S13 Ep61: Irish Legs Are Smiling
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
With a win at Vuelta a Burgos, Marlen Reusser’s ascendency continues. The Movistar rider has put a difficult 2024 behind her to become one of the very best GC stage race contenders in the world. Plus we can’t agree on whether to put Team SD Worx’s lacklustre GC stage racing campaign in Burgos and Itzulia down to overreaching team orders or plain old bad luck. And there are some new names to look out for in the peloton, with riders like Mie Bjørndal Ottestad and Celia Géry enjoying breakthrough performances.
For this month’s mini feature, we speak to two Irish riders who have joined the World Tour this season - Lara Gillespie of UAE-ADQ and Mia Griffin of Roland. The pair formed half of the quartet that made history at the Paris Olympics as Ireland’s first ever female pursuit team, a feat all the more remarkable considering the country is yet to have an indoor velodrome. We hear from both riders as they turn their attentions to the road.
Also on the agenda, week-long Nienke Vinke Fan Club celebrations, Denny’s Union Jack bowler hat and how the TCP Féminin budget REALLY gets spent.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the cycling podcast Feminna. |
| 0:25.0 | Well, hello and welcome to this episode of the cycling podcast Feminan. |
| 0:26.4 | It's our May episode. |
| 0:30.8 | We are just really squeezing into May as close as possible. |
| 0:32.8 | June really is upon us now. |
| 0:36.4 | And squeezing in with me is the lovely Denny Gray. |
| 0:37.4 | Hello, Denny. |
| 0:39.7 | Hello, Rose. Virtually squeezing in today. |
| 0:41.3 | Virtually squeezing, yes. |
| 0:42.9 | Not sitting around the cabana, are we? |
| 0:47.3 | No, I know, which is exactly where we were. Last time we were talking about the Spanish block of racing, which we'll be doing again this time. And always to be found in a cabana, |
| 0:52.9 | of course, is Rebecca Charlton. |
| 0:56.3 | Thanks for having me back. I'm also sad we're not in the cabana, but I think we'll relive it soon. |
| 1:01.1 | Yes, I hope so. And I hope everyone can hear Rebecca because there is an ominous dangling cable coming out of her microphone. |
| 1:08.9 | But we can just only presume that everyone can hear Rebecca. |
| 1:11.9 | Otherwise, it's just going to be a third of the time it's going to be quiet. |
| 1:15.7 | Might be a blessed relief. |
| 1:17.3 | I don't know. |
| 1:17.9 | Thanks for the intro rose. |
| 1:20.5 | Yeah, there is a dangling wire. |
| 1:22.7 | I don't know what it's supposed to be connected to. |
| 1:24.4 | So hopefully it's not my mic that's unplugged. |
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