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Join Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie as they kick off the spring series of Arrivée episodes with La Classicissima, Milano-Sanremo.
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Join Rose Manley and Rebecca Charlton as they kick off the spring series of Arrivée episodes with the second edition of the revived Milano-Sanremo.
Whether you’re a Milano Sanremo stan or a Milano Sanremo can’t-stand-it, you’ll want to listen to this Arrivée episode covering the women’s race.
With a couple of big names not making it to the startline, the race to the Via Roma looked to be turned on its head. Crashes, breakaways and fierce battles on the Cipressa and Poggio all came into play in a dramatic 2026 edition, only the second ever official Milan-Sanremo for the women.
Can Lorena Wiebes take the pressure and defend her title? Will Kasia Niewiadoma the story of her season with a win? Might Lotte Kopecky find an opportunity for herself?
Find out exactly what certainly did and what certainly could have happened as Rose and Rebecca take you through the race.
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Dai dai dai! No that’s not a threat, that’s our call to come and listen to our latest episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin where we are taking a look at the Italian Classics block. Lizzy Banks makes her much hoped-for return to the podcast to join Rose Manley, Rebecca Charlton and Denny Gray as we discuss a drama packed Strade Bianche and an equally surprising Trofeo Binda.
In our mini feature we look at the history and significance of Trofeo Binda, a race that is often overlooked in favour of races with a men’s equivalent but has long been a firm favourite among the peloton. We hear from twice winner and this year’s super domestique Elisa Longo Borghini, former British champ and winner of the 2018 junior race Pfeiffer Georgi and bici.PRO chief editor Enzo Vicennati. We dig deeper into the unique elements of this race, one of the oldest on the women’s calendar, and explore its connection to 1920s cycling icon Alfredo Binda.
And lastly we look ahead – or perhaps don’t – to Milan-Sanremo and the raft of cobbled classics that follows.
Also on the agenda: an Elisa Longo Borghini panino, Denny speaks Mandarin (but does he really?) and Rebecca’s goes all quasi psychologist on us with a theory that encompasses Milan-Sanremo fandom and university dissertation punctuality.
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The Cycling Podcast returns for another round-up of a packed and intriguing last week in professional cycling, with Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico completing their respective journeys and Milan-Sanremo on the horizon. 
Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Rob Hatch look first at Paris-Nice, where Jonas Vingegaard served up a timely reminder of his credentials ahead of his Giro-Tour double bid. We discuss Redbull–BORA–hansgrohe’s tactics on the decisive stage to Uchon, a thrilling team time trial and Lenny Martínez’s tactical masterclass on the final stage. The focus then switches to Tirreno, where good friends Isaac del Toro and Giulio Pellizzari turned rivals, with the Mexican ultimately prevailing. 
In the final part of the episode, we look ahead to the great cliffhanger of the spring season, Milano-Sanremo, and particularly Tadej Pogačar’s latest bid to win there. There’s a trip to Coorevits Corner, former winner Pippo Pozzato’s advice for Pogačar, and another interview with the Slovenian’s own dedicated Sanremo coach, former rider and local boy Niccolò Bonifazio.  
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Tadej Pogačar made his return to racing at Strade Bianche at the weekend, and it was a familiar story for him, his rivals and those watching. What for one set of fans was yet another sublime and glorious exhibition, for others represented just the continuation of a monotonous, all-too-familiar theme.
Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Brian Nygaard debate what Pog’s first solo recital of 2026 stirred in them, and we also consider to what extent Paul Seixas’s remarkable performance could herald the beginning of an era-defining rivalry.  
There’s a round-up of what’s been happening in France at Paris-Nice and in Italy at Tirreno-Adriatico, plus some rare speculation about INEOS’s future. 
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