Spin Cycle
Spin Cycle is a cycling news podcast from Escape Collective, covering all the latest cycling news, analysis, and banter. The show is part of a network of cycling podcasts including Geek Warning, Wheel Talk, and How the Race was Won. Escape Collective is a member-funded platform, and listeners can support the show by becoming a member for premium content and ad-free listening.
Episodes
A swarm needs a face | Stage 1 2026 Tour de France Daily
The Tour Dailies are back!Caley, Jonny, and Ronan join you from Barcelona, where Remco Evenepoel is already annoyed, team time trial tactics are simmering, and Chris Froome has made the announcement everyone is waiting for. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here.Already a me
The fastest sleeves you've ever seen | TDF Tech special
It's time for a Geek Warning crossover episode! Ronan Mc Laughlin and Jack Duncan join Caley Fretz ahead of this year's Tour de France to break down how bikes and gear are changing and highlight what our tech reporters think will be the most important equipment of a modern Tour. This whole episode is free for everyone, but if you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the
The 2026 Tour de France Preview
The 2026 Tour de France is here! The official roadbook has landed and that means it's time for Caley, Dane, and Jonny to dive headlong into the route, picking apart each stage in detail. Want to get Golden Hour and After Dark? Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here.Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
13 million for Paul Seixas
Today on the show: we have a new raft of national champions, a megabucks bid has apparently come in for Paul Seixas, and in the members-only Golden Hour section, we’ll discuss how UCI President David Lappartient has said something that we don't think we hate, which is miraculous.Want to get Golden Hour and After Dark? Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective
Remco needs a doctor's note
Today on the show: David Gaudu may finally be running out of road and Remco Evenepoel needs a doctor’s note.After we head to Golden Hour, Oscar Onley is out of the tour and leaves Netcompany-Ineos with few options. Oh, And we have opinions on TNT’s new AI storytelling.Want to get Golden Hour and After Dark? Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here.Alrea
Member special: The Paul Seixas Mailbag
Today we have a special episode for a special boy. Paul Seixas. The boy wonder, the one true king of France. The hope is immeasurable. The pressure is immense. The mailbag is bursting at the seams. So let's get to it. Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here.Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to the whole Mailbag episode.
Pogačar is terrifying
Today on the show: Pogačar crushes the Tour de Suisse, the Vuelta has a new theme song, and Mathieu van der Poel gets the most egregious jury fine yet.
Pogačar is the cake king of Switzerland
Today on the show: The Canadians are soft, Pogacar is already bored, and Chris Froome has a new job.
Splashing with Seixas
Today on the show: Isaac del Toro is the new old boy wonder, Luke Tucks well into second place, and we need to talk about Liam Slock.Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
Spicy Kevin has TTT feelings
Today on the show: Fighting talk at the Dauphiné, Ayuso is all the way back, and Chris Froome has found something to do.Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
We're all invited to Thibaut Pinot's farm
Today on the show: Seixas hype hits the Dauphiné, Van Schip has been disqualified yet again, and everyone is invited to Thibaut Pinot’s farm.Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
You're a $%@ing motorbike, Lidl
Today on the show: The motorbike whisperer gives his reasons, Richard Plugge is sad, and Dave Brailsford is officially back. Plus, Paul Seixas races the Dauphine (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
Member Bonus: What the heck is going on at Lidl-Trek?
Management changes, ties to Leopard-Trek, return of the Schlecks, and a team getting shaken like Mads Pedersen's hands on the Arenberg. Caley and Jonny break it all down, including some breaking news coming through at the very last minute. Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
6.8 kilos of hullabaloo
Today on the show: Lorena Wiebes has been chucked out of the Giro, Jonas Vingegaard has won the Giro, and Giulio Ciccone was big mad, at the Giro.Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
A Dutchman's Florida burrito nightmare
Today on the show: Vingegaard is now a quotes machine, Thomas Dekker’s panhandle burrito nightmares come back to haunt him, and Demi Vollering’s chatbot will see you now.Sign up for Escape Collective. Already a member? Get the member feed here.
Nobody can beat Jonas
Today on the show: Vingegaard finally takes pink, Tim Rex pulls a prehistoric face, and we had a breakaway win that made us feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.Want After Dark? Sign up for Escape Collective.
Reims do come true
Today on the show: There’s pee in the bottles, the UCI loses in court, and we have a pros in media vs bike teams brouhaha brewing.
Paul, are you watching?
Today on the show: Jonas Vingegaard is looking infallible at the nearly halfway point of the Giro, UAE was thwarted in Hungary but the team is still picking up stage wins, and we have to talk about Enric Mas.
The Giro loves a Slip 'N Slide
Today on the show: The Giro d’Italia has come alive, UAE are winning while singing off different hymn sheets, and do we need to talk about Lidl-Trek?
UAE is cursed
Today on the show: Crashes in Bulgaria, a changing of the guard at La Vuelta, and if you’re a chugga-chuggum detractor, today may be a tough listen.
The Giro d'Italia is here
Today on the show: The Giro d’Italia is here, things are going wrong in Belgium, and while we likely won’t get a Sunny May in Italy, everything’s coming up Sunny Maid over at Picnic-PostNL.Join the Spin Cycle fantasy league!
Paul Seixas is going to the Tour de France
Today on the show: Paul Seixas is going to the Tour, Paul Seixas is going to the Tour, and Paul Seixas is going to the Tour!Plus, up the Picnic, Vuelta Feminina kicks off, and the mountain bike world up was muddy.
Pepper up Romandie's backside
Today on the show: Pogi is washed, Dorian’s wearing grey now, and Iain gets in the weeds with zondacrypto.To listen to Zac's other podcast, check out Race Chasers.
When the present races the future
Today on the show: Pogacar and Seixas hang out in Liège, chaos in the finale at Little 500, and Nairo Quintana won a bike race.
Paul Seixas shoots a Walloon arrow into our hearts
Today on the show: Paul Seixas shot a Walloon Arrow into all of our hearts, UAE may be buying Instagram followers, and Lenny Martinez has a moustache now.
Are you team Remco?
Today on the show: Evenepoel won a sprint, Jorgenson won a trip to Herentals, and we have some sponsor-correct podium beers to analyse.
When the French president calls, you answer
Today on the show: Emmanuel Macron may be about to save cycling, a criminal used a bike race as a getaway car in Poland, and the Volta ao Portugal could be all the way back.
A Sunday in Heaven
What a Paris-Roubaix Sunday that was! Whilst lurking outside the Roubaix showers, Caley, Kit and Jonny give their thoughts on a cracking day of racing and share what they saw out on the cobbles and in the velodrome.
Live from the Arenberg
Today on the show: Paris-Roubaix is in two days! We're on the ground in France and bring you the latest from recon days.
Bonus: The pre-Roubaix Mailbag
Can Paul Seixas win Flanders? Is Roubaix too scary when it's wet? These and many other questions answered in this bonus Mailbag episode of Spin Cycle.
Not so quiet on the Kwaremont
Today on the show: It's Flanders everyone, buckle up.
Flanders is here and so is Remco
Today on the show: Remco at De Ronde, we’re at De Ronde, De Ronde is here!
Wout's nosey fan
Today on the show: We have a Van der Poel vs van Aert co-attack nostalgia session, Visma’s team cars had a big weekend, and Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe may have a working trident.
We've all got Group 2 syndrome
Today on the show: Van der Poel goes threepeats at E3, Vingegaard crushes Catalunya, and Chris Froome is a party rocker in the house tonight.
Pogačar and the Nearly Men of Saturday
Today on the show: Remco almost got stuck on a volcano, Quintana is retiring, Miguel Angel Lopez is back, and there was a little race called Milan San Remo over the weekend that was quite good.
Can't wait for the Poggio
Today on the show: Pogačar's agent has been making quite the ruckus, Tom Pidcock has been admiring Primoz Roglič’s watches, and we’re getting very excited for Milan-San Remo
Victor Campenaerts, Most Valuable Person
Today on the show: Jonas Vingegaard can now be mentioned alongside Eddy Merckx and Sean Kelly, Isaac del Toro grabbed Tirreno-Adriatico by the trident forks, and Javier Romo is angry with Matteo Jorgenson.
Vingegaard's dad pants era
Today on the show: Jonas Vingegaard is now a dad fashion icon, all change at the Ineos Grenadiers, and we have a Paul Seixas transfer update.
Rabbit Holes: A stolen bike's journey home
Iain buys a stolen bike on Facebook Marketplace, with a plan to return it to its owner. But his good act takes an ominous turn when he meets the seller, an erratic man with a troubled past and a head full of conspiracies and violence. To read the written piece and see pictures, visit EscapeCollective.com. This podcast is an Escape Collective production, and is only possible through the su
Paul Seixas is The Chosen One
Today on the show: Paul Seixas is the real deal, a not too shabby performance from Elise, and Pogacar reigns supreme.
Pogi's back in Tuscany and everyone is scared
Today on the show: Strade Bianche is here, Pogačar is back (and his agent is putting his foot in it), and Wout van Aert is at the centre of a conspiracy theory. Plus, the Tour is headed to Berlin!
Van der Poel tempts Flanders fate
Today on the show: Matthew Brennan won a donkey, Van Der Poel might be cursed and the French have their confirmed next Tour de France champion. Let's get to it.
Big bike races are back! (Omloop preview)
Today on the show: Wout is out (again), but Opening Weekend is in, and Geraint Thomas may be the politest man in the whole world, if that wasn’t obvious already.
Remco's bin cycle
Today on the show: Isaac Del Toro accomplished quite the Jebel Hafeet, Juan Ayuso has arrived, and we have clarification on the 2028 World Championships, thank goodness for that.
Leave Remco alone
Today on the show: Jan Christen is not the anti-Christ, a chumma chuggum update, and everyone needs to leave Remco alone.
The streets won't forget UAE Stage 1 Top Ten
Today on the show: The Del Toro v Cheese Ball rivalry we didn’t know we needed, a crash for Jonathan Milan, and there’s weather on the continent.
AI Wiggo will coach you now
Today on the show: Paris-Roubaix has a new name, Jonas Vingegaard has a new coach, and we all have new confirmation that Jim Ratcliffe is the worst.
Oh no, an Armstrong movie
Today on the show: A Lance Armstrong movie, Evenepoel on a rampage, and Bernal earns his black shorts.
Pro cycling is box office
Today on the show: A detente in the Hundred Smears War, a small problem for Andrea Piccolo, and some unfortunate news for the spring Classics.To get After Dark, click here.
Will the real slim Tadej please stand up
Today on the show: No room for the Rockets, Tadej Slim Shady, and Remco can’t stop winning.
Don't chase Jonas down the mountain
Today on the show: Jonas Vingegaard’s fan crash-gate, a bad week for UAE Team Emirates, and Remco Evenepoel is aiming high, but not that high.
Roos and Rockets
Today on the show: Kangaroos cause chaos, road racing returns to Europe and India, and we have a contender for quote of the year.
The Ineos Shorts Debacle
Today on the show: Short shrift from the Ineos Grenadiers, Tom Pidcock’s getting chilly in Chile, and Remco Evenepoel may be back to square one.
A very British Tour de France
Today on the show: A great start for the 2027 Tour de France and for the Tour Down Under too.
A very Visma media day
Today on the show: Matteo Jorgenson has his Britney moment, USA Cycling has a new heavy metal fundraiser, and Aussie riders aren’t happy with Santos.
JK-AlUla
Today on the show: Luke Plapp gave away the national title once again, but to a rider from another team this time, Wout van Aert is training again, SD Worx seem to have gotten themselves into a bit of AI bother.
A surprise adieu to Simon Philip Yates
Today on the show: Simon Philip Yates is retiring, Derek Gee-West is not, and there’s a new Astana rap video.
Congrats, Tadej, on your fifth Tour de France
Welcome back! Today on the show: Congratulations to Tadej Pogacar on your fifth Tour victory, Oscar Onley is a traffic cone, and Wout van Aert broke his ankle.
The Annual Spin Cycle Awards
Welcome back to cycling's most prestigious awards show.
The Annual Christmas Quiz
Who shall prevail in a matchup of the minds? The earned wisdom of Dane Cash? The upstart, Intern Nick? The boss man, Caley? Jonny Long hosts your annual Christmas Quiz, created by Escape member Spooky. Thanks, Spooky!
Return of the Schlecks
Today on the show: Tadej Pogacar says he could win all three Grand Tours in one season, the Schleck brothers are back, and Geraint Thomas knows nothing, or so he says.
A stinky, stinky Dauphiné
Today on the show: Ayuso brings his energy to Lidl-Trek, Mathieu-Mania has arrived, and Mathias Norsgaard is spilling the beans on what Oier Lazkano is really like.
Red Bull and some actual wiiings
Today on the show: Oscar Onley is offski, Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe are flying a glider, and Ronan is here to talk about tyres.
Pro cycling’s Pantone takeover
Today on the show: Ineos has a brand new kit (which hasn't put off new signings), Premier Tech’s phone has been blowing up, and cycling on TV could be getting all mixed up once again. If you are a member and you want to get the Member Feed on Spotify (new!), you can follow these instructions.
Could you keep up in a fake pro crit?
Today on the show: Riders are getting fined in Calpe for having Spotify Wrapped playlists, Pogačar is the new Damien Hirst, Wout van Aert is the new David Cameron, and we may have an answer to whether we could keep up at the Singapore criterium. If you are a member and you want to get the Member Feed on Spotify (new!), you can follow these instructions.
Jonas the stay-at-home carpenter
Today on the show: Geraint Thomas is now the Head of Phwa at Ineos Grenadiers, Jonas Vingegaard is looking ahead to his next career and we have Van der Poel and Wout van Aert’s cyclocross plans.
Book Club: Le Fric and the family behind the Tour
Welcome to the first-ever Spin Cycle Book Club. Today, we're talking about Le Fric by Alex Duff, a deep look into the most powerful family in cycling, the Amaurys.
The return of Marcel Kittel?
Kit Nicholson and Dane Cash join Jonny Long (hosting this week's episode in the absence of fearless leader Caley Fretz) to discuss Marcel Kittel's new gig, whatever NSN is, and Matteo Jorgenson's semi-enemies.
Great Scott
Today on the show: There’s pizza on the roof in Azerbaijan, we return to Israel intersection, and there’s an auction that anyone with a spare $1000 should be watching very closely.
Special ep: Orogenesis Dispatches, part four – the end of the trail
This final installment of the Orogenesis Dispatches series, which features host Josh Weinberg interviewing ultra endurance cyclist Kurt Refsnider, who has just completed the first full ride of the Orogenesis route – a massive backcountry mountain bike trail traversing the western U.S. from Canada to Mexico. The episode reflects on the full journey, covering logistics, experiences, highs a
A sausage with a side of Huez access
Today on the show: ASO rejects Ralph Denk’s sausage mountain feifdom, Israel-Premier Tech goes dark, and we were very e-xcited by the e-cycling e-world e-championships!
A cap for M. Lappartient, but not that kind
Today on the show: A budget cap? But not for us! Mads Pedersen speaks out against the horrors of the Saitama Criterium, and the Olympic velodrome was farting.
Vingegaard unstoppable in Saitama
Today on the show: Premier Tech departs IPT, sport director musical chairs, the very real bicycle race in Japan last weekend, and somebody stole a giant inflatable beer. Maybe.
Sell us your croque monsieur, Victor
Today on the show: Victory Lafay is a Rocket, Pogacar’s knee really hurt at the Tour, and EF signed some youths.
Biking in the Autumn
Biking in the Autumn
Pogi the 3D-printed golden boy
Today on the show: Oier Lazkano says he’s innocent, Tadej Pogačar’s golden statue, and Tom Pidcock’s gravel awakening.
A bio passport to the chapeau-cast
Today on the show: What’s going on at Jayco? Matt White is the new trident master at Movistar. And the Isaac Del Toro Giro mystery has been partially solved.
Will Vingegaard win all three Grand Tours before Pogačar?
Today on the show: The Vuelta is headed to Pogačar’s door, Evenepoel may not be headed to the Tour, and Del Toro is the Mexican champ.
A big thumbs up to the 2026 Tour routes
Today on the show: Jonny and Dane join Caley (who is still feeling the effects of getting absolutely pasted by The Intern during their mountain bike race last weekend) to discuss double Alpe d’Huez at the Tour, the Rockets signing Poels, and how Vingegaard might race the Giro.
Better Call Paul
It was a big week for Pauls, as Jonny Long, Kit Nicholson, and Dane Cash discuss on this week's podcast. Also covered on the show: Uno-X Mobility's impressive late-season run, the Andorra Cycling Masters, and the next Bernard Hinault.
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