What if Australia had its own Uno-X? Alex and Max go deep on why national-identity teams like Uno-X actually work — and make a genuine, semi-serious pitch to Australia's richest people to fund the next one. Oh, and there was also a Tour stage today, and it was the best sprint finish of the race so far.

In this episode:

• The pitch: an all-Aussie (or all-American) team, Uno-X style — who's paying for it?
• Søren Wærenskjold's brilliant late flyer wins a chaotic, momentum-driven bunch sprint
• Jasper Philipsen's self-doubt in the final 300m — and whether it's costing him wins
• Charmig's massive day in the breakaway and what it says about Uno-X's whole philosophy
• Jonas Vingegaard defends Pogačar from the boo-birds — and whether he's got the take right
• The Uno-X hotel saga continues, plus race organiser pushback
• First-time Triple M crossover listeners welcomed, plus a very honest admission about early grumpiness
• Rolling out listener voice notes for the first time
• Last night's Nog Lights and Hyro winners revealed
• Stage 12 preview: the last sprint chance for a while, into Chalon-sur-Saône

A special one for rest day — Alex and Matthew Keenan sit down with Caleb Ewan for a wide-ranging chat covering team identity in the pro peloton, the reality of stepping into the commentary box, and Keno's incredible 20th Tour de France milestone.

In this episode:

• Why national-identity teams (Uno-X, old GreenEDGE, Team Sky) create a bond trade teams never quite replicate
• Caleb's insider take on the Jasper Philipsen situation — confidence, tactics, and why "perfect lead-out" doesn't always mean perfect execution
• The Decathlon balancing act between Paul Seixas' GC ambitions and Olav Kooij's sprint chances
• Isaac del Toro's superstar potential vs. Paul Seixas' quieter talent — what actually creates a fanbase
• Keno's incredible 20-Tour journey — from solo commentary in London to today
• The art of commentary: light and shade, knowing when not to talk, and the greatest calls in Australian sports history
• Caleb's first steps in the booth alongside Phil Liggett, and the nerves that come with it
• A hard look at how teams handle PR — Jayco's Plapp saga vs. Zak Dempster's benchmark press conference
• The unofficial Tour de France win count debate — five, seven, or eight?

Stage 9 brought the biggest breakaway fight of the race so far, a genuinely baffling UAE tactical decision, and a redemption stage win for MVDP heading into the first rest day. Alex and Max break down the chaos and set up week two.

In this episode:

• Every team's attempt to get in the break — and why UAE's pacing made no sense to anyone, including their own riders
• Trek's on-the-fly pivot after realising UAE had done the work for them
• Pidcock's brutal mechanical and a big statement ride regardless
• Bernal vs. Johannessen — an unexpected top-10 GC battle brewing at Ineos
• Bling's remarkable week of near-misses without a single EF-style support rider
• Sprint fines, Girmay copping heat in the press, and Caleb Ewan's growing commentary reputation
• Full rest day GC, points, mountains and youth jersey breakdown
• Announcing our new voice note segment and what's coming on the rest day
• Last night's Pillar Performance winner revealed 💊

Stage 8 delivered another Tim Merlier masterclass — this time with no lead-out at all, bridging a gap solo and still finding the win. Alex and Max break down a wild finale, a genuinely funny Patrick Lefevere quote about Remco Evenepoel, and preview a Stage 9 that could produce one of the biggest breakaways of the race.

In this episode:

• ​How Merlier won from nowhere with zero support in the final sprint
• ​Philipsen's perfect lead-out, no legs, and a helmet flying out of the Alpecin team bus
• ​Astana's Max Cantor waiting too long — twice in one day
• ​"Me, myself, me" — Patrick Lefevere's brutal take on Remco Evenepoel
• ​The Lipowitz/Evenepoel leadership tension bubbling up again
• ​Thor Hushovd interview and the Uno-X culture that keeps producing great stories
• ​New segment alert: send us your voice notes for the rest day episode
• ​Last night's Oakleys and Hyro winners revealed 🕶️💧
• ​Stage 9 preview: a shortened, heat-hit stage that could see 30+ riders fight for the break

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Stage 7 gave us a genuine bunch sprint for the first time this Tour, and Merlier proved once again why he might be the fastest man in the race. But this episode goes deeper than the finish line - Alex and Max take a hard look at cycling's concussion protocol after two riders in three stages passed roadside checks only to be pulled with head injuries hours later.

In this episode:

• Merlier's clinical win and Stuyven's clutch positioning move
• Why Jasper Philipsen's "brand" is taking a hit despite still being a top-four sprinter
• Astana boxed in with numbers to spare — what could've been for Max Cantor
• Uno-X's relentless, joyful chaos in the absence of a jersey to defend
• A serious, considered breakdown of the concussion protocol gap — comparing cycling to AFL, NRL and NFL approaches, and what a proper fix could look like
• Remco and Lipo's team tension spills into a very public "we're all good" video
• Last night's Quad Lock winners revealed 🔒
• Stage 8 preview: Périgueux to Bergerac, two cat-4 climbs and a tricky, technical finish
• Tonight's prize: Tour de France edition Oakleys 🕶️

Pogačar went at the 42.7km mark — Del Toro went with him, did a turn, then cracked human — and from there it was just Tadej riding away to a 2:40 stage win and the yellow jersey. But the real drama wasn't even the stage win. Remco Evenepoel stopped for a nature break, got dropped, had to chase back on — and then used the press conference to publicly rinse teammate Florian Lipowitz for not doing a one-K leadout back in Catalunya, months after the fact. Meanwhile Lipowitz quietly had one of his best days in ages, matching Pogačar and Del Toro's pace up the Tourmalet — so who's actually in the right here? We break down the team tension, the brutal end to Torstein Træen's day in yellow (crash, concussion questions and all), Ben O'Connor's early move, and Huub Artz's handlebar saga (spoiler: no fine, just a very public argument). Plus — we look ahead to tomorrow's pancake sprint into Bordeaux, who our on-the-ground sources say might actually have calm conditions (despite what the previews are saying), and hand out today's prize winners.

Stage 5 was billed as the big sprint showdown, but it played out more like a quiet day in the legs — and Alex and Max dig into whether that was fatigue, tactics, or something closer to a protest ahead of tomorrow's Tourmalet.

In this episode:

• Why nobody wanted to make Stage 5 hard, and what that says about where the peloton's head is at
• The chaotic final sprint — Alpecin and Lidl-Trek in control, then it all came undone
• Astana and Cofidis punching well above their weight
• The green jersey battle heating up between Pedersen, Philipsen, Girmay and a surprise name in Max Kanter
• Meeting Marco Frigo trackside, and the Uno-X yellow jersey balancing act
• A first look at "the big three" — the unofficial riders' reps who help shape decisions mid-race
• Last night's Hyro electrolyte winners revealed
• Stage 6 preview: the Tourmalet, Col d'Aspin, and a first real Pogačar vs Vingegaard test
• Max's own painful history on the Tourmalet — a cautionary tale about oiling your disc brakes
• Tonight's prize: another Café du Cycliste kit up for grabs