Gareth Rhys Owen, Rob Hayles and Simon Brotherton bring you a daily podcast from the 2019 Tour de France, as Geraint Thomas defends the title he won last year for Team Ineos (then Team Sky).Follow the team @5liveSport, via the BBC Sport website, and use the hashtag #BBCycling to get in touch.
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Tour de France - Rest Day - Geraint Thomas and Dave Brailsford join BeSpoke (00:39:38)
The BeSpoke team drive through the night to join up with reigning Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas and Ineos Team Principle Sir Dave Brailsford on the final rest day. With Julian Alaphilippe cra...
Tour de France - Stage 8 - Breakaways & broken bikes (00:28:43)
Geraint Thomas and his Ineos teammates crashed with 10km to go but fought back to limit the damage to Gianni Moscon's snapped frame. This was all going on whilst Thomas de Gendt rode a remarkable brea...
Tour de France 2019 preview (00:51:31)
The 2019 Tour de France starts this Saturday. With Chris Froome out, we hear from Geraint Thomas who aims to defend his crown. Plus we ask what the future holds for Mark Cavendish after he wasn’t pic...
The Art of the Time Trial (00:40:37)
Bent double, legs aching, lungs burning, knees knocking into your ribcage as you race against the clock: the Time Trial is cycling in its purest form. But what does it feel like to ride a professional...
Geraint Thomas's guide to surviving a crash (00:26:36)
Geraint Thomas tells BeSpoke he's lucky to be ok following his crash at the Tour de Suisse which could've have scuppered his defence of the Tour de France. He talks us through the finer details of wha...
Chris Froome in intensive care after 55 kilometres an hour crash (00:26:17)
Britain's Chris Froome is in intensive care after crashing into a wall at 55 kilometres an hour during a reconnaissance ride at the Dauphine stage race in south-east France. He will no longer compete ...
Michael Woods special (00:26:09)
EF Education First's Michael Woods played Ice Hockey before becoming an elite runner, only taking up cycling to keep fit. He joins BeSpoke to discuss his journey to front of the peloton, describes how...
Lizzie Deignan special (00:21:01)
With the Giro d'Italia in our slipstream, BeSpoke pops across the Pennines to Leeds and a catch-up with Lizzie Deignan - the dominant British female road racer of her generation and, as of eight month...
Giro d'Italia 2019: Carapaz victorious in Verona (00:26:54)
In the city synonymous with Romeo and Juliet, there are no late dramas nor tragedies for dashing race leader Richard Carapaz. The BeSpoke team analyse where the young Ecuadorian won this 102nd Giro, p...
Giro d'Italia 2019 - Stage 18 (00:27:27)
A warm feeling resonates through BeSpoke's Gareth Rhys Owen as the breakaway just kept their advantage after separating from the peloton 170kms out, with Italy's Damiano Cima winning by inches in just...
Giro D'italia: The final week (00:30:39)
Bad weather and dangerous descents made for a captivating 16th stage of the 2019 Giro. The Italian rider Giulio Ciccone won, whilst Richard Carapaz remains the race General Classification leader, a le...
The Guardian’s Tour de France Correspondent Jeremy Whittle and Gareth Rhys Owen join Tom Fordyce as the 2019 Giro d’Italia finally gets exciting with a brilliant 12th stage - Italian Cesare Benedetti ...
Masochism & unfinished business – the 2019 Giro d’Italia preview (00:57:21)
Last year’s Giro winner Chris Froome tells BeSpoke how he loves to inflict pain on his competitors as we preview the first Grand Tour of the season, the Giro D'italia. Meanwhile fellow Brit Simon Yate...
The Sky's the limit: Volcanoes, cinnamon and the world's steepest road (00:27:22)
The journey to Grand Tour victory starts 2'300 metres up Mount Tiede: a dormant volcano in Tenerife which is overdue an eruption. This is where Team Sky have based their training camps since 2010. Bes...
Ropey airports, cobbled roads and retirement (00:43:55)
Olympic gold medallist Dani Rowe joins Gareth Rhys Owen on the podcast this week to discuss life after the peloton; Dani retired from road racing in November. Rob Hayles returns from the Tour of Fland...
The greatest race of all? (00:46:10)
Tom Fordyce is joined by cycling writer Sadhbh O’Shea and BeSpoke veterans Gareth Rhys Owen and Jeremy Whittle to battle up the steep cobbled climbs and narrow roads of the Tour of Flanders, a race li...
The near-death story of cycling's great survivor (00:43:18)
Tom Fordyce is joined by the Guardian’s Jeremy Whittle and former pro rider Rob Hayles – eventually – as they hear the remarkable story of veteran rider Bernie Eisel’s near-fatal accident and his rema...
BeSpoke's end of year awards (00:41:44)
What a year it’s been. A clean sweep for British riders of the three Grand Tours in Geraint Thomas, Chris Froome and Simon Yates, but who will the BeSpoke team pick as the best rider of 2018? Tom Ford...
Mr & Mrs Thomas - How we won the Tour (00:51:29)
He cried on his wedding day and when he won the greatest prize in cycling, but listen to Geraint Thomas as you’ve never heard him before in this BeSpoke special. With his wife Sara alongside him, the ...
Is it game over for Cavendish? (00:26:24)
In this week’s episode, Ben Croucher and the team discuss whether Mark Cavendish’s latest health problems will stop him breaking Eddy Merckx’s famous Tour de France record. They also discuss Chris Fro...
Stage 17: A horrible climb, a happy Welshman and a rapid escape (00:26:10)
On a mountain steeper and longer than Alpe D’Huez, Geraint Thomas takes an iron grip on the yellow jersey as Chris Froome cedes precious time and possible team leadership. Meanwhile, Tom and the team ...
Is there a Plan G? (00:33:19)
Geraint Thomas joins Tom Fordyce to chat about his win at the Criterium du Dauphine, his hopes for being a co-leader at the Tour de France, and his plans for the future.
Plus, Tom and the team assess...
Stage 8: Is Froome losing his nerve? (00:22:16)
As Chris Froome hits the deck again on Stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia, Tom and Jeremy ask if the five-time Grand Tour winner is experiencing a run of bad luck, or if a great rider is starting to lose hi...
Stage 7: "Yates brothers race Froome & co like it's a club ride" (00:29:53)
As Britain's Simon Yates retains the lead at the Giro d'Italia, Tom and Jeremy catch up with his old cycling club in Lancashire, where it all began. Find out what made him the rider he is today, and h...
Stage 5: Italians rise to the occasion in Sicily (00:20:41)
Join Tom Fordyce and cycling journalist Jeremy Whittle as they look back on Enrico Battaglin's stage five victory of the Giro d'Italia ahead of compatriot Giovanni Visconti.
Britain’s Simon Yates cont...
