S8 Ep194: Life in the Peloton – Svein Tuft turns the mic on Mitch
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2020
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Find out about Mitch's school days and how he completed a year's worth of art coursework in a couple of days, his early racing days and how he got started on the road to the World Tour with the Drapac development team.
We started working with Mitch at the start of the year, when Lionel Birnie interviewed him outside a busy bar in Girona for The Cycling Podcast. That episode can be found here and together with this one provide the perfect bookends to the season.
We're delighted to confirm that Life in the Peloton will return to The Cycling Podcast in 2021.
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The theme music for Life in the Peloton was composed by Pete Shelley, who was lead singer of the punk band Buzzcocks. It was commissioned by the production company behind Channel 4’s coverage of the Tour de France in the 1980s and was used as the theme music for the nightly highlights show. Pete died in December 2018. We were given permission by Pete’s widow and his manager to continue using the music for the theme tune to Life in the Peloton. To hear more about the music, listen to the Andre Greipel episode of Life in the Peloton.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well here we are everyone. |
| 0:28.4 | Welcome to life in the Peloton. I'm back talking with Lionel Bernie. This is the last episode of the year |
| 0:34.1 | I've just had the last race of the year. I'm sitting back home not late enough for a beer yet |
| 0:39.2 | But there will be a beer later on today. Lionel, have you cracked a beer yet today? Not today, Mitch |
| 0:44.3 | It's only lunchtime and I've still got to do my turbo session |
| 0:47.5 | So tend not to have a beer before the turbo session |
| 0:50.3 | I don't know what you pros do, but I don't think that's the dumb thing is it? |
| 0:53.4 | It makes it a hell of a lot more fun and then yeah |
| 0:55.9 | A hell of a lot harder too |
| 0:57.9 | We've got a great episode coming up |
| 1:01.0 | It sounds a bit funny for me to say that because the episode is me answering questions |
| 1:06.5 | But it is swain't half to asking me the questions |
| 1:09.9 | And I did a fantastic gravel trip with him |
| 1:12.6 | If you've heard the talking loft that was out on Wednesday |
| 1:15.7 | You would know that this episode was coming |
| 1:17.8 | That was talking with Swaino there |
| 1:19.5 | Him and I were on a trip up in the mountains in the purenees |
| 1:22.6 | And he put the question out to me |
| 1:24.6 | Can I interview you on your podcast? |
| 1:26.6 | And I thought who better to do it than Swaino? |
| 1:29.9 | So guys, without further ado, I'm going to give you the episode |
| 1:33.4 | It's a long one hanging there and we'll have a chat after the episode |
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