Vuelta boss Guillén dismisses date change; Bossuyt: I’m the victim in doping affair; Gee can target Classics and GTs says Israel DS; Bora set focus on...

Our latest episode kicks off with an exclusive interview with Vuelta a España director Javier Guillén, who tells us that there's absolutely no prospect of the Vuelta swapping dates with the Giro d'Italia, a move that many were pushing for as a possible solution to the bad weather that perennially affects Italy's Grand Tour. "No, no and no!" declares Guillén. Looking ahead to this year's Vuelta, now just 10 weeks away, Guillén says all the big names will be welcome and discussions are under way to tempt the likes of defending champion Remco Evenepoel and three-time winner Primož Roglič back to Spain in late August

After being made "provisionally non-active" by her Canyon//SRAM team following a positive test for the banned product Letrozole, Belgian world track champion Shari Bossuyt has given her side of the story in a press conference. In it, Bossuyt said her situation was like being put "in prison for murder when you didn't commit murder." 

Everyone's gone Derek Gee-crazy following his stand-out performance at the Giro d'Italia, and that includes his Israel-Premier Tech team, who've signed him to a contract that runs to the end of 2028. Team director Steve Bauer tells us about the qualities that make Gee so special and why the Canadian sensation could become a power in the Classics as well as the Grand Tours.

Bora-Hansgrohe director Rolf Aldag tells why and how the German WorldTour team are set to change tack for the Grand Tours and challenge the big-hitting teams that tend to dominate the GC battle in these marquee races. As part of that strategy, he reveals that the upcoming Tour de France will probably be the last that they'll go into with a sprinter as well as a GC leader.

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