Late flights, a big sprint, and a new music star | Lloyds Tour of Britain stage one | Watts Occurring
There's been a lot of build up to G's final race and, well, he nearly missed it.
A plane mechanical and a thunder storm conspired to stop him travelling to Suffolk until 1am last night, but he got there. Thank the lord for that. We'd have had to rip up some big old Watts Occurring plans.
Anyway, he rolled out from Woodbridge this morning resplendent in his new INEOS jersey aboard his stunning special edition Pinarello DOGMA F and the Lloyds Tour of Britain was underway.
Luke was in the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team car calling the shots and his boy Tord Gudmestad nearly pulled off a brilliant stage win. He's also an excellent songwriter. You'll have to listen for that story.
There was some incredible fans on the roadside and the boys went through some of their favourites in our new feature Lloyds Upstaged.
Bit of Vuelta chat and that's your lot. We will 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.
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It's time for G's final ever race: the Lloyds Tour of Britain | Watts Occurring
The day has arrived. Geraint Thomas is about to begin his final ever bike race as a pro.
It's going to be an emotional week at the Lloyds Tour of Britain. G will be decked out in his special edition INEOS Grenadiers jersey and part of a strong INEOS team, on home roads.
Luke's also gonna be there, calling the shots for Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, and we'll be bringing you a whole host of pods across the week, in partnership with Lloyds.
See you after stage one.
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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Breaking world records and Manon's TOUGHEST challenge! | Watts Occurring Femmes
This week on Watts Occurring Femmes, Emma reveals all on how her boyfriend Matty Richardson broke the flying 200m world record… TWICE! Could they become the fastest couple in the world!? Watch this space...
Meanwhile Manon is prepping for an epic challenge all of her own - riding the length of Wales this weekend! It'll be around 300km all in and you can follow along with Manon by visiting her Instagram page: @manonlloyd5.
We'll be back next week with the fascinating Natalie Brown, talking all things female health in sport.
Watts Occurring Femmes is brought to you by Rouvy, and hosted by Pinarello.
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ROUVY connects indoor and outdoor by bringing the real routes from around the world to your home and ROUVY's new Route Creator tool allows users to film, upload and ride their favourite loops on ROUVY.
Fancy a trip to your local Pinarello retailer? Visit https://pinarello.com/global/en/store-locator to find your local store today.
Oh, and a huge thank you to Arlo & Jacob for Emma and Manon's snazzy armchairs.
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Orla Chennaoui on overcoming L'Etape du Femmes, the explosion of woman's cycling, and harnessing her superpower | Watts Occurring Femmes |
Manon and Emma welcomed cycling royalty to the pod this week: Orla Chennaoui.
Orla was fresh off a remarkable day on the bike, taking on L'Etape du Tour de France Femmes.
Their chat started with that and then headed into incredibly inspirational territory.
Orla is a star, and it was our pleasure to welcome her to the pod.
Watts Occurring Femmes is brought to you by Rouvy, and hosted by Pinarello.
Want a free month on ROUVY, on us? Use code FEMMES when you sign up and explore everything ROUVY has to offer. SIGN UP HERE: https://rouvy.com/?utm_source=gtcc&utm_medium=direct-buy&utm_campaign=rouvy-brand&utm_term=femmes-podcast
ROUVY connects indoor and outdoor by bringing the real routes from around the world to your home and ROUVY's new Route Creator tool allows users to film, upload and ride their favourite loops on ROUVY.
Fancy a trip to your local Pinarello retailer? Visit https://pinarello.com/global/en/store-locator to find your local store today.
Oh, and a huge thank you to Arlo & Jacob for Emma and Manon's snazzy armchairs.
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Cycling speed guns, Deutschland diaries and Vuelta predictions | Watts Occurring
There was G, minding his own business on a leisurely training ride, when a flipping triathlete overtook him. Minutes later, the Cam Wurf wannabe had been pulled over the by the Gendarme for riding too fast.
A close escape for our Welshman, who's winding down now - but not before racing the Tour of Germany this week, and the Tour of Britain in a fortnight.
Luke's been busy too, DSing in Hamburg and now he's prepping himself for Renewi Tour. God speed, Decathlon AG2R.
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Oh. Watts Occurring? Back in 2021, Geraint Thomas started a cycling club right here: the Geraint Thomas Cycling Club.
Now you can join Tour de France winner G, best friend and long-time teammate Luke Rowe, Tom Fordyce, Olympic Gold medallist Emma Finucane and former pro Manon Lloyd for comprehensive, year-round cycling content, covering anything and everything cycling. Jump aboard.
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