S9 Ep40: Life in the Peloton – The Grand Tour Doc, Dr Kevin Sprouse
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Kevin is my team doctor at the EF Education-Nippo team and he's part of the medical team that looks after the riders all season round.
For this podcast I wanted to ask him about how the doctors look after the riders during a three-week stage race like the Giro. There are crashes, injuries, illness and other ailments that need treating on the road and sometimes on the move.
I wanted to know how he helps the riders stay healthy or remain in the race when they have a problem. From fuelling and making sure the body is ready for the day ahead to the importance of sleep to treating the common problems that riders face during a race we covered a lot of ground.
I learn a lot every time I speak to Kevin, especially because he explains everything in a way that it easy to take on board, so I hope you guys all find it as interesting as I did.
Cheers,
Mitch
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. |
| 0:09.1 | G'day guys and welcome to Life in the Peloton. |
| 0:30.2 | I'm Mitch Docker and I'm here to introduce this week's episode. |
| 0:33.9 | I've got a cracking episode for you. |
| 0:36.1 | I'm talking with my doctor, team EF Education First, team doctor, |
| 0:41.1 | Dr Kevin Sprouse. |
| 0:42.9 | I've actually done an episode with him last year, back in October. |
| 0:46.5 | If you haven't heard that episode, get across and have a listen to that one, |
| 0:49.7 | because it's a great episode to explain what the day-to-day job is of a professional team doctor. |
| 0:56.6 | This week's episode is a little bit more specific. |
| 0:58.9 | We're going to focus on grand tours and we're going to focus on the Giro. |
| 1:02.7 | On the eve of the Giro, I thought great. |
| 1:04.8 | Let's just see what it's like for a team doctor on a grand tour. |
| 1:08.3 | That's when I think these guys come into their own. |
| 1:11.2 | That's when their job becomes really important. |
| 1:13.5 | When the guys are getting sick, when the wheels are falling off, |
| 1:16.4 | when they got crashes in the first week and they've got to get through a grand tour, |
| 1:20.0 | how do they keep a team rolling on? |
| 1:22.1 | How do they keep eight guys fresh, ready to go, every single day? |
| 1:26.1 | There's a lot in there, so sit back and enjoy this one, |
| 1:28.9 | and I'm sure you're going to learn something just before the Giro kicks off in a way. |
| 1:46.4 | Welcome, Kevin. |
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