Inside La Vuelta a España 2022 - Fred Wright, Daryl Impey, Luke Durbridge & Luke Plapp

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Health & Fitness, Fitness, Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Rapha presents Life in the Peloton! The Vuelta a España is one of the 3 grand tours and it can slip under the radar after the hype of the Tour de France, but I can tell you first hand from a rider’s perspective it certainly is no easy feat. It’s a notoriously tough old lap of Spain, raced in September towards the end of the season and known for its steep climbs and soaring temperatures. But in saying that, there are moments where the stress levels are lower than other grand tours and you can actually enjoy yourself. And that is why I loved it, it was my favourite race, behind Roubaix of course. Naturally, I was keen to get some insight into this year’s Vuelta from the pros themselves – to hear about what looks to be one of the toughest Vuelta’s yet, how racing has changed from previous years and also how the battle for the points system is shaping racing this year. I thought, what better way than to chat to all ends of the peloton. On the third rest day I spoke with Fred Wright, current UK professional with Bahrain-Victorious, riding his 4th Grand Tour at 23 years of age and in fantastic form. Then I hear from long time pro, Daryl Impey in his 15th year pro, now racing with Israel Premier-Tech with 11 GTs under his belt. And, of course, I had to speak to fan favourite Luke Durbridge, who is a GT veteran having ridden 13 GT’s in his 11 years pro with Bike Exchange-Jayco, but ironically this is his first Vuelta. And finally, I wanted to hear from a newbie to grand tours, Luke Plapp. He’s current Australian Road Champion, 21 years of age and in his first year pro with Ineos Grenadiers, how is he finding the step into 21 day stage racing? I tell you it was a laugh to hear their brutal honesty, especially being 2 weeks in and so close to the finish line. Jump back into the world tour peloton with me for the last week of grand tour racing this season, I hope you enjoy the insight. Stay tuned next week as I take Talking Luft on race with the pros at the Vuelta. Cheers, Mitch Photo: Chris Auld 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 . . . 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. . . . Merch Talking Luft and Official LITP casquettes are back in stock. Shop now! Shop LITP casual Merch anytime online at our store. From casual caps to mugs, embroidered tees, logo tees, sweaters and much more.. 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

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0:00.0	Goody,. I'm Mitch Stocker, and I've got a special episode for you this week. This is the Vowelter episode. The Vuelta of Spaniard. My favorite grand tour, actually arguably my second favorite race, of course after Paray Roubaix.
0:42.3	I've recently gone back and had a look at my stats. I don't know why I was doing that, but you know how you go on the internet.
0:48.3	And I found out that I rode Paribriubay 11 times. That was the race that I raced the most in throughout my career. I'm
0:56.4	happy about that because I love that race. I actually raced the Vuelta Spanian seven times as well.
1:01.7	So up there, I couldn't believe it. I was like seven times. That's a lot, but I enjoyed it.
1:07.3	It's on at the moment and what I want to do was take you behind the scenes a little bit about
1:12.8	the Voilter but also a little bit about Grand Tours.
1:15.6	Now I've got a cool little crew for you to speak to.
1:19.2	I spoke with Neo Pro Luke Plap.
1:22.6	He's from Inos Grenadiers, 21 years old, he's Australian champ, he hails from the Brunswick Cycling Club, my club here in Melbourne.
1:31.3	And I want to hear his opinion about it.
1:33.3	I want to hear what it's like for a Neo.
1:35.3	What does it feel like to do a grand tour?
1:38.3	I've actually forgotten what it feels like way back to do my first grand tour.
1:42.3	And I want to feel what it's like because you build it up
1:45.5	he's in the third week is he anxious is he tired I know he's tired but what's he feeling so
1:51.2	it was really good to chat to him I spoke also with Darrell Limpi on the other end of the spectrum
1:56.3	he's with Israel Premier Tech he's 37 years old 15th year as a professional he a South African. A good friend of mine from when I raced in the Peloton. It was good to hear his view on it all. Back in the Grand Tours, what's it? Because he's an old pro. He's probably not going to be as excited, of course, as Luke Plath. I spoke to, yes course our favorite Luke Durbridge 31 years old he's in
2:20.3	his 11th year as a pro he's done 13 grand tours he's on bike exchange jaco it was good to hear his
2:26.6	view on the Vuelta his first time doing the Vuelta he's ridden the Tour de France and the
2:32.5	giro numerous times but he's first time in the Vuelta. And I was like, mate, welcome. This is a tough one. What do you think? So we hear what he has to say. But then I spoke to Fred Wright. He's on Bahrain, Victoria's 23 years old, third year as a pro. He's in his fourth grand tour. Second time he's done the Vuelta,
2:51.3	but if you haven't seen already, he is on absolute fire this season. Well, the second half
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