Stanley St. Social | Cycling News and Interviews

Max Gawn, Luke Plapp and Alex Clements
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Cycling podcast for race news, rider interviews and honest takes from inside the peloton. Melbourne AFL captain Max Gawn, WorldTour pro Luke Plapp and Alex Clements break it all down - where the AFL meets the WorldTour, football-brain curiosity meets a real pro's-eye view. Cycling news every Monday, long-form rider interviews every Wednesday, plus daily coverage through the Grand Tours — the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta — alongside the spring classics, the WorldTour and Australian racing. Race recaps, tactics, gossip and the odd terrible take.

  1. Jimmy Whelan | EF to the Australian Marathon Record

    23 hrs ago

    Jimmy Whelan | EF to the Australian Marathon Record

    Jimmy Whelan's back for a third time on the show — except he's not a bike rider anymore. Last time he was on EF. Now he's a full-time pro runner, banging out 200km a week off the back of treadmill sessions in Barcelona, chasing LA 2028. We chat professional cycling, the bunch challenges, learning from the sport, 2nd place to Plappy at Nationals, the Queen stage win at the Volta a Portugal and the Dauphiné crash that finally killed the fire. Then the second act: the viral 20x400 session, the Salomon deal to 2028, 'brand Jimmy' and why running barely tests anyone for doping. Plus the marathon debut he's deciding on right now — and whether that means taking on Kipchoge at the MCG. Recorded up in Andorra, where he used to train on the bike.

    1hr 15min

  2. 3 days ago

    Pogačar's Tour de Suisse Statement | UCI has another shocker | Social Club

    Twelve days from the Tour and the big one lands live on the pod. Luke Plapp gets the call pre-episode to confirm he's officially in the Tour de France team. We get into his week off the bike, the Girona TTT camp, and how the build's shaping up. Then the usual Monday wrap: Wout van Aert ruled OUT of the Tour — the elbow infection and the hole it leaves in VismaPogačar's monster return at the Tour de Suisse (Max does the maths on 7.2 w/kg for 25 minutes)Van der Poel's surprise time trial, his €500 "shirt off" fine, and a rough week for the UCI on safetyThe sprinters light up the Baloise Belgium Tour — Girmay's upset opener, with Merlier, Magnier, Kooij and Philipsen all grabbing a stageRed Bull bossing it in Slovenia, Pidcock taking the Andorra climbers' race, Quinn Simmons' one-man show at US nationals, and a big rap for the Giro Next GenThe LA28 Olympic course finally revealed — and who it suitsStill no reply from LeBron, MaxThen Max's Top 5 cycling formats, presented by Pillar Performance — and yes, he's got gravel at number two. Take it up with him. Coming up this week: Jimmy Whelan on the pod this arvo, and Bass from the Unibet Rockets later in the week. Missed Matt Hauser last week?

    51 min
  3. Matt Hauser | Going Head-to-Head with Yee & Wilde

    18 June

    Matt Hauser | Going Head-to-Head with Yee & Wilde

    World triathlon champion Matt Hauser sits down with us in Andorra mid-altitude camp — three weeks of climbing, dodging PlayStation hours and chasing the 1-percenters that turned a 'part-time athlete' into the bloke who ended Australia's 20-year world title drought in Wollongong. We chat, why triathletes are 'too dumb to be cyclists' and just drill it on the front, what 15 hours a week up Pas de la Casa actually does to your engine, racing crits on the Gold Coast, the brutal first five minutes out of T1, and why working harder on the bike makes the run easier. Plus the mental side - owning the work, the keywords he leans on when he's staring down the barrel above threshold, and the very real question of going head-to-head with Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde off the bike at LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032.

    1hr 12min
  4. Put Someone In The Break. Seriously | Social Club

    15 June

    Put Someone In The Break. Seriously | Social Club

    Plappy's back in the Social Club fresh off the Dauphiné, and not in the best conditioning, battling gastro and a flu two weeks out from the Tour. Alex, Maxi and Plappy break down a strange eight days of racing: the team time trial's return, breakaways staying away everywhere you look, Luke Tuckwell's stunning ride into the yellow jersey (and Paul's post-race disrespect), Del Toro cruising to the win, and whether the Dauphiné was actually any good to watch this year. Plus: the inside word on Green Edge's Tour long list and TTT prep, Max slides into LeBron James' DMs, the Luke Lamperti crit appreciation society, wraps on the Copenhagen Sprint, GP Cycling and Circuit Franco-Belge, and Max's Top 5 — riders who still haven't won a World Tour race (you'll be surprised who's number one).

    59 min
  5. Luke Lamperti | Great American Dream

    10 June

    Luke Lamperti | Great American Dream

    American sprinter Luke Lamperti joins us on Stanley St Social for a ride through one of cycling's most intriguing young careers. We go back to the beginning — growing up in Sonoma County, California, swapping motocross dirt bikes for road cycling at age 11, and the junior racing days that put him on the map (including that top-10 at Paris-Roubaix Juniors). Luke takes us through his Trinity Racing apprenticeship alongside future stars like Ben Healy, his big move to the Belgian Wolfpack at Soudal Quick-Step, a Giro d'Italia debut, and the leap of faith that took him to the American outfit at EF Education-EasyPost for 2026 — a switch that's already paid off with a stunning Stage 1 win at Paris-Nice. We chat sprinting, the cobbled classics he loves, what it's like racing for an American team as an American rider, and where his monument dreams might take him.

    1hr 33min
  6. All Duck, No Dinner | Social Club

    8 June

    All Duck, No Dinner | Social Club

    Fresh off an eight-point King's Birthday win over Collingwood at a packed MCG, Max Gawn and Ed Langdon join Alex. We map out our daily TDF coverage plan, break down the big four (and why there's no head-to-head showdown before Paris this year), and dig into a chaotic stage at the Dauphiné where Plappy snuck into the move and finished seventh. Plus: the latest batch of UCI rule changes that have Max fired up again, Arnaud De Lie's thousand-watt heroics at Wallonie, the Lidl-Trek shake-up, transfer whispers, and Max's Top Five one-week stage races.

    59 min
  7. Finn Fisher-Black | I just want to race (and win)

    3 June

    Finn Fisher-Black | I just want to race (and win)

    Finn Fisher-Black is a professional road cyclist from New Zealand, currently riding for Red Bull–BORA–Hansgrohe. A former junior world record holder in the 3000m pursuit, he turned heads across the cycling world as a teenager before signing with UAE Team Emirates alongside Tadej Pogačar. Winner of the Muscat Classic and a stage at the Tour of Oman, he is widely regarded as one of the most versatile and exciting young talents in the WorldTour.

    43 min
  8. 5 UCI rules to change tomorrow (or today) | Social Club

    1 June

    5 UCI rules to change tomorrow (or today) | Social Club

    Giro d'Italia 2026 final week recap with Matthew Keenan: Vingegaard's five-stage dominance, the Ciccone vs Rubio KOM feud, Sepp Kuss's historic stage win, and Milan's Rome sprint. Plus a Neil Danaher tribute, Kooij's return, and Max's UCI rules Top Five.

    1hr 8min
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Cycling podcast for race news, rider interviews and honest takes from inside the peloton. Melbourne AFL captain Max Gawn, WorldTour pro Luke Plapp and Alex Clements break it all down - where the AFL meets the WorldTour, football-brain curiosity meets a real pro's-eye view. Cycling news every Monday, long-form rider interviews every Wednesday, plus daily coverage through the Grand Tours — the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta — alongside the spring classics, the WorldTour and Australian racing. Race recaps, tactics, gossip and the odd terrible take.

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