S13 Ep97: Ghosts In The Mist | Stage 18 | Tour de France 2025
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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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 | You're joining the cycling podcast in the Alps at the 2025 Tour de France and our coverage of the race is brought to you in association with Wahoo. |
| 0:08.0 | Now if you want to pedal like Ben Healy and let's face it who doesn't, perhaps you should get yourself a set of speed play aero pedals from Wahoo. |
| 0:18.0 | If you're looking for the extra edge on your ride, the speed play aeropedels |
| 0:22.5 | are built to cut through the wind and help you ride faster with less effort. Plus, you can |
| 0:27.1 | fine tune your cleat position down to the smallest detail, so you get a setup that's just |
| 0:31.5 | right for you, and that in turn is easier on your ankles, knees and hips. So ride like Ben Healy, |
| 0:37.3 | get some speedplay aeropedels, |
| 0:39.1 | and go to WahooFitness.com for more. |
| 0:42.2 | Now, on with the cycling podcast. |
| 0:45.3 | This is the cycling podcast at the 2025 Tour de France |
| 0:48.3 | with Lano Bernie, Graham Wilkos and France, |
| 0:51.4 | brought to you in association with Wahoo. |
| 0:55.5 | Today, we're in Courchevevelle Col de la Lose. Oh, so good, so good. Can I go in the car back? |
| 1:07.5 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. You and my room. I was just all in for Beno. |
| 1:12.6 | I mean, he's shown some amazing legs and |
| 1:15.6 | days like this. |
| 1:16.6 | I don't know what about a ski resort in horrible weather. |
| 1:19.6 | It was hailing on the way up. |
| 1:20.6 | Ben just seems to love it. |
| 1:22.6 | He always gets the biggest and hardest wins when the weather's horrible. |
| 1:25.6 | Everyone else is struggling. |
| 1:28.1 | So I think it's such a credit to who he is the person and how hard he works. |
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