
Inside The Race - MyWhoosh Racing Podcast - @mywhooshracing
Matt Payne, Emma Martin & Hayley Simmonds 10 episodes Nov 9, 2026
Inside The Race - The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is a community-driven show covering the world of racing on the MyWhoosh esports platform. Hosted by Matt Payne, Emma Martin, and Hayley Simmonds, the podcast offers race previews, reviews, and analysis, as well as interviews with community members and teams. It aims to provide insights from inside the racing community, from grassroots to world championship level.
Episodes

Ana Svärdström (Sweden) & Njål Pedersen (Norway) take over - Inside The Race - Ep 37
Episode 37 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast Is the 4th of our November rider take-over!Every 2 days we are bring you an interview with a finalist in the men’s & women’s UCI Cycling Esports Elite World Championships that come live from Copenhagen on December the 5th ….Yes that’s going to be every competitor giving you 60 seconds about themselves, Then discuss their journey and e

Kat Karamani (Great Britain) & Vidar Mehl (Norway) take over - Inside The Race - Ep 36
Episode 36 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast Is the 3rd of our November rider take-overs!Every 2 days we are bring you an interview with a finalist in the men’s & women’s UCI Cycling Esports Elite World Championships that come live from Copenhagen on December the 5th ….Yes that’s going to be every competitor giving you 60 seconds about themselves, Then discuss their journey and

Hayden Pucker (USA) & Ana Caramelo Portugal take over - Inside The Race - Ep 35
Episode 35 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast Is the 2nd of our November rider take-over!Every 2 days we are bring you an interview with a finalist in the men’s & women’s UCI Cycling Esports Elite World Championships that come live from Copenhagen on December the 5th ….Yes that’s going to be every competitor giving you 60 seconds about themselves, sharing their thoughts and exper

Nico Fournier (France) & Ellexi Snover (USA) kick off the rider takeover - Inside The Race - Ep 34
Episode 34 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast Is the start of our November rider take-over!Every 2 days we are bringing you an interview with 2 finalists, 1 man & 1 women, who will compete at the UCI Cycling Esports Elite World Championships on December the 5th ….Yes that’s going to be every competitor giving you 60 seconds about themselves, sharing their thoughts and experiences

Could you be the next Esports World Champion? Matt Smithson tells all - Inside The Race - Ep 33
Episode 33 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast Is a really special one where we dive into the newly announced UCI Cycling Esports World Championships for Juniors and Masters riders with the man who has been instrumental in making it happen……Matt Smithson!Find out just what, where, when and who is the race for, how you can race for a World Championship title from your own pain cave and

MyWhoosh SRC Q3 & Finals, CEL 3 & 4, Smart racing, plus MyWhoosh Belgium - Inside The Race - Ep 32
Episode 32 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing PodcastComing up in this show we look back at the last SRC October qualifier and the CEL Round 3 including our special report from inside the race with Wim of Cycling Belgium!Later in the show we bring you our regular look ahead at the SRC Finals that include the team competition plus check out what’s instore for CEL riders in round 4 next week.C

UCI Elite Semi's who got it right or wrong, what tactics worked or failed - Inside The Race - Ep 31
Episode 31 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast Now that we have confirmed results of the UCI Elite Cycling Esports World Championships Semi Finals, this Is our in depth dive into the riders and tactics that made the racing so great!Which riders impressed, what tactics worked, which nations executed their plan to perfection? Find out in our deep dive into the women’s and men’s races! 0

Race reviews - SRC Japan & CEL Paris, Previews - SRC Bhutan & CEL Toulouse - Inside The Race - Ep 30
Episode 30 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast SRC in Japan reviewed, CEL in Paris - Inside The Race, Preview SRC in Bhutanplus CEL in Toulouse and moreWe catch up with what the team have been up to from BMX to Gravel to Strength conditioning….Then we dive into last week’s Sunday Race Club in Japan in detail who hit the top spots in men’s and women’s races…We head inside the Cycling E

UCI Junior and Masters Champs Launch, Elite Worlds Semi Finals! - Inside The Race - Ep 29
Episode 29 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast UCI Junior and Masters Champs Launch, Elite Worlds Semi Finals!Breaking news – UCI & MyWhoosh launch Junior & Masters Cycling Esports Worlds Championships – all the details from the UCI!UCI Elite Cycling Esports Semi-Finals breakdown & analysis……Sunday Race Club Qualifier 1 and Cycling Esports League Round 1 reviews….Sunday Ra

UCI Finals Venue Confirmed, SRC, French Cup, CEL and more! - Inside The Race - Ep 28
Episode 28 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast SRC Final Review, New race series starting, UCI World Champs Final newsIts finally confirmed - the venue for the 2026 UCI Cycling Esports World Championship for 2026 …. Join us to find out the location or locations!Plus an essential update for the semi finals that has come to light since the preview show!We have got a fantastic show for y

Sprinting Special - how to get it right with 2 MyWhoosh Sprint experts! - Inside The Race - Ep 27
Episode 27 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast Sprinting Special - how to get it right with 2 MyWhoosh sprint experts!In this show we dive deep into the world of sprinting, reflect on our ability or lack of it to sprint and pick the brains of 2 real sprint experts with 2 really insightful, informative and thought provoking interviews …Dorancy Goonzalez-Rua – a veteran of 200 SRC races

SRC who had Q3 dialed & Montreal madness ahead plus the weight debate! - Inside The Race - Ep 26
Episode 26 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing SRC who had Q3 dialled & Montreal madness ahead plus the weight debate!With the last qualifiers in September don we look back at Q3 where the women raced in Switzerland and the men in Japan – who excelled prior to Finals this coming weekend?With weigh-in changes to Category 2 coming in October we open the can of worms that is “The Weight Deba

UCI Semi Finals - the definitive guide to who, what, where and when! - Inside The Race - EP 25
Episode 25 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh RacingThe UCI Cycling Esports Semi Finals special show - the definitive guide to who, what, where and when!Today we talk what, where, when, and importantly who is in the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships Semi Finals - so think Stages, tactics, format, the points scoring and the start list!!! Plus lots more……If you have enjoyed the show and want

Paris a classic? UCI qualifier conclusions, GB riders interviews and more - Inside The Race - Ep 24
Episode 24 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing PodcastWe review the second of the public qualifiers for both women and men on the road to the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.We chat with, not one, but two of the British female riders who made it through from the public qualifiers to the semi-finals - Mim Tayor-Carter and Rhian Denton. We discuss the second open qualifier that used the

Who lit up the Worlds Qualifiers? Who is Rogier Goossen? And more.... – Inside The Race - Ep 23
Episode 23 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast New season of CEL announced, UCI Worlds public Q1 & 2, more on pedals plus SRC!We review the first of the public qualifiers for both women and men on the road to the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships. Plus we look at who has made it to the semi finals already and whats infront of those who are racing Q2Matt and Emma sat down wit

France.....is it good enough to race? Favero Assioma pedals new SRC rules! - Inside The Race - Ep 22
Episode 22 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast France for SRC finals.....was it good enough to race? Favero Assioma pedals new SRC rules! UCI World Champs Open Qualifier 1 this weekend!It might have been a busy August but September seems set to be just as action packed! In this show we'll be running through all the action from the August finals which saw riders race in France for the

How to fuel for racing, Inside team BMC plus SRC Q3,4 & Finals - Inside The Race - Ep 21
Episode 21 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is back with the Sunday Race Club before we hit the August Finals. We kick off with a review of the action from SRC 3 & 4 in both the women’s and men’s races – did they go as expected?We talk racing and teams with BMC mastermind Simon Llewellyn with insights into how the team works and what he would change to make it even better for t

The inside track on the UCI Worlds 2026 and more from Matt Smithson - Inside The Race - Ep 20
Episode 20 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast gets the inside track on all things UCI Worlds!We said in our last show we would be featuring teams but we have squeezed in a special to talk about something a lot of people have been talking about including us - the UCI Esports World Championships but what better way to get answers to some of the questions you have been asking than to as

Sunday Race Club Beta Cat's, Q1 & Q2 Review, Q3 Preview & UCI Elite Worlds - Inside The Race - Ep 19
Episode 19 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is our first regular weekly show!Well it is now August and after a busy July with plenty of racing we are finally getting into our regular shows.This week we have on the show - SRC Beta Categorization, Q1 & Q2 round-up, a look ahead to Q3 PLUS yet more UCI Elite Worlds news and in the latter part of the show we look ahead to Sunday Ra

Big changes to the UCI World Championships - what’s your view? - Inside The Race - Ep 18
Episode 18 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is our first look at the tech guide for the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships for 2026!Friday the 7th of August saw the UCI publish the first version of the technical guide for the 2026 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships (Link below). There are major changes to dates, formats, racing and so much more – in the show we bring you

What if the MyWhoosh Championships were ridden by nations not teams? - Inside The Race - Ep 17
Episode 17 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is our last look at the MyWhoosh Championships for 2026 and we take a very different dive into the numbers….We peer into the weird world of Emma and take a look at what the results would look like if this were the Olympics instead of the MyWhoosh Championship …..While Matt & Hayley have fun guessing the results, Emma has been number

The MyWhoosh Championship 2026 review Part 2 - Inside The Race - Ep 16
Episode 16 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is a full review of all of the men’s racing in the MyWhoosh Championships for 2026 plus a dive into the GC, stage order and formats in general.We review the action and we interview the winner of all but one men’s categories, we explain just what made our favourites lists and take a look at what we would like to see in the race if we had o

The MyWhoosh Championship 2026 review Part 1 - Inside The Race - Ep 15
Episode 15 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is a full review of all of the women’s racing in the MyWhoosh Championships for 2026 plus a dive into the climbing and sprint formats in general.We review the action and we interview the winner of every single Women’s category, we explain just what made our favourites lists and take a look at what we would like to see in the sprint &

The first details of the UCI World Championships 2026 are out! - Inside The Race - Ep 14
Episode 14 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast brings you all the key information we have so far on the UCI Elite Cycling Esports World Championships for 2026With Hayley racing internationally, Matt & Emma bring you the news of date changes, formats and processes If that lead up to the awarding of the Rainbow bands to our World Champions. Links to the relevant Docs:UCI and MyWhoo

Stage 7 ot the MyWhoosh Championship review & more - Inside The Race - Ep 13
Episode 13 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast brings our MyWhoosh Championships post stage podcasts to an end for the race as we take the last stand for stage 7.There was no standing around on stage 7 from any of our riders and as the race fields made their way around the Arabia course on MyWhoosh as we saw plenty of riders and teams make the most of the parcours. With more classific

Stage 6 of the MyWhoosh Championships review & more - Inside The Race - Ep 12
Episode 12 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is the first after the rest day and the last to include a stage preview………… confused? Don’t be as we cover what’s happened, what’s to come and chat with 2 great guests!Stage 6 was the race of truth – the Time Trial stage titled “Every second counts” and we saw not just seconds but minutes gained and lost by riders across the categories in

Stage 5 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more - Inside The Race - Ep 11
Episode 11 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast arrives a little later after stage 5 the 2026 MyWhoosh Championship stage race due to UCI duties on the mic for both Matt and Emma last night.On a stage titled “The mountain judges” all eyes were on the climbing specialists and the GC contenders as we headed to Columbia to take on courses that included the only 2 HC climbs of the race. Th

Stage 5 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more - Inside The Race - Ep 11
Episode 11 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast arrives a little later after stage 5 the 2026 MyWhoosh Championship stage race due to UCI duties on the mic for both Matt and Emma last night.On a stage titled “The mountain judges” all eyes were on the climbing specialists and the GC contenders as we headed to Columbia to take on courses that included the only 2 HC climbs of the race. Th

Stage 4 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more - Inside The Race - Ep 10
Episode 10 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast follows stage 4 the 2026 MyWhoosh Championship stage race.We moved to Bhutan for stage 4 – Break the field, the first of 2 big climbing days that come before the rest day and with plenty of tired legs in the race fields we saw many riders looking to conserve energy while a select few sensed the opportunity to race to their strengths. Due

Stage 3 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more - Inside The Race - Ep 9
Episode 9 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast comes hot on the heels of stage 3 of the 2026 MyWhoosh Championship stage race.Titled “Control the chaos” stage 3 of the MyWhoosh Championship stage race saw both the men and women head to the home of MyWhoosh HQ the U.A.E. Abu Dhabi saw the riders set off on the third day of competition and cross back and forth to Hudayriyat Island where

Stage 2 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more - Inside The Race - Ep 8
Episode 8 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is the second of the post stage shows for the 2026 MyWhoosh Championship stage race.Stage 2 of the MyWhoosh Championship stage race saw both the men and women take on exactly the same course with what turned out to be 12 different races unfolding over the roads of California. With the first of the big ascents, the Cat 1 Country Climb, offe

Stage 1 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more - Inside The Race - Ep 7
Episode 7 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is the first of the post stage shows for the 2026 MyWhoosh Championship stage race.It was a fast and furious stage 1 in both the men’s and women’s races and we sum up who did what as well as make the odd early prediction or 2! We wrap up the summary of the women’s stage by chatting with 8th on stage in women’s Cat 1 Kat Karamani who manage

The MyWhoosh Championship stage race preview show part 2 - Inside The Race - Ep 6
Episode 6 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is the second of our 2 preview shows for the 2026 MyWhoosh Championship stage race.If you though we covered a lot in the first preview show then be prepared for this monster episode then make sure your bidon is full and you have a gel or 2 in your back pocket as we run through every single race category in the men’s and women’s field as fa

The MyWhoosh Championship stage race preview show part 1 - Inside The Race - Ep 5
Episode 5 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is the first of our 2 preview shows for the 2026 MyWhoosh Championship stage race.We cover a lot of ground in this show, especially due to Emma’s scrupulous studying of every version of the race documents, from race dates & times and how that may affect the racing to our takes on the stage distances & profiles, which race classific

Behind the bars with Emma Martin - Inside The Race - Ep 4
Episode 4 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast is our final get to know the people who are bringing you the show and if you have listened or watched the episodes so far you will know it is Emma’s turn to answer the questions.We find out about Emma’s journey into sport, cycling and cycling esports, her love of data & stats and just how much of a movie and film buff she is😉 for all t

Behind the bars with Hayley Simmonds - Inside The Race - Ep 3
In Episode 3 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast, following Matt being in the hotseat in episode 2, it’s Hayley’s turn to be behind the bars and share some insights into naming bikes, confessing to her eclectic training playlists and giving us an example of her perfect pronunciation of one of her answers after riding for a Slovenian team for a year.Emma gets to ask questions twice in

Behind the bars with Matt Payne - Inside The Race - Ep 2
In Episode 2 of Inside The Race – The MyWhoosh Racing Podcast.......We put Matt in the hotseat and get an insight across a wide range of topics – from riding & racing, work experiences, favourite worlds, what’s in Matts bottle, as well as what Matt wants the podcast to achieve!With a Professor & a Doctor (Emma & Hayley) posing the questions is this a test of Matt’s education or is he a

Introduction - Inside The Race - Ep 1
The Inside the Race @MyWhooshRacing podcast is a community-driven racing podcast that provides in-depth coverage of racing events, teams, and strategies. The podcast also includes weekly race previews, community and rider interviews, exploration of racing community and teams, data and nutrition in racing, training and pain cave insights, and plans for specials and spin-offs.
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