SBS Cycling Podcast

While the favourites for this year's Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes are becoming clear, plenty of questions remain. Grace Brown takes stock of the biggest contenders, emerging challengers and lingering unknowns ahead of cycling's biggest races.

Demi Vollering completed a dramatic comeback to win the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women on the final stage, while we also look ahead to the Critérium du Dauphiné as the key Tour de France warm-up race.

While the cameras follow the battle for victory, another story unfolds behind the race leaders. Grace Brown explores the unseen side of professional cycling, where survival becomes the objective and some of the sport's most memorable moments happen completely out of frame.

Balsamo’s sprint dominance and van der Breggen’s grip on pink set up a decisive Giro mountain finale, Pidcock outlines a long-term retirement plan while targeting Tour and Grand Tour success, and the Dauphiné begins as the key Tour de France form test without Pogačar, spotlighting Seixas, del Toro, and Almeida.

From a strong display on Italian Roads, a 20-gram Giro controversy to major transfers, we unpack the technical, tactical and political stories shaping modern cycling.