S8 Ep196: Peiper on Pogacar: It was the pinnacle of my life
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🗓️ 26 November 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The 60-year-old Australian describes the young Slovenian's victory over this compatriot Primoz Roglic as the pinnacle of his life and in this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Lionel talks to him about this year's Tour de France.
It was a particularly poignant race for Peiper, who was diagnosed with cancer last year and was unsure whether he'd be able to work at the Tour de France.
In this conversation, he talks about how he helped manage Pogacar through his sensational debut Tour, how management techniques have changed since his own racing days and what winning the yellow jersey meant to him.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Cycling Podcast brought to you by IWaka, Flexible Loans, |
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| 0:22.0 | Hello, I'm Lionel Bernie and welcome to the Cycling Podcast. No Richard or Daniel this week, |
| 0:26.9 | but don't worry, they'll be back next week and that's because this episode features my |
| 0:31.0 | conversation with Alan Piper, the Australian sports director with the UAE team Emirates. |
| 0:36.4 | Now Piper was in the team car behind today, Pogachar, during the time trial to La |
| 0:40.8 | Polonche de Belfee. When he overturned Premon's Roglics, his 57 second advantage in just 36 kilometers |
| 0:47.2 | to win the Tour de France. It was a most unlikely comeback or was it? We'll find out what Alan |
| 0:52.5 | thought in a little bit. But first there is some news to recap this week and first up, |
| 0:57.5 | Doug Reider and co have been working to save their team after NTT announced they'd be pulling |
| 1:02.4 | out as title sponsors. It's been confirmed that the team will continue as team Quebecer Asos. |
| 1:08.4 | Quebecer is a not-for-profit organisation that donates bikes as part of the world |
| 1:12.5 | bicycle relief program in South Africa and it's been associated with the team for more than a decade. |
| 1:17.6 | You'll probably remember back in 2011 and for a few years the team was called MTN Quebecer |
| 1:23.7 | before it then became time-enching data and most recently NTT pro cycling. Well next year it will |
| 1:29.1 | be Quebecer Asos with the Swith clothing company becoming the team's secondary sponsor |
| 1:34.8 | and although there are reports that suggest the team may well have the smallest budget in the |
| 1:38.6 | world tour and perhaps by quite some way it is at least continuing. The team has lost a number of |
| 1:44.4 | four well-known riders including Michael Valgrin, Louis Mankes, Ben O'Connor, Ryan Gibbons and |
| 1:50.0 | last week we heard that Ed Vol Boson-Hargan would be joining Total Direct Energy but they have |
| 1:55.2 | added Simon Clark from EF Pro Cycling, Kilian Franchini from Group Arm FDJ and Demetri Clice from |
| 2:01.7 | Coffordis. Alex Dalsett has had to postpone his world hour record attempt which was set for |
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