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Max Gawn / Luke Plapp / Alex Clements
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Max Gawn, Luke Plapp and Alex Clements bring you the latest pro cycling news every Monday, plus in-depth long-form interviews every Wednesday. Your go-to Australian cycling podcast for road cycling news, race recaps, rider interviews and honest takes from inside the peloton. Whether you're following the WorldTour, Grand Tours, classics or Australian racing — we've got you covered. New episodes weekly. Subscribe now for your Monday cycling news fix and deeper chats with big names in the sport on Wednesdays.

  1. Zak Dempster | Red Bull’s High-Performance Culture

    4 DAYS AGO

    Zak Dempster | Red Bull’s High-Performance Culture

    Zak Dempster is the Chief of Sports at Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe. He raced at the WorldTour level for over a decade before transitioning into team management, rising quickly through roles at Israel Cycling Academy and INEOS Grenadiers to now oversee all sporting and performance operations for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe.

    1hr 6min
  2. 20 minutes @ 400w then race | Social club

    6 DAYS AGO

    20 minutes @ 400w then race | Social club

    Giro starts Friday. Plappy's back after a top five at the Tour de Romandie, and we're getting into all of it. The watts, the motorbike chaos, Lipo refusing to ride with Pog, and exactly where Plappy lost time in the prologue - spoiler, it's the corners. Then we preview the Giro. Vingegaard goes in as the overwhelming favourite for a race he's never done. The GC field's already missing Almeida and Carapaz. The sprint battle is stacked. And the Pillar Performance Top 5 Giro moments of the last decade. Tommy D taking a roadside squat in the pink jersey. Froome attacking from 80k out. Yates winning it back on the exact climb that broke him. It's all in there. Patrick Eddy winning in the Australian jersey in Europe, Ineos's new money, and the teams that win table updated.

    59 min
  3. Koen de Kort | Lidl-Trek tech and innovation

    29 APR

    Koen de Kort | Lidl-Trek tech and innovation

    We get technical with Koen de Kort, Head of Innovation and Tech at Lidl-Trek. After 17 years racing at the highest level - 43 classics, 18 Grand Tours - Koen now sits on the other side of the sport, driving the technology that gives WorldTour riders their edge. We dig into his current projects, where the biggest performance gains are being found right now, how cycling tech has evolved from his days in the peloton, and what the future of race equipment, skin suits, aerodynamics and bikes looks like.

    1hr 7min
  4. Social Club | The greatest sprinters of the decade

    27 APR

    Social Club | The greatest sprinters of the decade

    Matt Keenan joins Max Gawn and Alex Clements to break down the 2026 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, one of the biggest Ardennes Classics. The crew review Tadej Pogačar’s dominant performance, discuss rising star Paul Seixas, and debate their Top 5 sprinters of the decade.

    1hr 5min
  5. Kell O'Brien | Roubaix hangover

    22 APR

    Kell O'Brien | Roubaix hangover

    Kell O’Brien joins the social club to talk through a massive spring. We chat about his classics block with Jayco-AlUla’s - Roubaix in particular, track - his Olympic campaigns and what's next, working for the different riders and much more.

    1hr 7min
  6. Social Club | Plappy's altitude testing

    20 APR

    Social Club | Plappy's altitude testing

    Plappy joins the social club to check in after his altitude camp, review Amstel Gold, and preview the week ahead.

    1hr 10min
  7. Gerry Ryan | Building GreenEdge

    15 APR

    Gerry Ryan | Building GreenEdge

    Gerry Ryan AO joins the social club to share his remarkable cycling journey, from sponsoring Kathy Watt’s 1992 Barcelona Olympic success to founding the Jayco team in 1993 and launching Australia’s first UCI WorldTour squad, GreenEDGE (now Jayco AlUla), in 2012. He discusses growing up in Bendigo, key milestones including the 2013 Tour de France team time trial win, the bus-gantry drama, 2018 Vuelta success and Giro heartbreak, the importance of Aussie DNA, caravan sales impact, and his broader sporting contributions. An inspiring conversation with one of Australian sport’s most influential figures.

    54 min
  8. Social Club | #1 Race of the year

    13 APR

    Social Club | #1 Race of the year

    Matt Kennan joins Max and Alex to review Paris Roubiax, Basque Country and the Sprinters World Champs. Plus Max's segments - The teams who win! & tops 5s.

    1hr 8min
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Max Gawn, Luke Plapp and Alex Clements bring you the latest pro cycling news every Monday, plus in-depth long-form interviews every Wednesday. Your go-to Australian cycling podcast for road cycling news, race recaps, rider interviews and honest takes from inside the peloton. Whether you're following the WorldTour, Grand Tours, classics or Australian racing — we've got you covered. New episodes weekly. Subscribe now for your Monday cycling news fix and deeper chats with big names in the sport on Wednesdays.

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