Brakedown Podcast

The Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Festival was a fun series of races! Ben Hill of CCS Cycling and Georgie Howe of Knights of Surburbia join podcast host Jamie Finch-Penninger to talk about the tactics and significance of the Warrny!

U23 women's road race champion Alyssa Polites of Sydney Uni -Staminade and 4th in the men's road race, Kane Richards of ARA-Pro Racing Sunshine Coast, talk with host Jamie Finch-Penninger about the Australian Road National Championships. Apologies for the delayed release on this one and the audio ticks in recording, been a while and I'm a bit rusty! Enjoy and give some feedback on the Australian Cycling Insider social media.

The Powercor Melbourne to Warrnambool was run and won to the rapturous attention of thousands last weekend! Liam White of Oliver's Real Food Racing and Justin Barrow of Roxsolt Liv SRAM join host Jamie Finch-Penninger for a long chat about how the men's and women's races at Warrny panned out and looked ahead to the battle for the David Reid Homes Grafton to Inverell victory.

The Powercor Melbourne to Warrnambool is just around the corner with a very strong field that had guest analyst Tim Decker poring through the names on the startlist alongside host Jamie Finch-Penninger and coming up with a number of top riders to watch.

Georgie Whitehouse of Sydney Uni-Staminade and Tom Bolton or Oliver's Real Food Racing join the podcast to talk through an exceptional opening six days of racing at the NRS National Tour on the Tweed Coast.

Reigning national time-trial champion Sarah Gigante (TIBCO-SVB) and Sam Hill (Team Bridgelane) are here to talk about the nine-day extravaganza of National Road Series racing in northern NSW. It shapes as a tough succession of one-day classics that will decide the overall NRS winners for 2020!

Pro cyclist Lucy Kennedy of Mitchelton-Scott and Belinda(reallyspoketome on Twitter) join host Jamie Finch-Penninger in a conversation previewing the Giro Rosa 2020.

James Whelan talks about the lessons, and there are lots of them that he learned as a first-year WorldTour professional. An insightful chat with the EF Education First rider.

The Australian Cycling Insider in-depth wrap-up of all the action from the womens and mens Herald Sun Tours and the Melbourne to Warrnnambool. Featuring interviews with riders too innumerable to mention here, with interstitial sounds made by Jamie Finch-Penninger.

A plethora of guests as Marcus Culey of Team Sapura, Jayco Herald Sun Tour race director Scott McGrory, BGradeCyclist.com's Ryan Miu, Anya Louw of ARA-Pro Racing Sunshine Coast, James Whelan of EF Education First and Jai Hindley of Team Sunweb join the podcast to talk about the imminent staging of the Herald Sun Tour.

Chris Harper, newly of Jumbo-Visma and formerly of Team Bridgelane, speaks to the Australian Cycling Insider podcast about his rise to the WorldTour from the ranks of anonymity within the National Road Series.

Sam Hill of Team Nero-Bianchi joins Jamie Finch-Penninger to talk about his recent stage win and the team's general classification win at the Tour of the Tropics. They also look ahead to the upcoming Tour de Tweed which kicks off this weekend.

Marcus Culey of Team Sapura Cycling (yes, new team) joins the podcast to talk all things Sun Tour, including gravel climbs, will Ben Dyball win and who's running hot at the moment. Brodie Chapman of TIBCO-SVB also shares her thoughts ahead of her title defence in the race that catapulted her into the WorldTour.

The interviews with the winners and movers and shakers from an unpredicatable national road race championships. Includes a chat with the head honcho/organiser of the nationals Kipp Kauffmann, head of Sport for Cycling Australia.

An odd collection of criteriums and one massive climb for the latest round of the National Road Series at the Tour of Gippsland!

Kate Perry of Specialized Womens Racing and Nick White or Oliver's Real Food Racing join the podcast to chat dirt, gravel and fun at the Tour of King Valley 2018. N.B. The audio isn't great for this episode, proceed with caution.

Wind, rain, sun, a bit of hail... that could have been the description of 20 minutes in the constantly changing weather conditions on the border of South Australia and Victoria. It made for a fun place to stage a bike race! Chats with all the winners and riders that made the action at the 2018 edition of the Tour of the Great South Coast.

It's three podcasts in one this episode as Ryan Cavanagh of St George Continental and Georgie Whitehouse of Sydney Uni-Staminade Womens Cycling talk about the recent running of Battle Recharge, and Ben Hill of Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum has a chat about racing since coming back from a nasty crash at the end of last season.

Grace Brown of Holden Team Gusto and Chris Miller of Nero KOM Financial Advice Racing Team join the podcast to talk all things Battle Recharge. It's been a long hiatus for the National Road Series, but things look set for a hot return to racing around Murwillumbah.

Marcus Culey of St George Continental joins the podcast to preview the first event of the National Road Series, the Grafton to Inverell, and to talk about Aussies performing overseas. With a special appearance from Amanda Spratt of Mitchelton-Scott, talking about her incredible Ardennes performance!