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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/ 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. 1d ago

    Keeno's Home | Tour Wash-Up, Vuelta Preview & Max's Top 5 Commentators

    Keeno's back from 44 days in France. Matthew Keenan, Max and Alex wrap the Tour and TDFF. We preview the Vuelta a España — UAE's three-headed monster, Gall, Onley, Landa's last World Tour Grand Tour, Tuckwell's GT debut — and run through Hamburg, Czech Tour, Norway (Uno-X, obviously), Del Toro's deal to 2031 and the transfer whirl. Max's Top 5 commentators, with Keeno sitting right there. We also pay tribute to Finlay Tarling. Wednesday: Team GB sprinter Matthew Richardson.

    Keeno's Home | Tour Wash-Up, Vuelta Preview & Max's Top 5 Commentators

  2. 6d ago

    James Moran | Building Uno-X's Nutrition Program

    James Moran is Head of Nutrition at Uno-X Mobility, joining the team in December 2019 as a consultant when they were still a Conti squad, before building the entire nutrition program from the ground up as they turned WorldTour. What began with just a list of riders and no instructions beyond "teach them about nutrition," has grown into three full-time chefs and nutritionists across the men's and women's programs. He works closely with nutrition partner Mauten on carbohydrate absorption research and oral microbiome testing, and was central to Jonas Abrahamsen's transformation from 68kg to 78kg - one of the team's biggest nutrition success stories. Before cycling, James worked in track cycling with British Cycling, and has also consulted across boxing, tennis, and rugby.

    James Moran | Building Uno-X's Nutrition Program

  3. Aug 10

    Top 5 Riders Teams Should Sign, Max's Grand Final-or-Everesting Gamble, and Monaco's Car Rankings | Social Club

    Plappy's back from San Sebastián. Max's off-season plans hinge on one thing: Melbourne's finals run. Either he's playing in a grand final, or he's Everesting a climb in South Australia with Ed Langdon — completely untrained, in the hunt to be the heaviest person to ever do it. Also floated: getting Plappy to hand down one of his old sports cars as the podcast's official team car. On the bike: Wout van Aert's Denmark treble, Jensen's cruel near-miss ("biggest blue balls of my life" per his own Instagram), Marco Brenner's Poland win, Remco's record San Sebastián, and Felix Gall's Burgos victory — with Oscar Onley's return to form the one Plappy was happiest to see. Gianni Moscon adds another line to the rap sheet with a fresh DQ. Max builds out his All-Australian squad (37 riders deep and counting, no room for Uno-X yet despite their stacked year) and floats basing a second Aussie team in Asia. Plus Max's Pillar Performance Top 5 out-of-contract riders — Danny van Poppel, Habats, Christophe Laporte, Toms Skujiņš and Laurens De Plus — a Comm Games track wrap, and the reveal of the TDF Femmes Zwift prize winner, a 26-year-old triathlete lawyer from Adelaide who couldn't have written a better use for it himself. Plus your voicenotes. 🎧 Subscribe for daily cycling news & interviews💬 Got a question or comment? Leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial

    Top 5 Riders Teams Should Sign, Max's Grand Final-or-Everesting Gamble, and Monaco's Car Rankings | Social Club

  4. Aug 9

    Team Demi vs Team Kasha — the Receipts Get Read | TDFF Final Recap

    The final episode of an incredible nine days — Max makes his case for "Team FDJ," a 2024 grudge resurfaces, and one mid-race turn from an unlikely rider blows the whole GC group apart before the decisive finale. In this episode: Demi's callback to 2024 and the full context behind it — was Kasha really in the wrong?Max declares himself "Team Demi" while defending FDJ's road captain instinctsZoe Baxter's monster turn splits the group and takes down a podium contenderThe "Longini" nickname is born, and UAE's surprising third-fifth-seventh haulBreaking down the polka dot jersey points system — and why it clearly wasn't designed for the GC leader to win itFull prize wrap-up: Oakley Metas, TDU hamper, and the Zwift setup winner still to comeA genuine debate on race length — should TDFF ever go beyond nine days?What's next on the calendar for the whole peloton before WorldsAmy signs off — for now — with a standing invite back for Social Club🚴‍♀️ Tour de France Femmes 2026 coverage with Max Gawn & Amy Jones — thanks for following along all nine days🎧 Zwift smart trainer winner announced on tomorrow's Social Club episode🎙️ Send us your voice notes — link in bio, speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial #TourDeFranceFemmes #TDFF2026 #StanleyStSocial #CyclingPodcast

    Team Demi vs Team Kasha — the Receipts Get Read | TDFF Final Recap

  5. Aug 8

    Fourth Yellow Jersey in Eight Days, and It's Not Slowing Down | TDFF Stage 8 Recap

    Will Max's solo laptop-battery monologue finally sees the light of day? Alex rides Ventoux himself, and a genuinely controversial corner sparks the most heated debate of the whole Tour — was it a block, or just racing? In this episode: Alex's own Ventoux ascent, and a Strava time nobody's allowed to see yetVentoux recap: Niewiadoma's decisive attack, and how badly the favourites underestimated herLongo Borghini's quiet, selfless ride that may have saved someone's GC entirelyThe corner that's split the podcast down the middle — Amy makes her case, with "extensive video evidence"Vollering takes yellow for the fourth time in eight stages — genuinely one of the tightest GCs in yearsWhat Canyon-SRAM should do with the white jersey heading into the final dayPrize money reality check — why the white jersey might be worth less than a sausage roll and a CokeFinal stage preview: four ascents of the Col d'Èze, GC still wide open, huge prizes on the lineTips locked in — including one accusation of bias that doesn't go unnoticed🚴‍♀️ Daily Tour de France Femmes coverage with Max Gawn & Amy Jones🎧 New episode every stage — follow so you don't miss one🎙️ Send us your voice notes — link in bio, speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial🕶️ Final stage prizes: Oakley Metas, a TDU hamper, and the GC comp winner revealed #TourDeFranceFemmes #TDFF2026 #StanleyStSocial #CyclingPodcast

    Fourth Yellow Jersey in Eight Days, and It's Not Slowing Down | TDFF Stage 8 Recap

  6. Aug 6

    Team Games, a Neutral Car Nightmare & the Ventoux showdown | Stage 6

    A stacked breakaway, a young French rider given the hometown blessing to attack, a runaway neutral service motorbike causing chaos, and a proper GC scare for one of the favourites heading straight into the Queen Stage. In this episode: FDJ's hometown gift to their young French talent, and EF's near-miss with their own descending specialistPuck living her absolute best life — press conferences, breakaway points, GC top-15, all at onceA genuinely bizarre day for Visma — best 10-minute power ever, still gets dropped from the groupThe neutral service motorbike incident that nearly took out the breakaway multiple timesCanyon-SRAM's tactical dilemma — using the white jersey to chase when GC is what matters mostLongo Borghini's one-woman chase effort, and what it says about her prioritiesA tight, well-earned bunch sprint finish and what it means for the GC top fiveMont Ventoux preview: the Queen Stage, three GC contenders, and a genuine head-to-head shaping upAnother broadcast coverage miss — right before the biggest stage of the race 🚴‍♀️ Daily Tour de France Femmes coverage with Amy Jones🎧 New episode every stage — follow so you don't miss one🎙️ Send us your voice notes — link in bio, speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial🔦 Comment your Stage 7 tip for a shot at Nog Lights💻 Tip the most stage winners across the Tour for a chance to win a Zwift smart trainer setup #TourDeFranceFemmes #TDFF2026 #StanleyStSocial #CyclingPodcast Description

    Team Games, a Neutral Car Nightmare & the Ventoux showdown | Stage 6

  7. Aug 5

    "I Was At My Best. They Were Just Better." | TDFF Stage 5 Recap

    Amy makes her BBC radio debut talking bra-gate, and back on the bike a genuinely brutal stage separates the real GC contenders from the pretenders — including one honest, disarming post-race quote that stuck with everyone. In this episode: Amy's whirlwind BBC appearance, and whether any press is good pressThe UAE leadership saga gets an unexpectedly clear answer straight from the rider herselfPuck's KOM mission continues largely unopposed — why isn't anyone else fighting for polka dots?The GC group splinters on the hardest climbing of the race so far — who survived, who didn'tA genuinely gracious post-race quote that says more about where the gap really isBreaking down prize money across the men's and women's races — and why it matters more than you'd thinkA Polaroid project update and the ongoing Zwift leaderboard chaosStage 6 preview: does the breakaway finally get its shot, or is everyone saving it for what comes next? 🚴‍♀️ Daily Tour de France Femmes coverage with Max Gawn & Amy Jones🎧 New episode every stage — follow so you don't miss one🎙️ Send us your voice notes — link in bio, speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial👟 Comment your Stage 7 tip for a shot at Giant shoes (Australia only)💻 Tip the most stage winners across the Tour for a chance to win a Zwift smart trainer setup #TourDeFranceFemmes #TDFF2026 #StanleyStSocial #CyclingPodcast

    "I Was At My Best. They Were Just Better." | TDFF Stage 5 Recap

  8. Aug 4

    Pauline's Position, Bra-Gate & the UAE Leadership Mess | TDFF Stage 4

    Max is back from a Gold Coast win and straight into it — Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's baffling time trial position gets torn apart, a fresh UAE leadership headache deepens, and a UCI aerodynamics scandal that's somehow gone properly mainstream. In this episode: Pauline's TT position — "overrated helmets," and why it might be the most telling sign yet of where her focus has beenA surprise TT winner puts down the ride of the day, ahead of every big nameThe UAE leadership saga deepens — a near-photo-finish result that somehow makes things messier, not clearerKasia Niewiadoma's quietly brilliant ride against the clockBuilding out a full mock Australian and New Zealand women's team, Uno-X stylePuck's mysterious tactics — going for KOM points then insisting it wasn't the plan"Bra-gate" — the UCI aero padding controversy that's made UK mainstream pressMax's Everesting plans, a mountain bike horror story, and Patagonia gravel vs MTB debateStage 5 preview: eight climbs, a genuine GC showdown, or does everyone save it for Ventoux?🚴‍♀️ Daily Tour de France Femmes coverage with Amy Jones 🎧 New episode every stage — follow so you don't miss one 🎙️ Send us your voice notes — link in bio, speakpipe.com/stanleystsocial 👟 Comment your Stage 5 tip for a shot at Giant shoes (Australia only) 💻 Tip the most stage winners across the Tour for a chance to win a Zwift smart trainer setup #TourDeFranceFemmes #TDFF2026 #StanleyStSocial #CyclingPodcast

    Pauline's Position, Bra-Gate & the UAE Leadership Mess | TDFF Stage 4
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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/ 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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