S13 Ep124: Stage 11 | Bilbao - Bilbao | Vuelta a España
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the cycling podcast coverage of the 2025 Welter A Espania, proudly supported by Lloyds. |
| 0:10.1 | This is the 10th consecutive year that we've covered the Welter A Hispania with daily episodes recorded on the ground at the Spanish Grand Tour. |
| 0:18.5 | But it's the first time we've been in a position to produce daily episodes of the Lloyd's Tour of Britain Men, |
| 0:24.2 | the national tour of course, |
| 0:25.9 | and that is thanks to sponsorship from Lloyd's. |
| 0:29.3 | Lloyd's is now well into the second year |
| 0:31.1 | of a multi-year sponsorship deal |
| 0:33.0 | to support bike racing across Britain |
| 0:35.3 | through its partnership with British cycling. |
| 0:41.1 | That's on the road and track as well as mountain biking and BMX. |
| 0:45.7 | Title sponsorship of the Lloyd's Tour of Britain races for both men and women, |
| 0:48.1 | which are the country's flagship stage races, |
| 0:52.3 | is at the top of a pyramid that extends right down to grassroots level. |
| 0:55.1 | Lloyds also sponsors the Great Britain cycling team as they make their way towards the 2028 Olympics, |
| 0:58.2 | as well as the national championships |
| 0:59.7 | and national series races across a range of disciplines. |
| 1:03.4 | Tune in to our second stage coverage |
| 1:05.1 | of the Lloyd's Tour of Britain on Thursday morning, |
| 1:07.5 | but before all that, it's time to join Daniel over in Spain. |
| 1:20.7 | Music Thursday morning. But before all that, it's time to join Daniel over in Spain. You are listening to the cycling podcast at the 2025 Vuelta Espaan, |
| 1:26.1 | celebrating 10 years of the cycling podcast on the ground every day at the Grand Tours. |
| 1:36.3 | Larry Wobas, Arrasal-Leon, which I believe means good evening in Basque. |
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