The beginner's guide to pro cycling

About this episode

This episode serves as a beginner's guide to pro cycling, featuring insights from Jonathan Vaughters on team operations.

Cycling's a beautiful sport. It's also a nightmare for new fans to get into – a mess of jargon, history, and tactics. Journalism professor (and new cycling fan) Holly Johnson has questions, and together with Iain Treloar, is on a mission to decipher pro cycling. In the first episode of this Rabbit Holes podcast offshoot: a chat with EF Education-Easypost CEO Jonathan Vaughters about how teams work. Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast, please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/member/

People in this episode

Hosts: Holly Johnson, Iain Treloar

Guest: Jonathan Vaughters

Topics covered

• pro cycling
• beginner's guide
• cycling jargon
• team dynamics
• sports journalism

Keywords

• pro cycling
• beginner's guide
• cycling tactics
• sports journalism
• EF Education-Easypost

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EF Education-Easypost, Escape Collective

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