This Vuelta a España cannot continue with Israel-Premier Tech. This calls on serious governance from the UCI. David Lappartient has always insisted he can't take political decisions that don't align with the IOC's view, but this is beyond political: it's affecting the running of the sport.

G’s Last Dance at the #TourOfBritain – for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#TDF2025 Stage 21: We’ll Always Have Paris – for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social. Lionel’s first Lime Bike means we make it to Montmartre for a scintillating six-way shootout up and down the cobbles, and François gives us a little Champs-Élysées history. Plus: #AnyOtherBosness 🎧 pod.fo/e/3036f1

#TDF2025 Stage 20: Penultimate Stop, Pontarlier – for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social We bounce on to the road to Paris like a kangaroo on a trampoline after Aussie strongman Kaden Groves’ solo break. Plus: Whitey’s Whiteboard, #AnyOtherBosness and our Geraint Thomas send-off. 🎧 pod.fo/e/303077

@thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social takes a look at the latest Sky/Ineos stories David Walsh says trusting Brailsford was the biggest mistake of his career podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

#TDF2025 Stage 18 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: Ghosts in the Mist We dissect the Queen Stage of this year’s Tour, which finished with the brutal Col de la Loze and didn’t disappoint. Plus: François on 50 years of the Polka Dot Jersey and #AnyOtherBosness 📷 Simon Gill 🎧 pod.fo/e/301d72

Alessandro De Marchi has told me he is "happy and relieved" to no longer be riding for Israel-Premier Tech. "I wouldn’t be able to manage the feelings I have, to be able to be involved in something like that.” Story for @observeruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

This is what the Col de La Madeleine looks like on a good day (from a ride up there with The Cycling Podcast’s @grahamwillgoss.bsky.social last September).

Last night’s TCP sleeping arrangements. Today’s stage.

#TDF2025 Stage 15: The Cassoulet Podcast – for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social. We’re all in for another aggressive stage with €40 of dog food, we hear from WvA and Victor Campenaerts on the day’s big break, plus Whitey’s Whiteboard and your qs answered in #AnyOtherBosness. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2ff235

#TDF2025 Stage 13 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: Tadej Pogačar beats the living daylights out of the Peyragudes TT. We drop just the right number of Bond references, hear from Sepp Kuss and Neilson Powless, and Mr White talks tactics. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2fe720

#TDF2025 Stage 10 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: Massif Attack It was fireworks from the gun on Bastille Day 🇫🇷 We digest the Tour’s entrée to the mountains with some help from Whitey’s Whiteboard, plus Jonathan Vaughters gets tearful talking Ben Healy’s ascent to yellow. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2fbbe1

TdF2025 Stage 10: 4,307m of climbing, you say? Things are looking up.

#TdF2025 Stage 9 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: Take Me Down to Cavendish City Huge Mathieu van der Poel (heart)break, with a tip of the lime green Van Rysel bucket hat to his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Jonas Rickaert and stage winner Tim Merlier in Châteauroux. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2fb2c3

Last night in Châteauroux: Bastille Day begins 🇫🇷 #TdF2025

#TdF2025 Stage 8 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: Putting the Cheval in Laval. Lionel visits the Louison Bobet museum, we gallop through today’s sprint finish with some help from Whitey’s Whiteboard, plus Picnic PostNL’s Matt Winston on the big picture for Oscar Onley’s Tour. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2faa9a

#TDF2025 Stage 7 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: Mûr-de on the Dance Floor. Having been in amongst it at today’s finish, we chew over the talking points from the Mûr-de-Bretagne as Tadej Pogačar does his best to kill Jonas Vingegaard’s groove. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2f9f6d

Stage 7. Who crosses the line first? It’s a Mûr-der mystery. #TdF2025

#TdF2025 Stage 6 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: The Bayeux Tapestry. A supreme achievement renowned for its complexity, length and exquisite workmanship: Ben Healy’s win was one for the books. We talk to Harry Sweeny and EF DS Tom Southam. We also visit the actual tapestry. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2f943e

#TDF2025 Stage 4: The Road to Rouen. Tadej Pogačar is 100 not out, Picnic PostNL’s Matt Winston on Oscar Onley being the 4th-best rider in the world, Michael Woods on rider safety, Whitey’s Whiteboard and Simon Gill’s Gilliver’s Travels report from the Côte Jacques Anquetil. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2f7c8e

Time just sort of disappears when you’re following the #TourDeFrance. I’ve missed trailing at least one @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social episode, but here’s a flavour. 📷 Simon Gill

#TdF2025 Stage 2: a picnic at KM92 became a coffee in the rain at KM29 in Arras. Hot Stuff and A Sunday In Hell: our latest @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social dispatch from a soggy old Tour day that didn’t go to plan – unless you are Mathieu van der Poel, of course. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2f6acd

Something to keep you (and everyone else) occupied, innit?

#TdF2025 Stage 1 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: we try and do a brilliant, in the end breathless and at times chaotic stage justice: pod.fo/e/2f65ad

#TdF2025 Stage 1. #MakingTheCalculation for: 🥇 Tim Merlier 🥈 Jasper Philipsen 🥉 Jonathan Milan Dark horse: IPT are riding for Pascal Ackermann today. They were in good spirits around the bus this morning 🐎

Landed in Lille for the 2025 Tour de France – the 13th @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social has covered with daily eps on the road. Join me, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau for the opening stages. Plenty of time to get stuck into our XL #TdF preview with @robhatch.bsky.social, too: pod.fo/e/2f45be

Tee it up, @dandeakins.bsky.social

This week’s @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social – the third and final instalment of our pre-Tour Attitude Camp. One for the Onley Fans: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Skjelmose not racing the #TourDeSuisse with a stomach infection. Bagioli not starting today’s Suisse Stage 7 with digestive issues and two more Lidl-Trek riders DNS at #BaloiseBelgium with gastrointestinal trouble. For anyone left: I’d be skipping lunch if I were you.

The “manslaughter” gag in this trailer is so otherworldly good it alone might actually make the entire enterprise worthwhile.

ICYMI: Attitude Camp Part II for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social 🎧 Was the Dauphiné a full dress rehearsal for the Tour? What does @briannygaard.bsky.social make of Vingegaard’s chances? Lionel speaks to Rod Ellingworth and there’s a Romains of the Day pun. Enjoy: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

*Feels* like it’s a shame to rename the Dauphiné. Less romantic. And blander, even if it is geographically more accurate. The fact the race wanders is surely baked in? Or are we referring to last year’s Tour as the Tour de Italy-France-Monaco now?

Called it – Stage 1. #Dauphine

Our @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social #TdF2025 Attitude Camp starts here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The Big Five. #Dauphine

Odd decision to release Unchained so close to the Tour. It’ll have all of three days’ relevance before The Real Thing is up and running in Lille. If its viewing figures were already reportedly weaker than hoped, why put it on the equivalent of Channel 4 at 11pm on a Friday – when no one will watch?

Wrap cover of @observeruk.bsky.social sports pages doing @teamvismaleaseabike.com Simon Yates justice this morning….

Gaël Monfils, even at 2 sets to 1 down tonight, is having the most fun. Playing some massive stuff, matching Draper’s power at times, playing the entertainer and even having a chat with the crowd (“That shot was delicious.”) every other point. You have just got to love him at #RolandGarros

Happy Mortirolo Day at the #giroditalia – especially to you, @dqstuff.bsky.social, and all those who celebrate 🤌

Reform huge gains are not to be underestimated but that's a very telling little strip.

2024 Tour edition finally hand-delivered today by the gaffer, @lionelbirnie.bsky.social. Thank you, @snyderceramics.bsky.social – it’s a work of art 👏

Ah, The Grand National, where horses die for no other reason than to please coked-up guys from Essex, the coked-up small people riding them, and Clare Balding. Good times.

It still blows my mind to this day that Britain could be so unfathomably stupid, the brain drain this has had on Britain due to visa issues is seismic too. A genuine embarrassment & believe me, As a regular traveler to Spain Britain is nothing short of a laughing stock the world over because of it.

Superb long read on Muriel Furrer, how she’s remembered by her parents and coaches, the circumstances around her crash and the questions that remain after her tragic death at the Worlds. Sensitively handled by @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and Jess Hopkins. www.nytimes.com/athletic/600...

First post here in the land of blue skies. I'm a ceramic artist and cycling fan that makes cups to recognize kindness, courage, generosity and good human beings. Luckily there is a lot of that in the cycling world so many cups have found their way into the hands of the cupworthy. 1/3 #cycling

Me and @dqstuff.bsky.social introducing ourselves as footballers.