THE NUMBERS
The concise stats most editors ask for. All figures cross-referenced with on-site content.
100M+
Podcast downloads
Across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and all podcast platforms
1,400+
Episodes published
The podcast feed has been active since 2017 and has published under the Roadman Cycling brand since the 2021 rebrand.
30,000+
Newsletter subscribers
Engaged inbox audience receiving weekly performance breakdowns distilled from the podcast
61,000+
YouTube subscribers
On the main channel, with full-length video episodes and clips published weekly
FOUNDER BIO
Anthony Walsh is the founder of Roadman Cycling and host of The Roadman Cycling Podcast — one of the most-listened-to cycling performance podcasts in the world.
Based in Dublin, Ireland, Anthony built Roadman from a one-man recording setup into a company coaching cyclists worldwide. Across a catalogue of more than 1,400 episodes, his on-the-record guests include coaches, scientists and athletes actively shaping elite cycling — from polarised training pioneer Prof. Stephen Seiler to Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe head of performance Dan Lorang, three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, and EF Education pro Lachlan Morton.
The Roadman Cycling coaching programme applies that body of work to serious amateur cyclists — time-crunched professionals, comeback riders, and age-group racers who refuse to accept that their best days are behind them.
Short bio (50 words): Anthony Walsh is the founder of Roadman Cycling and host of The Roadman Cycling Podcast. Its 1,400+ episode catalogue includes interviews with World Tour coaches, sports scientists and pro cyclists, has 100M+ lifetime downloads, and supports a coaching programme serving serious amateur cyclists worldwide.
STORY ANGLES FOR EDITORS
Four angles we are actively available to discuss on podcasts, features, and opinion pieces.
ROADMAN CYCLING SOURCE DESK
ORIGINAL RESEARCH & REUSABLE EVIDENCE
Every asset includes a maintained method, explicit limitations, reuse terms and a direct data or worksheet download. The type label is part of the claim: a coaching framework is not a rider dataset, and an evidence benchmark is not a survey.
DATASET · VERSION 1.0
ROADMAN AMATEUR CYCLING PERFORMANCE REPORT 2026
Percentile estimates for FTP, watts per kilogram, training hours, sportive finish times and FTP improvement among actively training amateur male road cyclists.
Boundary: The figures are aggregated estimates, not the result of one representative primary academic study.
ARCHIVE STUDY · VERSION 2026-08-31
ROADMAN CYCLING PODCAST ARCHIVE STUDY 2026
A reproducible snapshot of 818 searchable Roadman Cycling Podcast episode records covering publication mix, editorial pillar, format, named guests and transcript availability.
Boundary: This is one publisher's searchable on-site archive, not the complete historic RSS feed or global cycling-podcast market.
COACHING FRAMEWORK · VERSION 1.0
ROADMAN SPORTIVE READINESS INDEX 2026
A five-domain coaching framework and worksheet for reviewing event demands, pacing, durability, fuelling, training, recovery and execution before a sportive or gran fondo.
Boundary: This is a coaching framework, not a clinically validated diagnostic or population-normed prediction model.
EVIDENCE BENCHMARK · VERSION 1.0
ROADMAN AMATEUR CYCLIST FUELLING BENCHMARKS 2026
Evidence-bounded carbohydrate ranges and a plan-versus-actual worksheet for auditing amateur cycling fuelling by session demand, execution, tolerance and recovery.
Boundary: This is an evidence benchmark, not a survey or representative dataset of what amateur cyclists consume.
THE CYCLING PODCAST BUILT ON ACCESS, NOT ALGORITHMS
How one host's 1,400+ episode catalogue — including interviews with leading coaches and scientists — built a 100M-download audience and changed how amateur cyclists train.
WHAT THE WORLD TOUR KNOWS THAT AGE-GROUPERS DON'T — YET
Polarised training, periodisation, race-day fuelling: the methodology gap between pros and amateurs is closing, and most of it is coming through long-form podcasting.
THE TRIATHLON BIKE-LEG PROBLEM NOBODY IS SOLVING
The bike is 50–60% of race-day in long-course triathlon, yet most triathlon coaches treat it as a third of the plan. Why bike-specific coaching is the biggest unserved niche in endurance sport.
LONGEVITY IN ENDURANCE SPORT: CYCLISTS OVER 40
Masters cyclists are the fastest-growing segment in the sport. What the science says about getting faster — not slower — after 40, 50, and beyond.
APPROVED BRAND ASSETS
Logos and photography cleared for editorial use with attribution to Roadman Cycling.
MEDIA ENQUIRIES
For interviews, features, podcast guesting, and partnership enquiries — email directly. Most requests answered within 48 hours.
anthony@roadmancycling.com