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The Cycling Podcast

The Cycling Podcast

S12 Ep128: Review of 2024 - Ep.2: Annus Horribilis

NOV 13, 202489 MIN
The Cycling Podcast

S12 Ep128: Review of 2024 - Ep.2: Annus Horribilis

NOV 13, 202489 MIN

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<div>We continue our review of the men’s 2024 professional season, this week focussing on the riders, teams and trends that had a year to forget. <br> <br> After Daniel’s controversial suggestion last week that it was in fact such a bad year that it was a good one for INEOS Grenadiers, who will come under the spotlight this time around? Rob Hatch has at least one nomination for a team that fared worse than the Brits - while Richard Abraham is blowing raspberries at the whole, once great cycling nation of France after its lacklustre few months. <br> <br> Cofidis certainly didn’t wow anyone in 2024 - and we hear from one of their departing riders, Harrison Wood, about why it became an annus horribilis for that team.<br> <br> <strong>Follow us on social media:</strong><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast">Twitter @cycling_podcast</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecyclingpodcast/">Instagram @thecyclingpodcast</a><br> <br> <strong>NordVPN</strong><br> Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra ➼ <a href="https://nordvpn.com/tcp">https://nordvpn.com/tcp</a> It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee.<br> <br> <strong>Friends of the Podcast<br> </strong>Sign up as a Friend of the Podcast at <a href="http://thecyclingpodcast.com/">thecyclingpodcast.com</a> to listen to new special episodes every month plus a back catalogue of more than 300 exclusive episodes.<br> <br> <strong>The 11.01 Cappuccino</strong><br> Our regular email newsletter is now on Substack. <a href="https://thecyclingpodcast.substack.com/">Subscribe here</a> for frothy, full-fat updates to enjoy any time (as long as it’s after 11am).<br> <br> <strong>MAAP</strong><br> The Cycling Podcast x MAAP collection is available now. Check out the Black Friday sale – on now – at <a href="http://maap.cc/">maap.cc</a>.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.strava.com/clubs/thecyclingpodcast">The Cycling Podcast is on Strava</a><br> <br> <em>The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie.</em><br> <br> </div>