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Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

The Race Communiqué - Episode 9

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAPWell, I don’t know about you, but here at Life in the Peloton, we are still absolutely buzzing from yesterday’s World Road Race Championships! I think we witnessed one of the greatest performances ever. I’m delighted to say that we’ve got a hot-off-the-press Communiqué pod for you. Joining me are Jayco Alula rider Luke Durbridge and EF Education EasyPost Sports Director Tom Southam. Together, we dissect the race faster than a group of Spanish commissaries heading to dinner… We couldn’t wait to dive in and analyze the race, and what a race it was. As always, the Communiqué brings you our unique triple-pronged take on the event. I offer my armchair pundit’s view of the action, which this time came from the commentary box in Australia, giving me a great vantage point. We’ve also got Durbo’s ‘Pelo Chat’ segment, where Luke explores interesting technical details and hot topics within the peloton, such as the impact of riders racing without radios and what that meant for the race. And of course, there’s Tom’s ‘Talking Tactics,’ where we hear the DS perspective on the race’s tactical intricacies, especially given the complexity of the national team format and how the peloton dealt with one of the greatest of all time. Just like a real communiqué wouldn’t be complete without a page of fines, our Life in the Peloton Communiqué wouldn’t be complete without a Communi-quiz. We have a special edition of that too. Don’t wait for this one—grab your brew, sit back, and give it a listen. Cheers! Mitch ----more---- This episode is supported by our friends at The Escape Collective. Check out Escape Collective's Classifieds section of their website where thousands of used bikes, parts and accessories are being sold every day. It's free for anyone to use, not just members. The Dirty Docker is almost here! Dirty Docker is my multi-day event for all things cycling and running in the Macedon Ranges. For the last few weeks of winter, you can get an exclusive discount code by signing up to the Life in the Peloton Newsletter here. The Life in the Peloton book is OUT NOW! Get your copy now exclusively at maap.cc! Can’t wait for you to read it.

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0:00.0

Here we are. We are on a Monday. This is new ground for us. We're trying to be a bit of

0:19.1

ahead of the curve here because yesterday was the

0:22.9

World Championships and what are worlds it was. Of course, this is the Race Communique. I am welcomed

0:29.1

with my two co-hosts, Tom, Derbo. How are we, boys? Good, mate. I was going to say, I mean,

0:36.0

this is the Communicay, so we should be coming at it straight after the race. So I feel like this is what commissaires must do after the race, you know, sit down and just make up a whole bunch of stuff at the end. Yeah, exactly. I mean, we could have done it last night, but it was about 4 a.m. your time, Mitch. So it would have been actually quite comical to hear you rambal on about the worlds at 4am,

1:29.1

but no, early morning Monday straight into it good to be on again boys. I've been to races before where like at the welter or whatever where it's like have you guys got the race results yet the communique you know kind of important and like the chief commerce says yeah yeah we'll we'll finish dinner soon and then we'll get onto it. So, feel like we're in, we're in step. It's a little bit like that. It was a bit ridiculous. Look, I got the late call-up for commentating the World Championships at SPS. Look, I'm essentially the guy who got called in Slovenia for, you know, Mahorich who got called out. I got the late call up. I was stoked to get the call up. Another world championships in the bank. That makes me five.

1:35.2

I did from Kilimetre zero right through the finish. I was right there.

1:39.1

Mate, I did the opposite. I did the last worlds in Australia. I did it from here.

1:44.0

Wollongong. Yeah, Wollongong. Start at midnight and finished at 6 a.m I did the opposite. I did the last worlds in Australia, I did it from here. Woolen Gong.

1:45.0

Yeah, Wollongong.

1:45.8

Start at midnight and finished at 6 a.m. in the studio. That's another one for you. What are you up to? Are we seven now? There we go. Ders, where are you? You've done two, have you? Junior Worlds, under 19s and under 23s? Well, to be fair, you guys have finished more than me

2:02.5

if you're talking about commentating to be fair, you guys have finished more than me

2:02.5

if you're talking about commentating to the end, you know. I've done a lot of world

2:06.0

championships haven't finished out, a lot of them. So I've started. Only finished in

2:10.9

commentary derbs, so don't worry about it, mate. Well, guys, look, let's talk about this because

2:17.4

we haven't actually introduced what this

2:19.7

is the first time you're listening.

2:21.1

This is the Race Communicate.

2:22.3

Of course, this is live from the Pels.

2:23.9

I'm presented by Map.

2:25.4

We have been working with them all year, but the Race Communicate is exclusively being brought

2:30.8

to you by the Escape Collective and over at the Escape Collective right now,

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