S13 Ep140: The Call of Kigali
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Remco Evenepoel‘s trouncing of Tadej Pogačar in the men‘s TT last Sunday confounded some tipsters but not the form book in that discipline. It‘ll be Pogačar, not Remco, defending his world title on Sunday - but did the former‘s performance on Sunday suggest his road race crown is there for the taking?
We discuss this, hear from one Slovenian on the ground in Kigali and ponder the curious, in fact downright mysterious case of Nauru‘s single entrant on the provisional startlist.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the cycling podcast, proudly supported by Lloyds. |
| 0:07.5 | The eyes of the cycling world are on Kigali, which is hosting the UCI Road World Championships |
| 0:12.8 | this week. The Great Britain team competing in Rwanda is sponsored by Lloyds, and that's part |
| 0:18.6 | of a multi-year partnership between Lloyds and British cycling, |
| 0:22.2 | supporting the national team riders as they head towards the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in |
| 0:26.8 | 2008. |
| 0:28.4 | It's been a great week in the time trial events with Team GB's Zoe Baxter winning the women's |
| 0:33.6 | under 23 time trial title, taking home the rainbow jersey and gold medal and following up her world |
| 0:39.4 | title wins at junior level three years ago that was one of a number of top 10 finishes for team |
| 0:44.9 | gb riders because milly cousins was sixth in the event that bax did one and callum thornylake was fifth |
| 0:50.6 | in the men's under 23 time trial at At junior level, the next generation of riders |
| 0:55.8 | showed that they're making great strides because there was a fifth place for Max Hines in the |
| 1:00.0 | men's time trial and a fifth place for Erin Boothman in the women's race with Abigail Miller |
| 1:05.0 | also finishing in eighth place. At elite level, Anna Henderson was eighth for Team GB, and all of those Team |
| 1:11.5 | GB riders are wearing the national colours red, white and blue, with the famous Lloyd's horse |
| 1:16.8 | logo on the front, because Lloyd's is there at every stage. Now it's on with this week's |
| 1:22.5 | episode. You are listening to the cycling podcast. |
| 1:39.9 | Hello and joining you on September 24th and wishing future 15-time Tour de France champion Paul Sexas. A happy 19th birthday. My name is Daniel Freiber. I'm the host of this episode of the |
| 1:44.4 | cycling podcast, in which we will mainly be discussing the cycling world championships in Rwanda, |
| 1:50.2 | and particularly the men's road race on Sunday. Incidentally, in case anyone was wondering, |
| 1:54.9 | on the day when the Messiah Sexas emerged into the world, Paola Bettini won the first of |
| 2:00.4 | his two rainbow jerseys in Salzburg, |
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