Cycling Legends Podcast

From Boels-Dolmans to SD Worx-Protime, this is the story of the women’s cycling super-team that rewrote the rules of dominance. On the eve of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes, we trace the roots, riders, rivalries and rainbow jerseys behind a squad that shaped the modern era — from Lizzie Deignan, Anna van der Breggen and Chantal Blaak to Demi Vollering, Lorena Wiebes and Lotte Kopecky.

🎵 Hampus Naeselius, courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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Nine stages. Nearly 19,000 metres of climbing. A time trial. Mont Ventoux. And perhaps the deepest field the Tour de France Femmes has ever assembled.

Gary and Chris look ahead to the jewel in women’s cycling’s glittering crown.

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Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. Or something. What did happen? Time trial, a double helping of Alpe d'Huez and one final Parisian flourish over Montmartre.

The team picks over a decisive final week of this year's race. Who were the big winners (yes, apart from the one in the yellow jumper)? Who surprised us? And just how will this edition be remembered?

Let’s do it all again next year, huh?

📸 Le Cote de la Butte de Montmatre made its race debut at the 2024 Olympic Road Race before featuring for the first time in the 2025 Tour. As can be seen from this view from that edition, it was an instant hit with fans. (ASO/Aurélien Vialate)

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No rest day for - (stop it, stop it right now - Ed.) Two down, one to go and Chris, David and Gary have much to discuss after a week that began smack in the middle of France and ended knocking like a new salesman at the front door of the Alps.

Speaking of Alps, the team also looks breathlessly ahead to a final week that serves up a generous portion of the things, but only after a none-too trifling aperitif against the clock.

📸 Even the Cannibal needed a day off, but this one is particularly notable. The second rest day of the 1975 Tour came immediately after THAT stage on the Puy du Dome when Merckx was punched by a spectator while leading the race. Merckx finished third that day, losing over 30s to Bernard Thevenet and would cede the Maillot Jaune to the Frenchman on the following stage. (Jean-Pierre Prevel/Getty)

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Denmark is one of modern cycling's superpower nations but it wasn't always that way. For the first part of the Tour de France's history, Danish riders barely featured at all. In this second Tales from the Tour de France, Chris Sidwells tells a tale of pioneering, determination, and redemption that began in 1913.

Join Chris Sidwells throughout this year’s race for more Tales from the Tour de France.

🎵Trabant 33 “Like in France”, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

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