THE SHORT ANSWER
Benji Naesen, cycling content creator and lanterne rouge cycling podcast co-host, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Naesen lands on race weight. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS BENJI NAESEN?
Benji Naesen is a Belgian cycling podcaster and content creator who co-hosts the Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast with Patrick Broe. His route into cycling media began with Pro Cycling Manager content rather than professional racing or print journalism, then expanded into race analysis and podcasting. In his Roadman interview he explains that path, describes losing approximately 10kg over roughly a year, and discusses how accumulated industry experience reduced his imposter syndrome.
NAESEN ON RACE WEIGHT
Naesen’s key positions on race weight.
- Co-hosts the Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast, covering professional race analysis with Patrick Broe.
- Entered cycling media through Pro Cycling Manager content before expanding into videos and podcasting.
- Described a personal 10kg weight-loss project built around a year-long horizon and tolerance for imperfect days.
- Said accumulated work and media experience gradually reduced his feeling of being an outsider in cycling.
IN NAESEN’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Benji Naesen’s appearances on the podcast.
“I think the actual catalyst was just all that combining and me coming to the thought process of if I'm 50, I don't want to look back at my late 20s and realize that I didn't get the best out of that period and wasn't my best self during that period. And I think the realization of that sentence, that idea is what triggered it for me.”
“The more and more as time goes on, the more time that I spend in the industry, whether it's podcasting about the industry, talking to writers in the industry, talking with media professionals in the industry, or even on like actual traditional media stations and so forth when I'm invited there, the more experiences I have, the more I will lose that impostor syndrome.”
“I feel like the traditional media that we are speaking about, I often fear that the stuff that they write is also from an idea of okay I can't step on the toes of these riders on the toes of these teams and so forth because those teams and those riders might reduce the access that we have to those teams and riders in the future. I think that's an idea that really is real in the space of cycling journalism.”
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Episodes where Benji Naesen covers race weight and related ground.
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What does Benji Naesen say about race weight?
Benji Naesen, cycling content creator and lanterne rouge cycling podcast co-host, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Naesen lands on race weight. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Naesen's main point on race weight?
Co-hosts the Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast, covering professional race analysis with Patrick Broe.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Benji Naesen on race weight?
Naesen discusses race weight in this episode: "Benji Naesen Opens Up About Imposter Syndrome in Cycling".
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