S13 Ep7: KM0: Never Mind The Balearics – Trofeo Serra Tramuntana

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In this third part of our series from the Challenge Mallorca, Lionel Birnie heads to the Col de Sóller to watch the race, then returns to catch up with Rob Hatch. They discuss the greatest grand tour rider Mallorca has produced and look ahead to the final two events in the series.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Nevermind the Ballyericks. This is the cycling podcast, a five-part
0:05.1	Kilometer Zero series by me, Lionel Bernie, coming to you from the Challenge Mallorca, and proudly
0:10.8	supported by our title sponsors Sports Tours International. With Sports Tours International, you can get a place
0:17.2	in the sold-out Mallorca 312 closedroads Sportive in late April. Prices start from
0:23.4	£5.85 per person and include a place in the event and accommodation right near the start
0:29.0	finish line, so there's no long transfers before or afterwards. Go to sportstoursinternational.com
0:35.3	dot UK for details. Before we know it the spring classics will be here
0:39.1	and perhaps you've always dreamed of watching the great cobbled classics, either the Tour
0:43.9	Flanders or Paribé, and perhaps riding the sportives too. Now I've been going to these races for
0:50.0	the past 25 years and even with all of that experience and a press accreditation sticker
0:54.9	on my car, it can be tricky to get the most out of the day. So why not let Sports Tours International
1:00.6	take you right to the heart of the action with their range of Tour of Flanders and Pari
1:05.1	Roubaix packages? Depending on the package you choose, you could see the Tour of Flanders three
1:09.8	times on the Alder Quarlemont or upgrade to the VIP experience right on the package you choose, you could see the Tour of Flanders three times on the Alder Coeurment or upgrade to the VIP experience right on the finish line.
1:15.5	At Pari Roubaix, mingle with the riders at the starting Compienne and be in the Rubei Velodrome in good time to watch the race from the VIP area in the famous stadium, making the hell of the north a luxury day out.
1:28.4	With Sports Tours International, you'll have a weekend you'll never forget.
1:32.0	Go to sportstorsinternational.com.uk.
1:34.8	Now on with the show. It's Friday morning in Mayorkca and the weather has turned unfortunately.
2:02.6	Gloriously bright and sunny and reasonably warm, certainly for late January anyway the last few days.
2:09.6	It's really dipped the temperature at least 10 degrees lower today and it's rainy.
2:15.6	But I'm not going to change my plan which is to go to the
2:18.5	Calder Soyer and watch the race go past there's now only 27 riders standing who
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