S14 Ep11: Goodnight, Siena
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Tadej Pogačar made his return to racing at Strade Bianche at the weekend, and it was a familiar story for him, his rivals and those watching. What for one set of fans was yet another sublime and glorious exhibition, for others represented just the continuation of a monotonous, all-too-familiar theme.
Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Brian Nygaard debate what Pog’s first solo recital of 2026 stirred in them, and we also consider to what extent Paul Seixas’s remarkable performance could herald the beginning of an era-defining rivalry.
There’s a round-up of what’s been happening in France at Paris-Nice and in Italy at Tirreno-Adriatico, plus some rare speculation about INEOS’s future.
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| 1:32.3 | You are listening to the cycling podcast. |
| 1:44.9 | Hello and welcoming you on this Tuesday, March the 10th, after a weekend when the battle for interstellar domination between the Slavallian, Taday Pogacca, and Air France. Paul Sexas lit up the Tuscan skies, |
| 1:51.6 | that is Air France with an H, of course. My name is Daniel Frema. I'm the host of this episode of the |
| 1:56.4 | Cygkin podcast in which we will do our best to talk around all those of you who saw Saturday as merely |
| 2:02.4 | the resumption of the snooze fest to which park has subjugated professional cycling for several |
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