The Race Communiqué Returns: TDU Tactics, Kit Talk & 2025 Season Kickoff

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP The 2025 road racing season has kicked off down here in Adelaide at the Tour Down Under, and that can only mean one thing; it’s time for The Race Communiqué! It’s been a long off season, but Southam, Durbo, and I are back on the mics having a yarn about bike racing, and boy is it good to be back. TDU is a special race. Not only is it my “home” race, but it’s also one of the only times of the year that EF Education Easypost DS Tom Southam, newly crowned Aussie natty champ Luke Durbridge, and I are all in the same place. So, for the first episode of 2025, we decided to kick the pod up a gear and record it LIVE! We’ve also recorded a video podcast which you can find over on Life In The Peloton’s Youtube channel - so make sure you go and give that a watch! Durbo, still riding high from his epic victory in Perth a few weeks back, kicks off the pod by talking us through his incredible ride that secured him the green and gold bands. It was a show of amazing team tactics, a little bit of luck, and a hell of a lot of hard work from Turbo Durbo - and it’s awesome to get his insight on how the race played out. Obviously with the launch of MAAPs awesome collaboration with Jayco Alula, we discuss the new team kits in the peloton in ‘Pelo Chat’. We talk about how the style of the peloton has changed over the years, and how a good team kit can totally redefine a team’s identity. Tom’s ‘Talking Tactics’ segment dives into the new UCI rules that have changed the way riders will feed in the bunch this season. Trust me, it’s way more interesting than it sounds, and will make a huge difference to team strategy this season. Of course, it wouldn’t be The Race Communiqué without the Communi-Quiz - a TDU special hosted by Southam. I’m also stoked to announce that for the 2025 season, The Race Communiqué will be presented by TrainingPeaks. TrainingPeaks is a great piece of software for coaches, professional athletes, and amateurs alike that Tom, Luke, and I have all used religiously throughout our respective careers. It’s great to have them on board helping bring The Race Communiqué to you guys this year. Sit down, grab yourself a brew, and give this a listen; it’s a great start to 2025. Cheers! Mitch Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:09:49 - Part 1: Mitch's Race Recap 00:25:19 - Part 2: Luke's Pelo Chat 00:33:59 - Part 3: Tom's Talking Tactics 00:53:21 - Part 4: Communi-quiz ----more---- 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. Watch Life in the Peloton's FIRST EVER video podcast here. Each episode of Race Communique this season will be coming to you in both audio and video. Stay tuned to our YouTube Channel for more episodes and clips throughout the season. This episode is supported by our friends at Training Peaks.

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0:00.0	This is pretty special, boys. What do you think? Here we are in the studio in-
0:16.0	They do like...
0:17.0	Rather large on your head, actually.
0:18.0	Exactly.
0:19.0	Yeah, that's right. Looks okay now. It okay now. It looks like squash your face in like that. On Docker's head, it looks like he needs bigger headphones. Yeah. Tom, give him your headphones. They look like that would work. Same. Head size. Different head. All right, boys.
0:38.3	Well, we're here.
0:39.4	Can you believe it?
0:40.5	We're doing the Race Communique in person.
0:43.3	Welcome.
0:44.5	Together.
0:45.9	So people can see me.
0:48.5	The whole of me.
0:50.3	Half of me.
0:51.8	Yeah.
0:52.9	Still not.
0:53.8	Still podcasting with my pants off. We're here in Adelaide. Two Down Under is about to start. And we just nipped away. It is the day before the race begins and the boys have stuck out of the hotel to record this cheeky podcast, which is going to be fun to kick the race communique off for the second year. Boys, before we get into it, what did you think of last season? Do you enjoy it? Well, we became, are we still guests or? That's the big question. Yeah. We've had a little bit of a union meeting there tonight on the 20 minute walk here in 50 degrees that you just do. It's like two minutes from your hotel.
1:30.0	It's 100 meters.
1:31.4	It's a 15-minute walk across the way.
1:33.3	It's underneath my hotel and it's like 15 minutes.
1:36.8	Anyway, no, we're happy to be back, but we'd like to be a little bit more involved.
1:41.0	We'd actually like to be not guests.
1:43.0	We'd like to be also host at the show as well. Okay. Yeah. Can you say that maybe? On that note, then you're happy to take on the back end paperwork stuff as a host. Exactly. I'm going to do all the expenses and that sort of stuff. I love to do it, mate. Okay. Yeah. Well, this is exciting because is the Race Kunikai, Life and the Peloton production,
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