Re-Cycle: How Robert Millar lost the 'Stolen Vuelta' and finished second again one year later
In 1985 and 1986, mercurial climber Robert Millar twice came one step away from becoming Britain’s first Grand Tour winner – only for a combination of...
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Welcome to Re-Cycle, by Eurosport – a retrospective series on the most compelling, the most controversial and the most extraordinary riders and races in cycling history. Written by Felix Lowe, narrated by Graham Willgoss and produced by Pete Burton.A new episode of Re-Cycle will drop every Thursday morning until the end of January - so subscribe now, and if you enjoyed the show please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.
When Federico Bahamontes gifted the 1957 Vuelta to rival Jesus Lorono
In this episode of Re-Cycle, we re-count when Federico Bahamontes blew a 16-minute lead to hand his big rival Jesús Loroño the yellow jersey on a plat...
When Rudi Altig defied teammate Jacques Anquetil to win the 1962 title
In this episode of Re-Cycle, we re-count the time Rudi Altig defied teammate Jacques Anquetil to win the 1962 Vuelta. Frenchman Jacques Anquetil ente...
When Floyd Landis did the impossible on the road to Morzine
In this episode of Re-Cycle, we look back on a ride that really was too good to be true.A day after handing the initiative to Oscar Pereiro for a seco...
Eros Poli's historic Mont Ventoux attack: How some quick thinking, a little James Brown and a hot can of Fanta fired a giant to victory
In this episode of Re-Cycle, we’re riding with Eros Poli, a man famous for being the tallest rider in the peloton as well as finishing last in the Gir...
Abdel-Kader Zaaf: The trailblazing Algerian who rose above racism to outsmart and out-earn his legendary contemporaries
Sunstroke and a bottle of wine made Abdel-Kader Zaaf a household name at the 1950 Tour after he passed out on his bike then, in a daze, rode back towa...
When Rini Wagtmans denied Eddy Merckx to become the accidental yellow jersey
In the first of our 4-stage Tour run of Re-Cycle, Felix Lowe tells the story of the accidental yellow jersey. Eddy Merckx’s bid to wear the Yellow Jer...
Re-Cycle: When Bartali beat Coppi and the Giro unified war-torn Italy in 1946
In this episode of Re-Cycle, Felix Lowe turna back the clock to June 1946, just a few months after the end of World War II. A reduced field took to th...
When Cadel Evans rode through the mud to pip vino at Montalcino
It’s rightly gone down as one of the most legendary stages in the Giro d’Italia: when the race hit Tuscany’s Strade Bianche amid a deluge of rain turn...
'His face was no longer that of a man' - Charly Gaul and an apocalyptic day on Monte Bidone
Luxembourg climber Charly Gaul braved blizzards and frozen temperatures on Monte Bondone to win Stage 20 of the 1956 Giro. By doing so, the ‘Angel of ...