Brother Cycling Podcast

13 Dec 2024

Episode 64: “Rayner Foundation Dinner 2024”

In this new episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, we report from the 2024 Rayner Foundation dinner in Leeds, consider British Cycling’s national calendar for 2025, gain the inside line on Brother UK’s extended sponsorship of Team OnForm and hear from Amelia Staunton, its rising star, and her father Chris. Presented by Timothy John and Phil Jones, Brother UK’s Managing Director. Special guests include triple Olympic champion, Ed Clancy OBE.

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05 Nov 2024

Episode 63: “Oliver Stockwell interview”

Oliver Stockwell is Britain's newest professional cyclist, having recently signed a two-year contract with UCI WorldTeam, Bahrain-Victorious. The 22-year-old from St Albans has reached the sport's top tier with support from The Rayner Foundation, a Leeds-based rider charity for whom Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK's Managing Director, raised £20,000 by riding the entire route of the 2018 Tour of Britain.

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29 Oct 2024

Episode 62: “Bjoern Koerdt interview”

Bjoern Koerdt, 20, is the latest young British rider to graduate to the UCI WorldTour with the support of The Rayner Foundation. In 2018, Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK’s Managing Director and this podcast's co-host, rode the entire length of the Tour of Britain with endurance rider James Golding, raising around £20,000 for the charity.

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11 Oct 2024

Episode 61: “Task Force Progress Report”

Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, Brother UK's Managing Director, consider British Cycling's recently published progress report on its implementation of recommendations made by the Elite Road Racing Task Force, the independent panel on which Phil served last year.

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27 Sep 2024

Episode 60: “Louis Sutton interview”

Rising star Louis Sutton revealed his talent to a television audience of millions with a series of exciting performances at the recent Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men. Enjoy this good-natured and candid interview with co-host Timothy John in which Louis lifts the lid on an exhilarating professional debut of breakaway heroics, crashes, concussion and wheel-to-wheel combat with Soudal Quick-Step's superstars Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe.

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13 Sep 2024

Episode 59: “Marc Etches interview”

Marc Etches, a race organiser, commissaire and a member of the panel charged by British Cycling with implementing the recommendations of the Elite Road Racing Task Force, exemplifies the can-do attitude of a small coterie of volunteers who sacrifice time and effort to ensure elite domestic road racing continues.

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24 Aug 2024

Episode 58: “National Circuit Series review”

Marc Etches, a race organiser, commissaire and a member of the panel charged by British Cycling with implementing the recommendations of the Elite Road Racing Task Force, exemplifies the can-do attitude of a small coterie of volunteers who sacrifice time and effort to ensure elite domestic road racing continues.

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26 Jul 2024

Episode 57: “Tiffany Keep interview”

Tiffany Keep (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK) will realise a dream when she rolls out for the women’s road race at the Olympic Games in Paris on August 4, 2024. In this engaging interview, Tiffany describes her lifelong passion for cycling and the value that racing for Brother UK-sponsored teams has added to her development.

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28 Jun 2024

Episode 56: “Frankie Hall interview”

Frankie Hall (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK) is enjoying the best season of her cycling career. A comparative latecomer to the sport, she has overcome significant hurdles, including crashes, injuries, road accidents and the ongoing challenge of balancing work and sport to compete against the very best in road, track and circuit races.

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31 May 2024

Episode 55: “Andy Hawes interview”

Andy Hawes is the vastly experienced Route Director of the Tours of Britain. In this interview with co-host Timothy John, he offers a detailed description of the four stages of the 2024 Tour of Britain Women, provides insights into its logistical and administrative challenges and describes the pressures of organising a professional race in just ten weeks.

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10 May 2024

Episode 54: “2024 Lincoln Grand Prix Preview”

A detailed look ahead to the Monument of the British domestic calendar with insights from race organiser Gary Coltman and former winners Dean Downing and Becky Storrie.

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30 Mar 2024

Episode 53: “2024 Women's CiCLE Classic Review”

The 2024 Women’s CiCLE Classic, Rod Ellingworth’s appointment as Race Director of the Tours of Britain and Cold Dark North’s Proper Northern Road Race Series are just some of the topics covered in this new episode, presented by co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK.

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08 Mar 2024

Episode 52: “Chris Lawrence interview”

As a member of British Cycling’s Elite Road Racing Task Force, race organiser Chris Lawrence was able to provide valuable insights on the operational realities of bike racing to panellists including Phil Jones, Brother UK’s Managing Director. Enjoy this extended interview with Chris, whose organisational palmares includes National Circuit Series events, the Newark Town Centre Races and the Dudley Grand Prix.

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27 Feb 2024

Episode 51: “Task Force Reflections”

Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by special guest Ed Clancy OBE, a triple Olympic champion, to discuss the recommendations of the Elite Road Racing Task Force and British Cycling’s new vision for major cycling events, including the tours of Britain for men and women.

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09 Feb 2024

Episode 50: “Josie Nelson interview”

Josie Nelson might be the archetypal Rayner Foundation rider: resourceful, resilient and now a fully-fledged professional with WorldTour heavyweights Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL. With the support of the Foundation and her family, the 21-year-old from Lichfield has progressed from British Cycling’s mountain bike academy to road racing’s top tier in only a handful of years, winning two of domestic cycling's biggest prizes - the British circuit race championship and the women's CiCLE Classic - en route.

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02 Feb 2024

Episode 49: “Max Poole interview”

Max Poole is among the most exciting new talents in the UCI WorldTour, even in a golden era for young riders. In a wide-ranging conversation with co-host Timothy John, Max describes his meteoric rise from British junior road race champion to Grand Tour stage winner via Giles Pidcock's Fensham Howes-MAS Design squad, British Cycling's Olympic Academy and Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL.

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26 Jan 2024

Episode 48: “Becky Storrie interview”

Becky Storrie is the living, breathing proof of the value of hard work, self-belief and Brother UK's cycling sponsorships. Now a professional with Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL's UCI Women's WorldTour team, Becky began her career with the Brother UK-OnForm development squad. Enjoy this open and honest interview in which Becky discusses the challenges and rewards of a career in which the seemingly endless suffering of training and racing is counterbalanced by team spirit, camaraderie and international travel.

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19 Jan 2024

Episode 47: “Pfeiffer Georgi interview”

Pfeiffer Georgi is the two-time and reigning British women’s road race champion. As importantly, she is the most accomplished among a new generation of British females who are riding a seemingly unstoppable wave in women’s professional cycling. In this revealing interview, recorded at Team DSM-Firminech-PostNL’s pre-season camp in Calpe, co-host Timothy John discusses a wide range of issues with Pfeiffer, including her lifelong love of the sport, her continued development, the goal of becoming a consistent winner and the suitability of Classics riders to serve as lead-outs.

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