Sigma Sports Unplugged with Matt Stephens

Danish gravel star Mads Würtz Schmidt joins Matt Stephens fresh off a remarkable run of wins to explain how leaving the WorldTour behind has transformed him as an athlete. The Specialized rider opens up candidly about the mental health struggles that derailed parts of his road career, how a new coach and a more structured routine have made him faster and, crucially, more durable, and why he believes gravel racing suits his old-school time-trialling instincts better than anything he found on the road. They also get into life in Girona, the brutal, rock-strewn gravel that makes the region such a proving ground, the bond with teammate Matt Beers that helped power a huge win at Traka, and Mads's hopes of one day adding a gravel World Championship jersey to his collection.

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Matt Stephens takes us behind the scenes at the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift 2026 to share his reactions and opinions to a race that will go down in history as one of the best GC battles of all time. Packed with cameos and guest appearances, Matt reviews Beef Cheeks with Dani Rowe (MBE), gets introduced to Ice lolly gels by Zoe Backstedt, and remembers a time he poured many litres of a questionable substance down a drain with Ned Boulting.

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Watch the Sigma Sports Cafe Ride with Demi Vollering here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R30utXEe7mE

Watch the Sigma Sports Cafe Ride with Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney here:

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Matt Stephens takes us behind the scenes at the Tour de France 2026, where he has been meeting the fans on Alpe d’Huez and witnessing some of the best final week’s racing of all time. There were Individual Time Trials, breakaways, records smashed, and a blistering finish in Paris. Off the bike, Matt has made friends with the Paul Seixas Fan Club, soaked up the atmosphere at Beefeater Bend, and survived a party at “Temu Dutch Corner”!

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Matt Stephens is back with another week’s worth of reflections on rest day two of the 2026 Tour de France. This is the mini series where Matt takes you behind the scenes at the WBD Sport studios, with thrilling in-race finish line action as well as post race analysis and insights. Matt also reflects on a heron reflecting on its own statue, chats tea vessels with his colleague Chappers, and pays homage to the Belgian accent with Adam Blythe… Which, to be honest, is probably why you’re here!

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From the TV studio in Chiswick, Matt Stephens takes us behind the scenes at the greatest show on earth (Tour de France), to bring you the second greatest show on earth (this podcast). You’ll hear live finish line reactions from Matt and his Eurosport TNT WB Discovery colleagues, meandering vignettes about crows stealing his lunch, melancholic pizza sadness, and a reminder to those who are finding the Pogacar era a little predictable, that we’re witnessing history with perhaps the greatest rider of all time.

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