S9 Ep206: Annus galaxicus: The grand tours

<div>Our review of the 2021 men’s road racing season continues with a deep look at the three grand tours.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe weigh up the era of the galacticos in a year when the three outstanding stage racers – Egan Bernal, Tadej Pogačar and Primož Roglič – each won a grand tour.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Transport yourself back to Italy, France and Spain with our greatest hits compilations, a selection of audio highlights from our travels this year, before we discuss each of the races in turn.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>We look back at the best days of racing, ask whether the Vuelta really is overtaking the Giro as the ’second’ grand tour, revisit Mark Cavendish’s record-equalling stage wins at the Tour and ask which of Bernal and Roglic is best placed to challenge Pogačar next season.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>We hear from Joe Dombrowski, Pavel Sivakov and Jonathan Vaughters on the Pog-nomenon and ask what threats there are to his dominance. And we speak to Toms Skujiņš about arguably the best day’s racing from the grand tours – or at least the day which provided the least expected thrills.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The Giro d’Italia – timecode</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The Tour de France – timecode</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Vuelta a España – timecode</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.</div> <div><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</a><br> <br> The article by Nick Busca featuring Supersapiens founder Phil Southerland referenced in this episode can be found <a href="https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/phil-southerland-eng">here</a>.</div> <div><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.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Th