Teams rosters are all but finalised and the first gatherings prior to the 2024 season are now just days away. In this new episode, the RadioCycling team looks ahead, initially by focusing on a new name in the WorldTour peloton, a rider who looks set to be America's next big thing...
Have the Ineos Grenadiers found the next American superstar in 18-year-old Andrew "AJ" August? We hear from the British team's coach Dario Cioni, who reveals the long courtship between Ineos and the teenage sensation from New York state, what makes August such an outstanding prospect, where he's likely to shine in the future, and how his racing programme is likely to shape up in 2024. Plus, we get the lowdown on his extraordinary physiology – is the young American's VO2 max really a superhuman 92?
One Cycling picks up speed: The group behind the radical proposal to shake up cycling by revamping the calendar and, crucially, the redistribution of revenues has taken a further step forwards. We lift the lid on what's going on behind the scenes and what it could mean in both the short- and long-term.
Better than Pogačar, Vingegaard and Evenepoel: We meet Algerian sprinter Yacine Hamza, who notched no fewer than 17 wins this season. He tells us about his route to success this season and his family's rich cycling heritage. Plus, our special guest, Global Peloton's Dan Challis, reveals why Hamza has been overlooked by the sport's elite teams despite his obvious talent and explains why Algeria looks set to become a new force in road racing.
The Asian team causing a stir in the women's peloton: The Tashkent City team will be unknown to most racing fans, but that's soon likely to change as the Uzbek outfit have earned the right to an invitation to every event on the 2024 Women's WorldTour, including the Tour de France Femmes. Dan Challis tells why and how they've done it, and about the organisational shenanigans in Uzbekistan that have pushed French continental teams to make complaints to the UCI.
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