S14 Ep17: Double Whammy
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The Cycling Podcast returns to recap the latest round of cobbled Classics, with the E3 Saxo Classic and In Flanders Fields neatly teeing up the Ronde van Vlaanderen this weekend.
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie examine both races in detail, looking at how Alpecin-Premier Tech made it another superb weekend for them. First up was Mathieu van der Poel’s latest cobbled clinic in E3…not that he didn’t leave us guessing until the final kilometre. A similarly nailbiting pursuit match the following day saw MvdP reunited with old foe Wout Van Aert, though it was Jasper Philipsen who finally prevailed.
We ask what this all means for the big one at the weekend, with a little help from faithful Flandrian correspondent Hugo Coorevits. We also cover the big talking points from the Volta a Catalunya, which was dominated by Jonas Vingegaard.
EPISODE SPONSORS
Bikmo
This episode of The Cycling Podcast is brought to you by Bikmo cycle insurance – because let's face it, things happen. Whether it's a crash landing, the heartbreak of a stolen bike, or the ultimate facepalm moment of reversing over your prized aero wheel, Bikmo has you covered. Flexible policies that you can cancel anytime, 50% off extra bikes in your household, protection for your kit, race entries, and even damage while travelling to your next epic ride – they've thought of it all. Protect your ride before it's too late – head to Bikmo.com to get covered.
Follow us on social media:
Twitter @cycling_podcast
Instagram @thecyclingpodcast
Friends of the Podcast
Sign up as a Friend of the Podcast at thecyclingpodcast.com to listen to new special episodes every month plus a back catalogue of more than 300 exclusive episodes.
The 11.01 Cappuccino
Our regular email newsletter is now on Substack. Subscribe here for frothy, full-fat updates to enjoy any time (as long as it’s after 11am).
The Cannibal & Badger
Friends of the Podcast can join the discussion at our new virtual pub, The Cannibal & Badger. A friendly forum to talk about cycling and the podcast. Log in to your Friends of the Podcast account to join in.
The Cycling Podcast is on Strava
The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the cycling podcast. Hello and joining you after a weekend when Mattie Vanderpool and Walt Van |
| 0:29.0 | Art briefly reunited at the front of a Belgian classic but in doing so demonstrated that |
| 0:33.1 | getting back with your ex is never a good idea unless Jasper Philipsons around to clean up the mess. |
| 0:38.6 | My name is Daniel Freebert and I'm the host of this episode of a cycling podcast in which we'll |
| 0:41.8 | discuss a weekend of racing that was in many ways a throwback but also perhaps a glimpse into |
| 0:47.1 | the near future with the big one, the Rondo von Flander and all the Tour of Flanders coming at the weekend. |
| 0:52.7 | Joining me to do that today is the Van Art to my Vanderpour, the Ben Affleck to my Jennifer Lopez. |
| 0:58.4 | It's Lionel Burnie. |
| 0:59.6 | After a week away, Lionel reunited, you weren't with Larry and me last week. |
| 1:06.8 | But yeah, reunited. |
| 1:08.2 | No. |
| 1:09.2 | Well, I think we're all feeling a little under the weather aren't we |
| 1:12.4 | the illness sweeping through the cycling podcast team at the moment |
| 1:16.8 | you're wrapped up warm there daniel you i think i'm a few days ahead of you i'll |
| 1:22.0 | definitely be fit for the tour of flanders but maybe wouldn't have made ghent weveligam |
| 1:26.2 | or in flanders fields as we now have to call it |
| 1:29.8 | at the weekend. No that was um I |
| 1:31.4 | noticed with some satisfaction that |
| 1:34.2 | the name change has been met with the same |
| 1:37.2 | lack of enthusiasm antipathy almost |
| 1:39.8 | not apathy antipathy |
| 1:41.1 | um with which we have met it |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Cycling Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Cycling Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.