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Spin Cycle

Return of the Schlecks

Spin Cycle

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4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show: Tadej Pogacar says he could win all three Grand Tours in one season, the Schleck brothers are back, and Geraint Thomas knows nothing, or so he says. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to SpinCycle, everybody.

0:08.5

I'm Kaylee Fretz.

0:09.5

Today on the show, Tadipagacha says he could win all three grand tours in one season.

0:15.7

The Schleck brothers last from the past are back.

0:20.2

Garant Thomas says he knows nothing. Let's get to it.

0:27.6

Welcome to the show Johnny Long. How are you this morning?

0:32.6

Yeah, right? Considering. Yeah. All things considered. This is the last show before we head off on the holidays. We're going to try to make it a good one. Dan Cash, welcome to show. Hey, Kelly. Kat's Cradle. Yeah. Kurt Vonnegut book. I'm not sure I've worn this shirt on our video. Uh-oh, he's a reader. He's a reader. Yeah. Indeed. I feel like Dane's T-shirt game is exceptional.

0:57.8

It is.

0:58.3

Thanks, Kelly.

0:59.1

Yeah.

0:59.8

Is this purchased over years of vintage shopping?

1:03.6

I think my mom got me one when I was 17 or 18, like with a book on it.

1:07.7

And then that's kind of just all I bought ever since then.

1:10.5

My wife buys them.

1:11.8

They become cycling rags when they turn into, when they like too ratty to wear anymore, I still use them.

1:17.9

Yeah. I appreciate it. Should we get into bike racing? Probably. Should we get into what Tade Pagaccha says about all three grand tours?

1:26.7

I'd like to point out that in our run sheet, I was

1:29.3

reading the run sheet and I found the text for this little nugget in the run sheet very

1:33.8

familiar. And then I realized it's because it was copied from the daily news item that I wrote,

1:38.7

which makes me feel good about myself. Yeah. Good enough for the spin cycle run sheet. Do you

1:43.6

want to explain what Tadipa Pogaccio said?

1:46.0

Sure. Wheeler Flitz asked him these questions. So credit to the Wheeler Flitz boys for this.

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