S13 Ep144: Seixas And We Know It
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie are joined by the voice of Radio Tour, Seb Piquet, to analyse Pog’s latest masterclass and what’s next for Seixas. Before all of that, we also catch up on other news from the last week in pro cycling, including Cian Uijtdebroeks’ surprise transfer to Movistar, Alexander Kristoff’s unhappy farewell and the likely demise of the Arkéa team.
OUR SPONSORS, LLOYDS
The Cycling Podcast is proudly supported by Lloyds. Last year, Lloyds began a multi-year partnership with British Cycling, which includes becoming title sponsors of the Lloyds Tour of Britain races for men and women. Lloyds also sponsors the Great Britain team and National Championships across a range of disciplines – road racing, track cycling, mountain biking, BMX and cyclo-cross. Thanks to sponsorship from Lloyds, The Cycling Podcast covered the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men with daily episodes for the first time.
EPISODE SPONSOR
Indeed
If you are looking to hire someone for your company, maybe the best way isn’t to search for a candidate but to match with Indeed. Go to indeed.com/cycle now to get a £100 sponsored job credit and get matched with the perfect candidate fast.
Follow us on social media:
Twitter @cycling_podcast
Instagram @thecyclingpodcast
Friends of the Podcast
Sign up as a Friend of the Podcast at thecyclingpodcast.com to listen to new special episodes every month plus a back catalogue of more than 300 exclusive episodes.
The 11.01 Cappuccino
Our regular email newsletter is now on Substack. Subscribe here for frothy, full-fat updates to enjoy any time (as long as it’s after 11am).
The Cannibal & Badger
Friends of the Podcast can join the discussion at our new virtual pub, The Cannibal & Badger. A friendly forum to talk about cycling and the podcast. Log in to your Friends of the Podcast account to join in.
The Cycling Podcast is on Strava
The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Cycling Podcast, proudly supported by Lloyds. |
| 0:04.5 | In 2024, Lloyds began a partnership with British cycling, supporting the sport in the UK from grassroots level, right up to the elite athletes who pull on the national team jersey at World Championship and Olympic level. |
| 0:18.5 | Lloyds is also a sponsor of national series and national championship races across a number of cycling disciplines. Road racing, of course, but also track cycling, BMX, mountain biking and cyclacross. And Lloyd's is the title sponsors of the biggest stage races in the country. The Lloyd's Tour of Britain for men and for women, |
| 0:38.9 | and those races will be back on the calendar next summer. By supporting cycling, Lloyds wants |
| 0:43.9 | to inspire people of all ages to get into the sport, either at a competitive level or simply |
| 0:48.8 | for the fun and enjoyment of exploring your local area on two wheels. Over the past two months, |
| 0:57.2 | we've been supported and sponsored by Lloyds as well. |
| 1:01.7 | And everyone here at the cycling podcast is very grateful to them for that support. |
| 1:05.4 | Throughout our coverage of the Vuelta A.Spania and World Championships, |
| 1:12.3 | but also enabling us to cover the Lloyd's Tour of Britain with reports recorded on the ground for the first time. |
| 1:14.4 | So a big thank you to Lloyds for their support of the cycling podcast over the couple of months. |
| 1:17.2 | You can find out more about Lloyd's partnership |
| 1:18.7 | with British cycling at the British cycling website. |
| 1:21.6 | Lloyd's, there at every stage. |
| 1:23.8 | Now on with the show. |
| 1:27.6 | You are listening to the cycling podcast. |
| 1:50.0 | Hello and joining you on October the 7th after a weekend when future 17-time tour champion Paul Sexas only finished third in the European Road Race Championships, which |
| 1:55.0 | is actually fine because as one sharp-eyed tweeter pointed out afterwards, using the currency |
| 1:59.8 | conversion commonly applied in |
| 2:01.3 | France in recent seasons. Podian place is a victory. Top 10 equates to a podium place and anyone who |
| 2:06.2 | isn't French must be cheating anyway. My name is Daniel Freeman and I am one of the hosts this |
| 2:11.2 | episode of the cycling podcast in which we will discuss a certain new French phenom sexy ass, the latest poxineration. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Cycling Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Cycling Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.