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The Cycling Brief
Fast cycling intelligence: product launches, race results, tech shifts, and the stories riders are talking about.
SEMIPRO audio
A small podcast network for serious cycling.
Daily news, race context, weekend debriefs, and education-led episodes for riders who care about the pattern behind the result.
Built around the rhythm of the cycling season.
Race weekends
The Debrief
A weekend racing show that pulls apart what happened, what mattered, and what it tells us about the sport.
Before major events
Race Recon
Pre-event context for the biggest races: route demands, tactical pressure points, and what to watch.
Every day during Grand Tours
The Grand Tour
Daily coverage when the Giro, Tour, or Vuelta is on, built for fans who want the pattern behind the result.
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Tapering for cycling
How do you taper for a cycling race? Listen to the original episode and learn how to reduce fatigue, retain intensity and judge your own response.
Read the notes →Ageing and cycling performance
What changes as cyclists get older, and what can you influence? Explore training history, recovery and realistic progress with this archive episode.
Read the notes →MAP testing explained
What does a cycling ramp test tell you? This archive episode explores maximal aerobic power, testing protocols and using results to track progress.
Read the notes →Plyometrics for cyclists
An archive discussion of explosive jump training, the evidence for cycling performance and the limits of attributing improvements to plyometrics alone.
Read the notes →Garmin's burrito strategy
A Cycling Brief episode on Garmin, cycling tech, and how product strategy shapes the way riders actually use devices and data.
Read the notes →Pressure washing, race nerves, and power meters
A popular SEMIPRO listener Q&A episode covering practical equipment, pre-race nerves, and the kind of small decisions that shape real training and racing.
Read the notes →Cleat position with Steve Hogg
Steve Hogg is known for a strict, exacting approach to bike fit. This episode looks at cleat position, power transfer, and why comfort and repeatable mechanics matter more than copying a generic setup.
Read the notes →Indoor group training with Richard Wharton
A conversation about why indoor training can work better when it is social, structured, and accountable rather than another isolated workout on the calendar.
Read the notes →Supplements for cycling performance
A high-interest episode on supplements, performance claims, and how cyclists should think about marginal gains without losing sight of training, recovery, and fuelling basics.
Read the notes →Cycling sports nutrition trends
A nutrition-focused archive episode covering the moving target of endurance fuelling, research trends, and the gap between what sounds clever and what actually helps riders train and race.
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