Brakedown Podcast

David Hunter(@cyclingmole) and Marcus Culey of St George Continental cycling team join host Jamie Finch-Penninger to talk for a very long time about all things Giro d'Italia related. The course, teams, sprinters and major contenders all get the microscope treatment as the panel offers their opinions and prediction of how the first Grand Tour of 2017 will pan out.

It's a weekend of Oceanias Championships in the offing! Jamie is joined by Marcus Culey of St George Continental Cycling and Louisa Lobigs of Holden Womens Racing to discuss the ins and outs of the racing in Canberra. Now sponsored by Out of the Rat Race!

Tour of East Gippsland overall winner Louisa Lobigs of Holden Womens Cycling and Neil van der Ploeg of IsoWhey Sports-Swiss Wellness join the podcast to chat all things local racing. Not just the action though, also talk about Louisa's Phd, rider safety and lookalikes in the peloton!

Jamie Finch-Penninger and Marcus Culey take a look back at the racing over the last month and talk about racing blocks, event timing and the Aussie riders that have impressed so far this season.

Marcus Culey joins the podcast to share his vast array of knowledge and occasional wit as we dissect the key players in the upcoming Herald Sun Tour.

Logan Griffin of Oliver's Real Food Racing joins the podcast fresh off his second-placed finish at an action-packed edition of the New Zealand Cycle Classic.

Pat Shaw and Jamie Finch-Penninger chat Tour Down Under and preview Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race whilst in a car just before the Race Melbourne. Includes press conference with the winners of the race, btw make sure to register your like or dislike of the inclusion of interviews with the riders as it may be something that sees further use.

David Hunter aka the Cycling Mole joins Jamie Finch-Penninger to preview the Tour Down Under, slap down the pretenders, laud the favourites and mis-assign gender. It looks like the hilliest edition of the Tour Down Under ever and could throw up a new winner of the event. Which riders end up being the picks of the podcast for the overall?

The effervescent Carlee Taylor of Ale Cipollini joins the pod to talk Womens TDU + wrap roadnats. Light-hearted but with some serious analysis of the first UCI event of the year.

Louisa Lobigs of Holden Women's Racing and Marcus Culey of Tinelli-Powerstream join the podcast to talk about the time trial and the road race at the Australian National Road Championships. All the tips, roadside gossip and fanfare ahead of the big event.

Jamie Finch-Penninger is joined by David Hunter for a dissection of the major offseason action in the Men's WorldTour. With a brief preview of the upcoming Aussie season!

Louisa Lobigs of Holden Womens Racing and Marcus Culey of Swiss Wellness talk about the Tour of Bright and the upcoming racing in the Australian summer. With interviews featuring Lisen Hockings, Chris Harper, Matt Ross and former BrakeDown regular Kate Perry.

Jamie Finch-Penninger is joined by Pat Shaw in the early days following his retirement from the road, talking about the wind and carnage in Warrnambool and Qatar.

Pat Shaw of Avanti IsoWhey Sports and Sam Burston of Mobius Future Racing are in to discuss the Tour of Tasmania, Melbourne to Warrnambool and the World Championships in Doha.

NRS 'power couple' Rebecca Wiasak and Ben Hill join Jamie Finch-Penninger to discuss the racing at the National Capital Tour and Aussie Cycling in general.

Rebecca Wiasak of High 5 Dreamteam and Pat Shaw of Avanti IsoWhey Sports join Jamie Finch-Penninger to discuss motor pacing, #canclimb and of course the racing! Wrapping the results from Amy's Otway Tour and Tour of Gippsland before previewing the National Capital Tour.

Pat Shaw of Avanti IsoWhey Sports and Jo Hogan of Rush Women's Racing are in to discuss the racing at the Sam Miranda Tour of King Valley, preview the upcoming Tour of Gippsland and Amy's, with a quick look at Aussies making news overseas.

Pat Shaw(Avanti IsoWhey Sports), Shannon Malseed (Holden) and Jamie Finch-Penninger wrap Great South Coast and preview King Valley.

Pat Shaw of Avanti IsoWhey Sports joins Jamie Finch-Penninger to talk all things Aussie road cycling with a focus on the Rio Olympics road course. Also chat about Aussies creating waves overseas with discussions of Chloe Hosking, Will Clarke, Nick Schultz and many more!

Jamie Finch-Penninger and Neil van der Ploeg chat all things Aussie Racing, with a focus on the recent Grafton to Inverell.