The Crosscast
Neil Mansfield, Matt Payne and special guests talk about World, European and UK cyclocross. Follow us on @TheCrosscast @CrosscastNeil and @MattFixerPayne. And give us a like on Facebook and Instagram.
Neil Mansfield is the host of the show and the cyclocross uber-geek. He races for Grity Race Team and his family all love cross. He has been podcasting since 2015 and over-analysing racing using spreadsheets for a lot longer. He helps Caroline (Mrs M) run Grity Sustainable Sports Apparel. Find out more at https://linktr.ee/crosscastneil.
Matt Payne is the voice of British cyclocross having been on the mic for all of the big races for years. He is a professional commentator regularly heard at raceside, and also on TV and streamed coverage for all cycling disciplines. He has long experience of professional race promotion, but also a passion for grass-roots opportunity from being the brains and voice of e-Sports to UCI commentary, to organising local league races.
The Crosscast
The Crosscast S6E04 - Trophy! World Cup! It's all kicking off... with special guest Amy Perryman
In Episode 4 of Season 6, Neil and Matt are joined in the studio by Montezuma's Race Team's Amy Perryman fresh from a summer of off road riding and kicking off her Trophy season in Derby.
In today's Crosstalk they catch up on all the action from the Derby National Trophy, talking detailed positioning of barriers, happy riders, and whether Brammeier is back, or is back-back. They also pay respects with a moment's silence for Scotty Chalmers' (ex) cool carbon canti frame whose seat tube was impaled on a spike and debate if that meant Scotty was lucky or unlucky. They also agree that rider of the day was... Elena Day, with her impressive moving up the field as she moved up to U23 racing.
They also look back on the action from the twin USA world cups with its exciting racing, the twin wins for Iserbyt and Van Empel, and the new twins on the block: Canadians Ava and Isabella Holmgren, being just 17 and achieving twin top 20 finishes.
In the Laatste Ronde they look forwards to rounds 3 and 4 of the National Trophy with all the info from Falkirk and the Antonine Wall, and from South Shields where you are dared to take your cossie and go for a dip in the North Sea. World Cups from Maasmechelen and Tabor are previewed - one new, one classic, but both promising to offer bags of entertainment. They also quiz Amy on Ruddervoorde, a course which she raced on a couple of seasons ago. There is also an update from Cyclopark, which is expecting to have a venue tweak, so the modern classic can have a bit of maintenance and a fallow year.
They even dip into a bit of tech talk, talking tyre gauges, teams shifting shifter suppliers, and introduce the first appearance of the 22-23 Wrath of Chronos.
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