Nicolas Roche built a near-twenty-year WorldTour career with 65 top-ten Grand Tour stage finishes, racing as both a GC rider and a road captain. His reflections on a long career — the regrets, the highlights, and finding his identity as an Irish rider — offer amateurs a rare honest look at what two decades at the top actually costs and gives.
The major positions Roche is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Nicolas Roche on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
“There was a moment in my life where I felt I was always a stranger. When I was in France, I was always Irish. When I was in Ireland, I was always French. So I cried. I need to make a public statement and say and declare that this is my choice. is what I am. I'm not half one or half the other. I'm 100% Irish and make a decision. And I legally ended all the administration work to give back my French citizenship.”
“Everything I did, it was never because of what I was doing, but I was always directly because I was Stephen Roach or some. So I realized that I can't get away with it, especially living in Ireland.”
“Look at a Teppster now who's in intensive care. We spend nine weeks at home. He comes out training and he got a hit a goose training or swan, sorry. and his intensive care with a perforated long-term concussion. He's a fun work. We're now one month from racing. I don't know if he's out of contract, no other contract. So he could be finished because he hit a goose yesterday after a 10-month stop in the season. So there's a lot more than being strong.”
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