Katy is on the ground at Stages 1 & 2 of the Tour of Britain Women 2025. We catch up with riders before stage 1, where Kim Le Court edges out Kristen Faulkner before throwing you straight into stage 2 with Katy on the road and Sanny back at base. There's strong words from Cat Ferguson but it's Mara Roldan (21 year old Canadian) who steals the show on Saltburn-by-the-Sea!

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Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Additional reporting: Tim Bonville-Ginn Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/timbonvilleginn.bsky.social https://www.domestiquecycling.com/en/

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Just when you thought the Brits couldn't do it on the continent, the whole of Europe says 'What the hell just happened?!' Simon Yates wins the Giro d'Italia 2025 - come on, did anyone call this...? Ok maybe one person on BlueSky - you know who you are! Sanny and Katy reconvene to reflect on the final week of the Giro, focussing on the madness up the Colle Delle Finestre. Sanny has several theories about what happened with Isaac del Toro - did his battle with Ayuso lead to a hangover between him and the team?! Was Carapaz right to not work with the young Mexican and the man who couldn't sound any less like he's from Bury if he tried, finally cracks emotionally, as he cracks the rest of his GC competitors by riding away up the climb that had defined his own career when he lost the Giro to Chris Froome back in 2018. Tears after the finish line, a very muddled accent in the interviews and what work from Wout van Aert to get him there. Redemption all round.

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Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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It's all happening, all the time! Just when we thought we'd have a chill day or two it's complete chaos. The Ayuso - del Toro battle rages on. There's a nightmare for Lidl-Trek and heartbreak for Ciccone and then redemption for the team as Carlos Verona pulls off a breakaway win, hot of Kasper Asgreen doing the same too. Oh my word, Primoz Roglic and all the chaos as Sanny and Katy reconvene with Sanny at Wembley and many apologies that we lose Katy at the end!!!!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Isaac del Toro is in pink but for how long will Juan Ayuso be ok with the situation at UAE?! Sanny and Katy return to review a succession of breathless Giro stages plus a more sedentary sprint stage 12 with an Olav Kooij finish. We see Luke Plapp go on the break, chaos and triumph on the gravel for Wout van Aert and a time trial victory through the rain for Dan Hoole, oh and don't count out Richard Carapaz, as he showed on stage 12!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Sanny and Katy reconvene to talk for a moment on stage 5, reflect on the awful scenes of stage 6 and the crash that neutralised the race and took out a host of riders. They then preview stage 7 before then watching it and coming back together and see whether their predictions pan out. There's Paul Double in the virtual pink, Max Poole flying the British flag and who's at the back of the pack in the grupetto eating pork kebabs?!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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We kick off with La Vuelta Feminina as Katy talks us through the action where Demi Vollering reigns in Spain for 2025. Marlen Reusser takes second place across the seven days, and still on her comeback, Anna van der Breggen rounds off the podium. Then we're off to the Giro - Josh Tarling takes the Stage 2 Time Trial as Primoz Roglic wears pink from Pedersen but only for a day as the Dane takes stage 3. Then we leave Albania for Italy and Lecce where Picnic Post NL wake us all up and shock us all with a sprint victory for Casper van Uden! Sanny and Katy then look ahead to Stage 5 and make their puncheur predictions!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' AND 'Lo Pressure' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Mads Pedersen pips Wout van Aert (where have we seen this before?!) to take the Maglia Rosa on Stage One of the Giro d'Italia. A perfect rac for Lidl Trek, not so for Mikel Landa - heartbreak as a crash with 5km to go means he pulls out. Sanny and Katy return to go through the start of the 2025 Giro ending in Albania's capital city, in a quickfire 35 minutes. What is Kometa? Who's up for the time trial for Stage Two and what did we make of the Red Bull kilometre, Giro multi-screen and more!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

San Pod Productions

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It's a Tadej Pogacar-free zone! Well, at least it will be when we talk Giro d'Italia. With last year's winner not returning, could there be a new rider lifting Trofeo Senza Fine and wearing La Maglia Rosa by the time we get to Rome in three weeks? Primoz Roglic get back in pink or Juan Ayuso young-gunning for a first Grand Tour win. Katy and Sanny return to review the classics - is it too much Pogacar? That's before a BIG preview on the Giro - all the main riders - and how Tom Pidcock is free to have fun. Could Wout van Aert play a part in stage wins too though? Tiberi killed a cat but could still be Italy's darling too. There's an update from La Vuelta Feminina ahead of a review pod as we gear up for the Giro, which starts this year in Albania.

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

San Pod Productions

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