The Odd Tandem Cycling Podcast with Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt – Details, episodes & analysis

Bobby and Jens catch up with Thibau Nys after his breakout year on the road. This year he combined a cyclocross campaign with 9 wins on the road. He tells Bobby and Jens how he pushed on this year, how he prepares for his races and how he deals with having his dad as his boss...

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This is the second time Bobby and Jens have sat down with Kristen Faulkner - a little over two years ago she spoke to us about her battles to survive in the peloton, how her rivals refused to follow her wheel - as they considered her too risky to follow and how challenging that initial step had been into the sport. Even then it was clear to see Kristen was destined to succeed - she'd already won the QOM at the Giro Donne as well as a stage win, but this summer she's launched herself into a whole new stratosphere of success.

First she secure the US National road title, then in the space of a week she secured two Olympic gold medals - surprising the field with a late attack in the road race and dominating the team pursuit with her teammates. Days later she was at the Tour de France femmes and competing for stage wins.

We caught up with Kristen to share her success and work out what's next for her, what she has planned away from the bike and how she's found life since becoming the first American to win gold in two different disciplines at the same Olympic Games.

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If you google "cycling doctor" you are met with a wall of doping allegations, and shady behaviour. But the modern generation of doctors are looking to shake those connections. Ineos' Dirk Tenner was a successful track and field athlete before shifting his focus to medicine. A specialist in orthopaedics he is the first man the riders see when they break a bone.

This conversation sees Bobby and Jens pressing him on everything from the best way to fix a collarbone to carbon monoxide's use in the peloton and learn why you should never drive a friend to hospital with a concussion.

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Bobby and Jens are joined by Producer Mark as we dive into the mailbag and answer your questions. This week we discuss if gifting a stage, or even a race is a good idea, the best and worst roadside encounters with fans, unpicking the complex international languages of the peloton and find out why Remco Evenepoel is so dominant!

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Silvan Dillier is a key part of the Alpecin-Deceuninck team. His role as a domestique saw him spent more hours at the head of the peloton at this years tour de France, than any other rider, as he worked for team leaders Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen.

He joined Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt shortly after the Tour de France had concluded to share his thoughts on a historic edition of Le Grand Boucle, what he's learned from watching Tadej Pogacar at close quarters and what it was like sharing the Paris-Roubaix podium with prime Peter Sagan.

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Kim Andersen is Bobby and Jens' favourite sporting director. Unlike most of the coaches that looked after them in their careers, he is still at the very top - having just returned from DS'ing Lidl-Trek around the Tour de France.

Hear why Bobby blames Kim for unexpectedly long journeys in the car, why he thinks his stood the test of time and what the team have planned for the Vuelta.

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Dani Rowe has achieved an awful lot in her career. By the age of 22 Dani was already an Olympic Champion, a triple world champion and double European champion. But Dani's road to the top was far from straight forward. Plucked from the obscurity of a school maths lesson she would face constant rejection from the famed TeamGB track programme only to fight her way back to gold at her home Olympics in London.

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Riley Sheehan is in his first full year in the pro peloton. Last year as a stagiaire he lived every rider's dream - winning one of cycling's oldest classics, Paris-Tours. The result led to him being signed to a three year deal by Israel Premier Tech where he's followed up his strong first act with a solid performance in the spring classics.

But Riley's route to the world tour was far from conventional, battling through the French amateur system, returning to the US and racing alongside former Sky man Sergio Henao on the criterium circuit before returning to Europe.. hopefully for good. He spoke to Bobby and Jens from a pre-Vuelta altitude camp in Andorra.

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At the age of twenty Josh Tarling has already earned a European Championship and a World bronze medal. Now he's heading to his first Olympic games with his eyes firmly fixed on an Olympic medal.

He caught up with Bobby and Jens from his training camp in Puigcerdà, Spain as he revealed how he plans to take on Remco Evenepoel, Ganna and more.

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We return to the mailbag to answer your questions ahead of the Tour finale. Discover how Bobby and Jens became friends, how Jens got control of the breakaway and what they make of Tadej Pogacar's 2024 plans post-Tour de France.

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