S11 Ep1: Flaming Bora

The Cycling Podcast

Sports News, Sports, News

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

After our Big Predictions Pod last week, in this episode The Cycling Podcast continues to gaze into the crystal ball by taking a close look at a team that, we suspect, will continue to soar in 2023. That team is Bora-Hansgrohe, and one of the main brains behind their change of focus in recent months is head sports director Rolf Aldag, who joins Daniel Friebe for an in-depth conversation about the new, post-marginal gains age in professional cycling, how Bora-Hansgrohe are attacking it and some of the stars who could glitter in green and black in 2023.

Before that, Daniel reviews the week’s news with ace Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch, and we also cross to Scandinavia to hear how Uno-X’s invitation to the Tour de France has been celebrated there.

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0:00.0	The Cycling Podcast, powered by SuperSapiens. Energy management for committed athletes and coaches.
0:18.0	Hello, joined you from Berlin, where the city is just about stirring from its new year hangover and healing from its annual self-inflicted firework armageddon on that particular date.
0:38.0	The police in the fire brigade were called out 3,940 times on Saturday night. My name is Daniel Frieber, I'm the host of this episode of the Cycling Podcast, which will hopefully be a bangout without requiring the intervention of the emergency services.
0:53.0	I suggested that some post-festive normality has returned to Berlin and will slowly return to the Cycling Podcast in the next few weeks as the season cranks up.
1:02.0	For now, we're going to ease ourselves into the season and into preview mode. We'll do that today by taking an in-depth look at what is our early tip for the team of the year in 2023.
1:15.0	Just to say, Borough Hanskler, the Crown Jumbo Visma of 2022, just a couple of weeks ago. We had an interview, a long interview, in fact, with their team boss Richard Pluggert.
1:26.0	Well, today, after the formalities of the news roundup and a bit of chit chat with the guest, I'll introduce it in a minute. We'll have an in-depth interview with one of the key men at Borough, that is their head sports director, Ralph Alder.
1:40.0	But first, two of our first guests, I believe he's joining me from Hihon in Asturias, whereas in the rest of Spain tomorrow, that is January the 6th.
1:49.0	They'll be celebrating the date of the three kings, or Lecerace Magos, best known for his work on bike races with Eurosport.
1:55.0	On almost any day of the season, this king of commentary comes bearing his gold, his frankness, and his mirth, he comes not from the Orient, but Blackburn in the northwest of England.
2:08.0	Over more and mountain, the West Penheim Wars, that is, following Yonder Stars, I, the stars of the pro peloton, is the voice of cycling, it's Robert Hatch.
2:20.0	Robert Hatch.
2:22.0	Akron to Montserwer with you, though. Akron to Montserwer with you.
2:25.0	Are you born in Akron to not Blackburn?
2:27.0	Born in Akron to yes, but Blackburn.
2:29.0	You support Blackburn.
2:30.0	You like that one, Slip.
2:32.0	Robert, tell us about the three kings.
2:34.0	Why is the three kings such a big deal in Spain? Is it a bigger deal than Christmas itself?
2:38.0	It's a really difficult one, this has caused arguments in families, it's actually caused a big argument in the last week in my partner's family actuas.
2:46.0	My partner sister would rather be more traditional and celebrate the three kings.
2:50.0	Where's the merrier?
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