Episode 73 features the long anticipated BMC Racing Team's Brent Bookwalter interview. Brent talks about his season to date as he prepares for the Amgen Tour of California. Bookwalter is coy about his leadership role at the California race, and expounds on the depth of the BMC Racing Team and the opportunities for him and his teammates to shine in this upcoming race. Brent talks about his past Redlands Cycling Classic experience and upcoming Gran Fondo's including this year's Bookwalter Binge on October 28th in Asheville, North Carolina (http://www.bookwalterbinge.com). Randy and Dean wrap up the podcast looking at the Redlands Cycling Classic and upcoming Giro d' Italia.
Episode 72 features the latest in bicycle racing overseas and in the United States. The Warren brothers talk about the one day Ardennes classics La Flèche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, men and women then recap the Tour of the Gila race from New Mexico. Dean interviewed the overall winners, Tayler Wiles of UHC, and Evan Huffman of Rally (apologies for the wind noise and low volume of the Huffman interview). Randy and Dean in the podcast also mention the Little 500, speed week races and the upcoming Tour of Romandie.
Episode 71 takes place during a Facebook Live Event at the Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery in Silver City, New Mexico on the eve of the Tour of the Gila stage race. Dean previews the race through interviews with Rally Pro Cycling's Sepp Kuss, and Project 303 racers Austin Stephens and Taylor Warren. Dean then talks to Brian Firle from Athletes in Action and cycling photographer Jonathan Devich.
The Warren brothers go over the recent races including the Amstel Gold Race and Track Worlds results. Dean interviews US Road Champ and Trek-Segafredo's Greg Daniel who just raced the Amstel Gold Race. Randy and Dean talk about the women's Amstel Gold Race and the success of the women at the Track World Championships in Hong Kong. The Warrens cover the upcoming races in Belgium and the beginning stage of the Tour of the Alps. Dean heads to Gila and will broadcast on Facebook Live Tuesday, April 18th at 7:30pm MDT.
In Episode 69 the Warren brothers have lots of races to talk about and top on their list was the recently completed Paris-Roubaix race. Randy and Dean discuss the results from the Tour of the Basque Country and other European races where Americans or American based teams have done well. They also touch on the 303 Project cycling team's success at Boulder-Roubaix and look forward to the next big domestic race, the Tour of the Gila. They mention the Sunny King weekend races as well.
In Episode 68 the Warren Brothers recap the recent races as well as two that were in progress as Randy and Dean recorded the episode. The Warren brothers interview Team Sunweb's Coryn Rivera as she became the first American to win the Tour of Flanders. Randy and Dean talk about the Joe Martin Stage Race and The Tour of the Gila. The races in progress were the midweek sprinters classic, the Schelderprijs race in Belgium and the Tour of the Basque Country in Spain. The highlight of the podcast is talking to Coryn Rivera as she talks about her win at de Ronde.
The Warren Cycling Podcast recorded on Facebook Live previewing the Joe Martin Stage Race in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Dean interviewed Lauren Stephens (Tibco Silicon Valley Bank) and Mindy McCutcheon (Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling Team) as well as 303 Project cycling team manager Nicholas Greeff and Joe Martin Stage Race director Bruce Dunn.
In Episode 66 Randy and Dean Warren offer their thoughts on the big weekend of cycling all across the world. They talk about Gent-Wevelgem, the Volta a Catalunya, the Coppi e Bartali, Tour of Taiwan and the Tour de Normandie in varying degrees of depth. Dean and Randy highlight the top American finishers such as Team Sunweb's Coryn Rivera's third place at the Women's World Tour one day classic Gent-Wevelgem and Team USA's Ian Garrison's second place at the U23 Gent-Wevelgem race. They mention along the way Alejandro Valverde's (Movistar) dominating performance at the Volta a Catalunya and Tom Skujens (Cannondale-Drapac)'s near overall win the the Coppi e Bartali. The Warren brothers conclude this episode talking about the upcoming US domestic race in Arkansas, the long running Joe Martin Stage Race.
In Episode 65 (The second bonus episode and third episode this week!) Randy and Dean Warren interview bicycle race and event announcer Frankie Andreu. Andreu raced professionally in Europe for 12 seasons, directed domestic teams and now announces at cycling races and events across the country. He brings his insight to the podcast talking about the upcoming domestic season and what teams and riders to look for. The Warren brothers conclude the podcast discussing the various races coming up for each calendar, the Pro Road Tour, the American Road Calendar and the USA Crits series.
Episode 64 features an interview with American Coryn Rivera of Team Sunweb. Coryn talks about her Women's World Tour win at the Trofea Alfredo Binda race and her spring season as well as being on a European based team. The Warren brothers recap the latest from the Volta a Catalunya and the Dwars door Vlaaneren race in Belgium.
Episode 63 begins with a recap of the first cycling monument of the season, Milan-Sanremo. The Warren brothers discuss Bora Hansgrohe's Peter Sagan's move on the Poggio and how Team Sky's Michal Kwiatkowski outsprinted Sagan and Quickstep Floors Julian Alaphilippe. Dean reported from the first day at the Volta a Catalunya, and interviewed Lachlan Morton (Dimension Data), Chad Haga (Team Sunweb), Brent Bookwalter (BMC) and Bauke Mollema (Trek Segafredo). The podcast finishes off with a report on Team Sunweb's Coryn Rivera's excellent Women's World Tour victory at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda race.
In Episode 62 Randy and Dean talk about the recently completed Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico stage races and what we learned from them. The Warren brothers discuss which riders are going well, and some that are not as much. Dean and Randy shift their talk towards the upcoming Milan-Sanremo monument and Volta a Catalunya stage race and look forward to those events as well.
In a bonus episode this week, the Warren brothers talk about what has happened in the time trials at the World Tour stage race Paris-Nice and the first stage at the World Tour stage race in Italy, Tirreno-Adriatico. Dean and Randy are then joined by UnitedHealthcare's Travis McCabe. McCabe just returned recently stateside after a successful start to his race season with wins in Australia and Malaysia. Travis talks about racing for his new team and lessons learned from lead-out extraordinaire Greg Henderson. The Warren brothers also discuss the inclusion and exclusion of teams invited to this year's Amgen Tour of California.
In Episode 60 LottoNL-Jumbo's Alexey Vermeulen joins the Warren Cycling Podcast from the Federal, a new coffee shop in Girona, Spain owned by Movistar's Rory Sutherland. Alexey talks about his early season races including Strade Bianche, the Abu Dhabi Tour, and Santos Tour Down Under. He also chats about his upcoming season goals and fills us in on life in Girona with his new roommate Tyler Williams of the Cycling Academy. Randy and Dean continue the podcast discussing the latest races including the fascinating first two stages at Paris-Nice.
In Episode 59 Randy and Dean interview UCI pro women's Sho-Air Twenty20 team general manager Nicola Cranmer. Nicola talks about her team and role in developing some of the top US racers (and a few Canadians) including recent World Cup track victories. The Warren brothers cover the latest in professional men and women's racing including the track world cup in Los Angeles, the Omloop het Niewsblad and KBK one day races as well as the World Tour Abu Dhabi stage race.
In Episode 58 Randy and Dean Warren discuss the latest in the professional cycling world. The Warren brothers start out talking about the Valley of the Sun Race which took place in Phoenix, Arizona. Dean interviewed the time trial winners from the pro men's race and the pro women's race, Brandon McNulty of Rally and Leah Thomas of Sho-AirTwenty20 respectively. The Warrens follow up with talking about the recently completed Tour of Oman and Ruta del Sol and look forward to the "real" start to the season with the upcoming Wolrd Tour events.
Randy and Dean Warren talk again about cycling, mostly races going on in the professional world. Before the Warren brothers dive into what's happening in the races they talk about siblings in sports. They then concentrate on the pro races including the Tour of Oman, the Volta ao Algarve and the Ruta del Sol in the Andalusia region of Spain. Top riders are showing their form and Randy and Dean look forward to the season as it builds towards the first couple of bigger stage races and one day events.
Randy and Dean Warren convene this week to talk all things cycling on the Warren Cycling Podcast. The Warren brothers go over their recent rides and how they build community though cycling. Randy and Dean muse about sports that are played all year long, and how mixing up different cycling disciplines is beneficial. They move on to talk about UHC's Travis McCabe's stage win in Australia, then about other cyclists who are performing well in the early season as well as upcoming professional races.
A bonus episode this week as Aspire Racing's Ellen Noble talks to the Warren Cycling Podcast about her Cyclocross World Championship Silver Medal and overall U23 World Cup series win. Noble also shares with the Warren brothers her start into cycling and plans for road racing this year as well. Randy and Dean then briefly recap the results of multiple road races from Spain to Dubai to Australia.
The Warren brothers convene once again to talk all things cycling and start off with weather for their own rides. Randy gives descending advice and then he and Dean talk about the recent races. They discuss the events in Australia and Argentina as well as Mallorca before covering the Cyclocross World Championships where American Ellen Noble earned a silver medal in the women's U23 race. The Warren brothers wonder which race successes in the early season will translate to wins later on and are excited to be back in the road racing time.
The Warren Cycling Podcast resumes after a short break where Dean was in South Africa at the Mpumalanga Cycle Tour where his son Taylor raced. Randy and Dean talk about the race which includes interviews with former World Tour rider Songezo Jim, and the Mpumalanga Tour organizer Hendrik Wagener and president commissar Bart Harmse. Racers Nicholas Greeff and Taylor Warren also were interviewed and pay compliments to the well organized race. The Warren brothers discuss the recently completed Santos Tour Down Under and the previous weekend's cycle-cross World Cup races.
Dean is in South Africa for this abbreviated podcast. The Warren brothers talk about the recently contested USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals. Even the podcast description is abbreviated.
Episode 51, the first of 2017, starts out with Randy and Dean Warren interviewing newly crowned collegiate national champion Maxx Chance representing CU Boulder in Hartford, Connecticut. Maxx shares his nationals experience with preparations for the upcoming U23 race. Chance also talks about his recent Belgium racing before Randy and Dean move on to discuss the Belgium nationals course. Dean then quizzes Randy on the new names of the teams on the World Tour level. The Warren brothers touch on the racing in Australia, including the road national championships going on there and the upcoming Santos Tour Down Under.
In Episode 50, the Warren Cycling Podcast is joined by Nicholas Greeff from Cape Town, South Africa. Randy and Dean Warren recap a year of podcasts and Nicholas gives insight into cycling in South Africa.
It's almost Christmas and the Warren Cycling Podcast gives it's listeners an extra podcast this week featuring an interview with USA Cycling's CEO Derek Bouchard-Hall. The Warren brothers talk to Derek who is in London and ask about his cycling background. Bouchard-Hall shares his story from getting into the sport, to his rich racing career and then move into life after racing professionally. He tells of his opportunity to move into his current position, and the changes and challenges that USA Cycling faces. The Warren Cycling Podcast wishes you a wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season!