The Giro d'Italia: it's about beauty, style, resilience and suffering. There will be bunch sprints, punchy time trials, cruel mountains and lots of very cool Italian cycle-styling. The 2022 race starts this Friday in Budapest. As ever, we expect a dramatic and hard-fought race and, joining host OJ Borg, is the cycling correspondent to The Guardian, Jeremy Whittle, and author, journalist and podcaster, Pete Cossins. OJ, Jeremy and Pete run their eyes over the route of the Corsa Rosa, identify the favorites and the potential upstarts, and choose the key stages from what looks a very dramatic and ..read more

So the 2022 spring classics are behind us and it's almost time to welcome this season's Giro d'Italia, but before we do that, OJ Borg, Jeremy Whittle and Peter Cossins chat through a dramatic and compelling Liège-Bastogne-Liège weekend, in which one young talent — Remco Evenepoel — came of age, and another, of a different vintage — Annemiek van Vleuten — showed her durability and resilience.  They also look back over the peaks and troughs of a thrilling March and April, from the Poggio to the Arenberg, the Kemmelberg to La Redoute, discussing the capi and the cobbles, the bergs and the b ..read more

It's almost here, some of cycling’s most enthralling racing — Paris-Roubaix weekend. With both Lizzie Deignan, lone winner of the inaugural women's Hell of the North last year, and Sonny Colbrelli, emotional champion in the velodrome last autumn, absent, the 2022 edition of the women's and men's race are both characterized by uncertainty over who will emerge victorious. Host OJ Borg is joined by Jeremy Whittle and renowned photojournalist James Startt, fresh from a recon with the top teams, to chat through the highs and lows of Roubaix past, the endless tech innovations that emerge each year a ..read more

For the past few weeks there has been plenty of talk about wunderkind Tadej Pogačar winning the Tour of Flanders in his very first outing. And he very nearly did, coming incredibly close to cracking Mathieu van der Poel on the cobbled Flemish climbs, but ultimately falling short in a bungled final kilometer, becoming, humorously put, the first man to ever come fourth in a two-man sprint.  OJ Borg, Peter Cossins and Jeremey Whittle are back for another episode of Aérogramme to discuss the second monument of the season, and there’s a lot to go over. Pogačar showed some uncharacteristic tact ..read more

The first Monument of 2022 is in the books and there’s a lot to discuss. Matej Mahorič put on a phenomenal show this weekend at Milan–San Remo, pushing his daredevil descending skills to the limit on the Poggio for a thrilling victory. Here to break it all down in the first episode of Aérogramme of the 2022 season are OJ Borg, Peter Cossins and Jeremy Whittle. La Primavera’s final kilometers were even more entertaining than usual. From Tadej Pogačar stating before the race his intent to attack, to the return of Mathieu van der Poel, there were many elements animating the race. But the most thr ..read more

The team at La Course en Tête reviews the Giro d'Italia, Vuelta and speaks with special guest, Tao Geoghegan Hart. OJ Borg, William Fotheringham, Sophie Smith, Jeremy Whittle and Marco Pastonesi catch us up on a compelling week of cycling.  William Fotheringham: @willfoth Jeremy Whittle: @jeremycwhittle OJ Borg: @OJBorg Sophie Smith: @SophieSmith86 Tao Geoghegan Hart: @taogeoghegan La Course en Tête: @lacourseentete ..read more

In Episode 10, the crew at La Course en Tête discuss the 2021 Tour de France route, meet Tao Geoghegan Hart for coffee in London and update us on the Vuelta....They also introduce our new favorite term for 2021, "Ven-Two." William Fotheringham: @willfoth Jeremy Whittle: @jeremycwhittle OJ Borg: @OJBorg Sophie Smith: @SophieSmith86 Tao Geoghegan Hart: @taogeoghegan La Course en Tête: @lacourseentete ..read more

In Episode 6 of our podcast with La Course en Tête, we look at LBL, the Giro, talk to the most famous journalist in Italy Marco Pastonesi about what this Giro d'Italia means to the Italian people and JV chimes in on the now infamous kit controversy with EF Pro Cycling.  William Fotheringham, OJ Borg, Sophie Smith and Jeremy Whittle update keep us up to date on a crazy weekend of racing. William Fotheringham: @willfoth Jeremy Whittle: @jeremycwhittle OJ Borg: @OJBorg Sophie Smith: @@SophieSmith86 La Course en Tête: @lacourseentete ..read more

In the first Episode of Aérogramme we travel to Holland with Tom Boonen to learn about his new career, we interview celebrity chef Chris Cosentino about his adventures riding bikes in France and ask Jens Voigt some tough questions.  Aérogramme is an audio deep-dive into the culture of cycling. Presented by Pinarello ..read more

The autumn leaves are falling and just like that the 2021 road cycling season has come and gone. In this final episode of Aérogramme with La Course en Tête for 2021, we recap the year, sifting through the highs and lows, the winners and losers, and our favorite moments.  The big question for 2021 is: Was it a classic season of professional cycling? There are many points to be made either way, with historical firsts, edge-of-your-seat moments of excitement, and, of course, moments that were less enthralling. We dive into some of the highlights, including the first women’s Paris–Roubaix and ..read more