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Hosted by track cycling professionals, Lewis Stewart and Jonny Mitchell, the Piste Take offers top level insight into the world of track cycling. With expert analysis from some of the sports top riders and coaches, we offer a deep dive into the stories, shenanigans and titbits as the sport gears up for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.The Piste Take releases on Thursdays on a fortnightly basis, with some bonus extra episodes lined up.Artwork by Taylor Craig with thanks to Glasgow Caledonian Library for the use of their recording studio.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHosted by track cycling professionals, Lewis Stewart and Jonny Mitchell, the Piste Take offers top level insight into the world of track cycling. With expert analysis from some of the sports top riders and coaches, we offer a deep dive into the stories, shenanigans and titbits as the sport gears up for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Recent episodes include "The Mastermind behind Welsh excellence: Rachel Draper" (5 October 2026, 78 minutes), "Episode 56: Two Sports, Three Olympics, One Kelsey Mitchell" (12 September 2026, 82 minutes), and "Commonwealth Games Debrief" (24 August 2026, 90 minutes).
The Piste Take publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 68 minutes across 98 episodes.
Booking probability for The Piste Take is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Piste Take requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Piste Take's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #57
Send us Fan Mail Rachel Draper joins us to unpack the story behind Wales’ brilliant Commonwealth Games campaign — from the emotional highs and lows of team sprint to building a squad culture that had everyone singing...
Episode #56
Send us Fan Mail It's been a while since Kelsey Mitchell was on the show, and honestly, she's basically lived three athletic careers since our last conversation. We're catching up with the Tokyo gold medalist about...
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Send us Fan Mail Now we're all recovered from a super busy Commonwealth Games for both Lewis & Jonny we thought now is the best time to review it, chat through some of the trends and answer the biggest question of all...
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Send us Fan Mail We're back for day 3 after a dramatic day of tandem tension, scratch crashes, dominant aussie sprinting and Welsh Women's Wonders
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Send us Fan Mail We are back again, slightly more sober, slightly more tired for Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games. We get into it with the best keirin rider of all time - Azizulhasni Awang - and his mindblowing display...
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Send us Fan Mail We are joined by returning podcast guest Lewis Oliva fresh from his CG 4th place heroics! This is a messy episode complete with beers, stories and lessons to us why not to invite Lewis Oliva to a short...
Episode #55
Send us Fan Mail Join us on the Pistetake for our preview episode of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in the heart of track cycling - Glasgow! We look ahead to the events we're most excited for, the teams we're backing for...
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Send us Fan Mail Ahead of the Commonwealth Games we speak to Ciara Oliva, after she completed one of the most amazing comebacks in track cycling. After her career on GBCT and the disappointment of being a reserve at the...
Episode #53
Send us Fan Mail We are back! We might have missed a week in our release schedule but we certainly didn't miss any quality with our latest guest, former world champion in the once conquering Aussie Men's Team Sprint...
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Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode we speak to our first ever coach from an asian nation, Boris Clark. Formerly, of the New Zealand Cycling Team, Boris is now the Head Endurance coach at China Cycling. He took up...
Episode #51
Send us Fan Mail This week on The Piste Take, we pay tribute to one of the greatest track cyclists Britain has ever produced. Katie Archibald, two-time Olympic gold medallist, four-time world champion, has announced her...
Episode #50
Send us Fan Mail We return to the podcasting world with a blockbuster episode where we're joined by Aussie Track Sprint sensation Alessia McCaig. As the keirin winner at the recent Perth World Cup, we catch up with...
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Send us Fan Mail Hot off the press, we welcome back to the podcast 2x Olympic Champion and top TNT Sport Commentator, Joanna Rowsell to debrief the last 3 rounds of Nations Cups. We tackle the series as a whole, look at...
Episode #49
Send us Fan Mail We are back with breakout German Men's sprint star Luca Spiegel. We hear all about Team Deutschland's 4 week training camp in Perth before the recent World Cup, his experiences with riding with the best...
Episode #48
Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome back to the podcast track cycling legend and newly anointed Belgian Cycling Sprint coach, Theo Bos. We hear all about his exploits as a World Tour road racer, the transition from...
Episode #47
Send us Fan Mail We are back with our normal episodes with a BANG! This week we take our longest ever intro to discuss the recent doping ban of Colombian track star, Martha Bayona Pineda before welcoming on Team USA...
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Send us Fan Mail We bring you our final British Track Nationals Special episode with a short interview too with triple British champ, Emma Finucane. We discuss her race performances, upcoming competitions and the...
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Send us Fan Mail In our next wrap up, we're again joined by the calming presence of Tom Davidson to chat through Day 3 of the 2026 British Track Nationals. We are joined by podcast stalwart Will Tidball to talk through...
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Send us Fan Mail In our next day 2 wrap up, we're again joined by the calming presence of Tom Davidson to chat through Day 2 of the 2026 British Track Nationals. On the Women's Endurance side we chat through a world...
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