Escape Collective
On this channel, you’ll be able to listen to every Escape Collective pod: Placeholders (we’re keeping this name, it has a special place in our hearts), Geek Warning, Pretty Serious Bike Racing, and Wheel Talk. Each of these podcasts also has its own channel, if you’re only interested in one of them.
Episodes
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 8: C’est fini
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
The crew delivers one final episode from the ground at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with Abby Mickey and Matt de Neef (plus a cameo from a familiar voice or two).
Plus, final audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Georgia Williams (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health), Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 7: A day to remember
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Abby and Matt report from atop the Col du Tourmalet, surrounded by fans, while watching the women make history.
Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Sara Poidevin (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 6: A close one
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Abby, Matt and Kate report on the sixth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was a particularly exciting finale with a worthy winner. And get ready for stage 7, the famous Col du Tourmalet.
Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health, Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo), and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 5: We need ice socks stat!
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Abby and Matt again are able to rope in Iris Slappendel to chat about the fifth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift! And what a stage it was, with a surprise winner, and some more interesting maneuvers from SD Worx. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss. Hear from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Geek Warning: Is Mavic is coming back to the United States?
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Legendary French wheel brand Mavic is rumored to be gearing up to come back to the US market – but is the US market ready for them to come back?
The Geek Warning crew also had a mountain of new gear to discuss this week, including new bikes from Orbea, GT, and Polygon, stunning road wheels from Syncros, and updated cross-country suspension from RockShox. And what’s up with this giant pile of new go-fast gear the UCI just revealed? Ronan did some digging.
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 4: What. A. Stage!
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Abby and Matt are back from Rodez to chat about the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was quite the day with a lot of interesting attempts from the GC favourites and some dreams come true for the stage winner. Hear from breakaway champions Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health, plus from Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 3: Checkmate
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef, and Kate Wagner check in from the ground of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift stage 3. Abby also chats with Iris Slappendel on the finish line after her day on the moto.
Plus hear from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla), and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health.
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Tour takeaways aplenty
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to talk takeaways from the final week of the men's Tour de France, which the whole crew agrees was a great one. What did we learn about Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar? Who deserves a bit more credit for their racing than maybe they've been getting so far?
Then, it's on to talking about the Tour de France Femmes, which has already featured some interesting storylines across the first two stages.
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 2: A very slippery day
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Abby Mickey and Matt de Neef are joined on the ground by Kate Wagner fresh off the men’s Tour. They talk about a tough day for the women from Clermont-Ferrand to Mauriac, with a fun little climb to finish off the stage.
Tune in for audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla), and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health).
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
As Dave and James recover from illness and injury, Ronan sits down with EscapeCollective member Marc Graveline to make sense of Jonas Vingagaard's stage 16 time trial performance. Marc was a data engineer before early retirement allowed him the time to moving into cycling and develop the Notio Konect, the first consumer available aero sensor on the market.
Marc is now a consultant to World Tour teams and counts time trial modelling and analysis among his favourite hobbies, not to mention aero testing some of the world's best riders. Finally, we wrap the conversation with a discussion on what the other World Tour teams can do to narrow the gap to Jumbo-Visma.
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Wow look at us, putting our hands in! There's no I in TEAM. There's a me if you just use some of the letters out of order though!