S13 Ep143: Out of Africa
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
We also solve the mystery of Nauru’s first ever World Championship entrant - who didn’t make it to the start-line. In addition, we pay tribute to two influential figures in the cycling media who have passed away in recent days, and look forward to the European Championship road race at the weekend.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the cycling podcast proudly supported by Lloyds. |
| 0:05.8 | Lloyd supports British cycling, a multi-year partnership deal with the British National Federation |
| 0:11.8 | means that Lloyd sponsors Team GB when competing at world championship level, as they did last week and in the European Championships. |
| 0:20.6 | This week, Lloyd's has also got the whole of British cycling cover. championship level as they did last week and in the European Championships this week. |
| 0:21.7 | Lloyd's has also got the whole of British cycling covered, whether it's on the road, |
| 0:26.5 | on the track or off road. |
| 0:28.1 | And the cycler cross season starts very soon. |
| 0:33.0 | The Lloyd's National Trophy series begins this weekend. |
| 0:36.6 | In fact, with the opening round in Derby over October |
| 0:40.3 | the 4th and 5th. |
| 0:41.6 | You can go and watch some of the best cyclocross riders in the country racing at the Lloyd's |
| 0:46.2 | National Trophy Series. |
| 0:47.3 | A long-running winter series of cyclocross events. |
| 0:51.0 | There are rounds through October, November, December and January before the Lloyd's National Championship Cyclercross in South Shields on January the 10th and 11th. |
| 1:00.6 | If that's all a bit cold and wet and windy and chilly for you, what about indoor cycling at the track? |
| 1:07.8 | The Lloyd's National Track series starts in Derby as well on October the 19th |
| 1:12.4 | and there are subsequent rounds in Newport, Manchester and Glasgow before the National |
| 1:17.0 | Track Championships sponsored by Lloyds which will be held in February. Lloyd's there at every |
| 1:23.3 | stage. Now though it's on with this week's episode of the cycling podcast. |
| 1:36.1 | You are listening to the cycling podcast. Hello and joining you after a weekend when Tadei Pogatcha Vide for headlines with the European Rider Cup team. |
| 1:50.5 | And maybe, maybe the only man who could have beaten Pog in Kigali was beating a famous American at Bethpage Black. |
| 1:56.9 | I'm talking about Matthew Van der Poole and Michael Phelps. |
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