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 S4E08 - Happy 2021!
In Episode 8 of Season 4 Matt and Neil look back over 5 days of New Year racing that contained 4 races, including 4 wins (or was it 5?) for Mathieu Van Der Poel (and David), and career best wins for Vas finishing on the top step twice.
They talk about how lessons in sprints and lunges are in order after top positions being decided in the final few cm three times over.
At Bredene they applaud the have-a-go attitudes of White and Franck; at Baal they disagree on how similar the conditions were to previous editions and talk, at length, on the old chestnut of appropriate race durations; at Gullegem they enjoyed the fun mini-features and Adams' spirit; at Hulst-not-Hulst they agree that the course was uninspired but what an amazing ride from a flawless Betsema.
Two quiz questions to look out for (can you do better than Matt?)... and who was it that gave Vos and Van Aert a Christmas project of respraying a couple of frames in the garage and finishing off with a packet of letraset?
#SYOTOSOTT
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