Esteban Chaves - The Power of Determination & Belief

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Rapha presents Life in the Peloton! Esteban Chaves was the first Colombian to win a monument at the Tour of Lombardy in 2016, he’s a podium finisher and multiple stage winner in both the Giro D'Italia and the Vuelta España. Not only is he a hugely talented rider, but he’s an incredibly positive & inspiring guy. Off the bike, he runs the Esteban Chaves Foundation in Colombia, helping disadvantaged youth in his home country. After eight years at GreenEdge, in 2022 he’s made the big change to join my team EF Education-EasyPost, and I thought what better time to reunite with him and chat about his incredible (& tough) story into the World Tour, the highs and lows of his career to date & his outlook through it all. ..(read more at lifeinthepeloton.com).. He’s a hugely popular rider, both inside the peloton and out, and I know you’ll hear why in this episode. His positive attitude is infectious and he is a genuinely great guy to have a yarn with. I hope you guys enjoy the chat and most of all his enthusiasm for cycling and life. Stay tuned next week for our Talking Luft! Cheers,Mitch Listen Listen & subscribe to this series on the Life in the Peloton website, at Spotify, Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, Stitcher, Youtube or your favourite pod app. Show Notes Episode breakdown: 0:00min to 2:40 – Intro to the episode 2:40min to 29:45 – Esteban’s story – coming back from injury and entering the World Tour 29:45min to 36:00 – Esteban's Giro D'Italia stage wins & 2nd place on GC 36:00min to 41:23 – Staying with GreenEdge and moving to EF Education First-EasyPost in 2022 41:23min to end - Hearing about the Esteban Chaves Foundation . . . Find out more about the Esteban Chaves Foundation at https://funchaves.org/en/ . . . This episode is brought to you by Rapha, makers of the world’s finest cycling clothing & accessories and the worlds largest cycling club, RCC. Find out more about Rapha: their kit, their club, their events and awesome clubhouses at rapha.cc. . . . Keep in touch Find all our episodes, LITP news and merch on our website www.lifeinthepeloton.com Listen on all good podcast apps, and now on Youtube. Follow us on socials: Instagram: @lifeinthepeloton Twitter: @lifeinthepelo Merch Paris-Roubaix Caps are back & available to shop. Get your cap collection growing – jump over to our online shop to grab one now. Shop LITP casual Merch anytime online at our store. From casual caps to mugs, embroidered tees, logo tees, sweaters and much more.. Theme Music The theme music for Life in the Peloton was composed by Pete Shelley, who was lead singer of the punk band Buzzcocks. It was commissioned by the production company behind Channel 4’s coverage of the Tour de France in the 1980s and was used as the theme music for the nightly highlights show. Pete died in December 2018. We were given permission by Pete’s widow and his manager to continue using the music for the theme tune to Life in the Peloton. To hear more about the music, listen to the Andre Greipel episode of Life in the Peloton. Subscribe Sign up to Life in the Peloton email updates to get the latest episodes and merch news straight to your inbox.

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0:00.0	Well, goody, everyone, welcome to Life in the Peloton. I'm Mitch Stoker. This week, we do have Estevan Chavez for you. A household name, the smiling assassin, the nice guy, the Colombian. The first Colombian to win a monument, Tru Tura Lombardia in 2016. He's had podium finishes
0:41.6	on the Giro, the Vuelta, multiple stage wins. He is an absolute force to be reckoned with,
0:48.6	but he's got an amazing story behind all that. That's what we're going to get into today.
0:53.4	The Yestab Esteban Chavez Foundation
0:55.3	in Colombia as well, something that he runs off the bike, helping disadvantaged youth in his
1:01.2	home country. It's a great story. Esteban, I love talking to him, a really beautiful guy. Of course,
1:07.3	this podcast is brought to you by Raffa, and I've just got back from Sydney an exciting time in Sydney because Rafa is back in Sydney.
1:17.1	They closed down their clubhouse a couple of years ago when we were hit with COVID, and now they're back.
1:22.6	They've got to pop up right on George Street, right in the center of the city, and I was there for the inaugural
1:28.3	opening on Friday night. An amazing event, and it was really great to see the passion back
1:34.4	in Sydney with the Rafa fans there. I didn't realize how much it really meant to them to
1:39.2	have a shop back there. It's not a clubhouse. It's a pop-up. It's going to be there until the
1:43.5	World Championships, and there was great vibes around it. I really enjoyed talking to the Sydney crew up there. I even went for an RCC ride. Really nice to be in the sun. I'm back in the cold now in Melbourne. But like I said, coming up, we have got the Esteban Chavez episode. We have had a bit of a delay in shipping and you know how
2:02.4	much I love Roubae and I would love to talk about Roubae every week of the podcast and I can now
2:08.6	because we've got the Rubet caps up. So if you did miss those back when Rubet was happening,
2:14.2	we've got the last batch of the Rubai caps, the last Sunday in hell to celebrate
2:18.3	my last race in Rubay and of course my love for Rubay. So guys, look, get across to the shop
2:24.9	and check that out. But for now, sit back and enjoy this episode because this is a really
2:29.7	great episode and this is one that's been building up for the last few weeks. I know you're going to
2:33.9	enjoy this one.
2:46.7	Gidey guys. Welcome to Life in the Velaton, Esteban Chavez, mate, a guy, an old teammate of
2:52.8	mine, but we have stayed friends since we changed teams. He's followed in my footsteps. He's
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