On Yer Bike Cycling Podcast

Sanny Rudravajhala, Katy Madgwick•www.sannyr.com

A very different cycling podcast! For newbies, oldies and everyone in between. Focussing on men’s and women’s pro road racing with a British twist. With broadcaster Sanny Rudravajhala, cycling journalist Katy Madgwick and friends. #OnYerBikePod

You’ll usually find us talking about riders like Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard, Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Philipsen, Primoz Roglic, Ben O’Connor, Richard Carapaz, Biniam Girmay, Tom Pidcock, Geraint Thomas, Mads Pedersen, Wout van Aert, Enric Mas, Julian Alaphilippe, Mikel Landa, Mark Cavendish, Matteo Jorgensen, Juan Ayuso, Adam Yates, Simon Yates, Elisa Longo Borghini, Lotte Kopecky, Lorena Wiebes, Marianne Vos, Elisa Balsamo, Demi Vollering, Kasia Niewiadoma, Pfeiffer Georgi, Grace Brown, Puck Pieterse, Cat Ferguson and more.

And races such as Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, La Vuelta a España, Paris–Roubaix, Liege–Bastogne–Liège, Milan-San Remo, Strade Bianche, Il Lombardia, Tour of Britain Men, Tour of Britain Women, World Road championships, gravel worlds, Paris–Nice, Olympic time trial, Olympic road race, Tour of Flanders, Women's Tour Down Under, Tour de France femmes avec Zwift, Giro d'Italia Women, La Vuelta Femenina, British Road Cycling championships and more…

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Tour de France 2025 PREVIEW - how to beat Tadej Pogacar

The Tour de France 2025 is upon us. What do you need to know? And we get your thoughts on how to beat Tadej Pogacar. Away from the big GC debate, Sanny and Katy return to review the week’s racing ahead of national championships around the world and… there’s a new UAE kit, why did they bother again?! And hey, please give us a 5* review wherever you listen to us. Any words will do if you can - Five Stars will help more cycling fans find us and mean we can make more episodes! Thanks! Presenters: Sa...

Jun 27, 2025•54 min

Pogacar Dauphine domination - are we still entertained? Marlen Reusser rules on Suisse roads and Bye bye Bardet

Tadej Pogacar does it again - can he really banter his way to winning the Tour de France too? Sanny and Katy return to reflect on the differing fortunes of the big three plus a few others including the next big name in French riding as Romain Bardet bids farewell. Marlen Reusser winds the Tour de Suisse women as Demi Vollering and her devlop a big of a rivalry, TdS men is two stages through and the UCI are banning things... And hey, please give us a 5* review wherever you listen to us. Any words...

Jun 17, 2025•39 min

TOUR OF BRITAIN STAGES 3-4 Ally Wollaston breaks Cat Ferguson's heart + DAUPHINE Vingegaard sparks crazy Stage 1 finish!

Well, the Tour of Britain Women doesn't disappoint - tears of joy and sadness for Cat Ferguson taking her first pro tour win in a soaking a treacherous Kelso, before being edged out in each intermediate sprint and on the line by Ally Wollaston whilst Lorena Wiebes finally gets her sprint victory in Glasgow. There's Demi Vollering dominance in Catalunya - is this the start of an era of dominance for her new team now in FDJ-Suez over SD Worxx Pro Time? And then it's over the channel to the Dauphin...

Jun 09, 2025•52 min

TOUR OF BRITAIN WOMEN 2025 Stages 1-2 - Le Court edges it in Redcar but Mara Roldan holds on in Salburn!

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! And hey, please give us a 5* review wherever you listen to us. Any words will do if you can - Five Stars will help more cy...

Jun 06, 2025•45 min

GIRO D'ITALIA 2025 - SIMON YATES WINS! But... did UAE abandon del Toro, or did he throw it away?! Stages 16-21!

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 ...

Jun 02, 2025•53 min

GIRO D'ITALIA 2025 STAGE 13-15 - CHAOS, CHAOS, CHAOS!!!!!

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 ...

May 25, 2025•56 min

GIRO D'ITALIA 2025 STAGE 8-12 Ayuso vs Del Toro - who didn't see this coming?!

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:/...

May 22, 2025•51 min

GIRO D'ITALIA 2025 STAGE 5-7 Pedersen relinquishes rosa to Roglic, Paul Double's near-whammy and Juan Ayuso is the UAE leader!

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...

May 16, 2025•54 min

GIRO D'ITALIA 2025 STAGE 2-4 and LA VUELTA FEMININA 2025 is Vollering's!

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...

May 13, 2025•37 min

GIRO D'ITALIA 2025 STAGE 1 - Pedersen in pink, heartbreak for Landa and Red Bull KM, multi-screens and more!

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! Pres...

May 09, 2025•34 min

GIRO D'ITALIA 2025 PREVIEW - No Pog - Roglic vs Ayuso vs everyone else!

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...

May 08, 2025•54 min

Tour of Flanders REVIEW - Pogacar and Kopecky Reign on the Ronde!

Was it ever in doubt? Maybe? Tadej Pogačar attacks exactly where you'd think he would be not before the rest of the peloton gave beating him a really good go. Sanny and Katy reconvene post-Ronde van Vlaanderen where there was a redemption, of sorts for Wout Van Aert, with Pedersen and van der Poel making the podium and kudos to Stuyven and Ganna in amongst it all. But... are we bored of Pogacar winning everything...? Lots to mull over here. In the women's race, we lost Elisa Longo Borghini early...

Apr 07, 2025•49 min

TOUR OF FLANDERS 2025 PREVIEW - Pogacar vs van der Poel, can Wout come back? Longo Borghini vs Kopecky vs Pieterse and AWKWARD sofas

Mathieu van der Poel is in form with wins at San Remo and E3 but Katy is backing Tadej Pogačar for victory in the biggest race in Belgium. After his and Visma Lease a Bike's nightmare at Dwars door Vlaanderen, Sanny and Katy discuss whether we'll ever see Wout van Aert back to his best. The women's race sees the formidable SD Worx Protime being the team to beat but Elisa Longo Borghini has beaten Lotte Kopecky already. Could Puck Pieterse spring a surprise? And who's next for an awkward time on ...

Apr 04, 2025•43 min

Roglic fantastic in Catalunya, MVDP reigns in the Classics, Wiebes 100 not out AND Matty Brennan a STAR IS BORN!

Mathieu van der Poel follows up Milan San Remo with a super win on the E3 Classic, There's consolation for Mads Pedersen who gets his Sunday victory at Gent-Wevelgem - more than just a consolation on the Classics Holy Week in Flanders. Lorena Wiebes makes it 100 not out with brilliant spring sprint victories in Belgium after her own San Remo success. Primoz Roglic takes victory at the Volta a Catalunya as we witness a star being born in Britain's new teen sensation, Matty Brennan! And with one m...

Mar 31, 2025•52 min

Milan-San Remo REVIEW: Van der Poel vanquishes Top Ganna and Pogacar, Wiebes wins but how can we fix the women's race? Plus Tour de France UK 2027!!

Sanny and Katy talk through the men's and women's Milan-San Remo races with all you need to know going into them and out of them and Mathieu van der Poel comes out on top in a 'race for the ages'. The women’s race - well first off it’s back - and it’s Lorena Wiebes who again shows her sprinting might, edging out Marianne Vos when it mattered most. Tom Pidcock and Cat Ferguson both have mirror images in how their races end. The women's race - too short, what can we do to fix it? The men's race - ...

Mar 24, 2025•52 min

STRADE BIANCHE REACTION! Vollering beats Van der Breggen! Pogacar, Pidcock and the Rainbow Curse! Plus 2026 changes and Roubaix Rumblings

What a brilliant couple of races into Siena! A battle only seen in Rocky films as Demi Vollering beats her mentor and old coach in Anna van der Breggen. In the men's race Tadej Pogacar gets a shoulder tap from history as he crashes in the rainbow bands but STILL wins in tuscany. We DO get the battle between Pogacar and Pidcock that Katy poo-pooed... should the British rider have been less of a gentleman though? Hot takes on changes after more crashes than ever on the white roads and Pogacar's bo...

Mar 10, 2025•48 min

Classics kick off! AND PREVIEW: PARIS-NICE, STRADE BIANCHE & TIRRENO ADRIATICO

Oof! Katy and Sanny return to review the opening Classics weekend. Om Loop had suprises in both the men's and women's pelotons! They dissect the rest of the big news and a look on races taking the wrong lines too AND THEN... it's a big preview - Paris-Nice, Strade Bianche and Tirreno Adriatico - A LOT to go at in a bumper episode! Presenters: Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebi...

Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 7 min

Egan Bernal brilliance, oh man in Oman for Gaudu, Pogacar and Pidcock Paris-Roubaix? No way!

Loads and loads for Sanny and Katy to catch up on, in the women's and men's peloton. There's the Tadej Pogacar Paris-Roubaix rumours and confirmation from Tom Pidcock that, that ain't happening. Pidock wins his first race for Q36.5, whilst Adam Yates takes the Tour of Oman what exactly is Arabic for Peloton and, a better question , is everybody getting on and performing well at UAE Team Emirates? All's good in the UAE for Lorena Wiebes, as she storms to the top. A chat on safety after issues in ...

Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 1 min

Tour Down Under Women REVIEW - Ruegg reigns but will Dygert storm 2025? Caleb Ewan to INEOS and riders fighting kangaroos

Noemi Ruegg takes the title, thanks to a brilliant attack up Willunga Hill for stage 2. What else did we learn from the first World Tour race of the year for the women's peloton? Well, for one, Chloe Dygert is ready to go. Just like Ruegg, Daniek Hengeveld announces herself on the world stage, Sanny and Katy take you through all three stages of the women's tour. Caleb Ewan is without a team - is that about to change? Geraint Thomas has had his say. And which rider would come out best against a k...

Jan 20, 2025•37 min

Tour Down Under PREVIEW, all go for Giro, Visma plans and banning celebrations?!

Happy 2025! Sanny and Katy are back together and looking to Australia as road racing returns! They review the Aussie national champs before looking ahead to both the women's and men's Tour down Under. We've got the latest from Visma's press day and on how teams' calendars are shaping up for 2025. There's a blow for Remco Evenepoel and Tom Pidcock's been talking about his Q36.5 plans. What's the deal with the new UCI rule banning teammate celebrations on the finish line and why does Katy have str...

Jan 14, 2025•59 min

Could Tom Pidcock be back to his best at Q36.5? Plus Pogacar's 2025 calendar!

It's been a long goodbye but our friend Daniel Benson was the man to break the news that Tom Pidcock has left INEOS for the second-tier Q36.5. How hs Pidcock's journey taken him to the Italian outfit and who exactly are they? Sanny and Katy are joined by Alicia Moyo to discuss Pidder's big move and why being the main man could mean we see him at his best in 2025. .. but will that be away from the stage races and more on the one-day scene? Speaking of which, we get breaking news on Tadej Pogacar'...

Dec 10, 2024•43 min

Daniel Benson on Saint Piran's demise, Pidcock vs INEOS and the future of cycling media

Saint Piran announce they're folding and with that, the British men's professional road racing scene is down to just one team, INEOS Grenadiers. Just how bleak is it for cycling in the UK and are there any silver linings? Cycling writer and editor Daniel Benson gives his thoughts and we talk Tom Pidcock and INEOS, after Daniel broke lots of news on that situation. There's room for transfers, the women's peloton, Pogacar and online impersonators, all that and more with Sanny and Katy on, On Yer B...

Nov 27, 2024•1 hr

Pidcock stays but all change at INEOS, goodbye Cavendish, Vollering flies to France and Blue Sky socials.

Pidcock stays, Cummings leaves, and a development team in the works - but they're German? It's all change at Britain's top team - we chat INEOS, Demi Vollering to FDJ Suez, the Tour de France routes for 2025, goodbye from Cavendish as Romain Bardet has his say on the pro peloton, will Blue Sky change cycling social media and much more on this edition of On Yer Bike! Presenters: Sanny Rudravajhala @Sanny_Rudra & Katy Madgwick @WriteBikeRepeat Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala San Pod Productions L...

Nov 15, 2024•45 min

Pogacar & Kopecky dominate, Man V Horse and what's Pidcock's problem?

How many times will we say Tadej Pogacar is victorious on the road in 2024 - no more - the season is over as the Slovenian blows everyone away in Lombardia. Is road racing now the battle for second or even third when he’s racing? No Tom Pidcock present - has he thrown his toys out the pram one too many times at INEOS Grenadiers?! We have a big old chat on what's not been working for the Brit and whether we'll see him in an INEOS jersey again - could even end up privateering in cyclocross?? Lotte...

Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 4 min

Gravel /not Gravel Worlds MVDP 'n' Vos Dutch Domination, Paris-Tours mud, Pogcar Reign-bow in Italy

It’s a Dutch domination at the Gravel Worlds as Marianne Vos and Mathieu van der Poel take gold. How much gravel do you need for a gravel race and should more events take in multi-story car parks? Looking at the finish photos from Paris-Tour - should that be called a gravel race instead?! There’s deja vu at Giro dell'emilia as Tadej Pogacar takes the win with a strikingly similar attack as Matteo Jorgensen shows he’s a once AND twice bitten sort of person. And as F1’s Valtteri Bottas swaps four ...

Oct 07, 2024•54 min

WORLDS REVIEW Pogacar Triple Crown, Queen Kopecky & Super Storey

Tadej Pogacar - wow. The third man ever to win the Giro, Tour de France and World title in the same year, as if you didn't already know! We look back at a mad 100km solo in the men's race. We reflect on Demi Vollering choosing violence that ultimately opened the door for Lotte Kopecky to defend her title and we bring you the para cycling headlines as the Netherlands top the table but GB's Dame Sarah Storey is just one of the show-stealers. Presenters: Sanny Rudravajhala @Sanny_Rudra & Katy M...

Sep 30, 2024•1 hr

TRANSFERS, WORLDS TT REVIEW & ROAD RACE PREVIEW MEN & WOMEN and Laserhead Cat Ferguson

We've had the blistering Time Trials and the World Championship Road Race awaits! It's a bumper episode, we open talking cycling transfers as riders get their moves in and Bora boost their youthful line-up. We review the time trials for juniors, U23s, Elite Women and Men with Remco Evenepoel emulating Grace Brown with World and Olympic success in the same year. Can they both make it a double double? Pogacar's going for the triple crown, can Mathieu van der Poel stop him? Where's Lotte Kopecky at...

Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 19 min

WORLDS TT PREVIEW, Pogacar's Montreal mission and van der Poel cuts loose in Luxembourg

The World championships are upon us! We look ahead to the time trials ahead of another episode we'll do on the road race. Can anyone stop Remco Evenepoel and Lotte Kopecky? There's Euro road champs to review, Tadej Pogacar reminds us with 20km to go in Montreal why he's the one to place your bets (of course) in the Worlds roads but wait... is that Mathieu van der Poel winning a spring in Luxembourg? Plus why is everything so 'SUPER' in cycling??! Presenters: Sanny Rudravajhala @Sanny_Rudra &...

Sep 19, 2024•37 min

VINGEGAARD GIRO? POG & ROG at WORLDS?? Euro Preview & GT Reflections

Could we see Jonas Vingegaard at the Giro d'Italia? Would he be up against Pogacar?? And more news - could we see a Slovenian super-team at the World Championships in Tadej Pogacar together with Primoz Roglic?? Sanny and Katy team up to discuss the news so far this week. They also look ahead to the European Road Championships and what British Cycling have said about not having a team out in Flanders. With the end of the Grand Tour season, we also get your thoughts and reflections on the year so ...

Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 5 min

TOUR OF BRITAIN STAGE 6 - Govakar Victorious but King Williams reigns

Matevž Govekar gives Bahrain victory on the Felixstowe seafront as Stevie Williams takes what we already knew was coming his way in the overall GC. BUT with Paul Magnier crashing out, how has Ethan Vernon ended up winning the points jersey despite again coming short in the final sprint? There's turmoil at INEOS, with some explosive comments from Tom Pidcock, and, after the 2024 ToB looked in doubt, is road cycling in Britain in a better place than it was this time last year? Presenters: Sanny Ru...

Sep 08, 2024•31 min

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