The Race Communiqué: Catching Up on All the Tour Goss

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

We’re back from the Tour - and what a bloody wild few weeks that was. So I've jumped back on the mic with my guest...I mean co hosts, Tom Southam and Luke Durbridge to get stuck into all the goss from this year’s race. It’s a big one - we cover everything! The drama, the chaos, the tactics, the crashes, the wins, the "wish I was anywhere but here" moments. And believe me, Durbo’s got a few of those... From Pogacar blowing the race apart on the Col de la Loze, to Ben Healy’s heroics, and even the almighty mess of the groupetto on Stage 20 - this is the full Race Communiqué debrief you’ve been waiting for. Your perfect look behind the curtain of this massive event. We each pick our favourite stages, highlight standout performances (Durbo reckons Harry Sweeney deserves a nickname after Stage 10), and of course, we wrap it all up with the ever-chaotic Communiquiz. Honestly, it’s one of my favourite pods we’ve done all year. There’s plenty of laughs, a bit of behind-the-scenes insight, and some real moments of “can you believe that actually happened?” So grab a post-Tour beer, stick your feet up, and enjoy the chat. Cheers, Mitch The Race Communiqué is brought to you by TrainingPeaks! Track, plan, and train smarter - just like the pros. Get 20% off TrainingPeaks Premium now at trainingpeaks.com/litp Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP. maap.cc 🎧 Timecodes 00:00:00 – Intro 00:07:47 – Race Recap (Behind the scenes at the Tour) 00:39:51 – Pelo Chat (Have ASO just given up?) 00:52:46 – Talking Tactics (How did Ben Healey’s stage win come about?) 01:01:22 – CommuniQuiz (Tom forgets his questions…)

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0:00.0	All right, boys, here we are. We're back.
0:17.0	Welcome back to the tour, boys. Hey, here we are. I can't believe it.
0:21.6	I mean, the first thing we both wanted to do after the tour was jump on a pod.
0:26.2	We said, hey, can we do this any earlier, Mitch? But you were like, no, no, no, have a day off.
0:31.3	We did. We wanted to do it Monday morning, 9 o'clock.
0:36.1	I wanted to do it Sunday night.
0:38.4	Yeah.
0:40.0	He says it.
0:41.6	I mean, the stage finished like 10.30.
0:45.1	Well, you boys are, well, Derbo, you're already on her life in the Peloton pod this week, mate.
0:50.0	You saw the boys on the ground there.
0:52.0	I got a heckled at the bus.
0:54.8	It's got taken in by the boys.
0:57.5	It was actually quite good.
0:59.3	My henry is there.
1:00.5	I had a beer in my hand, and I was just talking shit with the race radio.
1:07.0	It was good.
1:07.6	They popped up.
1:08.5	I didn't know Harry was there.
1:10.1	Then all of a sudden I was driving up, it was cold at Lolo's.
1:13.2	And he just popped up out of nowhere.
1:15.1	It's a bit like me when I drove up behind you in my car derbo every time in my electric car.
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