S13 Ep122: Stage 9 | Alfaro > Estación de esquí de Valdezcaray | Vuelta a España 2025
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the cycling podcast coverage of the 2025 Welter at Espania brought to you in association with Lloyds. |
| 0:10.0 | While the Welter is now in full swing, the Lloyd's Tour of Britain is preparing to get underway, with the opening stage taking place on Tuesday. |
| 0:18.0 | And a week today, the race will finish in Cardiff and what a day it promises |
| 0:22.8 | to be, because it's set to mark a momentous day in British cycling history as the last |
| 0:28.1 | professional road race of Geraint Thomas's long career. The 2018 Tour de France champion multiple |
| 0:33.8 | Olympic and World Championship gold medalist is set to finish his career in his home |
| 0:38.6 | city as the Lloyd's tour of Britain concludes in the Welsh capital. The crowds will be huge and |
| 0:44.1 | emotions will be running high as Geraint bows out after 19 seasons as a professional. But who will |
| 0:50.2 | pull on the final Lloyd's green jersey as the overall winner. We'll find out in a week's time |
| 0:55.5 | and you can follow the action on the cycling podcast next week. Lloyd's proud partners of British |
| 1:01.1 | cycling and the Lloyd's Tour of Britain. Now though it's over to Daniel in Spain. You are listening to the cycling podcast at the 2025 Volta |
| 1:18.6 | Spain, celebrating 10 years of the cycling podcast on the ground every day at the Grand Tour. |
| 1:30.3 | Well, he said, he told me to grow some balls. |
| 1:36.3 | But if he rides a bit slower, I'll give him some more ten. |
| 1:40.3 | Welles a bit, Benvenido, Brian Naguars. Much thanks, Daniel. |
| 1:46.0 | Excellent, good to have you on board, Brian. |
| 1:48.0 | Pelachi has departed, of course. |
| 1:50.0 | We heard his farewells last night. |
| 1:52.0 | Brian, before the listeners heard my voice or they heard your voice this evening, |
| 1:58.0 | they heard Tom Pitcock's voice and he was relaying. |
| 2:00.0 | It's all getting very complicated and convoluting voice and he was relaying, it's all getting |
| 2:00.9 | very complicated and convoluted. Now he was relaying what Jual Almeida had said to him. |
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