S13 Ep26: Old Pog, New Tricks
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
We revisit some of the big talking points after the Ronde van Vlaanderen at the weekend, including Mathieu van der Poel’s disrupted preparation and what the result means for Eddy Merckx-Tadej Pogačar comparisons.
Of course on Sunday Pogačar could achieve a feat that no one since Merckx has managed – winning Paris-Roubaix as the reigning Tour de France champion. Can he do it? And if not, could the subject of another Coorevits Corner this week, Belgian sweetheart Wout Van Aert, be the man to thwart him?
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the cycling podcast, proudly supported by Laca. |
| 0:06.8 | Laca is the headline sponsor of our Spring Monuments coverage from Milan-San-Ramo to Lége-Baston-Leage, |
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| 0:29.1 | sum. Instead, they calculate your monthly contributions up to a maximum capped amount based on the |
| 0:35.3 | collective's claims. Fewer claims mean you pay less, simple as that. |
| 0:40.2 | Plus there's no depreciation or excess when claiming for your bike or gear, just expert back |
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| 1:51.9 | Now it's on with the show. |
| 1:55.5 | You are listening to the cycling podcast. |
| 2:07.6 | Yeah. to the cycling podcast. Hello and joining you on April the 10th, 2025, in a week when Taday Pogachar put his name |
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