S12 Ep77: Don't Call It A Comeback
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
For our mini feature, we use the anticipated return of Anna van der Breggen to the women’s peloton as a springboard to find out what it takes to retire from racing and come back. Rose speaks to Ruth Edwards née Winder who retired in the same year as Van der Breggen only to return this season in flying form, already claiming a title in Thüringen and two podium finishes at the Giro.
Edwards’ breakthrough wasn’t the only story of the race as the second Grand Tour of the women’s calendar proved to be every bit as thrilling and hard-fought as it had promised. We witnessed the birth of a new rivalry between eventual winner Elisa Longo Borghini and all-round superstar Lotte Kopecky who trailed the Italian by only one second going into the final day. There was plenty of interest elsewhere as well with seven different teams sharing the stage victories at the race and the emergence of some new names to the roll of honour.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the cycling podcast feminine. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm sure most listeners to this podcast have probably been very fixated in what's going on in France |
| 0:32.0 | but here on the cycling podcast |
| 0:33.0 | feminine we are going to drag you back over the Alps into Italy to talk about the |
| 0:38.2 | Diro d'Talia women and if you like your races decided by tiny, like literally the smallest margin you could think of |
| 0:46.4 | literally one second in places, then this is the race that you're going to like, more than |
| 0:52.4 | that Tour de France, rubbish for sure. |
| 0:55.7 | And discussing that with me, well, I've got my two lovely co-hosts. |
| 0:59.8 | Between them they have two Olympic goals, five World Championship titles and undernines player of the |
| 1:09.2 | tournament for the Roffi Robbins at the Roffi Robbins I'll let the listeners decide who they think which |
| 1:15.2 | accolade belongs to but joining me Denny Gray in a lovely yellow well it's actually more tour getting into tour to France spirit |
| 1:25.1 | yellow, lovely mustard shirt yellow shoes obviously getting ready for the Tour de France |
| 1:29.7 | fan and nothing to do with what else is going on in France at the moment. |
| 1:33.6 | You wouldn't know anything about that at all and Joe Roussel X pro and you know to be |
| 1:40.0 | honest not a play of the tournament for the robbery |
| 1:43.5 | Robbins no I haven't got that one |
| 1:45.3 | unfortunately I'm sorry about that I know you're probably sing the |
| 1:48.6 | thinking why did she mention that the one thing that's almost heartbreaking to |
| 1:52.3 | even mention but Joe thank you for joining us thank you for having me that's almost heartbreaking to even |
| 1:52.5 | mentioned. |
| 1:53.5 | But Joe, thank you for joining us. |
| 1:54.5 | First time on the podcast. |
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