Swifty's Tour of Britain recap, Pidcock on the charge, and a shaven Pippo Ganna | Watts Occurring
Luke's joined by Ben Swift today to reflect on his emotional Tour of Britain alongside G. Swifty was there to see him over the line in Cardiff and made it to the end of 'stage seven' intact as well.
He's not finished racing for the year - and he hopes to carry on into 2026. We wish Swifty well!
Over at the Vuelta, big Pippo Ganna earned our Continental Tyres Chapeau of the Day for his excellent win in the stage 17 TT - and all eyes are on Tom Pidcock this weekend. Can he earn his first Grand Tour podium?
We'll be back next week to debrief it.
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Manon's HUGE ride across WALES! And Emma's ready for the WORLD CHAMPS | Watts Occurring Femmes
Emma's countdown to the track World Championships is officially ON! Tune in to hear how she's preparing for her first big international event this year. It's fair to say, she's itching to race.
Meanwhile Manon has COMPLETED her toughest ever cycling challenge, riding 300km across Wales in one day (yes, just one day) - but what made her so emotional on this week's episode?!
The girls also reflect on Geraint Thomas' final race at the Tour of Britain and Emma fills Manon in on Chris Hoy's incredible Tour De 4.
We'll be back next week with a very special guest... can you guess who?! Let's just say, it's pretty close to home for Emma.
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G’s Retirement Party, two-day hangovers and G’s final day on the bike | Lloyds Tour of Britain review | Watts Occurring
The boys catch up fresh off their post-Tour of Britain hangovers and take a look back over an emotional week across the country.
We get a look behind the curtain at how the Welsh took on G’s big celebration. Do they both remember getting home? Do they know the words to Cwm Rhondda? We’ll let you be the judge.
G talks us through his emotions on the final race day of his career, and how fighting back tears is hard enough without having to ride 130km and finish in his hometown.
There’s also some Vuelta chat in there: does the red jersey look less nailed-on for Jonas now?
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Let's get ready to Tumble | Lloyds Tour of Britain stage four | Watts Occurring
The boys have made it to Wales. God's country. And they're ready to tackle the infamous Tumble tomorrow.
The final Lloyds Tour of Britain stage on English soil saw the race finish atop Burton Dasset Country Park and saw the first battle of the climbers this race. Young Romain Gregoire took the day and the race lead. Can he keep it on The Tumble?
For G, there was plenty of food-based gifts which he's keeping from Luke, some excellent Welsh Cakes deserving of our Lloyds Upstaged award, andd over in the Vuelta Joao Almeida did more than enough to take our Continental Tyres Chapeau of the Day.
Enjoy the final two stages - and the boys will be back to talk about it on Monday.
Find out more about Lloyds inspiring work with British Cycling here: https://www.lloydsbank.com/about-us/british-cycling.html
Fancy a trip to your local Pinarello retailer? Visit https://pinarello.com/global/en/store-locator to find your local store today. And if you're in Cardiff for stage six of the Lloyds Tour of Britain, head to Pinarello's spot in the race village to check out some of G's bikes.
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G's a chopper and Brennan's a beast | Lloyds Tour of Britain stage three | Watts Occurring
We had a British winner at the Lloyds Tour of Britain today - and it angered G! Much to Luke's amusement.
20-year-olds shouldn't have 12 wins in a pro season according to G, but Brennan is putting on a show this year. Can he win the whole race? Luke thinks he might just do exactly that.
Elsewhere, Luke's been causing crashes, G's nearly had his arm ripped off, and we're wrapping him in Watts Occurring cotton wool until Cardiff.
Over in the Vuelta, Juan Ayuso is ignoring absolutely every thing going on around him to win again... but the boys picked someone else for their Continental Tyres Chapeau of the Day.
And in the UK, a young lad wouldn't let G sign his beautiful design... incase he ruined it. That attitude was more than enough to win our Lloyds Upstaged prize.
See you tomorrow!
Find out more about Lloyds inspiring work with British Cycling here: https://www.lloydsbank.com/about-us/british-cycling.html
Fancy a trip to your local Pinarello retailer? Visit https://pinarello.com/global/en/store-locator to find your local store today. And if you're in Cardiff for stage six of the Lloyds Tour of Britain, head to Pinarello's spot in the race village to check out some of G's bikes.
Enter the Geraint Thomas Cycling Trust Raffle here: https://raffall.com/394820/enter-raffle-to-win-gs-final-race-raffle-in-support-of-the-gtct-hosted-by-geraint-thomas-cycling-trust
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