S9 Ep175: Life in the Peloton – Hannah Barnes
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
After turning pro with United Healthcare in 2014, Hannah has ridden for Canyon-SRAM for the past six seasons and is set to move on to the new Uno-X team next year. As a youngster she was multiple national champion across several cycling disciplines, and most recently won the British national individual time trial in 2018. She’s also a Giro d’Italia stage winner and has finished top six in both Gent-Wevelgem and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
I was keen to hear Hannah’s story and how she came into cycling and the pro peloton. I loved hearing about her early years; watching her Dad race 24hr mountain bike events on the weekend, lying about her age when she was 12 so she could join one of the MTB relay teams and joining the local club at age 10 to start weekly racing.
She’s had a colourful career, across multiple continents and as you’ll hear, her fair share of ups and downs.
I hope you enjoy the chat with Hannah, I know I did.
Stay tuned next week for more on our episode of Talking Luft!
Cheers,
Mitch
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| 0:00.0 | Good day guys and welcome to Life in the Peloton. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm here to introduce this week's episode with Lionel Bernie. |
| 0:32.6 | We've got a cracker episode coming up. |
| 0:34.8 | Lionel, how are you going there mate? |
| 0:36.9 | Not too bad Mitch, how are you? |
| 0:38.2 | How's the recovery going? |
| 0:39.2 | Perhaps we'll talk about that in the outro because you've been back on the road having you |
| 0:44.0 | doing some outdoor cycling after while you've been wowing me with your double sessions on |
| 0:50.4 | the indoor bike as you recover from your crash in Belgium a few weeks ago. |
| 0:55.3 | Yeah there's a little bit to say about that. |
| 0:56.8 | I am back out on the road now. |
| 0:58.7 | I stripped that car off a few weeks ago and just went for it. |
| 1:02.5 | So let's have a chat about that after the episode because what we've got coming up this week |
| 1:06.7 | is Hannah Barnes. |
| 1:08.5 | She's a pretty well known name in the women's field of cycling and a very well known name |
| 1:13.8 | in Britain especially. |
| 1:15.5 | I often see her around here in Drona and it's great to run into her and have a chat with |
| 1:19.3 | her and I thought, God I've got to get you on the podcast. |
| 1:21.5 | So she's been a fantastic guest. |
| 1:24.0 | Yeah British fans will know Hannah Barnes, she's part of the Barnes dynasty. |
| 1:29.2 | I guess her younger sister is Alice Barnes, also a pro rider. |
| 1:33.3 | Hannah's been racing with Canyon SRAM since 2016 before that she was with the United |
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