The road.cc Podcast
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The road.cc Podcast
Tadej Pogačar’s so fast that even Colnago is battling to keep up with him
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As speeds continue to ramp up at the Tour de France, spearheaded by the imperious Tadej Pogačar, we chat to Colnago’s lead engineer Filippo Galli about how to build a Tour de France-winning bike, why aero bikes are all the rage (even on the climbs), and why the biggest bike brands in the world are struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of the peloton.
Plus, we headed to the UAE Team Emirates bus at the Tour to catch up with Bostjan Kavcnik, Pogačar’s mechanic and the man who built the future superstar’s first ever bike back home in Slovenia. Bostian chats about life as a Tour de France mechanic, his relationship, both personal and professional, with cycling’s most dominant rider, how it feels watching someone he knew as a kid winning the Tour every year, and the pressures of supporting the man in the yellow jersey…