S9 Ep203: Annus galaxicus: The Classics, part one
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The Latin title of our series, Annus galaxicus, was Daniel's idea, naturally, and it refers to Julian Alaphilippe, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel, who looked set to dominate the one-day races. However, while all of them had outstanding moments, none of them managed to win one of the five Monuments. We ask why.
And what was the outstanding Classic performance of the year? Tadej Pogacar's sports director Allan Peiper didn't hesitate when we asked him the question.
We also hear from Tour of Flanders winner Kasper Asgreen and Lionel designs his five-course Monuments meal.
Next week, we'll move on the Ardennes Classics and other eyecatching one-day races as well as ask whether any of the current generation of stellar stars can complete the career grand slam by winning all five Monuments.
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| 0:00.0 | The Cycling Podcast, Howard by SuperSapiens. |
| 0:06.2 | Energy management for committed athletes and coaches. |
| 0:09.6 | Hello, my name is Richard Moore. |
| 0:20.3 | I'm joined this week by Lionel Bernie. |
| 0:23.5 | Hello again Richard. |
| 0:24.5 | We're back from Gent and we're back in our respective homes and we are joined by someone |
| 0:29.4 | in the final throws of preparation for an enormous physical undertaking. |
| 0:35.0 | We're going to talk about that a bit later on. |
| 0:36.6 | I'm sure Daniel Freib. |
| 0:38.7 | Hello Richard. |
| 0:40.7 | Well, I've built up that was. |
| 0:42.6 | Where are you Daniel? |
| 0:43.6 | I am in Mallorca. |
| 0:44.6 | Spain, the Banny, the Cod. |
| 0:46.9 | Right. |
| 0:47.9 | And Trigging and Trigging. |
| 0:48.9 | Well, we'll be hearing more about what you're about to do a bit later on Daniel. |
| 0:53.7 | On his one-man training camp, this is, isn't it? |
| 0:56.2 | Well, it's not training now. |
| 0:58.8 | No, tapering, tapering. |
| 1:00.4 | Anyway, more on that later, this is the first in a series of episodes looking back on |
| 1:07.6 | the year and forward a little bit next year. |
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