Talking Luft! With Niki Terpstra

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week, I’m Talking Luft with the great Dutchman himself, Niki Terpstra. He’s one of the most successful classics riders of our time and a proper one-day racing legend - he’s won just about everything there is to win up north, from E3 Harelbeke to Dwars door Vlaanderen (twice), and of course his epic solo victories at Paris-Roubaix in 2014, and Tour of Flanders in 2018, where he became the first Dutchman to win the great race since Adri van der Poel in 1986. He’s a two-time Olympian, a 6-day champ, a World Championship silver medallist on the track, and he rode for some of Europe’s biggest teams from Milram to QuickStep and Direct Energie. He retired at the end of the 2022 season, but when you were racing Niki Terpstra, you always had to be on your game. You never knew what he would pull out of his hat, and if he went away up the road, chances are you wouldn’t see him again. But today, he’s getting the full Talking Luft treatment – the usuals like casquette style, World Champ rainbow style, and favourite cheat meals (tiramisu – nice). We talk all things retirement and the inevitable question – do you miss it? It’s something I’m hearing more and more from us recently retired pros, but the level of racing has jumped up so much in recent years that very few people seem to miss being out there, taking risks, suffering, amongst the carnage – and Niki is no exception. It was a pleasure to sit down and chat with Niki Terpstra, and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode of Talking Luft! Cheers, Mitch

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0:00.0	All gooday, guys, and welcome to Talking Loft.
0:23.4	I'm Mitch Stoker and this podcast is being brought to you by Raffer.
0:27.3	Raffer is famously known for their cycling apparel but it really doesn't stop there.
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0:35.4	Comfortable, functional and versatile enough to flow through the
0:39.3	city from dawn till dusk. While this week on Talking Wolf, we have got the classics legend himself,
0:45.6	the Dutchman, Nikki Terpshra. Now if you haven't heard of Nikki Terpshire, he rode for 16 years
0:51.4	professionally from Milram to Quick Step to Direct Energy.
0:55.9	He retired last year in 2022, but he had a huge career.
1:00.8	He was an absolute classics legend.
1:03.6	He won Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, E3, two times Duas de Flaner.
1:09.6	He finished second in Ghent Weavogam, the one that slipped away,
1:12.5	but he was three times national champion, two times Olympian. A proper legend when it came to the
1:18.9	one day racing. He also rode about 15 grand tours as well, so he did everything. Nicky was one of
1:24.9	those guys that you just didn't know what he was going to do on a certain
1:28.7	day. He would go up the road and you wouldn't see him again. He had some amazing victories
1:34.1	throughout his career. One of our partners this year at Life in the Peloton has been AG1. Now you've
1:39.7	heard me talk about AG1 this year as something I use every day. It's a part of my daily routine. I'm wondering
1:46.5	how many of you have actually gone out and tried it? Because I would love to hear your feedback to
1:51.2	see if you are really enjoying AG1 as much as I do. I really like it. Like I said, it's the simple
1:57.0	routine that is really nice. It's the first thing I do when I get up each morning with the kids
2:01.2	at around 630. I turn the coffee machine on. I grab my shaker. I grab my AG1, put a bit of water
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