Inside The Race - MyWhoosh Racing Podcast - @mywhooshracing
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
Inside The Race - Ep.14 - The first details of the UCI World Championships 2026 are out!
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
Inside The Race - Ep.13 - Stage 7 ot the MyWhoosh Championship review & more
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
Inside The Race - Ep12 - Stage 6 of the MyWhoosh Championships review & more
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
Inside The Race - Ep.11 - Stage 5 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more
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
Inside The Race - Ep.11 - Stage 5 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more
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
Inside The Race - Ep.10 - Stage 4 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more
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
Inside The Race - Ep.9 - Stage 3 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more
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
Inside The Race - Ep.8 - Stage 2 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more
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
Inside The Race - Ep.7 - Stage 1 of the MyWhoosh Championship review & more
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
Inside The Race - Ep.6 - The MyWhoosh Championship stage race preview show part 2
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
Inside The Race - Ep.5 - The MyWhoosh Championship stage race preview show part 1
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
Inside The Race - Ep.4 - Behind the bars with Emma Martin
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
Inside The Race - Ep.3 - Behind the bars with Hayley Simmonds
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
Inside The Race - Ep.2 - Behind the bars with Matt Payne
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
Inside The Race - Ep.1 - Introduction
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.
