173: In Bruges

<div>Richard Moore is in Bruges for the World Championship time trials and he checks in with Lionel Birnie to discuss Sunday's elite men's race.<br> <br> It was a neck-and-neck battle between defending champion Filippo Ganna and home favourite Wout van Aert.<br> <br> We hear from four-time world champion Tony Martin, who confirmed his intention to retire after this week's races, from Ireland's Marcus Christie, whose story we featured in a Friends of the Podcast episode earlier this year, and from Dan Bigham.<br> <br> Looking ahead to Sunday's men's road race we speak to Kasper Asgreen about the star-studded Danish team and wonder how they will take on the Belgians and Italians and from Tim Declercq, who was born in Leuven, about racing a World Championships in his home town.<br> <br> Finally, following the tragic death of Danish rider Chris Anker Sorensen, a former Giro d'Italia stage winner who in retirement became an integral part of Danish TV's Tour de France coverage, his friend and colleague Brian Nygaard pays tribute.<br> <br> Coming later this week are an episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin, Mitch Docker meets Hannah Barnes in Life in the Peloton and Service Course returns too.<br> <br> The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.<br> <br> </div> <div>Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See <a href="http://supersapiens.com/">supersapiens.com<br> </a><br> </div> <div>For 25% off all your SiS products, go to <a href="http://scienceinsport.com/">scienceinsport.com</a> and enter the code SISCP25 at the checkout.<br> <br> This episode is also supported by <a href="https://www.curatorsofcraft.co.uk/">Curators of Craft</a>, a company set up by cycling fans Kate and Graeme who pride themselves on discovering some of the best beers independent brewers have to offer. To get 15% off all orders over £40 and free UK mainland delivery on all orders over £60 use the code <strong>WORLDS15</strong> </div>