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Sigma Sports Unplugged with Matt Stephens

Sigma Sports

Sports

Comedy

Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 140

Sigma Sports is proud to present Matt Stephens Unplugged, a regular catch-up with cycling’s favourite character, Matt Stephens, as he chats with special guests and explores the bowels of his own fruity mind. With lots of surprises along the way, the route-map has been torn up; so who knows what direction we’re going in, or where we’ll end up! www.sigmasports.com/podcast

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#95
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Nathan Van Hooydonck on second chances and new beginnings

Season 1 · Episode 134

mardi 8 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:04:48

Matt Stephens chats to Nathan Van Hooydonck about the heart attack that changed his life forever, prematurely ending his professional cycling career for Team Jumbo Visma. Having enjoyed a hugely successful career with highlights that include helping Jonas Vingegaard win the Tour de France in 2023, he is now embracing life as a business development manager for Team Visma Lease a Bike. Discussing the importance of treating team members as people, Nathan explains that their philosophy of ‘helping each other win’ extends beyond the peloton and into life itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tiffany Cromwell on the new challenge of gravel racing

Season 1 · Episode 133

mardi 24 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:05:41

Matt Stephens chats to Tiffany Cromwell about her impressive road racing career and her switch to gravel racing in recent years. The Canyon//SRAM pro has some great advice for anyone getting into gravel, and lives by the rule of constantly challenging herself. Having set up events in her homeland of Australia and her partner Valtteri’s homeland of Finland, she’s helping grow the whole gravel scene, emphasising the importance of all the fun stuff around the racing too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rory Townsend on versatility, and racing efficiently to reach your potential

Season 1 · Episode 124

vendredi 19 avril 2024 • Duration 59:47

Matt Stephens chats to Rory Townsend about his versatility as a rider, both in terms of his ability to win one-day classics and stage race sprints, but also in terms of his flexibility within UCI ProTeam Q36.5. Being on a team with limited resources requires a range of skills that can be called upon at short notice - and at the time of recording, Rory was waiting to hear if he or teammate Szymon Sajnok would be required for Ronde Van Vlaanderen, just three days later! Matt was also keen to learn if the former Irish national road race champion would be targeting that title again this season, and what other goals he set himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rebecca Charlton on the buzz of live broadcasting

Season 1 · Episode 34

mercredi 14 avril 2021 • Duration 01:22:37

Rebecca Charlton tells Matt Stephens how she wanted to be a broadcaster from a very young age, and how the role of cycling was somewhat secondary in the pursuit of her dreams. The pressures to adapt to a male-dominated industry in order to thrive eventually encouraged her to do just the opposite, carving her own path in her own personal way. Rebecca has her work cut out in the hometown quiz, as Matt’s done some diligent research on Shoreham-by-Sea - plus the Random Question Generator serves up an existential head-scratcher! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael Matthews on the lack of respect in the peloton

Season 1 · Episode 33

mercredi 7 avril 2021 • Duration 01:14:30

Michael Matthews explains to Matt Stephens just how professional bike racing has changed since he turned pro 10 years ago. How he owes his hugely successful racing career to an unlikely source of inspiration, and how he fell back in love with the sport of cycling. There’s a world-first in the hometown quiz, and Michael is asked to sum up his experience with all of his former teams in just one word. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jasper Philipsen on how he’ll tackle Paris-Roubaix this weekend

Season 1 · Episode 123

vendredi 5 avril 2024 • Duration 51:19

Matt Stephens previews Paris Roubaix with the 2024 Milan San Remo champion, Jasper Philipsen. Arguably in the form of his life, the Belgian Alpecin - Deceuninck sprinter looks forward to racing with his ever-humble teammates, reflecting on how it feels to have Mathieu van der Poel leading him out, and how timing is 95% of the job. Touching on tactics and how training for the Classics differs from training for Grand Tours, this is an insightful chat right in time for what promises to be the best race of the classics season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rod Ellingworth on the impact of his success at British Cycling and Team Sky

Season 1 · Episode 122

vendredi 22 mars 2024 • Duration 01:12:13

Matt Stephens has a fascinating chat with Rod Ellingworth about his impact on British Cycling and how that helped lead to the period of dominant success at Team Sky in the mid 2010’s. The newly appointed race director for Tour of Britain explains how he had a holistic approach that valued the personality of the riders as much as their numbers, and shares some interesting stories about the likes of Mark Cavendish, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins. But how can such an intelligent man be so awful at quizzes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate Veronneau on the rewards of investing in Women

Season 1 · Episode 121

vendredi 8 mars 2024 • Duration 01:04:28

In this International Women’s Day special, Matt Stephens chats to Kate Veronneau about her pioneering role in helping to deliver the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. From a basketballing background to riding fixies for 50 miles, Kate rose to the ranks of elite cycling but quickly learnt it was not a viable career option. Now, as head of partnerships at Zwift, she’s doing all she can to help break down the barriers and deliver parity for the next generation of female riders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stevie Williams on how consistency makes the difference

Season 1 · Episode 120

vendredi 1 mars 2024 • Duration 59:24

Matt Stephens chats to Stevie Williams about how his career is no longer defined by a plague of knee injuries since adding the General Classification of the 2024 Tour Down Under to his palmares. The Aberystwyth native is a shining example of determination and credits consistency for getting him beyond his form prior to several setbacks over the years. The Welshman claims he couldn’t have done it without the support of his friends and family, and has a refreshingly simplistic attitude when it comes to training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David O’Doherty on the role of cycling in his comedy

Season 1 · Episode 119

vendredi 16 février 2024 • Duration 01:23:22

Matt Stephens is impressed by David O’Doherty’s cycling knowledge, and in particular, his obsession with the racing bikes of the late 1980’s that’s led him to own a collection so big he now operates on a ‘one in one out’ basis. David is famous for being one of the most successful Irish stand up comedians of all time, with a host of awards and appearances on QI, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Would I Lie To You, and the upcoming series of Celebrity Bake Off. But given his chosen subject on Celebrity Mastermind was The First 100 Years of The Tour De France, surely he’ll ace the hometown quiz? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices