S9 Ep78: Life in the Peloton – Tsgabu Grmay
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Tsgabu Grmay rides for my old team, now called Team Bike Exchange, and he's racing his tenth season in the pro peloton. He was born and brought up in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and comes from a sporty family. I was really interested to hear the story of how he got into cycling and made it to the Tour de France, which has ridden three times and completed twice. But I was most inspired by his goal-setting and his attitude to getting the most out of himself.
But as inspirational as I found talking to Tsgabu, it wasn't quite enough to persuade me to reconsider the big decision I announced a few weeks ago. I've decided this will be my final season and, all being well, I'll end my pro career at Paris-Roubaix in October. It's time to find out what life has in store for me outside the peloton...
Don't worry, though, there's still plenty more podcasts to come, and I hope you enjoy this one.
Cheers,
Mitch
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're welcome everyone, welcome back to Life in the Peltzahn. |
| 0:28.7 | I'm Mitch Docker and I've had a short break while the jurid is how he was on, but now |
| 0:33.1 | we're back and ready to roll. |
| 0:34.8 | I'm sitting here of course with my fellow co-host, Lionel Bernie, Lionel, how you been mate? |
| 0:40.6 | I'm good thanks Mitch, did you enjoy the jurid watching on TV? |
| 0:44.1 | I did, I certainly did enjoy watching as that weather rolled in and that's one of the |
| 0:48.6 | things that I do love as a pro. |
| 0:51.3 | You absolutely hate it when you're out there of course, but when you're at home, when |
| 0:54.9 | it's good weather on TV, you're like, god damn it, what's going on? |
| 0:58.2 | Once that Ryan rolls in, you're like, yes, horrible day, can't wait to watch this stage. |
| 1:04.2 | Well, it's been a significant time for you as well Mitch, because while the jurid was |
| 1:08.6 | on, you confirmed that you're retiring at the end of the season, hanging up your wheels |
| 1:13.3 | after a long career, I guess we'll talk about that on the other side of your interview, |
| 1:18.7 | but tell us who is your guest on Life in the Peltzahn this week. |
| 1:22.1 | Yes, we can talk about that after the podcast, it's a bit to say about that, but before we |
| 1:26.3 | get there, I've got a stellar podcast set up. |
| 1:29.0 | I sat down with Sagarbu Kramay, who you guys may know, he's from Tigray in Ethiopia, a |
| 1:35.5 | fantastic guy. |
| 1:36.8 | He rides on Mitchellton Scott. |
| 1:38.1 | He's been in the Peltzahn for 10 years. |
| 1:40.3 | He's got an amazing story and just so inspirationally, he speaks so passionately and that's why I |
| 1:45.2 | love just chatting to him about it. |
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