S13 Ep138: Stage 21 | Alalpardo > Madrid | Vuelta a España
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2025
⏱️ 94 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the cycling podcast at the 2025 Welter A Espania, proudly supported by Lloyds. |
| 0:08.0 | The Vuelta has reached its final stage and we've been able to cover the race with daily episodes |
| 0:13.1 | over the past three weeks, all recorded on location in Spain thanks to support from Lloyds. |
| 0:19.1 | Lloyds are major partners of British cycling, a relationship that |
| 0:22.5 | began last year and will continue over the coming seasons, with Lloyd's sponsoring the Great Britain |
| 0:27.7 | cycling team, the Lloyd's Tour of Britain Stage Races for men and women, and the Lloyd's |
| 0:32.3 | National Championship and National Series events across a range of cycling disciplines. By supporting cycling, Lloyds wants |
| 0:40.0 | to inspire people of all ages to get into the sport, either at a competitive level or simply for |
| 0:45.8 | the fun and enjoyment of exploring your local area on two wheels. We're very grateful to Lloyds for |
| 0:51.8 | their sponsorship of the cycling podcast over the past three weeks. |
| 0:55.4 | It's enabled us to cover the Vuelta and also the Lloyd's Tour of Britain simultaneously for the first time. |
| 1:01.2 | Their support will continue for a few more weeks yet, but now it's time to find out what's happened in the Spanish capital on the final day of the Vuelter. |
| 1:08.9 | So let's join Daniel over there in Spain. |
| 1:18.7 | You are listening to the cycling podcast at the 2025 Vuelta-Espania, celebrating 10 years of the |
| 1:25.8 | cycling podcast on the ground every day at the Grand Tours. |
| 1:30.3 | Well Danny, we just left the press room because, well, it became clear that this race was not going to go ahead as, I guess, the organizers hope. |
| 1:42.3 | And we all hoped, really. We hope we wouldn't have any disruption today and we've seen the protests getting |
| 1:47.2 | out of control on television where are we now just to explain describe the scene |
| 1:50.8 | to listen to Stanley yeah we're here at Plaza de Neptuno which is so close to |
| 1:55.1 | Plaza de Civelles the last finish is the last finish of the of the World that |
| 2:00.4 | this year as his guest traditional the last years |
| 2:03.6 | and we're just getting the police telling us to move right now as all the protesters are coming |
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