Podcast 3 Apr: Funky about Flanders, April Fooled, A Pain in the Peloton - a podcast by SBS

When we say ‘Ronde van Vlaanderen’, we mean business.

And in this week’s Cycling Central podcast, with all the Flemish gusto we can muster, we say Ronde van Vlaanderen a lot. Which means we’re very business-like, or as serious as three clowns can be.

Yes, the 98th edition of ‘De Ronde’, the Tour of Flanders, is on this weekend – and broadcast LIVE on SBS ONE from midnight Sunday.

It promises so much: Will we see old dogs Fabian Cancellara and Tom Boonen barking mad, or is it time for Peter Sagan, a.k.a. The Bottom Whisperer, to finally land a Monument?

Or will there be a rabbit out of the hat? Sep Vanmarcke, Jurgen Roelandts, Alexander Kristoff, Greg Van Avermaet or John Degenkolb could all upset the Flandrian apple cart on their day…

SBS cycling stalwart Mike Tomalaris is in the hot seat as host, joined by top web dog Phil Gomes and Anthony Tan, who is just a dog, to discuss the multitude permutations in this 259 kilometre Classic where only the hard men survive.

We also wonder who got caught out with April Fool’s Day news, chastise overzealous ‘fanographers’, and our in-house Tramadol addict now reformed, Anthony Tan, warns us of the dangers of the pain-killing opiate that’s doing more harm than good in the peloton.

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