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Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Race Radio: Chaos, Crashes & Couchside Commentary – The Tour is On!

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP The Tour de France kicked off last weekend and oh boy what a race we’ve had already! There've been some amazing stage winners, some crazy crashes, and some signs that we are in for one hell of a July. I’m enjoying this year’s race purely as a fan from the comfort of my sofa. But, when it comes to fans, there’s none bigger than old mates Harry and Stu over at Life In The Peloton’s Race Radio.  These guys love it and, as always, I get to share their enthusiasm with you guys for this month’s ep. Here’s what the brilliant baldie, Harry Dowdney, had to say about this month’s episode: Le Tour is Here! The greatest on earth has kicked off with a series of great stages in the north of France. Stu and I discuss the mayhem of the crashes, marvel at the Alpecin-Deceuninck machine, and give some insights into two big name riders we've made films with recently - Jasper Philipsen and Ben O'Connor.  Then, we dial in pro cycling photographer Zac Williams for a chinwag about how his race is going so far. Allez! The Tour is The Tour - it’s as big as it gets, and there’s so much to talk about it can sometimes be hard knowing where to start when you’re trying to catch up; but the Race Radio boys do a stellar job of cutting through the noise and bringing you the insights that only they can. I love it, and I hope you do, too. The Race Radio boys will return LIVE from The Tour - recording direct from the Alps in the third week, and sticking around to bring you coverage from the roadside of the Tour de France Femmes! I can’t say I’m not a little bit jealous of them getting boots on the ground over in Europe, but I can’t wait to hear what they come up with. Cheers! Mitch ----more---- This episode is brought to you by our mates at Saily – the simple mobile app that makes managing your subscriptions dead easy. Whether it’s race passes, streaming services, or random apps you forgot you signed up for, Saily tracks it all in one place and even helps you cancel the ones you’re not using. Clean, easy, and actually kind of fun to use. Download the app and use the code PELOSURF for 15% off your next data plan — or hit https://saily.com/pelosurf to score yourself a special listener-only discount.

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0:00.0

Red lights on.

0:04.6

Here we go.

0:11.6

Let's take advantage of this.

0:17.1

I'm Mitch Stocker at this is Life in the Peloton's Race Radio.

0:22.3

Over to you.

0:23.5

Hello, wherever you are in the world.

0:25.2

We are Life in the Pelasons Race Radio, giving you a little first weekend wrap-up from the

0:31.2

greatest race on earth, the Tour de France.

0:33.0

I don't know about you, stupid.

0:34.6

Well, the best three weeks of the years.

0:36.8

For us in Europe, it's when you can just watch it all day.

0:40.2

And I guess in Australia, you'd wake up, watch it on playback, don't get spoilers.

0:43.9

Amazing. Before work, brilliant.

0:45.8

So what have you seen? What's exciting you?

0:47.7

Well, I was quite excited on stage one, Stu, because I did quite a lot of work for Canyon,

0:53.9

the bike brand not the

0:55.2

geographical feature the grand canyon I proposed that we rather than focus on

1:02.0

Machia van der Poe for our sort of tour you know pre-race campaign marketing

1:07.2

campaign do we focus on yes per Philipson because well the man's on night tour de France stages. He doesn't have the greatest reputation, though. The one for his sprinting and also for his portrayal in the Netflix. And everything that I've heard about, Jasper, from people that work at Cannon and Alpsons, that he's quite a nice guy. So I propose that go over and film with him.

1:28.3

And he actually invited us.

1:29.3

So he and his partner, they own an apartment in Tenerife.

1:34.3

I was up on Mount Tide up at Altu.

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