Came so close to getting 2/4 if Andrew August had hung onto the Youth GC 😅

A Puck Pieterse win please 🤞

🇫🇷 Tour de la Provence Stage 3 Recap! 🚴‍♂️ 🎧 Listen (17m): open.spotify.com/episode/0DuW... 🥇 Matthew Riccitello defends the GC! 🫣 The peloton outwitted once again! 🚵‍♀️ Who was the rider of the Tour? #cycling #couchpeloton

Baseball in Geelong

⛷️ Short clip from my live-stream commentary of Martin Ponsiluoma's Gold Medal win in the Men's 12.5km Biathlon Pursuit! 🥇 📺 Watch (3m): youtu.be/Ha_vqjJnii8 #winterolympics #biathlon

Come watch me make an idiot of myself as I attempt a biathlon watch along with my dodgy internet, for the Men's Pursuit... I got sick of listening to the main broadcast here Down Under so I'm doing my own tonight. 🫣🤣 www.youtube.com/live/I4qb0XI...

🇫🇷 Tour de la Provence Stage 2 Recap! 🚴‍♂️ 🎧 Listen (15m): open.spotify.com/episode/5DRI... #couchpeloton #cycling

This is what I’m after. The best stadium in the world.

🇫🇷 Tour de la Provence Stage 1 Recap! 🚴‍♂️ 🎧 Listen (13m): open.spotify.com/episode/0emj... 🌧️ Gloriously grey weather! 😭 Disappointment for the big teams! 🥇 Glory from the breakaway! #cycling #couchpeloton

⛷️ Recapping Winter Olympics Biathlon 9-13 Feb! ❄️ 🎧 Listen (31m): open.spotify.com/episode/0kPr... 🇫🇷 French medal tally assault! 🎯 Botn's brilliance! 🇧🇬 Hristova's historic bronze! 🎙️ Coverage grumbles... 🫣 Awkward podium moment... #winterolympics #biathlon

🇫🇷 Tour de la Provence classification predictions... 🚴‍♂️ GC - Matthew Riccitello 🇺🇸 PTS - Dorian Godon 🇫🇷 KOM - Aurélien Paret-Peintre 🇫🇷 YTH - Andrew August 🇺🇸 #couchpeloton

🇫🇷 2026 Tour de la Provence Preview! 🚵‍♂️ 🎧 Listen (11m): open.spotify.com/episode/6Kap... - 2025 speed recap ⏪ - The Stages 🗺️ - Contenders 🏅 - Picking all jersey winners 👕 #couchpeloton #cycling

What an incredible victory for Johan-Olav Botn of Norway to win the 20km Men's Individual biathlon event. Some serious competitors at the top end, and he held his nerve at the range to claim gold. Incredible. #milanocortina #olympics

🚵‍♀️ UAE Women's Tour Stage 3 & 4 Recap! 🇦🇪 🎧 Listen (24m): open.spotify.com/episode/3ETr... - Lorena Wiebes still the sprint Queen! - Elisa Longo Borghini reigns supreme! - Good Tours for Luccon, Ciabocco, Bäckstedt! #couchpeloton

Last night there was a vigil for the first cycling fatality of the year on London's streets. I was there. Here are some thoughts (no paywall). If this strikes a chord with you, please comment on the post and share. open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...

🚴‍♂️ Think my current favourite ten cyclists are: 1. Alison Jackson 2. Maeva Squiban 3. Ben Healy 4. Mathieu van der Poel 5. Puck Pieterse 6. Santiago Buitrago 7. Julian Alaphilippe 8. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 9. Elisa Longo Borghini 10. Tobias Lund Andresen #couchpeloton #cycling

Recapped last night's UAE Women's Tour Stage 2, give it a listen before Stage 3 gets underway... we're surely in for a Wiebes hat-trick?

🚵‍♀️ UAE Women's Tour Stage 2 Recap Out Now! 🇦🇪 Listen (23m): podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/u... - Actual breakaways! - Yes, Lorena Wiebes is still a beast. - What we can learn from pro cyclists! #couchpeloton youtube.com/shorts/qgZQ-...

That was absolutely nuts. Unstoppable.

🇦🇪 UAE Women's Tour Stage 1 Recap! 🚵‍♀️ 🎧 Listen (12m): open.spotify.com/episode/0r4n... - Tough day for the breakaway - Zoe Bäckstedt's strong start - Lorena Wiebes beast-mode #couchpeloton

Ok so, question for Cycling BlueSky... is it now officially Juliette Berthet? Because on comms they continue to call her Juliette Labous. As someone with a podcast, I'd prefer to get it right rather than wrong. #couchpeloton

Absolute beast-mode stuff.

For what it's worth, my picks for the jersey winners across the Tour are... 🟥 General Classification - Marlen Reusser 🟩 Points - Lorena Wiebes ⬛ Sprints - Someone from St. Michel (Couldn't pick but I think they'll get in lots of breaks) ⬜ Best Young Rider - Elyne Roussel #couchpeloton

🇦🇪 UAE Women's Tour Preview is out now! 🚵‍♀️ 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2iG1... - Sprint, Sprint, Sprint, Climb! - Can Elisa Longo Borghini go back to back? - Can Marlen Reusser stop her? - Ali Jackson impact at St. Michel? - Predicting Classification winners! #couchpeloton

🚴‍♂️ 🌊 My recap of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race weekend is out now! 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4Bxw... - Wollaston storms home - Lund Andresen sizzles on Aussie shores - Garcia & Buitrago royals of the climb - Challambra vs World Tour - Go to the gelato bar #couchpeloton 🚴‍♂️

So excited that I actually get to watch the Women's UAE Tour this year. Don't remember SBS having it in 2025. 🚵‍♀️ #couchpeloton

A new month has begun, and with it the cycling calendar starts to get busier, leading into the Opening Weekend at the end of the month!!🚴🚴‍♀️

Quick video from yesterday at Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. 🚴‍♂️ 🌊 #couchpeloton

- Ally Wollaston - Tobias Lund Andresen - I'll give a nod to Zhe Yie Kee and Mackenzie Coupland - UAE in Men, FDJ in Women - Tobias Lund Andresen winning Great Ocean Road Race because I was there to see it in person 😂

🚵‍♂️ Have been recapping the AlUla Tour over on @thejbse.bsky.social 🎙️ Stage 1: open.spotify.com/episode/7K8D... Stage 2: open.spotify.com/episode/1PM5... Stage 3: open.spotify.com/episode/3OTc... Stage 4: open.spotify.com/episode/78Lc... Stage 5: open.spotify.com/episode/2SGz... #couchpeloton

Down in Geelong again for the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Seriously awesome event. Getting to see some of the world's best up close doing what they do best is such a privilege. The three hour drive is always worth it. 🚴‍♀️ 🌊 #couchpeloton

The life.

Is there a local/country footy community/hub/cult here on BlueSky? Footy here meaning the Aussie football.

The @themmqb.bsky.social is quickly becoming my favourite football podcast. Love the thoughtful, league-wide coverage from @conororr.bsky.social and @albert-breer.bsky.social, keeps me nicely up to date. Enjoy the occasional life/parenting chats too 😂 Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

Watching cycling in black and white is now my preference... we started doing it in Milan Sanremo, and now every race gets this setting. #cycling #AmstelGoldRace

Alright... time for an insane Julian Alaphilippe win at Amstel Gold Race, please. Ta. Thanks. #AmstelGoldRace #couchpeloton

At least Pucky won the podium beer sculling... #AmstelGoldRace #couchpeloton

So annoyed. Aussie coverage of Amstel didn't start until 37km to go - missed seeing Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado in the breakaway! Hope she got good TV time.

Finally got this old bike back up and going this morning... Sneakers ruining the black and white effect. #cycling

Haven't been on here in a while... here's a little pic I drew while watching Paris-Roubaix... #couchpeloton #cycling

Seeking the Cymru Premier League BlueSky community… anyone out there I should be following? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ⚽️ #football

Been getting back into football, finding podcasts a great way to stay up to date when I can’t watch (in Australia times/subscription can be prohibitive). 20 Min Tims for Celtic, @tomcanton.bsky.social’s The Gooner Talk for Arsenal, and recently found @alternativewales.bsky.social for Cymru Premier!

Must almost be March. A new Rangers manager… 🍀

Day out…

Really hoping that Celtic can build on this Champions League campaign for next season’s edition. Outside of one absolute hammering early on, they’ve displayed an ability to take it right up to some of the better teams in Europe. With better depth added, this can be matched and bettered. #celticfc

The Bhoys gave it a fair crack… 🍀

Upcoming races will prove if Alan Hatherly is a dark horse for Strade Bianche & Flèche The South African is back in Europe and ready for another block of road racing 🇿🇦 dnlbenson.substack.com/p/upcoming-r...

Finished the AlUla Tour ✅ Next up need to watch the Melbourne to Warrnambool replays ⏮ Then Tour La Provence starts in less than 48 hours! 🇫🇷 And in between times we’ll keep trying to catch up with the Biathlon World Cup season… we’re 9 races behind 😅 #sports

Hoping I can rope a few mates into playing my cyclocross board game this week… free beer might do it. 🍻 🚴 #cyclocross

Finally caught up on all the AlUla Tour stages - what a race for Q36.5 helmed by two massive climb attacks from their key star Tom Pidcock, and finished by an awesome sprint on the final day from Matteo Moschetti! Really keen to watch how Pidcock goes the rest of the season. #couchpeloton