S11 Ep132: Interstellar Alliance: the merger that could realign the pro cycling planets

The Cycling Podcast

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The Cycling Podcast returns this week with an in-depth look at the news story that has rocked the sport over the past few days: the revelation by Dutch website Wielerflits that the existing Jumbo-Visma and Soudal-Quick Step teams may be about to join forces.

Daniel Friebe and ace Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch hear from the journalist who broke the story, Raymond Kerchoffs, and go on to discuss both the likelihood and the implications of any such move. Does it spell the end of the road for Primož Roglič at Jumbo-Visma ad the start of a new journey for Remco Evenepoel, perhaps alongside Jonas Vingegaard? We weigh up those possibilities and various permutations.

There's the usual round-up of the week's other news, including results of last weekend's European Championships.

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0:00.0	Hello and joining you today September 27th 2023, that is 10 years exactly from the day
0:23.8	when the controversial Lance Armstrong tweeted a single word, hallelujah, in response to what I'm
0:30.0	going to ask my co-host guest in just a second. My name is Daniel Fribert and I'm the host,
0:35.2	I am the one of the hosts of this episode of the cycling podcast. In fact, I'm going to cut
0:40.2	short this intro right there and immediately put that start of a 10 to my co-host, the voice
0:45.5	of cycling from Blackburn via the Ballyarics. Rob Hatch, less he attempted to Google the answer to
0:52.4	that question, Rob in answer to what did Lance Armstrong tweet, hallelujah on September 27th 2013.
1:00.2	That he'd be looking in this direction about 10 kilometers down the coast from where I'm sat now
1:06.0	and saying, wow, the homo cycling's over there, that's Daniel Fribert. Well, we should preface
1:11.2	this, we should explain this. Lance Armstrong is on his annual jaunt to Mallorca, isn't he?
1:16.3	With the we do and your holiday to Mallorca with the Anorick and Johann Brunil,
1:22.5	among other people, and they did post an Instagram story a couple of days ago, didn't they,
1:26.8	Rob where they were, well, they were starting the called Donore, climbed a lot of listeners will
1:33.9	have done, will be familiar with, and they were sort of sweeping past our old front door in Bunyola,
1:38.9	weren't they? Absolutely were, and I'm surprised none of them stopped to give us a knock to be honest.
1:43.9	No homage from the controversial Lance Armstrong. But, Rob, answer the question, please,
1:49.0	what do you think he was tweeting that about hallelujah in 2013? He was not impersonating Jeff
1:55.3	Buckley on stars in their eyes. Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be Jeff Buckley.
1:58.8	Was not 2013, he was not, uh, exclaiming hallelujah in response to the cycling podcast launching,
2:06.1	which he did in 2013. Wasn't in response to a British player finally winning Wimbledon,
2:11.3	but that also happened in 2013. Wasn't the birth of Prince George,
2:16.4	first born of William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, what was it?
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