The Placeholders

Sam the very fast wombat

This week's episode of the Placeholders dives into ... 
- The world's fastest wombat
- The best sprinters so far
- A drink for swerving cyclists
- Peter Sagan's psyche 
 
Side note: You can follow Kit and the Doddie Cup 555 on Twitter @DoddieGump on Instagram at @doddie_aid. 

Tom Boonen’s legs

On this week's Placeholder podcast:
- Tom Boonen's legs, obviously
- Jay Vine is legit
- Quintana's sad end
- Price drops (not sales!) on bikes are starting

TDU and a Cav signing too

WorldTour racing is back! And Cavendish finally has a home. This week Caley, Dane, and Dave are joined by Rupert Guinness and Abby Mickey to chat through...
- The triumphant (international) return of the Tour Down Under
- Astana's new sprinter
- Strange prologue handlebar positions
- A Scott recall
- A SRAM motor

TDU without Willunga and new Shimano 105

This week Dane, Dave, and Caley are joined by freelance cycling journalist Iain Treloar to discuss:
- New Aussie national champions
- TDU without Willunga
- Dane's chicken
- Valverde racing again
- Mechanical shifting ain't dead

Cyclocross and a million-dollar crit league

The Placeholders are back with the first episode of 2023. This week we chat about:
- The new National Cycling League, where it's come from and where it's going
- MVDP vs. Wout vs. Pidders in the fields of Belgium 
- Some (alleged) dopers
- The man who climbed a million vertical meters in one year
- Predictions for 2023

Copy cats and Kazakhstani Cav

In this week's episode:
- Cav, again, FFS
- Ineos copycats
- The pro team kit that looks like a tampon box
- A Magnus Sheffield chat
- Internal routing on mountain bikes and other harbingers of humanity's impending collapse

Sunglasses and scoops

What's in today's episode, featuring Rupert Guinness, Dave Rome, Dane Cash, and Caley Fretz:
- What B&B Hotels management is saying about Cavendish
- Geraint Thomas's sunglasses are no more
- Caleb Ewan living his crit life 
- Specialized influencers lose influence
- We learn more about the robots 

The robots made us do it

In this week's episode:
- A little dive into artificial intelligence
- Big layoffs at Wahoo and we uncovered some disturbingly bad financials
- A TT to finish the 2024 Tour (just like 1989!)
- Your handlebars are too thick.  
 

The first real episode

Dane is back! The Placeholders return with discussion of chain tools, Nairo Quintana, Mark Cavendish, and the wanderings in the proverbial desert. 

Caution: Impending Geeks

This was a bad week for us. We're not entirely sure what's next, but we're pretty sure it'll involve a subscribe button, so click away.