Episode 19: Dr. Kevin Sprouse — Team Doc for EF Education First Drapac powered by Cannondale

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Dr. Kevin Sprouse is one of the more interesting folks on the WorldTour. Lead team physician for EF Education First Drapac powered by Cannondale, Ted and Kevin go deep on this podcast, talking about cycling but much much much more beyond the two wheeled circus. This hour is definite one of the best King of the Ride pods.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome on back to King of the Ride podcast. As always, I am your host. I am Ted King,
0:09.8	and I thank you very much for tuning in. Today's guest on King of the Ride, the good Dr. Kevin
0:16.2	Spruce lead team physician on EF, Education First Drapic, powered by Canndale.
0:22.9	And don't you forget that name because you may hear it early on in today's show.
0:27.5	Certainly one of the longer names in the Pro Peloton.
0:30.9	Anyway, Kevin is the team doc for EF.
0:34.7	He was a team doctor in my final year racing back in Oat 2015. Definitely one of the good guys.
0:42.0	Kevin is one of the most curious, thoughtful, interesting guys in the roving circus that is the
0:48.2	pro peloton. Truth be told, I learned plenty about him in this conversation, even after having
0:53.1	worked for them for an entire year.
0:55.3	I learned about his introduction and time in the sport.
0:58.0	And sure, we're going to talk about cycling.
0:59.8	We're going to talk about his role in the sport of cycling.
1:02.2	We're going to talk about our recent King of the Ride guest Lawsoncratic, hero of the 2018 Tour to France.
1:08.9	As it was Kevin taking care of our friendly Texan. Trust me when I say
1:12.6	this conversation goes way, way beyond one or two people. We're going to talk about the state of
1:17.3	his team, America's team, the state of cycling, the state of sports in general. We're going to
1:22.8	talk politics. We're going to talk world travels. Folks, Kevin and I go deep in this conversation
1:29.7	in King of the Ride, and I know you're going to dig it. So what else is going on? No,
1:37.4	settling into Vermont is definitely going on. Man, it just occurred to me that I haven't updated
1:42.3	our listeners on the fact that Laura and I
1:44.4	bought a house and not just any house. We're proud owners of a farmhouse here in Vermont that has
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