Where it went wrong for the Tour of Britain; Ineos sets its sights on the Tour without Brailsford; Australian GC hope Luke Plapp on his next steps towards the top
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So the training camps are over, WorldTour racing is under way, and already the European calendar has kicked off. But it’s a bumpy road in professional cycling and, while some riders and races thrive, others are already finding it hard going. On the new RadioCycling podcast... Is it already too late for the Tour of Britain? With grave doubts hanging over the future of Britain's national tour, we hear from Hugh Roberts, the CEO of Sweetspot, who organised the race for the last 20 years but have now gone into liquidation. Roberts tells us about the risk he took in deciding to put the race on in 2023 without a primary sponsor, admits he's partly to blame for the event's tragic demise, and givers his perspective on its future, while we also discuss the reasons behind the Tour of Britain's demise and its likely impact on the future of road cycling in the UK. Dave Brailsford is still in cycling says Grenadiers new CEO John Allert: We hear from the new CEO of the Ineos Grenadiers, who explains that the team's former boss has not cut himself off from cycling completely after taking up a new position at Manchester United, talks about the team's fresh start under his leadership, and underlines that the team's primary focus will be winning the Tour de France title again. Luke Plapp on leaving Ineos to become a Grand Tour leader: Hailed as Australia's next  big hope for success in the sport's biggest stage races, recently crowned national road and TT champion Plapp explains how his two years at Ineos have prepared him for this challenge, says his primary goal at  new team Jayco-AlUla is to learn what he can from co-leader Simon Yates, and takes aim at what is shaping up as a stellar Giro d'Italia. Plus, we have news of a podcast produced by one of our editorial team that you definitely shouldn't miss... This podcast is brought to you with the support of our sponsor, Saddle Skedaddle.    Support the show
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