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All the cycling news, analysis, and banter you need. Become a member to get premium content, extra episodes, and ad-free listening at escapecollective.com. Check out our other podcasts on your preferred podcast platform: - Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better - Wheel Talk - all things women's cycling - How the Race was Won - racing and tactical analysis - Overnight Success - The founders and innovators in the cycling industry Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/spincycle/
Richie Porte on losing his brother Tom
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In October 2025, Richie Porte’s youngest brother, Tom, died by suicide. He was 37. A builder in Launceston, a husband and a father of three, and in Richie’s words, his best mate. After retiring from professional cycling, Richie spent two and a half years working alongside Tom on building sites with the two going into business together. A year on, Richie sits down with Wade Wallace to talk about who Tom was, the last day they spent together building a fence, the phone call the next morning, and what the year since has been like. He talks about the questions he can’t answer, the friends who showed up, getting help himself, and why the hammer that now hangs on his lounge-room wall means more to him than his Tour de France podium photo. This conversation exists in the hope that it might help someone else. Content warning: This episode discusses suicide and grief. If you need support: Australia — Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7), text 0477 13 11 14, or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 US and Canada — call or text 988 UK and Ireland — Samaritans 116 123 In an emergency, call your local emergency number. Read the accompanying feature, The hammer on the wall on our homepage.
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Today on the show: Paul Seixas’ radio tour, Remco Evenepoel’s California tour and Matt White’s reunion tour. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
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Today on the show: The Tour de France routes are here, more missing teams from the uci roll call, and we are officially into cycling silly season. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: TotalEnergies could be back in business, Richard Carapaz is maybe recording fake phone calls, and Picnic strikes back. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
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Today on the show: Three cycling is finally here, US-HEY, why have I not been selected for Worlds?! And the Vuelta rumbles on. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
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Today on the show: Primoz Roglic may be on his way to Lotto-Intermarché, we break down why we’re having a bit of a weird transfer season, and the sprinters are saying a big no to the upcoming Vuelta a España. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift delivered, in every way possible. Both the racing and the beef. And Morbihan Dave is back in business. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
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For the final episode of our Tour de France (Hommes) podcasts, we caught up with our friends at the Cycling Podcast, Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss, to talk about the race's highs and lows, how we all got on over three weeks, and what on earth is going on in media these days. The Cycling Podcast was the first podcast to be accredited at the Tour de France, and at Escape we are fully aware that we follow in their footsteps. We're also firmly of the belief that anybody making good media is a friend of Escape. So it was an honor to get together with Lionel and Graham for this special collab episode.
The most prestigious awards in cycling are back for another year.
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Today on the show: Tadej Pogačar won atop Alpe d’Huez and, crucially, did not poop himself as far as we know, despite wearing the black shorts again. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: We are on the mountain, UAE are sick and Richard Carapaz is sometimes inevitable. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
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Today on the show: Remco won the time trial we all expected him to win, poor Lipo is out of the Tour, and the doping testers just keep coming. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
The second rest day is here, so we're back with another mailbag. Who would we clone to make the ultimate Tour team? Which highly suspect restaurant would we rather eat it? And much more.
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Today on the show: This little-known guy called Tadej Pogacar won a stage; reckon he’s gonna be a pretty big deal one day. Paul Seixas stormed into the white jersey to provide some feel-good factor at the Tour, and Tadej Pogacar won another stage. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: Mauro Schmid wheelies across the finish line, Tom Pidcock is back in the mix, and we went to Buffalo Grill. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
TODAY ON THE SHOW: Merlier makes it three, a big crash in the finale, and Jonny squashes an Escape beef. Or does he?
Today on the show: We’re here to tell you how the Race was Wærenskjold, and how it was the fastest in Tour history, and we finally got a glimpse of Julian Alaphilippe. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: Everyone tried to beat Tadej Pogačar on Bastille Day, to absolutely no effect. The boos only give him more power, and we are having a lovely day now that we’ve left Aurillac. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
It's mailbag time! We open up the postal sack in Aurillac where the first Tour de France rest day is being held to answer a series of questions from our dear members. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: A breakaway managed to thwart Tadej Pogačar, but a stone nearly thwarted Tom Pidcock. Oh, and Iain spent all day on the publicity caravan. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: Tim Merlier makes it two in a row, Liam Slock kept the Lotto party going and tomorrow's stage has sadly been shortened. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: A sprint showdown in Bordeaux, it’s Remco vs Lipowitz at Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe, and Iain Treloar has arrived. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: Tadej Pogačar turned the Tourmalet into a Tourmalaise for the rest of the GC contenders, Torstein Traeen dropped out of the yellow jersey in dramatic fashion, and Huub Artz is back. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: We finally had a sprint, an interesting solo breakaway artist, and we are ready to get into the mountains If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
TODAY ON THE SHOW: A real breakaway at the Tour de France, the hype Traen has left the station, and near perfection from Andy Schleck’s brave boys. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.
Today on the show: Tadej Pogačar got the gift-giving out of his system and returned to his usual place as the soul-destroying eater of dreams we know, love and respect. If you want to get Golden Hour and After Dark for the rest of the month, then Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here. Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to every full-length episode.