S10 Ep145: Blooming Belgium
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Daniel Friebe is joined by Brian Nygaard and veteran Sporza reporter and commentator, Renaat Schotte. Renaat explains why 2022 was a vintage one for Belgian cycling - and also tries, for the second time in recent years, to open Daniel's eyes to allure of cyclocross. We also hear from UAE Team Emirates' latest and most improbable signing of the autumn.
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| 0:00.0 | The Cycling Podcast, Howard by SuperSapiens. |
| 0:06.0 | Energy management for committed athletes and coaches. |
| 0:12.0 | Hello, joining you extremely early on this Wednesday morning, a graveyard slot in what |
| 0:26.4 | is a bit of a graveyard period for professional cycling, but we'll find a few things to talk |
| 0:30.0 | about nonetheless. |
| 0:31.0 | My name's Daniel Frieber. |
| 0:32.0 | I am in London this week and I am the host of this episode of the Cycling Podcast. |
| 0:36.8 | Joining me this week, we have one regular on our motley carousel of friends, experts and |
| 0:42.0 | agile and provocateurs. |
| 0:43.0 | And we have someone else who has been on before, but not for quite a while. |
| 0:47.5 | So without further delay, let's introduce them, try not to use up too much of our allocated |
| 0:52.2 | hour doing so. |
| 0:54.0 | Joining me first from Pietro Santa in Tusconese Townown for its marble, but this man proved |
| 0:58.8 | that he has a heart of stone this week by insinuating on social media that Jonas Vingelgo |
| 1:04.0 | are winning the inaugural Singapore Criterium ahead of criteria. |
| 1:07.6 | Head of Chris Frim wasn't one of the most thrilling, hard-fought and even poignant battles |
| 1:12.1 | of the cycling season with one tour champion overpowering four-time winner. |
| 1:16.8 | We will henceforth be calling him the Alex Jones of Cycling Punditry. |
| 1:21.2 | It is our conspiracy theorist in residence, Brian Mygod. |
| 1:25.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:26.0 | I was hoping for a ride-kine, but you know. |
| 1:28.0 | But I will get on to the Singapore Criterium which we all enjoyed. |
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