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Stage 13: Sometimes Peyragudes, sometimes Peyrabad Jul 18, 2025

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If a time trial happens at the Tour de France and Ronan isn't there to see it, does it make a sound?

Caley, Jonny, and Iain are joined by Defector's Patrick Redford to talk through a TT that ended up tighter (in some ways) than we expected. Plus, more on the 2012 Sky/Brailsford saga and the photographers are in trouble.

Stage 12: Haut to go Jul 17, 2025

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Alternate headline: Jesus Christ Pogačar

Welcome to a podcast in three parts. Caley, Jonny, and Iain first join from the Tourmalet, then a traffic jam, and then a fascinating restaurant in Lourdes. Tadej Pogačar is the story of the day but there are plenty of other bits to dig into.

Stage 11: How Toulouse a guy in one stage Jul 16, 2025

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What a stage. The stage of the Tour so far? We think so.

It had everything, from breakaway wins to big GC crashes to finish line protesters. Caley, Jonny, and Iain are joined by Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal and (briefly) Defector's Patrick Redford to talk through the day.

Today's podcast title brought to you by Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal.

Rest Day 1: Everything to gain Jul 15, 2025

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We did it. We made it to the first rest day of the Tour de France. It took ten days but we got there.

Caley, Jonny, and Iain sit down in Toulouse to answer your rest day questions.

Stage 10: Massif Bentral Jul 14, 2025

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What a day in the mountains. Two races in one, a fantastic yellow jersey, and the first hints of a coming GC battle. Caley, Jonny, and Iain are joined by Chris Marshall Bell to talk through the day's stories.

Alternate episode titles today (feel free to suggest your own):
Massif Bental St Martins College
Philippe Philippe Simon is Massif
France's Bastille Day Bungle is Massif

Stage 9: Silver linings from doomed breakaways Jul 13, 2025

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Jonas Rickaert had a dream.

A fast, chaotic sprint made even more interesting thanks to some heroics (or insanity? Fine line) from Mathieu van der Poel on the road to Chateauroux. Caley, Jonny, and Iain break down the stage.

Stage 8: Live, Laugh, Laval Jul 12, 2025

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Sprint day! It was a hot one in central France and Jonathan Milan won the drag race up a slight rise to take his first Tour de France stage. Did Alpecin-Decueuninck back the wrong man? And is Pogačar a threat for the green jersey?

Caley, Jonny, and Iain break it all down and then extol the virtues of a Bergadou breakaway and discuss Feed Zone Gate.

Stage 7: Mûr-de on the France floor Jul 11, 2025

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For the record, we had our episode title before the Cycling Podcast did.

Pogačar had this one circled on this calendar, and there was no denying him. Caley and Jonny are joined by Iain, just in from Norway, to chat through the stage (which was fun), whether it means anything for the GC battle (not really), and look ahead to a big haul across the middle of France this weekend.

Stage 6: The art of the long shot Jul 10, 2025

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We thought it would be a breakaway day, and indeed it was. Ben Healy put on a show, sneaking away at just the right moment to take his first Tour stage win. Behind, weird decisions from UAE and Visma left the pod crew with many questions.

Caley and Jonny are joined by pro photographer Zac Williams and reporter Chris Marshall Bell to break down the motivations of those big teams, how Healy pulled it off, and plenty more.

Stage 5: We need to talk about Kévin Jul 09, 2025

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Time trial day! It's Ronan's Christmas, birthday, and birth of his first child all rolled into one. The man could not be more excited. Jonny and Caley, in contrast, are just hoping for literally anything interesting to happen.

Lucky for us, it did. Jonas Vingegaard underperformed (or did he?), Remco Evenepoel smashed it, and sweet Kevin Vauquelin (or is it VauqueliCAN) rode his way into the top three.

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