S13 Ep128: Stage 13 | Cabezón de la Sal - L'Angliru | Vuelta a España
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the cycling podcast coverage of the 2025 Welter-Ais spagna, proudly presented by Lloyds. |
| 0:07.0 | Over the past 18 months or so, Lloyds has developed a deep relationship with British cycling, |
| 0:12.0 | sponsoring the two national stage races, the Lloyd's Tour of Britain Races for men and women, |
| 0:17.0 | as well as the Great Britain national teams and the national championships and |
| 0:21.6 | national series events across a number of cycling disciplines, including road racing, track |
| 0:25.9 | cycling, mountain biking and BMX. And over the coming years, Lloyd's wants to strengthen |
| 0:30.8 | that partnership, encouraging people of all ages to get on their bikes to experience the joy |
| 0:35.7 | of exploring the world on two wheels. |
| 0:42.3 | Through Lloyd's sponsorship of the best races and riders the country has to offer, |
| 0:49.2 | they want to inspire the next generation of cyclists to take up the sport either as a leisure activity or a competitive pursuit. |
| 0:54.1 | And it's thanks to Lloyds that the cycling podcast is able to cover not only the Vuelta, |
| 0:57.6 | but the Lloyd's Tour of Britain with daily episodes this week. |
| 1:02.1 | From the Anglaryoo in northern Spain to Burton Dacet in the centre of England, |
| 1:04.3 | we've got cycling covered thanks to Lloyds. |
| 1:06.5 | Lloyds, they're at every stage. |
| 1:17.1 | Now it's time to go over to Daniel in Spain. You are listening to the cycling podcast at the 2025 Woltta Espaan, |
| 1:22.6 | celebrating 10 years of the cycling podcast on the ground every day at the Grand Tours. |
| 1:32.2 | It's really, yeah, the gradients are really, it's really crazy. |
| 1:36.8 | And it seems like it would never stop. |
| 1:39.9 | It was the longest, five kilometers in my life, I think. |
| 1:43.8 | Yeah. Pure hell. |
| 1:45.0 | The last 5K are like just unfinishable, like just pure gradient and yeah, I think it's the hardest climb I ever. |
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