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Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Dr. Kevin Sprouse – Grand Tour Insights with a Team Doctor

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

The Cycling Podcast presents Life in the Peloton The first grand tour of the season, the Giro d’Italia, is just around the corner so I wanted to speak to Dr Kevin Sprouse about his role as a team doctor at one of the great stage races. Kevin is my team doctor at the EF Education-Nippo team […]

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

Oh, Gooday, guys, and welcome to Life in the Peloton.

0:30.1

I'm Mitch Docker and I'm here to introduce this week's episode.

0:33.7

I've got a cracking episode for you.

0:35.7

I'm talking with my doctor, Team EF Education First,

0:40.1

team doctor, Dr Kevin Spouse. I've actually done an episode with him last year back in October.

0:46.5

If you haven't heard that episode, get across and have a listen to that one, because it's a great

0:50.9

episode to explain what the day-to-day job is of a professional team doctor.

0:56.4

This week's episode is a little bit more specific.

0:58.9

We're going to focus on grand tours and we're going to focus on the Gero.

1:02.7

On the eve of the Gero, I thought, great.

1:04.7

Let's just see what it's like for a team doctor on a grand tour.

1:08.1

And that's when I think these guys come into their own.

1:11.1

That's when their job becomes really important.

1:13.4

When the guys are getting sick, when the wheels are falling off, when they've got crashes

1:17.1

in the first week and they've got to get through a grand tour, how do they keep a team

1:21.0

rolling on?

1:22.0

How do they keep eight guys fresh ready to go every single day?

1:26.0

There's a lot in there.

1:27.0

So sit back and enjoy this one,

1:28.8

and I'm sure you're going to learn something just before the Gero kicks off and away.

1:51.1

Well, welcome, Kevin. That's Dr. Kevin Spruce. Welcome to Life in the Peloton round two.

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