THE ROADMAN
CYCLING PODCAST

The pro post-stage recovery checklist explained — fast carbs, cherry juice, massage, cold plunge, big dinners — and which pieces amateurs should actually copy.

A 2026 meta-analysis settles it: running won't raise your FTP — but bone density, time efficiency and durability make it worth doing. Here's how to start.

Training hard but gaining weight? Anthony explains the in-season calorie mismatch — taper weeks, rest days, unchanged eating — and how to fuel for the work required.

Zone 2 not making you faster? The zone is relative, the cost is absolute — why time-crunched riders may need tempo and sweet spot, not more easy miles.

with Mattias Reck — Head coach at Lidl-Trek and a former professional rider; has personally coached Mads Pedersen since 2017 along with a group of the team's WorldTour riders

Mattias Reck breaks down the training philosophy behind world champion Mads Pedersen — recovery capacity, consistency and why copying pro hours fails.

with Sam Impey — World Tour performance nutritionist and researcher in carbohydrate metabolism; works with professional cyclists including Tom Pidcock and Filippo Ganna

World Tour nutritionist Dr Sam Impey explains a new study confirming most cyclists fuel wrong — a whole-week pattern, not a gel problem on the bike.

Your body makes ~80% of the drag, not your bike. Here's when aero is real free speed for everyday riders, when it's a waste of money, and the $0 fixes first.

The Tour de France began as a publicity stunt in a newspaper war born of the Dreyfus Affair. How a feud over a paper called L'Auto created cycling's biggest race.