S12 Ep135: Quizmas Crackers
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
First up, Rose Manley, Denny Gray and Rebecca Charlton pull out their favourite moments from an exhilarating and sometimes contentious year of cycling. The hosts are spoilt for choice in a season which saw the closest ever finish to a Tour de France, an Olympic road race which came down to the final kilometre and a Classics season which saw the spoils divided among comeback queens and breakthrough stars. Add to that more than a few moments of team in-fighting playing out on the road and the result is one of the best racing seasons in memory.
Then Denny and Rebecca go head-to-head as we look to crown our 2024 Christmas quiz champion. There’s a brand new round this year - the 'What’s That Sound?' round to add to returning favourites 'Blankety Crank' and 'Cryptic Criterium'. And it wouldn’t be our Christmas quiz without some squabbling, upset and a deterioration in professionalism from all involved.
Also on the agenda: Mastermind board games, the Tour de Wandsworth and a Juliette Labous cocktail.
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| 1:43.9 | music is absolutely essential |
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