The Cycling Podcast
74: Life in the Peloton – Jens Keukeleire
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Episode notes
This week, Mitch Docker catches up with Flandrian Jens Keukeleire. The pair were teammates at Orica-GreenEdge for several years and have been reunited at EF Education First this season.
Mitch takes Jens right back to the beginning, ten years ago, when he was a neo-pro with the Cofidis team.
Within a month of joining the pro ranks, Keukeleire won his first big race, Le Samyn, with a spectacular sprint from deep. Mitch and Jens talk in depth about the finish to that race and you may like to watch highlights on YouTube.
Le Samyn has all the characteristics of a Flandrian Classic but it actually takes place in Wallonia, but Mitch and Jens talk about how riders brought up in the region absorb so much Flandrian local knowledge before they even turn pro.
Conversation then turns to coronavirus before they look ahead to the 2020 spring Classic campaign, which will be held in the late summer and autumn, of course.
Keep in touch with Life in the Peloton
Keep up to date with everything that’s going on with Life in the Peloton at my website lifeinthepeloton.com
Check out my range of Life in the Peloton merchandise on our Etsy store too, from beanies and caps to embroidered tees, logo tees and much more. Visit the Etsy store.
Or follow on social media:
Instagram: @lifeinthepeloton
Twitter: @lifeinthepelo
Theme music
The theme music for Life in the Peloton was composed by Pete Shelley, who was lead singer of the punk band Buzzcocks. It was commissioned by the production company behind Channel 4’s coverage of the Tour de France in the 1980s and was used as the theme music for the nightly highlights show. Pete died in December 2018. We were given permission by Pete’s widow and his manager to continue using the music for the theme tune to Life in the Peloton. To hear more about the music, listen to the Andre Greipel episode of Life in the Peloton.
Mitch takes Jens right back to the beginning, ten years ago, when he was a neo-pro with the Cofidis team.
Within a month of joining the pro ranks, Keukeleire won his first big race, Le Samyn, with a spectacular sprint from deep. Mitch and Jens talk in depth about the finish to that race and you may like to watch highlights on YouTube.
Le Samyn has all the characteristics of a Flandrian Classic but it actually takes place in Wallonia, but Mitch and Jens talk about how riders brought up in the region absorb so much Flandrian local knowledge before they even turn pro.
Conversation then turns to coronavirus before they look ahead to the 2020 spring Classic campaign, which will be held in the late summer and autumn, of course.
Keep in touch with Life in the Peloton
Keep up to date with everything that’s going on with Life in the Peloton at my website lifeinthepeloton.com
Check out my range of Life in the Peloton merchandise on our Etsy store too, from beanies and caps to embroidered tees, logo tees and much more. Visit the Etsy store.
Or follow on social media:
Instagram: @lifeinthepeloton
Twitter: @lifeinthepelo
Theme music
The theme music for Life in the Peloton was composed by Pete Shelley, who was lead singer of the punk band Buzzcocks. It was commissioned by the production company behind Channel 4’s coverage of the Tour de France in the 1980s and was used as the theme music for the nightly highlights show. Pete died in December 2018. We were given permission by Pete’s widow and his manager to continue using the music for the theme tune to Life in the Peloton. To hear more about the music, listen to the Andre Greipel episode of Life in the Peloton.