Episodes
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast break down the Jumbo-Visma intrateam drama that has emerged during the final week of the 2023 Vuelta a España, where they are well placed to win the race with Sepp Kuss and sweep the podium with superstar Jonas Vingegaard and Primož Roglič in second and third place overall.
The duo debate the pros and cons of the team's decision to allow their three leaders to battle it out instead of simply consolidating resources behind Kuss after the second rest day, and how the decisions have been fair, and unfair to different members of the team. They also speculate on where these three riders go from here and how the team will manage having three 2023 grand tour winners on the same roster in 2024.
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Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Vuelta a España Check-In: Can Anyone Stop Jumbo-Visma?
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast break down the action so far at the Vuelta a España, and discuss Sepp Kuss surprisingly, and impressively, taking a commanding GC lead, before attempting to predict how the GC battle will play out through the upcoming difficult mountain stages in the Pyrenees.
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Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Vuelta a España Storylines Preview w/Jonathan Kaplan
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast are joined by the RIDING WITH newsletter/podcast creator Jonathan Kaplan to preview the storylines for this weekend's upcoming Vuelta a España, from how the GC battle will play out, where the decisive moments will occur, and who will ultimately win the race.
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Friday Aug 11, 2023
2023 Womens’ World RR Championships: In Conversation w/Alison Jackson
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
With the Women's World Road Race Championship coming up this Sunday, the BTP pod is replaying an interview Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast conducted earlier in the summer with Alison Jackson of the EF trade team, and the Canadian national team, about her background and her dream season so far, which saw her shock the favorites to win the Paris-Roubaix Femmes earlier in the year.
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Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
2023 Men’s World Road Race Championship Preview
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast preview this weekend's upcoming World Race Road Championships and how the pre-race favorites, like Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, and Tadej Pogačar will fare on the deceptively difficult Scottish course, which takes the peloton from Edinburgh to Glasgow, against a field stacked with dangerous wildcards who are willing and waiting to grab any opportunity to take the win.
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Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tour de France 2023 Big-Picture Debrief
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast break down their big takeaways from the 2023 Tour de France, examine what Tadej Pogačar could do differently to strike back in future grand tours, and much more.
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Monday Jul 17, 2023
Tour de France Final Rest Day Check-In
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast take stock of the race on its second, and final, rest day, before going through the major takeaways from stages 10-15, before discussing the two-man race for the GC win and who has the upper hand heading into the final week of racing.
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Monday Jul 10, 2023
Tour de France Stages 6-9 Takeaways
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast take stock of the race on its first rest day and go through the major takeaways from stages 6-9, before discussing the two-man race for the GC win and who has the upper hand heading into a difficult week of racing.
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Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Tour de France Stages 1-5 Major Takeaways
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast break down Wednesday's crazy stage 5, which has turned the Tour on its head and shown Jonas Vingegaard is up to the challenge of defending his 2022 overall title. They also go in-depth on the bunch sprints on stages 3 & 4, advantages some teams may have with their equipment, and much, much more.
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Stage 3 & stage 4 Visual Sprint Breakdowns
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Thursday Jun 29, 2023
2023 Tour de France Preview
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast give a brief overview of the course, and leading GC contenders, for the 2023 Tour de France, before diving into a few major storylines and things to watch out for at the three-week race, which kicks off this Saturday in Bilbao.
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