The 2024 season as a whole had the highest average cycling speeds on record. Conor dives into the most interesting facts and wildest stats from this year, covers all the action from the British Hill Climb Championships, cyclocross results, the latest transfer buzz, and tries his best to predict the Tour de France route before tomorrowโs big reveal! ๐
00:00 Welcome to the Racing News Show!
00:20 This week in the world of racing
01:40 2024 cycling season stats ๐คฏ
05:43 Warner Bros. Discovery’s Exclusive Rights to the Tour de France (UK)
07:27 Belgian Federation scraps World Championship medal bonus scheme
07:59 Gerry Ryan (Jayco-AlUla) inducted in Australia’s sports hall of fame
08:15 Cyclocross round up
09:21 British Hill Climb Championships recap
09:45 Transfer Updates
12:55 Tour de France race route predictions!
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31 Comments
For you, what was the best moment in this year's season?
Non cycling fans will stumble upon it because they have Max and need something to watch. New fans arenโt watch free over the air TV. That audience is old and dying out.
Do wonder…. Why did you completely ignore the UCI Esport Championship? Not a fan of it anyway, but had to ask.
WBD do a fantastic job with their cycling coverage. And you even get to see Manon on there from time to time.
It's Dominka Wลodarczyk on screen when you talk about Chiara Consonni moving over to Canyon Sram ๐
Cycling coverage has long been behind a paywall in the US. While a Peacock subscription is extremely affordable for Tour de France coverage at around 8 USD per month, it does make it difficult for non-cycling fans to get into the sport. That said, there are other significant barriers to entry for cycling in the US. The UK has a rich cycling history and I hope this change doesnโt negatively impact that legacy.
someone stole my 5k bike a couple of months ago the police in bristol are not interested n in jailing the culprit even though they know him now the tour the France will go pay per view I'm done with the world of cycling.
Is Monaco going to be big enough to store all the camels' worth of Pogi's UAE comp? And a nice round ZERO tax, right?
Has anyone watched cycling on MAX in the USA?
SBS in Australia has the rights for the TdF until 2030 so free to air until then at least !
Damn! I thought we'd get some action of Iserbyt kicking in Nys's wheel having lost to him.
Wonder if you could caption the winners names of races. Lot of new names (to me) and in languages that I don't know.
Everything seems to require a different subscription to watch. Boo.
Hahaha! Hank
This put everything behind a pay wall is going to make sporting for elites and the wealthy only and itโs quite sad.
Wout is singing in a squirrel costume while MVDP is racing rally carsโฆ.
Bike manufacturer competition is unfair. Specialized sponsors at least three teams. Funny how you didn't mention that.
Wout Van Aert doing daddy duties!!! Go WVA!!!!
Shouldn't the manufacturer title be wins divided by teams sponsored ? Specialized sponsor so many teams it would be embarrassing if they didn't have the most wins on aggregate.
What a disaster for cycling as the sport is already viewed as an old man minority sport. What about real young fans male and female who have parents who donโt want to pay for yet another subscription. Also ITVs commentators are at times more relatable. Warner Brothers/Eurosport have done nothing to promote cycling here in UK. Recently attended London 3 day where was that televised? Before their involvement in Eurosport this was televised on that channel.
"Illy Isbett" your pronunciation is awesome!๐คฃ
specialized support more than one team so how is that fair
Donโt worry about Warner discovery they did an awesome job with downhill this year ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
I think I speak for all GCN fans when I say that I never want that Hank music video to stop making cameos in the show! ๐ต๐คช
You make it sound way too extreme Conor! "After stamping on a fellow competitor". He stamped on his bike, not on him.
Very Sad to hear about 2025 being the last year for TdF on UK Terrestrial TV. I have watched the highlights package there every year since the days of Indurain: July will not be the same ๐
I am sorry mate… but Discovery is ruining cycling on TV in the UK! Not only is it hidden behind a paywall… it is even hidden for people who DO pay! The loss of GCN+ and the move to this mess of a sports network has put cycling, especially womens cycling, back by at least 5 years.
I have Discovery+ because I really want to watch racing; but bloody hell they make it hard work. If I had ANY alternative I would take it. I do not care about all the other tat they have available, yet I have to scroll through a crap load of snooker and skiing to find the thing I actually want to watch.
Great rundown Connor well done buddy really easy to follow.. well done.. ๐ Pete ๐ด๐ป๐๐
God I hate WBD, and oh good god do I miss GCN+. On the other hand, Tiz must be licking his lips right now.
You said the fastest race with more than 2000m of climbing was Tour of Austria stage 1 but that is not correct. If you look at the riders strava data it shows the stage was around 173km and 43km/h.
It begins with a 'D' and ends with 'oping'