The Rouleur Podcast

Rouleur reporter Tristan Rees joins Rachel Jary to round up the 2026 Tour de France. From what the Champs-Élysées felt like on the final stage through to the penultimate alpine stage, Tristan reflects on his experience from on the ground across an unforgettable three weeks of racing. Plus, Lidl-Trek head coach Mattias Reck reflects on how Mads Pedersen prepared for his green jersey win with CORE at the centre of his training.

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To coincide with the final rest day at Le Tour 2026, Rachel Jary sits down to speak with Aline Barre, CORE's Endurance Performance Lead, about what heat training actually is and why it's become essential to rider performance. Aline works with WorldTour teams and elite triathletes, and holds a master's degree in sports performance analysis, as well as being invested in endurance sport herself.

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Further, listen to Rouleur reporters Alice Jackson and Tris Rees report from the ground at the biggest race in cycling, sharing their takeaways from the race so far and what they're expecting from the final week.

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Recorded live from Casa Gobik over the opening weekend of the 2026 Tour de France in Barcelona, it was not just the Grand Départ taking place – Rachel Jary sat down with Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez) for a conversation recorded live from the heart of the action in the city.

Much of the conversation turns to the current growth of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, with Ally's role supporting recent Giro d'Italia winner Demi Vollering at FDJ-Suez. How does that dynamic shape her season? Further, Ally talks through the shift in mindset and tactics that comes with swapping her personal ambitions for New Zealand on the global stage to shifting towards a supporting role.

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An auction lot of six dusty cycling-themed bottles of wine from the 80s provides the inspiration behind Velo Vino, a new podcast mini-series that explores some tales from the pro peloton's history through rosé-tinted spectacles.

Cycling journalists Felix Lowe and Graham Willgoss invite you to take a seat at the table with professional wine buff Chris Maybin as they uncork these aged bottles and sift through the stories and sentiments behind the sediment.

Step aside, Francesco, because there's a new sheriff in town... After French duo René Vietto and Éric Caritoux and the Italian all-rounder Francesco Moser comes a rider who packed a punch – both on and off the bike.

For the fourth and final instalment of this mini-series, our three vino keenos sample a 1983 Côtes de Bourg repackaged for Bernard Hinault's retirement party in 1986. Will the claret served at the Badger's big bash be a case of saving the best for last? And will the contemporary 15 per cent Côtes de Bourg from the same Château Peychaud near Bordeaux be, as Felix predicts, a "red infuriator"? If so, it's surely the perfect modern-day comparison for an Hinault homage, given the five-time Tour de France winner’s famously short fuse as a rider.

All four episodes of Velo Vino are brought to you in association with Rouleur magazine and Nyetimber, the English sparkling wine producer and proud backer of British Cycling. Slip into the sipstream of Felix, Graham and Chris as they raise a glass to some Grand Tour tannins of yesteryear.

Produced by Matthew Vines.
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An auction lot of six dusty cycling-themed bottles of wine from the 80s provides the inspiration behind Velo Vino, a new podcast mini-series that explores some tales from the pro peloton's history through rosé-tinted spectacles.

Cycling journalists Felix Lowe and Graham Willgoss invite you to take a seat at the table with professional wine buff Chris Maybin as they uncork these aged bottles and sift through the stories and sentiments behind the sediment.

For the third instalment of this mini-series, our three sommeliers of the saddle sip on two 1986 bottles from the family vineyard of one of the most successful cyclists of all time: Francesco Moser. Will the 40-year-old chardonnay deliver the pungent punch it promises? Will the Teroldego table wine be, well... terrible?

Either will do well to live up to Moser’s palmarès: world champion in 1977, Giro d'Italia winner in 1984, the same year he broke Eddy Merckx's Hour Record in Mexico, three-time Paris-Roubaix winner, two Il Lombardia wins, one Milano-Sanremo – the list goes on for the man known to the Italian tifosi as ‘Lo Sceriffo’.

Felix also speaks to Moser’s son, Carlo, about the family business, and the trio taste some more recent vintages from the estate – including one of the signature Trentodoc sparkling wines, named after the kilometres covered by Moser in his Hour Record attempt: 51.151km.

All four episodes of Velo Vino are brought to you in association with Rouleur magazine and Nyetimber, the English sparkling wine producer and proud backer of British Cycling. Slip into the sipstream of Felix, Graham and Chris as they raise a glass to some Grand Tour tannins of yesteryear.

Produced by Matthew Vines.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.