Stanley St. Social | Cycling News and Interviews
A cycling podcast covering race news, rider interviews, and insider perspectives from the peloton. Hosted by Melbourne AFL captain Max Gawn, WorldTour pro Luke Plapp, and Alex Clements, it blends football curiosity with a pro cyclist's viewpoint. Episodes include weekly cycling news, long-form interviews, and daily Grand Tour coverage of the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España, along with spring classics and Australian racing.
Episodes
Adam Hansen on GPS trackers, WADA and fixing cycling’s safety problem
CPA president Adam Hansen joins us fresh from the first UCI cycling reform meeting to talk rider safety, salaries and anti-doping from the inside.Heads up: the audio isn’t our usual standard, but what he shares is well worth pushing through for.Adam takes us through what was discussed at the reform table, and how rolling road closures actually work after a week of vehicles on course in the Italian
Trek Are a Watch: Max’s Top Five Transfers | Ciccone, Ganna
Max Gawn's top five transfers of the trade period so far, from Giulio Ciccone to Q36.5 and Filippo Ganna to Lidl-Trek to Ben Turner at Soudal Quick-Step.Plus Paul Seixas wins Il Lombardia, Per Strand Hagenes takes Paris-Tours, and Plappy is out of Guangxi with a fractured wrist.In this Social Club:Alex hits the wall at the Chicago Marathon, and Jimmy Whelan v Kipchoge in MelbourneMax on being
Sir Max Gawn Everests Willunga at 115kg | Remco, Ciccone, Lombardia
Max Gawn has Everested Willunga Hill: 39 and a half laps, 8,851 metres, no power meter and 115 kilos, alongside Ed Langdon and Hamish Blake.Plus Plappy on crashes and police motorbikes on the course in Italy, Remco v Ciccone at the Euros, and who wins Il Lombardia.In this Social Club:Max's Everest top five, the low points, and why the pub at the bottom mattersHot laps with Stuart O'Grady and Darre
A Sports Director Has Never Crossed the Line First | Sam Bewley
Former GreenEDGE rider Sam Bewley joins us for a look at what goes on behind the scenes at a WorldTour team. Sam is now Head Sports Director at NSN. His job covers race strategy from the car, deciding which DS goes to which race, and helping recruit the riders who will shape the squad in 2028.We talk about how NSN is rebuilding into a balanced team after Derek Gee's departure, and how you crea
Teamwork Wins Races (8-Man Teams) | World Championships 2026 Recap
Brandon McNulty is the 2026 road world champion. Team USA's 8-man squad outplayed Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert at the UCI Road World Championships in Montreal, and Michael Matthews rode to a heroic silver for Australia with almost no team support. On this week's Social Club, Alex Clements and AFL captain Max Gawn break down the most chaotic Worlds road race in ye
Worlds Preview, Brownlow Night and Max's Everest Plan | Social Club
Max is fresh off fourth in the Brownlow, the best vote count of his career, and a red carpet interview that started with a question about the world wheelchair championship. He also talks Everest prep: seven laps of Mount Dandenong, roughly 40 climbs to go in South Australia, and a possible pub stop for a parma halfway through.Plappy's back in Spain after an underdone return in Italy, and he
Folded Teams, Unpaid Wages & Making the WorldTour at 34 | Aaron Gate
Aaron Gate made the WorldTour with Astana at 34. New Zealand's most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete joins us to talk through one of the most unlikely careers in the peloton. He won Olympic team pursuit bronze in London, then worked through a string of teams that folded underneath him, including Aqua Blue, which shut down with a single email in August, and Evo Pro, which still owes him half a
Luke Tuckwell | The Roglič Apprenticeship, and a Worlds Debut
Luke Tuckwell's first Grand Tour was a three-week apprenticeship. He rode the Vuelta a España as Primož Roglič's climbing support, spent most of it on his wheel, and came out the other side named in Australia's team for his first elite world championships. He's 22.Roglič wanted him sitting behind rather than leading, which turned out to be the better classroom - Luke could watch wh
Australia's Incomplete Worlds Team | Movistar Win Big + Vuelta Tiers | Social Club
Australia's team for the world championships in Montreal has been announced, and there are a few names on it worth talking about — and a few that aren't on it at all. Alex and Max go through the selection rider by rider, look at how the squad might race in Canada, and get into a side of the selection process that doesn't get much airtime.Then the Vuelta a España wrap. Movistar win a ho
Mas Holds Firm, Van Aert Runs Riot at the Vuelta | Social Club
Max is back from the footy trip (alive) and Plappy's building form for Tour of Bright as the boys dive into a huge week of La Vuelta a España. They break down every stage from 9 to 16 - Van Aert's green jersey dominance, Movistar's masterclass in setting up Enric Mas, and Brenner's big win for the team. Plus: Max's off-the-red-eye top 5 (and honourable mentions) for the best un
Michael Matthews | Kobe Bryant, GreenEdge Then & Now, and Pogi
Bling / Michael Matthews joins the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation spanning his entire career — from a motocross-obsessed kid in Canberra who stumbled into cycling, to Australian champion within six months, to a decade-plus at the top of the World Tour.Bling opens up on the origin of his nickname, meeting Kobe Bryant in a hotel elevator during his first year as a pro, and the eerie paralle
David Spindler: Team Culture, Concussion Science & The Neurochemistry of Winning
Dr. David Spindler is a neuroscientist, cognitive performance strategist, and elite athlete wellbeing expert who's spent his career helping athletes and teams understand that brain chemicals matter. He's worked with some of the biggest names in professional sport, most famously alongside Mark Cavendish through the darkest years of his career, chronicled in Netflix's "Never Enough.
The Pogi-to-Australia Masterplan (Sky Decks, Highland Cows & One Very Specific Tennis Player)
The boys have a plan to get Tadej Pogačar down under.Meanwhile the Vuelta has completely flipped on its head, someone's playing it ice cold in the red jersey, and the mountain bike world championships produced one of the most ridiculous rides of the year from a guy who basically chose to start from the back. Max's new top five ranks the teams he'd actually send a rider to and there'
We're (Alex is) sorry | Max's 9th Jacket + Ed hard-launches the next cycling project
We're (Alex is) sorry — Monday's show fell apart in a car park in Stage 3, so here's the make-up episode. Max's 9th All Australian jacket, plus Ed hard-launches the next cycling project: an Everesting attempt in October with zero training.:Max's Top 5 on fixing cycling coverage and a full Vuelta recap.
Matthew Richardson | AUS To GB, The Lifetime Ban & Getting Taken Out In Japan
Alex sits down with Matthew Richardson at his home in Manchester for his most open interview yet. The world's fastest man over 200m takes us inside the Japanese Keirin World Series — the deliberate hit that broke his scapula and put him in a Tokyo hospital, body armour, betting culture, and three days locked away with no phone and a stack of second-hand DVDs.Then, the full story of the switch:
Keeno's Home | Tour Wash-Up, Vuelta Preview & Max's Top 5 Commentators
Keeno's back from 44 days in France. Matthew Keenan, Max and Alex wrap the Tour and TDFF. We preview the Vuelta a España — UAE's three-headed monster, Gall, Onley, Landa's last World Tour Grand Tour, Tuckwell's GT debut — and run through Hamburg, Czech Tour, Norway (Uno-X, obviously), Del Toro's deal to 2031 and the transfer whirl. Max's Top 5 commentators, with Keeno sitti
James Moran | Building Uno-X's Nutrition Program
James Moran is Head of Nutrition at Uno-X Mobility, joining the team in December 2019 as a consultant when they were still a Conti squad, before building the entire nutrition program from the ground up as they turned WorldTour. What began with just a list of riders and no instructions beyond "teach them about nutrition," has grown into three full-time chefs and nutritionists across the men's and w
Top 5 Riders Teams Should Sign, Max's Grand Final-or-Everesting Gamble, and Monaco's Car Rankings | Social Club
Plappy's back from San Sebastián.Max's off-season plans hinge on one thing: Melbourne's finals run. Either he's playing in a grand final, or he's Everesting a climb in South Australia with Ed Langdon — completely untrained, in the hunt to be the heaviest person to ever do it. Also floated: getting Plappy to hand down one of his old sports cars as the podcast's official team
Team Demi vs Team Kasha — the Receipts Get Read | TDFF Final Recap
The final episode of an incredible nine days — Max makes his case for "Team FDJ," a 2024 grudge resurfaces, and one mid-race turn from an unlikely rider blows the whole GC group apart before the decisive finale.In this episode:Demi's callback to 2024 and the full context behind it — was Kasha really in the wrong?Max declares himself "Team Demi" while defending FDJ's roa
Fourth Yellow Jersey in Eight Days, and It's Not Slowing Down | TDFF Stage 8 Recap
Will Max's solo laptop-battery monologue finally sees the light of day? Alex rides Ventoux himself, and a genuinely controversial corner sparks the most heated debate of the whole Tour — was it a block, or just racing?In this episode:Alex's own Ventoux ascent, and a Strava time nobody's allowed to see yetVentoux recap: Niewiadoma's decisive attack, and how badly the favourites unde
Team Games, a Neutral Car Nightmare & the Ventoux showdown | Stage 6
A stacked breakaway, a young French rider given the hometown blessing to attack, a runaway neutral service motorbike causing chaos, and a proper GC scare for one of the favourites heading straight into the Queen Stage.In this episode:FDJ's hometown gift to their young French talent, and EF's near-miss with their own descending specialistPuck living her absolute best life — press conference
"I Was At My Best. They Were Just Better." | TDFF Stage 5 Recap
Amy makes her BBC radio debut talking bra-gate, and back on the bike a genuinely brutal stage separates the real GC contenders from the pretenders — including one honest, disarming post-race quote that stuck with everyone.In this episode:Amy's whirlwind BBC appearance, and whether any press is good pressThe UAE leadership saga gets an unexpectedly clear answer straight from the rider herselfPu
Pauline's Position, Bra-Gate & the UAE Leadership Mess | TDFF Stage 4
Max is back from a Gold Coast win and straight into it — Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's baffling time trial position gets torn apart, a fresh UAE leadership headache deepens, and a UCI aerodynamics scandal that's somehow gone properly mainstream.In this episode:Pauline's TT position — "overrated helmets," and why it might be the most telling sign yet of where her focus has beenA surprise TT winner puts
Where Was Everyone Else? Hello. | TDFF Stage 3
Amy's Women's Cycling Weekly origin story, another round of the broadcast coverage debate, and a proper "why wasn't anyone else in the move" session for the teams who missed their shot on a day that opened right up.In this episode:Amy explains how Women's Cycling Weekly started, and why she built itThe broadcast coverage debate continues — comparing SBS's full free-to
The Blasi Files and the Coverage Gap | Tour de France Femme Stage 2
The Blasi contract drama just got a lot juicier — a 100K buyout clause, a "stupid mistake" quote, and a team principal stepping down mid-Tour. Plus a genuinely brutal blow for the Australian contingent, and a deep dive into why some stages get full broadcast coverage and others don't.In this episode:Rihanna Marcus's brave long-range move — how close did she come to holding on?SD
Six Minutes, No Panic | Tour de France Femmes Stage 1 Recap
Title Options — no spoilersPrimary (recommended):Six Minutes, No Panic | Tour de France Femmes Stage 1 RecapAlternates:The Blasi Question & a Savage Post-Crash Quote | TDFF Stage 1Our Biggest Prize Yet, Thanks to Zwift | TDFF Stage 1 RecapSpratt's Last Tour, Raced Like Her First | TDFF Stage 1 RecapAmy Jones joins Alex for the Tour de France Femmes Stage 1 debrief — a stacked GC group, a g
Vollering, PFP, Vos & Niewiadoma: Tour de France Femmes Preview
We're joined by a brand-new voice on the podcast — cycling journalist Amy Gaze, who's covered the Tour de France Femmes since its inaugural edition in 2022 (ex-Cyclingtips, Rouleur, and her own Substack), to break down everything you need to know before the race hits the road.Alex and Max sit down with Amy for a full Tour de France Femmes preview: a history lesson on every edition so far (
Luke Plapp Is Back! Tour de France Final Week Breakdown
Luke Plapp is back on the pod straight off the back of the Tour de France, and we're running through everything from the final week. Plappy takes us inside Stage 21's new Montmartre circuit (better than Alpe d'Huez?), what it's actually like riding through the crowds at Alpe d'Huez when you're not racing for GC, and why this year's race stayed relatively crash-free.We b
That's a Wrap! Tour de France 2026 Final Stage | Stanley St. Social
That's a wrap on the 2026 Tour de France! Max Gawn and Alex close out three weeks of daily coverage with the final stage into Paris — Mathieu van der Poel's incredible late attack on Montmartre, Jasper Philipsen's runner-up salute, and Tadej Pogačar sealing his dominant overall win. They reflect on the best Tour in years, run through the tip competition winners, and look ahead to the T
Week Three Legs, Chalk Lines & That Ackermann Photo | Stage 20 Recap
Week three legs are separating the field, the Alpe d'Huez debate isn't going anywhere, and the mailbag has thoughts on both. Chalk lines vs rope vs barriers, plus one photo of Pascal Ackermann that needs no further explanation. And yes, there was also a Queen Stage.In this episode:Week three legs — who's still got it, and who's cooked after three weeks of racingWorking through the
Best Advertisement Cycling's Ever Had | Stage 19 Recap
Genuinely one of the wildest days of the Tour — a stacked breakaway, a three-way GC battle up the road, and a mountain scene so chaotic it's sparked a real debate about barriers, cars, and the future of racing on Alpe d'Huez. Plus Max stays up staring at the ceiling and lives to tell the tale.In this episode:Full breakdown of the breakaway carnage and who actually had legsDomestique of the
Mauro Schmid is a bargain for Q365 | Stage 18 recap
Look deeper, Alex — Max wants his flowers. Sore leg, black nicks, an unconvincing podium smile. Gross Hartner suddenly does it all. Parapant's 11-0 in polka dot sprints and nobody can explain why Carapaz keeps trying. Mauro Schmid, absolute bargain. Feud with the rivals, officially over.In this episode:"Look deeper, Alex" — the receipts get read into the recordSore leg, black nicks,
Trek's Brain Fade, UAE's Bus Bug & Sponsorship Dreams | Stage 17 Recap
A genuinely wild green jersey day — Trek let a 40-point lead shrink to 7 in the space of one stage, while a mystery illness in the UAE camp opens the door for Red Bull to make a real move. Plus Max makes his TV debut alongside Mick Molloy and the Aussie Uno-X sponsorship pitch takes a turn into tax policy.In this episode:How Trek's tactical brain fade let the break slip away with no green jers
The WADA Saga Continues & We Can't Get Enough of Your Voice Notes | Stage 16 Recap
The doping-testing saga refuses to die down — this time it's Mahorič calling out the inconsistency, and Adam Hansen weighing in on the financial and mental toll testing takes on riders. Plus a brutal blow for Red Bull-BORA on an otherwise huge day, a teams classification battle down to 20 seconds, and Alex and Max genuinely can't get enough of the listener voice notes flooding in.In this e
Rest Day Voice Notes: The Grenade Tweet
Rest day, and it's a big one — 43 voice notes to get through and only twenty minutes of the show that were meant for them.Max and Alex start on the 2am testing saga engulfing the GC battle — Vingegaard and Pogačar's out-of-hours tests, the ITA's "severe suspicions" line, and a very direct take from a rider with history on the subject that's got Max rethinking the whole th
20 Questions & a Rest Day Reckoning | Stage 15 Recap
A stage that flipped the entire Tour on its head — Jonas Vingegaard's race-ending crash, a wild UAE tactical scramble, and Max eating a full plate of humble pie after his breakaway predictions blew up spectacularly.In this episode:Why Visma's early race-long effort almost delivered the win — until it didn'tA statement ride from one of the GC contenders, marking every attack to the line
Pogačar & Del Toro's Perfect One-Two, Charmig's Heartbreak | TDF Stage 14 Review
A wild one from the mountains — Carapaz nearly stole the stage before Vingegaard, of all people, paced Pogačar back into contention. Alex and Max break down a genuinely funny piece of race tactics, a big GC shakeup, and one more sad Charmig update before previewing a brand new climb for Stage 15.In this episode:How Vingegaard's high-pace gamble backfired and gifted Pogačar and Del Toro a one-t
Plappy Has Legs & Jayco's Perfect Day | Tour de France Stage 13 Recap
The stage everyone had circled finally arrived — a massive breakaway, a genuine tactical masterclass from Jayco AlUla, and Luke Plapp officially graduating from "names not legs" to the real deal.In this episode:How Plapp basically called his own tactics pre-stage, then executed them perfectlyJayco's four-man breakaway operation — Plapp, Matthews, O'Connor and Schmid working as on
We've Got the Roster, Now We Need $20M (Plus $30M) | Stage 12 Recap
Genuinely the pick of the Tour so far — a stacked breakaway attempt, a chaotic finale, and yet another sprint jury controversy. Plus, Max has done his homework and built an actual Australian/Kiwi Uno-X-style dream team, position by position.In this episode:Casper Asgreen's aero-helmet tell and Trek's full-team commitment to breaking up the sprintQuinn Simmons high-fiving his dad mid-attack — the m
What If Australia Had Its Own Uno-X? | Tour de France Stage 11 Recap
What if Australia had its own Uno-X? Alex and Max go deep on why national-identity teams like Uno-X actually work — and make a genuine, semi-serious pitch to Australia's richest people to fund the next one. Oh, and there was also a Tour stage today, and it was the best sprint finish of the race so far.In this episode:The pitch: an all-Aussie (or all-American) team, Uno-X style — who's payi
Trek vs UAE: It's time to focus on the team classification | Stage 10 Tour de France
Rest day brought its own chaos — a rogue podcast drop, hotel horror stories, and Alex's mountaintop stakeout for a Plappy stage win that never came. Back racing, Bastille Day delivered exactly the kind of Pogačar dominance we've come to expect, but Alex and Max dig into the smaller battles hiding underneath it.In this episode:Why watching UAE control the whole day live felt different to wa
How Philipsen can win again | Caleb Ewan & Matt Keenan | Tour de France rest day
A special one for rest day — Alex and Matthew Keenan sit down with Caleb Ewan for a wide-ranging chat covering team identity in the pro peloton, the reality of stepping into the commentary box, and Keno's incredible 20th Tour de France milestone.In this episode:Why national-identity teams (Uno-X, old GreenEDGE, Team Sky) create a bond trade teams never quite replicateCaleb's insider take o
Cause they're a GC team | Stage 9 Tour de France
Stage 9 brought the biggest breakaway fight of the race so far, a genuinely baffling UAE tactical decision, and a redemption stage win for MVDP heading into the first rest day. Alex and Max break down the chaos and set up week two.In this episode:Every team's attempt to get in the break — and why UAE's pacing made no sense to anyone, including their own ridersTrek's on-the-fly pivot af
Me Myself Me & Stage 9 Preview | TDF 2026
Stage 8 delivered another Tim Merlier masterclass — this time with no lead-out at all, bridging a gap solo and still finding the win. Alex and Max break down a wild finale, a genuinely funny Patrick Lefevere quote about Remco Evenepoel, and preview a Stage 9 that could produce one of the biggest breakaways of the race.In this episode:How Merlier won from nowhere with zero support in the final spr
Merlier's Genius Move & Cycling's Concussion Problem | TDF Stage 7 Recap
Stage 7 gave us a genuine bunch sprint for the first time this Tour, and Merlier proved once again why he might be the fastest man in the race. But this episode goes deeper than the finish line - Alex and Max take a hard look at cycling's concussion protocol after two riders in three stages passed roadside checks only to be pulled with head injuries hours later.In this episode:Merlier's cl
Remco Keeps Receipts, Lippo Finds Another Gear, and Pogačar Just Rides Off
Pogačar went at the 42.7km mark — Del Toro went with him, did a turn, then cracked human — and from there it was just Tadej riding away to a 2:40 stage win and the yellow jersey. But the real drama wasn't even the stage win. Remco Evenepoel stopped for a nature break, got dropped, had to chase back on — and then used the press conference to publicly rinse teammate Florian Lipowitz for not doin
Messy Finishes, Green Jersey Wars & Stage 6 Preview | TDF 2026
Stage 5 was billed as the big sprint showdown, but it played out more like a quiet day in the legs — and Alex and Max dig into whether that was fatigue, tactics, or something closer to a protest ahead of tomorrow's Tourmalet.In this episode:Why nobody wanted to make Stage 5 hard, and what that says about where the peloton's head is atThe chaotic final sprint — Alpecin and Lidl-Trek in cont
The Heat Broke Riders, Trek Broke the Race | TDF Stage 4 Recap
Stage 4 was run in genuinely brutal conditions — 44 degrees on the road, no heat protocol in effect, and a peloton that paid for it. Alex and Max break down a day where the tactics mattered as much as the legs.In this episode:How hot was it really, and why there's still no UCI heat policy in playTrek's perfectly played hand — sending their lead-out men up the road instead of controlling th
Pogy is Hungry, Baudin's Break & a Crash-Hit Peloton | TDF Stage 3 Recap
Stage 3 into the Pyrenees delivered exactly what a first mountain day should — a mass crash inside the opening 15km, an hour-long fight to form the breakaway, and a GC shakeup as the race hit altitude in 41-degree heat.In this episode, Alex and Max break down:The early crash that caught out Decathlon, Ineos and Lidl-Trek ridersWhy the breakaway took so long to go clear, and who made the cutVisma's
Del Toro Nearly Went Over the Edge | Stage 2 Recap | TDF 2026
Barcelona put on an absolute show — 36 degrees, brutal wind, and a street circuit that turned into a proper GC selection race. Alex was trackside for the carnage, Max is calling it from Melbourne, and this one's got everything.In this episode:Brandon McNulty's ridiculous shift on the front — basically a one-man UAE train for 25kmA break that was never getting there, and why Q36.5 still sen
Stage 1 TTT Recap + Stage 2 Preview | Barcelona Chaos | Tour de France 2026
Vingegaard draws first blood. Visma smash the Barcelona TTT to snatch yellow off Pogačar on day one - but it's Ineos who'll be gutted, with Vauquelin's puncture undoing a near-perfect ride and leaving Ganna to drag them home solo. Alex and Max break down the TTT chaos: Movistar's Uijtdebroeks losing over a minute, two crashes inside the neutral zone, and why the new individual-time
How 3 YouTubers Built a WorldTour Cycling Team | Bas Tietema | Unibet Rose Rockets)
Three YouTubers and a PowerPoint presentation. That's how Unibet Rose Rockets started in 2023 — and this year they lined up at the Giro d'Italia.Bas Tietema sits down with Max and Alex to unpack how a content-first team cracked professional cycling: signing Dylan Groenewegen, chasing UCI ranking points to guarantee a Tour de France start, why most WorldTour teams still don't understand
Sorry Bling | Tour de France 2026 Preview w/ Matthew Keenan
The last Social Club before we go daily for the Tour. Matthew Keenan joins Max and Alex for the full Tour de France 2026 preview — Pogačar, Vingegaard, Remco, Del Toro, Ben O'Connor and Luke Plapp, team-by-team, with GC tips and every jersey battle.From UAE's B-team being better than everyone's A-team to Caja Rural's 39-year comeback. The Paul Seixas v Del Toro white jersey scrap, green, polka dot
Jimmy Whelan | EF to the Australian Marathon Record
Jimmy Whelan's back for a third time on the show — except he's not a bike rider anymore.Last time he was on EF. Now he's a full-time pro runner, banging out 200km a week off the back of treadmill sessions in Barcelona, chasing LA 2028.We chat professional cycling, the bunch challenges, learning from the sport, 2nd place to Plappy at Nationals, the Queen stage win at the Volta a Portugal and the Da
Pogačar's Tour de Suisse Statement | UCI has another shocker | Social Club
Twelve days from the Tour and the big one lands live on the pod. Luke Plapp gets the call pre-episode to confirm he's officially in the Tour de France team. We get into his week off the bike, the Girona TTT camp, and how the build's shaping up.Then the usual Monday wrap:Wout van Aert ruled OUT of the Tour — the elbow infection and the hole it leaves in VismaPogačar's monster return at the Tour de
Matt Hauser | Going Head-to-Head with Yee & Wilde
World triathlon champion Matt Hauser sits down with us in Andorra mid-altitude camp — three weeks of climbing, dodging PlayStation hours and chasing the 1-percenters that turned a 'part-time athlete' into the bloke who ended Australia's 20-year world title drought in Wollongong. We chat, why triathletes are 'too dumb to be cyclists' and just drill it on the front, what 15 hours
Put Someone In The Break. Seriously | Social Club
Plappy's back in the Social Club fresh off the Dauphiné, and not in the best conditioning, battling gastro and a flu two weeks out from the Tour. Alex, Maxi and Plappy break down a strange eight days of racing: the team time trial's return, breakaways staying away everywhere you look, Luke Tuckwell's stunning ride into the yellow jersey (and Paul's post-race disrespect), Del Toro c
Luke Lamperti | Great American Dream
American sprinter Luke Lamperti joins us on Stanley St Social for a ride through one of cycling's most intriguing young careers. We go back to the beginning — growing up in Sonoma County, California, swapping motocross dirt bikes for road cycling at age 11, and the junior racing days that put him on the map (including that top-10 at Paris-Roubaix Juniors).Luke takes us through his Trinity Raci
All Duck, No Dinner | Social Club
Fresh off an eight-point King's Birthday win over Collingwood at a packed MCG, Max Gawn and Ed Langdon join Alex.We map out our daily TDF coverage plan, break down the big four (and why there's no head-to-head showdown before Paris this year), and dig into a chaotic stage at the Dauphiné where Plappy snuck into the move and finished seventh. Plus: the latest batch of UCI rule changes that have Max
Finn Fisher-Black | I just want to race (and win)
Finn Fisher-Black is a professional road cyclist from New Zealand, currently riding for Red Bull–BORA–Hansgrohe. A former junior world record holder in the 3000m pursuit, he turned heads across the cycling world as a teenager before signing with UAE Team Emirates alongside Tadej Pogačar. Winner of the Muscat Classic and a stage at the Tour of Oman, he is widely regarded as one of the most versatil
5 UCI rules to change tomorrow (or today) | Social Club
Giro d'Italia 2026 final week recap with Matthew Keenan: Vingegaard's five-stage dominance, the Ciccone vs Rubio KOM feud, Sepp Kuss's historic stage win, and Milan's Rome sprint. Plus a Neil Danaher tribute, Kooij's return, and Max's UCI rules Top Five.
Tobias Foss | Norwegian law
Tobias Foss joins the Stanley St. Social to talk Norwegian culture, his career, and what it takes to reach the top. The Netcompany INEOS rider and 2021 World Time Trial Champion opens up about life in Andorra, the Epstein-Barr diagnosis, and why he believes his best racing is still ahead. He breaks down Norwegian cycling's rise, the Uno-X effect, double session training, lactate testing, and w
Social Club | Leadouts are back
Alex Clement joins Plappy from 2,450m up in the Andorran mountains while Max Gawn holds it down in Melbourne, as the boys break down a massive week in cycling.This week: the Giro d'Italia's wild Stage 15 neutralisation controversy in Milan, Ghana's dominant 42km TT win and what watts-per-CDA actually means, Alex Segaert perfectly planned stage 12 attack, Visma's textbook Stage 14 d
Max Gawn | Embrace your difference
Melbourne Football Club captain and cycling analyst Max Gawn joins his pod to go deep on his cycling journey, his leadership journey, and the practices he'd apply to build a winning cycling team culture - when (not if) Stanley St. Social gets a WorldTour squad.From accidentally discovering the Tour de France on SBS as a kid to breaking down monument tactics and GC battles, Max traces how he be
Social Club | Crosswind specialist Luke Plapp
Luke Plapp calls in fresh off a third place finish at the Tour de Hungary — long travel, wet roads, and a GC that got away thanks to a cancelled stage and 50km/h crosswinds. We break down the drama of stage four, the cinema of stage five, and what Cosnefroy bonus second dominance.Then it's a full Giro d'Italia wrap through stage nine — Narvaez back to winning ways, the Arrieta and Afonso cobblesto
Heinrich Haussler | Decathlon’s international evolution
Heinrich Haussler is a Sports Director at Decathlon). We chat as the team prepares for the 2026 Giro d’Italia starting in Bulgaria. Haussler dives into the logistical challenges of the early Bulgarian stages and the transfer to Italy, the role of a DS handling logistics, hotels, vehicles, and performance, plus how the team has stayed injury-free heading into the Grand Tour. He breaks down Decathl
Social Club | Paris-Roubaix of May
Ed Langdon join Max and Alex to review the first 3 stages of the Giro.
Zak Dempster | Red Bull’s High-Performance Culture
Zak Dempster is the Chief of Sports at Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe.He raced at the WorldTour level for over a decade before transitioning into team management, rising quickly through roles at Israel Cycling Academy and INEOS Grenadiers to now oversee all sporting and performance operations for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe.
20 minutes @ 400w then race | Social club
Giro starts Friday.Plappy's back after a top five at the Tour de Romandie, and we're getting into all of it. The watts, the motorbike chaos, Lipo refusing to ride with Pog, and exactly where Plappy lost time in the prologue - spoiler, it's the corners.Then we preview the Giro. Vingegaard goes in as the overwhelming favourite for a race he's never done. The GC field's already mi
Koen de Kort | Lidl-Trek tech and innovation
We get technical with Koen de Kort, Head of Innovation and Tech at Lidl-Trek. After 17 years racing at the highest level - 43 classics, 18 Grand Tours - Koen now sits on the other side of the sport, driving the technology that gives WorldTour riders their edge. We dig into his current projects, where the biggest performance gains are being found right now, how cycling tech has evolved from his day
Social Club | The greatest sprinters of the decade
Matt Keenan joins Max Gawn and Alex Clements to break down the 2026 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, one of the biggest Ardennes Classics.The crew review Tadej Pogačar’s dominant performance, discuss rising star Paul Seixas, and debate their Top 5 sprinters of the decade.
Kell O'Brien | Roubaix hangover
Kell O’Brien joins the social club to talk through a massive spring. We chat about his classics block with Jayco-AlUla’s - Roubaix in particular, track - his Olympic campaigns and what's next, working for the different riders and much more.
Social Club | Plappy's altitude testing
Plappy joins the social club to check in after his altitude camp, review Amstel Gold, and preview the week ahead.
Gerry Ryan | Building GreenEdge
Gerry Ryan AO joins the social club to share his remarkable cycling journey, from sponsoring Kathy Watt’s 1992 Barcelona Olympic success to founding the Jayco team in 1993 and launching Australia’s first UCI WorldTour squad, GreenEDGE (now Jayco AlUla), in 2012. He discusses growing up in Bendigo, key milestones including the 2013 Tour de France team time trial win, the bus-gantry drama, 2018 Vuel
Social Club | #1 Race of the year
Matt Kennan joins Max and Alex to review Paris Roubiax, Basque Country and the Sprinters World Champs. Plus Max's segments - The teams who win! & tops 5s.
The Anti Boys Clubs | Ed Langdon, Max Gawn & Alex Clements
Ed Langdon is a premiership-winning winger for the Melbourne Demons and regarded as one of the AFL's premier endurance athletes.He joins the podcast to review Flanders and preview Roubaix and Basque country.
Jensen Plowright | Cat like reflexes
Jensen joins us after a massive week at Paris-Nice. We chat about:Life at Alpecin-Deceuninck: Being within a major Belgian team and his role in the lead-out train.The Aussie Summer: Reflecting on his good form back home, including a win at the National Criterium Championships.The Giro: A look at his preparation and goals for the upcoming Giro d’Italia campaign.
Weekly Unpack | Plappy, Max and Alex
Max's 250th, Catalunya, Belgium Racing and a look at this weekend.
George Bennett | Vibes at NSM
George Bennett is New Zealand national champion, has ridden for the world’s most elite teams, been teammates of Roglič, Vingegaard, and Pogačar, and now rides for Team NSN.
Pogi is the greatest of them all | Max, Alex, Plappy
Milan-San Remo, Pogi's new best friend, Catalunya preview, and Max launches his new segment.
