The Cycling Brief
The cycling world moves fast. The Cycling Brief makes sense of it. Every day, in under 10 minutes, we break down the stories that matter — product launches, race results, tech shifts, industry trends — and connect the dots most people miss. Powered by data, delivered daily. A SEMIPRO Cycling production.
Episodes
311 episodes
[BRIEF] AI Aero Coaching Could Erase Cycling's Biggest Edge
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/4npqex---A new academic paper proposes using language models as cy...
[GT] Giro Stage 3 — Magnier Solves the Sprint Equation
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/b5yn6a---Paul Magnier takes...
[BRIEF] Cycling's Middle-Class Problem
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/x7z4cz---The Tro-Bro Léon finished to near-silence while the Giro ...
[GT] Giro Stage 2 — UAE's GC Campaign Destroyed
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/7fme4y---A massive crash 21...
[SUNDAY] 120 Grams Per Hour — What It Actually Means
The study you should read this week Morton et al. (2026) review the carbohydrate crossover point during endurance exercise — and what 120 grams per hour actually does to substrate metabolism. We break down what the research report...
[GT] Giro Stage 1 — Crash and Grab in Burgas
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/xnx2ft---Giro d'Itali...
[BRIEF] Torque Training Is Wasting Your Time
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/pxc9w6---A new study on torque training for cyclists is gaining tr...
[GT] Giro 2026 — Who Wins? The Bus Briefing
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/53htdt---Giro d'Italia 2...
[BRIEF] Evenepoel's Radical Tour Gamble Won't Work
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/kgzpbe---Remco Evenepoel is skipping all prep races before the Tou...
[BRIEF] The Two Cycling Economies Nobody's Talking About
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/db3yuq --- A bike insurance ad reveals something deeper about where cycling money a...
[BRIEF] Seixas at the Tour: Right Call, Wrong Reasons
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/nxv97g --- Decathlon confirm 19-year-old Paul Seixas for the Tour de France after h...
[BRIEF] 120 Grams Per Hour Is Changing Who Wins
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/r2tnh2 --- A new review highlights elite cyclists consuming 120g of carbs per hour ...
[SUNDAY] The riders who trained easier got faster
Study referenced: Rønnestad, B.R., et al. (2025). Block training with moderate- or high-intensity intervals both improve endurance performance in well-trained cyclists. European Journal of Sport Science, 25(7), e70067....
[DEBRIEF] Pogačar's "Relaxation" Race and the Giro GC Problem
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/a665v9 Alex and Sam debate what Pogačar's dominance at Tour de Romandi...
[BRIEF] Vingegaard's Giro Problem: Winning Too Easily
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/3wk4e2 --- With Carapaz and Almeida both withdrawing from the Giro d'Italia, Jonas ...
[BRIEF] Pogačar's Criterium Tells Us More Than You Think
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/2kkwyg --- Pogačar nearly wins a criterium while barely trying — and that's the mos...
[BRIEF] Bernal's Decline and INEOS's Identity Crisis
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/jdjwvr --- A provocative comparison of Egan Bernal to a ProTeam rider sparks a deep...
[BRIEF] Durability Is Broken: Cycling's Most Misused Metric
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/a9v6yc --- A new Journal of Sports Sciences paper on durability and cycling perform...
[BRIEF] Groves' Giro Gamble: Why This Comeback Won't Work
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/rxa5ed --- Kaden Groves plans to return from a two-month knee layoff at the Giro d'...
[SUNDAY] The Session That's Killing Your Fitness Happens in Bed
12-Week Plan — https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/8j4dgwThis week: a 2025 meta-analysis on sleep deprivation and cycling performance — why aerobic endurance takes the biggest hit, why everything feels harder before it actually gets harder,...
