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BeSpoke: at the Tour de France

Gareth Rhys Owen, Rob Hayles and Simon Brotherton bring you a daily podcast from the 2019 Tour de France, as Geraint Thomas defends the title he won last year.

Radio 5 Live,31 episodes

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Tour de France - Rest Day - Geraint Thomas and Dave Brailsford join BeSpoke
Geraint Thomas and Sir Dave Brailsford joins BeSpoke
22 Jul 2019,39 mins
Tour de France - Stage 8 - Breakaways & broken bikes
Thomas De Gendt wins a remarkable breakaway.
13 Jul 2019,28 mins
Tour de France 2019 preview
With Chris Froome out, we hear from Geraint Thomas who aims to defend his crown.
04 Jul 2019,51 mins
The Art of the Time Trial
BeSpoke discuss what it takes to ride the prefect Time Trial
26 Jun 2019,40 mins
Geraint Thomas's guide to surviving a crash
Geraint Thomas joins BeSpoke following his crash in Switzerland
19 Jun 2019,26 mins
Chris Froome in intensive care after 55 kilometres an hour crash
Chris Froome is in intensive care after crashing into a wall in south-east France
12 Jun 2019,26 mins
Michael Woods special
EF Education First's Michael Woods joins BeSpoke
12 Jun 2019,26 mins
Lizzie Deignan special
Lizzie Deignan joins BeSpoke as she returns to racing following the birth of her daughter
06 Jun 2019,21 mins
Giro d'Italia 2019: Carapaz victorious in Verona
Richard Carapaz is crowned champion of the 2019 Giro d'Italia
02 Jun 2019,26 mins
Giro d'Italia 2019 - Stage 18
Damiano Cima wins stage 18 of the Giro with Richard Carapaz maintaining his overall lead
30 May 2019,27 mins
Giro D'italia: The final week
We're into the final week, but who is going to win the Giro D'Italia.
28 May 2019,30 mins
Giro D'Italia 2019: Stage 12 - Hail Cesare
The Giro finally gets going with a dramatic 12th stage
23 May 2019,34 mins
Masochism & unfinished business – the 2019 Giro d’Italia preview
Chris Froome & Simon Yates join the podcast ahead of the season's first Grand Tour
08 May 2019,57 mins
The Sky's the limit: Volcanoes, cinnamon and the world's steepest road
Bespoke travels up a volcano to Team Sky's training camp
22 Apr 2019,27 mins
Ropey airports, cobbled roads and retirement
Olympic gold medallist Dani Rowe joins the podcast to discuss life after the peloton.
10 Apr 2019,43 mins
The greatest race of all?
Annemiek van Vleuten joins BeSpoke ahead of arguably the greatest race of them all.
03 Apr 2019,46 mins
The near-death story of cycling's great survivor
Bernie Eisel talks to BeSpoke 12 months on from the crash that should've killed him.
27 Mar 2019,43 mins
BeSpoke's end of year awards
Tom Fordyce and the BeSpoke team review 2018
19 Dec 2018,41 mins
Mr & Mrs Thomas - How we won the Tour
SPOTY winner Geraint Thomas and wife Sara look back on his famous Tour de France victory.
13 Dec 2018,51 mins
Is it game over for Cavendish?
Will Mark Cavendish’s latest health problems stop him breaking Eddy Merckx’s Tour record?
31 Aug 2018,26 mins
Stage 17: A horrible climb, a happy Welshman and a rapid escape
It's advantage Geraint Thomas after Stage 17 of the Tour De France.
25 Jul 2018,26 mins
Is there a Plan G?
Geraint Thomas joins Tom Fordyce to chat about his win at the Criterium du Dauphine.
15 Jun 2018,33 mins
Stage 8: Is Froome losing his nerve?
Is Chris Froome experiencing a run of bad luck, or is he starting to lose his way?
12 May 2018,22 mins
Stage 7: "Yates brothers race Froome & co like it's a club ride"
Tom Fordyce and Jeremy Whittle take a look at where it all began for Simon Yates.
11 May 2018,29 mins
Stage 5: Italians rise to the occasion in Sicily
Enrico Battaglin won stage five of the Giro d'Italia ahead of Giovanni Visconti.
09 May 2018,20 mins
Michael Goolaerts Special
Tom Fordyce and Rob Hayles discuss the tragic death of Belgian cyclist Michael Goolaerts.
11 Apr 2018,25 mins
Flaaaaanders & why you shouldn’t interview Luke Rowe with your 4-year-old in the room
OJ Borg speaks to Welsh cyclist Luke Rowe.
29 Mar 2018,48 mins
Welcome to the 80s, where mullets were helmets & cyclists dreamed of aluminium
OJ, Tom and Rob revel in what cycling was like in the 80s.
22 Mar 2018,36 mins
Chris Froome returns an "adverse" drugs test
Reaction to Chris Froome returning an "adverse" drugs test at the Vuelta a Espana.
13 Dec 2017,28 mins
Six days, hill climbs & journalistic heavyweights
OJ, Rob and Dr Hutch talk six-day races, hill climbs & bring in journalistic heavyweights
26 Oct 2017,34 mins