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
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.
Paris-Nice and Tirreno Adriatico | feat. Matt Keenan
Kenno joins the pod to discuss the two big tours from last week - Paris Nice and Tirreno Adriatico.
Movistar has TTT legs? | Racing recaps and previews
Strade Bianche, Paris-Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, plus much more.
UAE Podium | Plappy hits record power numbers
Max and Alex are in the new studio and Plappy was flying at UAE.
Cadel's Unpack / Plappy's off
We're live at Motor Wine to unpack the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
Tour Down Under | Race Debrief
Plappy talks our through his / Jayco's Tour and Max gives us his best and worst performances of the TDU.
Plappy is back | TDU preview
Plappy is on the ground at TDU and we go through the team sheets.
A Jayco disaster | Road Nats feat. Keeno
Mathew Keenan joins to pod to unpack his weekend in Perth and preview Adelaide.
Tour of Bright data file
Checking in on the Tour of Bright and Max's off season.
World Tour season review 0 - 7
We run through the year and give out a lot of 1s.
Cycling / AFL off seasons & African Worlds
We've missed a few races but we catch up on Il Lombardia, Worlds, and the off season.
Vuelta Team Sheets
Last round of footy, Max Gawn is ready to lock into the Vuelta.
Tour Unpack | 0-7
A traditional episode, full team sheet, ranking each team's performance.
Top 5 Watts | Tour de France rest day 2
Plappy is hot off a huge TT!
We've made it in Slovenia | TDF Rest Day
Luke Plapp is through the first 10 days of the Tour de France and he joins us on a well deserved rest day.
Tour de France TT | Top 10 Watts
Plappy just finished 9th on Stage 5 of Tour de France TT.
Plappy's on the start line | TDF time
After a huge Giro stage win Plappy got the call up for the Tour de France and we chat to him on the eve of his first Tour.
A huge King's B'day game and Plappy's back from the Giro
Plappy is back from the Giro, Max Gawn brings new segments, and the Critérium du Dauphiné is stacked.
Giro Rest Day 2 | "That was one of our best episodes" M Gawn
Luke Plapp joins us from the Giro after another big week of breakaway action.
Giro Stage Winnner | Plappy takes the chocolates
Plappy joins us after the TT and his first-ever Grand Tour stage win at the Giro!
Plappy in Pink? Giro Preview
Max Gawn has won three games of footy on the trot and Plappy is on the ground eyeing off a pink jersey.
Paris Roubaix Special | MVP Strength
Max Gawn, Alex Clements and Lucas Plappy review Paris Roubaix and all the other racing from the last couple of weeks.
ΔΕΗ Tour of Hellas, Ronde van Vlaanderen & Paris-Roubaix
Plappy returns from Greece with a stage win, we rate Flanders and preview Paris Roubaix.
Milan-Sanremo | The Best Ever
Full unpack of Milan San Remo.
This could be the best race of the year!
Paris-Nice, Tirreno Adriatico and Milan San Remo preview. Max Gawn, Lucas Plapp and Alex Clements.
It's all happening | Strade | Paris Nice | Tirreno | Max Gawn, Luke Plapp & Alex Clements
One-day and one-week stage racing is in full swing! Strade Bianche, Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.
UAE Tour | Plappy's TT Analysis | Melbourne FC's Season Launch
Breaking down the UAE Tour action, deep-diving into Luke Plapp's time trial performance, and taking a look at Melbourne FC's season launch
Channel 7 commentary debut | Cadel's Race Unpack
Max Gawn, represents the team at Cadel's race on the ground and Plappy is back after wrist surgery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
TDU Unpack | Cadel's Preview | Plappy Update
Plappy reviews, his TDU, gives an update on his condition and we preview Cadels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're back | B2B National Champs wins and Tour Down Under special
Plappy review his Road Nationals in Perth, Max's update on the off season and Tour Down Under preview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Vuelta rankings, Dees and Plappy's Mail Bag
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Vuelta preview | Plappy Olympic review and Gawn Dees update
Lots happening at MFC, Plappy Mail Bag and a full team sheet preview of the 2024 Vuelta. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plappy's Olympic Story
Plappy is back home after a crazy week in Paris. We unpack the Olympic road race, TTs and preview the track.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Games preview / Tour Unpack | live from the Olympic village
Max Gawn, Alex Clements and Plappy (live from Paris).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mid Tour | INEOS, Max's coaching future and Plappy's Olympics objectives.
Max Gawn, Lucas Plapp and Alex Clements.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tour de France preview | Gawn, Plapp, Clements
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Will they race tomorrow? It's snowing at the Giro.
Plappy joins Max and Alex as they are having discussions about the next day's stage. They are supposed to go up Stelvio but it's snowing...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Giro preview | M Gawn special feat. Plappy
Plappy is live form the Giro! He joins Max and Alex. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6th at Paris-Nice | Luke Plapp, Max Gawn and Alex Clements
Plappy checks in before Milan San Remo and after a huge week at Paris-Nice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Caleb's back, Plappy's back, Stanley St. is back.
Luke Plapp, Max Gawn, & Alex Clements - unpack the summer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023 Vuelta Preview
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Tour de France Unpack | Max, Campbell & Alex
Max Gawn, Alex Clements and Campbell Flakemore rate each team's performance at the 2023 Tour de France.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tour de France preview | featuring Jason Bakker
Max and Alex preview this year's Tour, and are joined by special guest, Jason Bakker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Giro preview | back the legs not the rider
Max Gawn brings his A-game to preview the full start list with Alex and Cambo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
