S12 Ep121: Rewriting The Rulebook
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
The build-up to the rainbow jersey showdown had been soured by the news of Swiss rider Muriel Furrer’s death after her crash in the junior women’s road race on Thursday. We start by paying tribute to Furrer and imagining what could be some of the learnings from the tragedy.
We then dissect Tadej Pogačar latest, superlative-defying performance on Sunday, examine some of those no-longer outlandish comparisons with Eddy Merckx and ponder what may be Pog’s next major goals.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the cycling |
| 0:27.7 | podcast and I'm going to dispense with the usual frivolities immediately today |
| 0:31.6 | to say this episode like the race I'm mainly going to |
| 0:34.6 | be discussing with our guest the men's world championship road race was and indeed |
| 0:39.9 | will continue to be overshadowed by the tragedy that occurred four days earlier, also at the |
| 0:44.7 | worlds in Zurich. |
| 0:46.2 | Swiss junior rider Muriel Fuhel was 18 years old. |
| 0:49.6 | On Thursday she was riding what she had referred to as her home worlds, perfectly accurately for the race route passed within a few |
| 0:56.7 | kilometers of her front door in Egg. |
| 0:59.0 | Indeed, shockingly, the sight of the crash that cost Muriel her life was 8 kilometers from her parents home. |
| 1:05.0 | We'll touch on some of the issues and questions arising from the tragedy in a few minutes, |
| 1:09.0 | but before we did anything else today, I just wanted to set out that our thoughts and deepest sympathies this weekend lay with Muriel's family, friends, teammates and everyone who knew her. |
| 1:19.3 | I guess who I just mentioned both in their own ways participated in the world championships |
| 1:26.4 | this weekend I'm joined firstly by Larry Warbus who was representing the |
| 1:31.8 | United States at the weekend Larry. |
| 1:33.9 | Hello? Hey good to be here. And Rob Hatch. Hello Daniel. |
| 1:38.2 | Who was commenting on the race for Euro sport. Now chaps we are going to be talking about a |
| 1:44.8 | memorable fantastic elite men's road race primarily today but as I just said |
| 1:50.2 | we're going to start with the events or the event that |
| 1:54.8 | unfortunately overshadowed proceedings over the weekend Muriel Furra's |
| 1:58.9 | tragic death resulting from a crash in the women's junior race that was on Thursday. |
| 2:05.3 | We unfortunately got the news of her passing on Friday and well it does obviously throw up questions and reasons to reflect chaps. |
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