Podcast 17 Apr 2014: Ruminating Roubaix, Portents from País Vasco, Cycle of Safety, A Golden Amstel? - a podcast by SBS

Ruminating Roubaix, Portents from País Vasco, Cycle of Safety, A Golden Amstel?

They are down, but not out.

Al Hinds and Anthony Tan are not in showroom condition (are they ever?), but that does not stop them from joining Phil Gomes – who finally has an excuse not to go near them – in this week’s Cycling Central podcast.

The trio begin with ruminating over an edge-of-your-seat Paris-Roubaix last Sunday. Did Terpstra get lucky; was Vanmarcke the strongest but not the smartest; could Wiggo have won; was Cancellara off his A-game… What can their fine minds extract from the cobbles with the benefit of hindsight?

He tonked ‘em in Tirreno, Contador proceeded to do the same in País Vasco.

But the Basque Country tour was also notable for riders like Kwiatkowski, Valverde and Wout Poels who are looking good for a shot at Amstel Gold this Sunday, and the steady return to form of Cadel Evans, the Giro d’Italia partenza now just a fortnight away.

The war between cyclists and motorists made the mainstream this week with a report on the ABC’s 730 program that focused on casualties of the road – and unsurprisingly, they were not the ones on four wheels. We get on the line with Fairfax journalist and author of the popular ‘On your bike’ blog Michael O’Reilly to discuss its impact.

To cap off proceedings, we preview The Netherlands’ most prestigious bike battle, the Amstel Gold Race, on this Sunday and broadcast LIVE on SBS ONE.

The bar has been raised (and being Amstel Gold, the bar is also open) and there are appears to be more potential protagonists than ever this Spring; Hinds, Tan and Gomes go crystal ball gazing to pick a winner that will probably end up losing.

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