Wheel Talk: Finding a new home at Movistar with Floortje Mackaij
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Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On this week's Members Only Escape Collective Wheel Talk Podcast (phew), Abby chats with Floorje Mackaij about moving from DSM to Movistar after 10 years with the same team, alongside her close friend Liane Lippert, and riding for Annemiek van Vleuten, plus Bella, her adorable dog who has become a honorary member of her Spanish team.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello, my name is Abby Mickey, and you're listening to the Wheel Talk Podcast. |
| 0:19.2 | A podcast all about women cycling? Well, women's professional racing. It's the |
| 0:24.9 | off season so I continue my series of interviews. Actually, the last interview |
| 0:30.3 | this year in 2023 with Florida Mackay. She's always been a rider who is |
| 0:36.7 | really exciting to watch. She rode for DSM in its various incarnations for 10 years but made the move to Mova Star for the |
| 0:46.7 | 2023 season in support of Fondamy Van Flutin and her longtime friend Leona Lippert. |
| 0:52.2 | I was really excited to chat with her well she and her longtime friend, Leona Lippert. |
| 0:52.8 | I was really excited to chat with her while she is training in Spain, |
| 0:56.2 | getting ready for the season with her own major goals this year |
| 1:00.2 | now that Anameek is no longer racing. |
| 1:03.0 | As always, this episode is a members only episode for the members of the Escape Collective. |
| 1:10.0 | If you are a member of Escape, thank you so much. |
| 1:12.0 | Head on over to the members Only Feed for the entire interview. |
| 1:15.0 | If you're not a member of the Escape Collective, |
| 1:17.0 | this is just a taste of this interview that I had with Florit to Mackay. |
| 1:21.0 | You can find the full thing over on the members only feed by becoming a member of the Escape Collective. |
| 1:27.5 | It's just a couple dollars euros or pounds and you get access to all the great content we have on the site, |
| 1:33.0 | plus a bunch of members only podcasts and fun stuff like that. |
| 1:38.0 | You can also have access to our discord, which is a blast to be on. |
| 1:42.0 | I love looking through the Wheel Talk podcast discord channel. |
| 1:47.0 | Where we talk about everything from Brandon Sanderson to cats and dogs. I don't know random things random things. Random things that are great |
| 1:55.8 | fun. Check it out. Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. I'll be |
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