Six days, hill climbs & journalistic heavyweights

BeSpoke: at the Tour de France

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4.5 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This week, OJ Borg, Rob Hayles and Dr Michael Hutchinson discuss how six-day racing saved Rob from a Dickensian life as a chimney sweep, speak to Haley Simmonds about the National Hill Climb Championships and when it's OK to vomit.

And they send their biggest journalistic heavyweight to conduct the first media interview of deposed UCI president Brian Cookson.

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0:00.0	So you join me as I furkle with what is a rally TI.
0:07.6	I think it's a classic one from the 1980s.
0:09.9	The reason I am trying to pump up its very skinny tires,
0:13.1	you will find out about later on in this bespoke.
0:16.3	But on the show today, we are talking.
0:18.3	We talk about Brian Cookson, the fact that he has left his post.
0:21.3	There we go. He's left his post at the UCI. We sent our best journalist to go and interview him.
0:27.7	You'll find out who that is later on. We're also talking about the six-day, which is a fabulous
0:31.5	cycling event, which lasts over six days. The London stop of it is actually happening this week. I will also talk about something which will make
0:41.3	you vomit. That is hill climbs.
0:43.3	It's a national hill climb championship this week.
0:46.0	God, this bike just has very many gears
0:47.3	on it. It's national hill climb championships
0:49.2	this week so we'll speak to somebody who
0:51.4	is going to go up there and possibly
0:53.3	break themselves. That's all on this
0:55.3	week's show. If you're wondering why we're playing that music, that 80s music, and if you
1:05.4	worked it out, it was strange of things. You will find out at the end of this podcast, because that's
1:09.8	what this is, the bespoke podcast podcast because that's what this is the bespoke podcast
1:11.7	episode two um and this is going to be all about the great things you can do on a bike the joy of
1:18.0	riding a bicycle the things you can do on two wheels sometimes three and i've got my eye on
1:22.9	doing something at some point on just one wheel and i'm guessing either you Rob Hales, ex world champion
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