This week we’re digging into the 50+ year history of the Women’s Tour de France. We’ll also take a look at the long-running late-night TV show Saturday Night Live as it plows its way through its 50th season. And we’ll complete our season-by-season review of HBO’s “The Wire” with our take on Season 5. And as always, we’ll finish up with a ride in the Broom Wagon.

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This week we’re making our 2025 cycling “resolutions,” both for ourselves and for our favorite riders and teams from the pro peloton. In our second segment, we’ll finish up our conversation about the perhaps “rehabilitated” (?) Lance Armstrong, with a look at his comeback and post-racing life and career. For our final segment, we’re going back to school for our review of the fourth season of HBO’s “The Wire” And as always, we’ll cap things off with a ride in the Broom Wagon.

Stop At Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story

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This week we’ll be discussing a few end-of-year storylines from the Men’s and Women’s pro peloton; we’ll have the first of a two-part conversation about American pro cycling’s bad boy (or is he?) Lance Armstrong; and we’ll continue our season-by-season review of HBO’s “The Wire.” And as always, we’ll finish up with a ride in the Broom Wagon.

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This week we’re starting with a conversation about Tadej Pogacar, his importance to the sport of pro cycling, and whether or not his recent dominance is good for the sport overall. After that we’ll consider yet another cycling-focused documentary film, 2022’s “The Last Rider” about the life and career of Greg LeMond, the first American man to win the Tour de France. And in our third segment we continue our six-episode look at “The Wire”, the legendary HBO police procedural series, with a review and discussion of Season 2. And as always, we’ll finish up with a ride in the Broom Wagon.

"The Last Rider" Trailer

"The Wire" Full Series Recap"

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This week we're digging into the recent article in cyclingnews.com about the relegation system in professional cycling, and specifically Jonathan Vaughters' comments in it regarding his disdain for the system. We'll then turn our attention to Vaughters' team, EF Education, who are the subject of the documentary film "Enter the Slipstream", which we watched and will review. Lastly, we're digging into Season 1 of HBO's "The Wire", a seminal early-aughts TV series which is widely regarded as one of the best shows of all time. This segment is the first of a six-episode arc we'll be doing over the next six weeks, taking one segment per show to discuss each of the five seasons, plus a final segment in which we'll recap the show as a whole and its cultural importance, as well as choosing our favorite scenes, characters and plot lines. And always, we'll take a ride in the Broom Wagon.

cyclingnews.com relegation article:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/its-absurd-the-whole-ranking-system-vaughters-slams-uci-points-system-two-years-after-efs-relegation-survival/

Enter the Slipstream Official Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7UAJbeEzR8

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This week we're discussing our thoughts, hopes and observations on the Men's pro peloton as we look forward to the 2025 season, then we'll share our Top 3 Moments from the 2024 season, and finally, we'll discuss the very memorable Stage 19 of the 2023 Tour de France and the post-race interview heard round the world.

Lanterne Rouge podcast's coverage of TDF 2023 Stage 19:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgVp-CfNRrs

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This week we're looking forward to the 2025 season for the Women's Pro peloton, looking back at our favorite moments from the Women's 2024 season, and discussing the wonderfully hilarious podcast "60 Songs that Explain the 90s: The 2000s", hosted by Rob Harvilla.

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We review the 1985 Kevin Costner cycling film "American Flyers"; we take a deeper dive into Costner's career and filmography; and we discuss the end of Mark Cavendish's storied career.

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