83. Carlton Kirby, cycling's Terry Wogan

James is flying solo on the podcast this week, luckily he's with the great Carlton Kirby. The Eurosport and GCN commentator talks his new book 'Sticky Bottle', the new era of commentary, making mistakes and his predictions for this year's Tour de France.

Our chat begins at 4m33s.

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This episode is supported by H.V.M.N, the creators of Ketone-IQ.

We hear a lot about ketones in the pro peloton, but what are they?

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