Episodes
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Tour de France Stages 6 & 7 Questions w/Andrew Vontz
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Following two consecutive stages of Tadej Pogacar domination, Andrew and Spencer ask if anyone can stop the Slovenian terror, and if so, how? They also discuss if he and his UAE team are making a mistake by riding so aggressively this early, break open a clue about the Wout/Tom Pidcock Red Bull helmet mystery & the relative fairness of the Tour's hotel room distribution.
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Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Tour de France Stages 4 & 5 Takeaways w/Andrew Vontz
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
BTP host Spencer Martin and Andrew Vontz from the Choose the Hard Way Podcast sit down to dissect the action-packed Paris-Roubaix edition Tour de France stage, a stunning performance from Wout van Aert on stage 4, and much, much more. Including, but not limited to, the inter-country transportation methods of the teams, why cycling TV coverage is bad/confusing, and why the sport's top stars aren't more effectively promoted.
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Monday Jul 04, 2022
Tour de France Rest Day Review w/Andrew Vontz
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
BTP host Spencer Martin and Andrew Vontz from the Choose the Hard Way Podcast sit down to dissect the major storylines as the Tour de France leaves its opening weekend in Denmark and gets back into action on French soil for Tuesday's 4th stage. We get into everything from EF's mustaches, what we already know about the GC picture, why Ganna keeps flatting in time trials, and if Wout van Aert will ever win a stage again.
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Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Tour de France Storylines Preview w/Andrew Vontz
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
BTP host Spencer Martin and Andrew Vontz from the Choose the Hard Way Podcast kick off a special Tour de France edition of the BTP podcast where we will be both breaking down the racing and larger storylines of the sport's biggest event multiple times per week during the 2022 Tour de France.
In this inaugural episode, we discuss who will win the opening time trial in Copenhagen to take the race's first Yellow Jersey, how the GC favorites will fare in the tricky opening week, why the police keep raiding the Bahrain team's hotels/homes, and much, much more.
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Surprising Tour de France Selection News + Suisse Takeaways
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Friday Jun 24, 2022
This week I go over some surprising recent Tour de France selection news and what it will mean for the race before (07:08) breaking down some key performances at the recent Tour de Suisse & Tour of Slovenia.
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Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Potential TdF Leadership Issues at Jumbo-Visma & Tour de Suisse Update
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
This week I briefly break down how their dominant Dauphine performance raised potential Tour de France leadership for Jumbo-Visma, as well as go over a few things worth watching as the Tour de Suisse GC battle heats up.
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Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Giro d’Italia Takeaways w/Andrew Vontz
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
This week Andrew Vontz from the Choose the Hard Way Podcast comes back to talk about the recent Giro d'Italia (07:40). We discuss what went right for Jai Hindley and what went wrong for Ineos/Richard Carapaz before touching on Peter Sagan's decision to race the upcoming Unbound Gravel Race and what challenges await him in Kansas' Flint Hills (1:03:35).
Friday May 27, 2022
Giro d’Italia Dispatch: Why Is the GC Race So Close?
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Breaking down what we've seen from the GC battle so far, why the margins in grand tour GC battles seem to be getting smaller and smaller, and what to expect as the race enters its final weekend.
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Saturday May 21, 2022
Giro d’Italia Storylines w/Andrew Vontz
Saturday May 21, 2022
Saturday May 21, 2022
Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast comes on to talk about the major storylines through the first two weeks of the Giro d'Italia, then we talk about what we expect to happen to the GC battle when the race hits its final, and most important, block of high mountain stages.
Thursday May 19, 2022
Giro d’Italia Dispatch: Key GC Battle Takeaways From Stages 1-11
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Popping on to break down what we've seen from the simmering GC battle so far at the Giro d'Italia as well as the individual brilliance of riders like Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay.
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