S14 Ep4: Australia Days
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
With the first WorldTour race of the season, The Tour Down Under, already done and dusted, we review the action in Australia plus other early-season racing and talking points from the week in professional cycling.
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie are joined by Rob Hatch, who was on the ground to see Jay Vine take his second TDU overall victory. After his masterclass with Vine on the Corkscrew climb early in the week, Jhonatan Narváez’s crash threatened to derail UAE’s race. Happily for them, Vine couldn’t be shaken – not even by bushfires or a kangaroo running amok in the peloton.
The other hot topic of the week was Jonas Vingegaard’s crash on a training ride near Málaga, amid suggestions that he was trying to shake off an amateur who wanted to tag along. We ask whether cycling fans have a “stalking” problem – or whether it’s the riders who need to change their attitude.
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| 1:42.8 | Hello and welcoming you on January the 29th after a week in cycling winner Joey wreaked havoc at the tour down under but didn't spoil Jay's happy homecoming and Jonas Vingegar crash in the south of Spain began a debate about how Joe Public should share or maybe concede the road to the stars with the International Peloton. |
| 2:01.5 | My name is Daniel Freeway. |
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