour Down Under 2016 Pre-race Show
WorldTour cycling is back for 2016, and so is the Recon Ride! The podcast gears up for January racing at the Tour Down Under.
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It may be wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere, but it’s racin’ season in Australia. Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano talk route and favorites ahead of the 2016 Tour Down Under.
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The Recon Ride p/b VeloNews closes out the year with an episode focused on the offseason, talking transfers and neo-pros and even offering suggestions on what to watch during the next few months sans road racing. VeloNews.com editor Spencer Powlison joins the show to provide some expert insight.
The Recon Ride joins forces with VeloNews once again, this time to preview the route and the favorites of Il Lombardia — also known as the Giro di Lombardia, the Tour of Lombardy, or even The Race of the Falling Leaves — the final WorldTour event of 2015.
The Recon Ride found a new home for Worlds! The podcast teamed up with VeloNews to present a world championship road race preview featuring Taylor Phinney and Sep Vanmarcke!
Episode 27: GP Québec + GP Montréal 2015 Pre-race Show
The Recon Ride delivers a double dose of analysis, the with a pre-race show that takes on the GP Québec and its sister race, the GP Montréal. A few of the top names in attendance offer the insider’s take on North America’s only WorldTour races.
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For one weekend every year, WorldTour cycling crosses to the other side of the Atlantic for the Grande Prix Cycliste de Québec and Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. The courses tend to produce exciting racing, and thanks to Canada’s proximity to the Richmond world championships, the always-excellent startlists are even more impressive this year. Dane Cash of VeloHuman and Cosmo Catalano of Cyclocosm preview both events in one Recon Race pre-race show—with a little help from the three of biggest stars who have made the trip: Greg Van Avermaet, Michal Kwiatkowksi, and Romain Bardet.
Episode 26: Vuelta a España 2015 Show, Part III
The Vuelta a España remains a hotly contested race even into its third week, which gives the Recon Ride plenty to talk about in this third and final Vuelta show.
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Dane Cash of VeloHuman and Cosmo Catalano of Cyclocosm take a look at where things stand at the Vuelta after 16 stages, and what’s on tap as the year’s final Grand Tour comes down the home stretch, with a bit of help from veteran cycling journalist Andrew Hood.
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