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Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Talking Luft! with Adam Blythe

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Life in the Peloton is proudly supported by Rapha   This week on Talking Luft I’m chatting with an old friend and teammate of mine – he is a former UK national champ, he has ridden for some of the world’s biggest teams, and – I’m calling it – he's the new voice of cycling. I’m talking about Adam Blythe and I can’t wait to put him through the full Talking Luft treatment!   I have always admired his crafty racing style and his ability to read a bike race, and when the conditions got tough, he was someone I would always look for because you could bet, he would be reading the conditions and riding smart. It’s a result of having mastered the art of race craft early on, and his insights have really translated well to the commentary box. He's unapologetic about his approach, and about his love of picking apart a race and calling out even the biggest names in cycling when they’re guilty of making questionable tactical decisions – and I just love that about him and his race commentary.   He’s also renowned for his retro style and some of these TL questions that I have put to so many riders now are right up his alley, so I can’t wait to get stuck into it. I put a few of the more important Talking Luft themes to him – he’s gravel bike for life, loves plenty of Luft, has strong feelings on all matters of cycling style, and confirms once and for all that, like it or not, the short leg length trend is back in the pro peloton.   I hope you enjoy listening along as much as I enjoyed putting this one together!   Cheers,   Mitch

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0:00.0

I said before executing that perfect delivery, when you swing off, move out of the way and watch them go past and you always give a big yell like, that was, that was, you know, why you get out there and do that. And once again, you know, like just that winning feeling within a team that we all, as athletes, you know, a lot, many athletes, not everyone, some people individual, but most of us pros, or have been pro, you strive for that, don't you?

0:50.2

You were just listening to a little bit of the episode that I did last week called The Leadout, man.

0:53.7

I'm Mitch Docker and welcome to Life in the Pelazone.

0:55.7

Well, actually, this is talking Luft.

0:59.4

And that episode, if you haven't heard that, you've got to go back and listen to that because I am here at the Tour de France and that episode is all about how the leadout men do their job

1:05.7

to propel the sprinters for victory. If you don't understand that job or you want to know a little

1:10.3

bit more about how that job works or that role or how these sprinters win,. If you don't understand that job or you want to know a little bit more about

1:11.2

how that job works or that role or how these sprinters win, you've got to listen to that episode.

1:16.5

But like I said, this is Talking Luft. I have got a great episode for you. The podcast this

1:22.2

year is being brought to you by our proud partner raffer. I'm loving working with these guys

1:27.0

this year on the podcast,

1:28.8

helping me bring you these great episodes. But now to Talking Loft, I've got him the style king,

1:34.7

I call him, Adam Blythe. He loves everything about style. If you don't know who Adam Blythe is,

1:40.8

he's a guy from Sheffield in England. He was a pro for about 10 years, but in the last few years since retiring, he has become a welcoming voice on the GCN Euro sport coverage of all the races throughout the year, but especially here at the Tour de France.

1:54.6

In this episode, we're going to talk a little bit about his career and then we're going to jump straight in and have a chat about talking loft because blithy

2:01.1

he loves his style he knows what it is to have a good bike all those little intricate details that

2:07.2

we chat about in talking loft like i said i'm on the road following the tour de france with the

2:12.6

cycling podcast i've been here since the start and i've only got a few days left, but I do have with me my AG1 travel packs. These are the portion-sized travel packs. All you do is you simply rip the top off, pour it into your shaker, shake it up and you're ready to go. It's been my go-to every morning. I've loved the little routine because what I do is I get up in the morning, I hit the road, try and get a run on, try and sweat out some of those beers and a bit of that

2:38.4

food that I ate the day before, get back, feel like a million bucks, smash my AG1, hit a cold

2:45.1

shower and I feel so good. I'm ready to tackle the day. Ag1 is the all in one. It's a comprehensive blend of

2:52.5

vitamins and minerals, probiotics and superfood complexes. It's the ultimate thing when you're on

2:58.2

the road like this, eating out at restaurants, you know, drinking a few too many beers. At least I

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