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S13 Ep131: The Rumble On The Tumble | Stage 5 | Lloyds Tour of Britain 2025

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The Cycling Podcast

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4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Join Graham Willgoss and Lionel Birnie for daily coverage of the Lloyds Tour of Britain for the first time. The race begins with two stages in Suffolk before it heads west via Buckinghamshire and Warwickshire to Cardiff, where it will mark the final chapter in the glorious career of Geraint Thomas. Our coverage features race analysis, interviews and more from the UK's home tour, with on-the-ground coverage from Stage 3 through to the finish.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the cycling podcast of the 2025 Lloyd's Tour of Britain, proudly supported by Lloyds.

0:07.4

All this week, we've been covering the world's best riders competing in two major races.

0:11.8

Of Welter, our Spagna, the third grand tour of the summer, of course, and the Lloyd's Tour of Britain,

0:16.8

as it's made its way from the east of England over to Wales. And that's where we're coming to you

0:20.6

from tonight. We are in Cardiff, and it's the race that from the east of England over to Wales. And that's where we're coming to you from tonight.

0:22.1

We are in Cardiff, and it's the race that marks the end of Geraint Thomas' glorious career,

0:27.7

during which he won the Tour de France for Team Sky and Olympic and World titles for Great Britain.

0:32.5

In fact, at the very beginning of his career, he rode Britain's national tour for the Great Britain team.

0:38.2

And Lloyd's is supporting British cycling from the very top to the sports grassroots,

0:42.4

which includes title sponsorship of the Lloyd's Tour of Britain races for both men and women,

0:46.9

and the Great Britain national team across a range of disciplines.

0:50.8

Through its partnership with British cycling,

0:52.7

Lloyds want to inspire the next generation of national heroes and discover the Geraint Thomas of the future.

0:59.5

There's a team of young British riders representing Great Britain racing in the Lloyd's Tour of Britain this week,

1:04.4

and perhaps there's been a superstar of the future out on the roadside watching the race who's been inspired by the riders they've seen.

1:11.8

The cycling podcast has all the racing covered thanks to sponsorship from Lloyd's.

1:16.1

Now though, let's get on with our report of Stage 5.

1:20.5

Lloyd's, they're at every stage.

1:26.2

You are listening to The Cycling Podcasts.

1:41.3

Welcome to the Cycling Podcasts.

1:42.3

Welcome to The Cycling Podcasts,

1:43.3

The Lloyd's Tour of Britain with me, Graham Will Goss,

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