Episodes

  • Episode 103: Rob McIvor – What Goes On Tour

    Episode 103: Rob McIvor – What Goes On Tour
    Aug 27 2026
    In episode 103 of The Cycling Europe Podcast, Rob McIvor discusses his new cycling novel, What Goes on Tour; “In July 1977, Harry Chatham is on the brink of becoming the first British winner of the Tour de France when a crash on a twisting mountain descent ends his life and consigns him to a footnote in sporting history, but decades later…”
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    59 mins
  • Episode 104: Heinz Stücke / Robert Dudley / Saillink / Chris & Nicky Clark

    Episode 104: Heinz Stücke / Robert Dudley / Saillink / Chris & Nicky Clark
    Aug 30 2026
    In episode 104 of The Cycling Europe Podcast, in an interview from episode 024 of the podcast recorded in 2020, the long-distance cyclist Dr. Stephen Fabes talks about meeting the world-recording-breaking cyclist Heinz Stücke who died in July 2026, Robert Dudley argues that it should really be 'touring on a bicycle' (as opposed to 'cycle touring'), Andrew Simons updates us on the future of the Saillink channel crossing boats that featured in episode 091 (and we hear the words of satisfied customer John Metcalfe) and last, but by no means least, Chris and Nicky Clark reflect on their experiences as tandem cycle tourers (or should that be tourers on a bicycle?).
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 102: Chris Molland – Trip Planning

    Episode 102: Chris Molland – Trip Planning
    Aug 9 2026
    In episode 102 of The Cycling Europe Podcast we meet Chris Molland. Chris hasn't written a book, isn't a YouTuber and doesn't produce podcasts. He's a touring cyclist from the south of England with a story to tell and excellent advice to share. This is a longer episode of the podcast so you may want to listen in instalments and it's a fascinating delve into the mind of an 'ordinary' cyclist. Perhaps Chris should write a book after all...
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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • Episode 101: Helen Watson – Tea & Grit – A Bicycle Journey Along The Silk Road

    Episode 101: Helen Watson – Tea & Grit – A Bicycle Journey Along The Silk Road
    Jul 23 2026
    In episode 101 of The Cycling Europe Podcast, Helen Watson discusses her 2009/10 journey along the Silk Road from Edinburgh to China in the company of her husband Ed that took the couple across Europe, through the Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Iran and the Stans in the years leading up to the Arab Spring.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 100: Richard Fairhurst / Cycle.Travel – Mark Skidmore / Cycling Podcasts

    Episode 100: Richard Fairhurst / Cycle.Travel – Mark Skidmore / Cycling Podcasts
    Jun 8 2026
    It's episode 100 of The Cycling Europe Podcast! Whether you've been listening since episode 001 was published in September 2017 or whether this is the first episode that you have discovered, you are all very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to spend an hour or so in the company of me, Andrew Sykes, and my guests. In this episode, the podcast chats to Richard Fairhurst, the man behind the excellent navigation website and app, Cycle.Travel. We also hear from long-term listener and podcast enthusiast Mark Skidmore; what other cycling podcasts should you be listening to? There is also exciting publishing news regarding the four cycling travelogues that I have written over the past 15 years.
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode 099: Gerald Huber – Cycling The North Cape 4000

    Episode 099: Gerald Huber – Cycling The North Cape 4000
    Mar 31 2026
    Gerald Huber is an Austrian living in Paris. He commutes to work every day by bicycle. Lots of people do. In 2025, however, he decided to go a little further on two wheels and he signed up for his first ultra-long-distance cycling event, the North Cape 4000 from Italy to the most northerly point of Europe at Nordkapp in Norway. 8 countries, 4000 km. According to the organsiers, it's "a journey that will change your life". He spoke to The Cycling Europe Podcast about his experiences and his plans to go one step further in 2026.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 098: Helen & Ben Rivers

    Episode 098: Helen & Ben Rivers
    Jan 26 2026
    Helen and Ben Rivers are a married couple from the south of England, retired professional musicians, but certainly not retired cycle tourists. They've been travelling Europe on their bikes for many decades and they have no plans to stop just yet. Sit back and enjoy their recollections of two-wheeled exploits that have stretched to all corners of the European continent.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 097: Tristam Newey – Cycling On The Faroe Islands

    Episode 097: Tristam Newey – Cycling On The Faroe Islands
    Jan 19 2026
    Civil servant Tristam Newey has a job that occasionally takes him away from home. On a recent trip to The Faroe Islands, he decided to take his Brompton bicycle with him and extend his stay by a few days. His plan was to head off and explore some of the verdant islands that make up the Faroes archipelago. Would he recommend it as a cycling destination? Listen and find out...
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    59 mins