I hope that Benji's hot takes will be the break out star of 2023. Every time he does a truly degenerate hot take everyone goes: "yeah i can see it happening".
I have to congratulate you both on another excellent year. I feel like cycling took another step this year with the amount of high level talent that get's brought up and get's to shine and the both of you were there right along with them. Stepping up your game, to new incredible heights. I always knew of course and never thought for example that Pog looked unbeatable.
Regarding sportswashing, thanks for mentioning betting companies. It's been an absolute plague in the NL when we were forced to open up the market and the addiction aspects of it seem all but forgotten. It's very prevalent in cycling: Lotto, bingo-al, FDJ, etc.
Betting companies are all over football in the UK too, so many teams shirt sponsors and even the leagues below the premier have a title sponsor that is a bookmaker. You get a bizarre situation on TV ad breaks where half the adverts are for betting and half are public service announcements about gambling addiction "when the fun stops" etc.
@@ellipticalsoul and yet even on the “when the fun stops…” warning, the word FUN is highlighted compared to rest of the text, once again associating fun with betting, even subconsciously
The short info videos from Patrick are easily the most interesting for me....a busy person. ( wife won't let me sit around for an hour. Even now there have been numerous "interuptions"). Both of you make the cycling world more interesting. (Benji keeps thing appropriately light...😆)
Great podcast, thanks guys. I only discovered you (and pro cycling) this year and it's become my favourite sport, in part because of your excellent analysis mixed with everyday humour. Much more human than GCN. I'm still learning the cycling jargon, but you've helped with that. Your tips have been great for my Velogames team as well. Love that you both still love doing this. Looking forward to many more pods in 2023!
Another advantage of cycling is that the rivalries are less intense. Vingegaard / Jumbo fans do in general respect Pogacar / UAE, Van Aert fans Van der Poel, etc. If you sponsor Manchester United, half the city of Manchester and large parts of England will dislike you. And although some fans who have been drinking beer in the sun for hours waiting for the race to arrive can get rowdy, there are no violent hooligans that are also actual criminal gangs associated with cycling.
Much respect guys. You've come a long way. Really appreciate the support for women's cycling though it has its awkward moments. My favorite moment on the podcast this year was LR trying to point out after stage 7 of TDF-Femme that Kasia Niewiadoma having her jersey unzipped was not aerodynamic.
Thanks for your great transparency on your future plans. 👍 You’re doing brilliantly, so keep it up, stay modest, keep learning and work hard. At same time, don’t underestimate yourselves....LR, you’ll be an outstanding agent the day that it becomes a priority for you.....Benji, the very way you discuss people leadership challenges already demonstrates what a great people leader you can become, if and when you want to. Thanks for a wonderful 2022...Ive enjoyed your virtual company so so much👍
If I don’t see the LRCP logo at some point on a Drone Hopper or Intermarche jersey I will be very disappointed! Thank you guys for the awesome content, long time listener from Montana, USA
Another year of following you both and I'm still excited to see what's next! Thanks for being so open. The pod continues to grow in professionalism and content, and I doubt I would have the interest or "knowledge" if it wasn't, in great part, due to the podcast. I wish you both success as you add new ventures to your careers.
So very appreciative of the work you all do. Definitely kept me interested in cycling across the full year and I hope we can continue to support the future endeavors. Had to laugh a bit about the comments on who else you watch on RU-vid as I could only imagine LRCP-Jelle’s Marble Runs crossover content.
Wishing you both a happy and healthy Christmas & New Year! Thanks for the excellent content. I've only been watching pro cycling for 1.5 yrs and I'm so enthralled by it. LR played a big part in helping me understand the ins and outs of the cycling world and making it more enjoyable to watch. Can't wait till 2023!
Guys, outstanding content, great setup! I try to catch all your videos and sometimes double-up on the audio pod while on my way to work. I can say that I've particularly enjoyed the digestible video analysis of races/stages that used video editing. Those were written and delivered impeccably! More of those, please! :D
Looking very relaxed being back in Oz Patrick. Hope you're coming south for TDU. Merry Christmas to you and Benji. Best cycling analysis channel bar none.😃🚴🇦🇺
Massive props n thanks to both you legends. Alongside The Trainer Road mob this channel has easily been my highest watch time of all of YT this past year. Your dedication, consistency and quality continues to trend in the right direction. And for what it's worth - of all that watch/listen time I mentioned - this particular upload (and format) has my favourite so far. As has all the Q&A type uploads. (unsure if that's reflective in the engagement n stats on your end. But yeah, re the "what people want to see on your ig" issue/opportunity you mentioned. It's more simply a "do what you do and just put mix of whatever tf you like up and people will or will not engage, rather than 'another channel to go vertical in'" situation..
Great podcast guys, congratulations! Suggestion, in some podcasts, kinda like this one, try to include a rider or staff member, and basically talk about anything, cycling and offcycling (hobbies, life goals, etc). I really think it would be a step up to your podcast
Been an experience to see the channel grow. Don't need a degree for everything. Sometimes passion and hard work will do. Kudos team. The pods been a delightful intro for snagging beginners like me into pro cycling.
Appréciâte you filling us all in on the plans for next year and beyond. Now that would be Colab; LRCP/ Coffeezilla !! If only you boys were live-streaming back in the dark days of when selling races was rife. An actual live event would be awesome especially if it was on Benji’s home soil during the Spring Classics. Midweek before RVV. Imagine that Winter Well fellas 👊☘️
Looking forward to another great cycling year with you guys. Love the content. Would definitely like to see you two do more meet ups for pods or other race meet analysis videos. Possibly interviewing riders pre or post stages.
Cheers guys, ima big fan of what you do. Keep it up in 2023. One thing I really enjoyed in 2022 and would love to see more of are rider interviews and you guys developing some more friends of the pod so you can quiz them with and get super in-depth insights. ✌🏼 Have a goodun.
Love the idea of Lanterne lecturing the possible Cda benefits of switching to a POC Tempor at his local stable, meanwhile the cornered jockey slowly nods his head with a skeptical grin and raised eyebrow.
I would say for the breakaway: Remco Evenpoel. No shit LBL and Worlds, not because of those labels but because of the break, the length, and the way he did it. Unless of course, you create a solo breakaway category also.
Magnus Cort is the world's best breakaway rider! He was flying the first half of TDF22 before he got Covid and had to withdraw. He was a shoe-in for the Combativety award in Paris if he had just finished. Cort can finish in any terrain, he is really fast in a sprint, can climb fairly good and can keep a killer tempo on the flat, he is the complete breakaway rider! In the Vuelta 21 and TDF22 he showed the cycling world what he can do, too bad his season got effed up because of a spring-crash and Covid! Despite that, he is the best by a mile.
Im still hoping for a 1 on 1 in PCM between you two. I wanna see Lanterne attack with Remco from 140k out and Benji not giving his riders any water for the whole Stage😂
I think Uncle Roger would say "Podcast not bad! You not yet fuck it up!" So in 2023, if you two keep Uncle Roger proud, I think your fans will be very, very happy.
For the sponsorship discussion, one big issue I have is that a lot of it are done by companies I just don't care about. I don't care about some Norwegian software company, Belgian glue company, etc. At least the equipment sponsors make some sense, but it's not like I could afford a bike similar to what the pros use, let alone ride one on with some form of comfort. I've always been extremely skeptical about roi from advertising and to me I still believe most companies invest in cycling because they happen to be fans of the sport.
I will say that LR needs to flesh out his question a bit then. They often felt like him making a long statement, and the question was basically asking for confirmation of said statement.
you guys are great..as a Yank I would love to see the background of some of the interesting riders...how many Jens Voight types are riding???. And an encouragement of breakaways. Tired of seeing a peloton of coasters waiting to launch the richest sponsored team launch it's most marketable rider. The races are essentially "fixed" ... I like seeing an understudy bust his azz on a breakaway. That "to me" is what makes sports exciting.
Thanks for adressing sportswashing in cycling. But you could have mentioned not only Middle East countries and lotteries, but INEOS, a fracking company. Look at the "car" they launched in July'22, it is basically a Canyonero designed by Homer Simpson. I wonder why they aren't "rolling coal" with their team cars during the Tour.
"Greenwashing" is the biggest scam. EVs on a full cycle basis generate a fair amount of carbon and utilize extremely toxic metals, often mined unethically. If popularized, EVs should be small and used for commuter travel reducing costs and waste. The should not be subsidized status symbols for the wealthy. Biofuels have an energy return of 20% (i.e. 1 unit of energy is used to generate 1.2). Meanwhile, if you look at the science, NONE of this will appreciably impact carbon levels. The West can go zero carbon tomorrow at a ludicrous expense but China, India, and the less developed will increase net carbon in the atmosphere. So why are we doing any of this other than to enrich corporations and elites?
Thanks for your content throught the year. For 2023 I wish you'd do some cooperations with other cycling channels like e.g. Chris Horner, Jeff Linder, Pedaler and Durianrider for an extra amount of Aussi flavour.
INEOS tried to sponsor an exhibit at the London Natural History Museum & were blocked by protest. A lot cheaper than a whole year of being title sponsor to a cycle team & still prestigious. Most likely the most prestigious museum in the U.K. & the exhibit was on climate change so offered the opportunity of full on green-washing. Think your argument comparing to football (soccer) works a lot better for Middle Eastern countries than other varieties of bike-washing. Edited for spelling/grammar.
Zwift should incorporate the podcast into the app directly so it’s easy to listen while pedalling. It would open up the podcast to a new audience of people who like cycling but may not follow pro racing yet.
Aswell as the greater variety of types of dodgy sponsorships in cycling than football(soccer) is that football can easily survive without the dodgy money. Cycling is rapidly reaching the point where most of the money in the sport is dodgy, be it from a country at war in Yemen (UAE, Bahrain), apartheid (Israel), Gambling (various lottos), eco-terrorism (INEOS, Totale-energies) and Will brands, for example Merida, want to associated with what Bahrain (as part of Saudi led coalition with UAE) is doing in Yemen? I know we are currently ignoring Yemen & Palestine but things like that can change. Maybe Pog could ride for a CIA team and Geraint Thomas could ride for the NSA team…
Let's define breakaway artist. A break are individual riders that leave the peleton behind. A breakaway artist is the one who wins from that reduced group. Now, Remco wins from a breakaway: Valenciana stage 1, LBLiege, Norway stage 3, San Sebastian, Vuelta stage 18 and the worlds. By far!
Benni needs to replicate his hot takes in pcm, bc some of them are disturbingly feasible. That or making a team using all of the stupid transfers that lanterne rouge suggests.
Stay original, don't fall into "political correctness" that is spreading all around.🤦🤦🤦 F*ck that! Have your own opinion, stay funny and relaxed! Great job guys! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
