Domestique Cycling Podcast

Can anyone beat Pogacar and Van der Poel at Milan-Sanremo? After what we saw in Tirreno and Paris-Nice this week... it's going to be a fight.

Vingegaard crushed Paris-Nice. Del Toro took Tirreno at 22. Van der Poel is in scary form. And everyone wants to sign Paul Seixas.

We break it all down and preview Saturday's first Monument of the season.

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One of cycling’s most influential agents joins us on The Hotseat. Alex Carera, founder of the A&J All Sports agency and long-time manager of some of the sport’s biggest stars, including Tadej Pogacar, opens up about talent scouting, guiding young riders through the chaos of the WorldTour, and the realities of managing more than 100 professional cyclists across the globe.
From protecting riders during the pressure of the Tour de France to negotiating long contracts and navigating cycling’s evolving transfer market, Carera offers a rare look inside the business side of the peloton and the responsibilities that come with shaping a champion’s career.
Also in this episode:
How Carera built one of cycling’s largest rider management agencies
What happened behind the scenes during Pogačar’s 2025 Tour de France
Why UAE Team Emirates is a long term home for GC talent like Isaac del Toro
The growing debate around long contracts and buyout clauses in cycling\\
Carera’s view on a possible transfer market in professional cycling
The story behind controversial crypto sponsorship deals in the sport
Why Pogačar uses personal sponsorship money to fund youth teams and charity
The growing safety concerns when pro riders train on public roads

Tadej Pogačar did it again. A 79-kilometre solo effort into Siena, a fourth Strade Bianche title, and a peloton left wondering what the point is. Bram and Ethan dig into the race, the fight for second between Paul Seixas and Isaac del Toro, and why the women's race was frankly more entertaining.
Then: two of the biggest stage races of the early season are underway. Jonas Vingegaard makes his 2026 debut at Paris-Nice with a disrupted winter behind him. At Tirreno-Adriatico, del Toro leads UAE Team Emirates-XRG without Pogačar — and that could get complicated. Roglic, Ayuso, Pellizzari, and a parcours built for punchers. Who wins what?

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Former German cyclist Simon Geschke joins Aidan to reflect on a 16 year WorldTour career, the evolution of cycling technology and the moments that defined his life in the peloton. From his breakthrough Tour de France stage win in 2015 to wearing the polka dot jersey in 2022, Geschke shares what it really feels like to compete at the highest level and why some results still sting years later.
From reflecting on how the sport changed during his career with the rise of disc brakes, power meters and increasingly aerodynamic bikes, to breaking down the instinct and timing behind his 2015 Tour de France stage win, Geschke shares the lessons learned across more than a decade in the peloton. He also talks about retirement, becoming a father and figuring out what life looks like after professional cycling, while still staying close to the sport through coaching and media work.

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Van der Poel turned up to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for the first time in his career - and won it alone. Matthew Brennan became only the second British man to win Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. Demi Vollering outduelled Kasia Niewiadoma on the Muur. Opening Weekend delivered.
Bram and Ethan review both Belgian races in full, look at what the form lines tell us ahead of the Classics, and preview Le Samyn - where Wout van Aert makes his season debut on Belgian roads - and Strade Bianche, where Tadej Pogačar chases a record fourth win on a race that now has a gravel sector named after him.
Our full previews of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico will be available on domestiquecycling.com