S13 Ep89: Supersonic Superbagnères | Stage 14 | Tour de France 2025

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🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the cycling podcast coverage of the 2025 Tour de France, brought to you in association with Wahoo Fitness.
0:08.0	Whether you're chasing a personal best on the bike or just enjoying a weekend ride,
0:12.0	Wahoo have got a bike computer for you. The new element bolt has a crisp, easy-to-read display with smart navigation,
0:19.0	and it just works. No fiddling, no fuss and it's
0:22.7	light and aero. So whether you're racing training or chasing your next personal record,
0:28.1	there is a Wahoo computer for you. After all, if it's good enough for today, Pagachar, well, it should
0:33.6	be good enough for all of us. There's also the Rome 3 and the ace depending on what kind of
0:37.8	rider you are. Also simple to use packed with features you just grab it and ride. To find out more,
0:43.6	go to WahooFitness.com. Now on with the cycling podcast. This is the cycling podcast at a
0:52.9	2025 tour de France with Lano Bernie, Graham Wilkoss and Friends,
0:57.3	brought to you in association with Wahoo.
1:00.2	Today we're in Luchon-Supert Barnier.
1:07.5	Foggy, murky, unclear at the top, entirely appropriate conditions for the summit finish at Super Banyer for an Ineos win today, Lionel.
1:21.8	Steady on. We'll come to all of that towards the end of the podcast, I think, won't we? But yes, Tyman Aronsman has given Inios Grenadiers
1:30.0	their first victory of this year's Tour de France. And it was an impressive stage, wasn't it? It felt real
1:34.9	old-school mountain stage in the Tour de France, didn't it? Settled into a groove, there was a breakaway,
1:40.3	the GC group kind of just rode up until they were more or less within sight of the line.
1:45.9	And you, as our cable car correspondent, you went up to the top.
1:49.4	I was actually quite envious because Super Bagnier is one of those names that's etched into my sort of childhood, really.
1:56.0	I remember watching Greg Lamont win the stage there in 1986.
1:59.4	Robert Miller in 1989, now Pippa York, of course.
2:03.3	And for years, the tour had been unable to go to Super Bannier because of a dodgy bridge that needed
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