Luke Rowe suffered a career ending crash at the 2024 E3 race. A one team man as a rider, Luke is enjoying his first season away Sky/Ineos at the emergent AG2R Decathlon team.

Luke shares his pivotal role in winning a monument, how he plans to stop Pogacar and MvdP at the classics and his thoughts on his good friend Caleb Ewan calling time on his professional career.

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Sean Petty has a rich cycling resume. A key part of USA cycling, a member of the UCI's road commission and a member of the US cycling hall of fame.

But amongst all of those accomplishments, one era stands out above all others - his time as the Sports Marketing Manager for 7-Eleven.

Here he joins Bobby and Jens on a trip back down memory lane to their era as the American outsiders on the European cycling tour.

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At 198cms (or 6'5) there are only three riders in the World Tour that are taller than Daan Hoole. He plays a key role in Lidl-Trek's classics campaign on behalf of the resurgent Mads Pedersen.

He joins the Odd Tandem in the immediate aftermath of Paris-Roubaix as he looks ahead to the first grand tour of the 2025 season - the Giro d'Italia.

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In his career Lars Bak pushed himself over the cobbles of Roubaix 13 times, reaching the velodrome on ten occasions including a spectacular 5th place in 2011.

He joins Bobby and Jens to cast his expert eye over the 122nd running of the Queen of the classics. Plus, the old teammates dig into their past careers and relive live together on CSC.

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At 18 years old Cat Ferguson's palmares is already remarkably full. Last year she dominated the World Championships junior division - taking both the TT and Road titles in Zurich, that came a month after she bagged two more titles on the track in the Omnium and Team Pursuit.

Cat has subsequently kicked off 2025 with a Cyclocross relay World title and a third place on the road in her debut campaign at the prestigious Trofeo Alfredo Binda. We caught up with Cat in between recon days for Paris-Roubaix as she heads into her third monument of her fledgling career.

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Rui Oliveira made history this summer when he won Portugal's 6th ever Olympic gold medal and their first in the sport of cycling alongside teammate Iúri Leitão. He's also one of the longest serving riders in UAE Emirates XRG's lineup - joining the team alongside his twin brother Ivo back in 2019.

Now he joins the Odd Tandem to reflect on his career so far and gives us an insight into the dynamics of the modern peloton.

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Shane Cooper is the man behind DeFeet - who've been supplying socks to the pros for over thirty years.

Their latest innovation the Evojet sock, is revolutionising the peloton with a claimed 24 watt saving over bare legs - with Matteo Jorgenson and the US Olympic team wearing them to victory in the last twelve months.

He joins the Odd Tandem to share another passion with Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt - the cobbled classics. Shane spent thirty days in Belgium soaking up the unique atmosphere of the region in their award nominated film Flandrien.

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