THE PEDAL CLUB
The Pedal Club speakers for 2025
February 12th Cormac Nisbet : Speaking about his experience as trying to making it as a pro in the modern world tour peleton
March 12th Jeremy Ford : Speaking about The World Championships in Rwanda and how this will help Team Africa Rising members to access the European racing scene and build more diverse peletons in future.
Phil O'Connor
Professional sport photographer with 40 years experience. If any of my photos look any good then that will be because I have a really good camera.
Cormac Nisbet
Cormac is a Middle Distance triathlete from London, UK. During 2024 he raced as a professional cyclist for Soudal-Quickstep Devo Team before stepping away from the sport in August, transitioning into middle-long distance triathlon.
Paul Jones
Paul Jones is an occasional racing cyclist who struggles to balance the demands of writing about cycling with doing some actual cycling. He appeared in the same race as Sir Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas and David Millar in the 2014 National Time Trial Championships, once scraped a 49-minute ’25’ and has won a couple of hill climbs and time trials in the South West of England. His other books include A Corinthian Endeavour, which explores the niche and deranged world of the hill climb and is seen as the definitive (and only) work on the subject; and I Like Alf: 14 Lessons from the Life of Alf Engers, a biography of mythical folk hero Alf Engers. Beyond that, he has an obsession with time, social change and people and tries to explore this in his writing.
Henry Nixon
Zwift Academy is a unique project in the cycling world, helping two aspiring cyclists to fast track to the upper levels of the sport and the level of talent that this pathway identifies gets better every year.
This year's Zwift Academy was produced in partnership with Eurosport, and we're already halfway through airing, with two episodes left before the announcement is made on Friday on who's made the cut and earned a pro contract with CANYON//SRAM & Alpecin - Deceuninck.
If you enjoyed Netflix's Tour de France Unchained docuseries then this is for you.
Catch up on the first two episodes here (https://lnkd.in/exyHUwKj), ahead of episode 3 going live at 8:20pm on Eurosport's YouTube.
Mariam Draaijer
Cycle Sisters is an award-winning charity which aims to inspire and enable Muslim women to cycle.
Our groups provide support, role models and regular opportunities for Muslim women to cycle. We currently operate in London; our longer-term goal is to grow into a nation-wide network of Muslim women cyclists. Our partnership work with local and national cycling organisations tackles stereotypes to make cycling more inclusive.
Joost Van Genderen
Solutions from the world's largest independent lubricant manufacturer
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The FUCHS product program comprises more than 10,000 products and related services in six key categories:
• Special Application Lubricants
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FUCHS has more than 100,000 customers from the following industries: automotive suppliers, OEM, mining and exploration, metalworking, agriculture and forestry, aerospace, power generation, mechanical engineering, construction and transport, steel, metal and cement industries, food, glass production, casting, forging industry and many others.
In close contact with its customers, FUCHS develops holistic, innovative and custom-made solutions for the most diverse applications. As a lubricant manufacturer, FUCHS stands for performance and sustainability, safety, reliability, efficiency and cost savings. FUCHS represents a promise: technology that pays back.
JEZ COX
Jez Cox is an English Professional Commentator, MC and Speaker/Presenter
for Cycling, Triathlon and Running events both live and for television.
Jez is one of the most prominent voices of cycling world wide and a lead television commentator for Eurosport, Discovery Plus and Max
He was the lead English commentator / announcer for the finish line at the UCI Road World Cycling Championships in Yorkshire 2019 and in Glasgow 2023
From his base in St Albans, England, he has the ability to broadcast worldwide with high speed broadband and a fully soundproofed professional home studio.
He is also found broadcasting regularly from Warner Bros Discovery studios in Chiswick, London as well as being on site at event for both television and live announcing.
2024 also sees Jez as lead commentator / on-screen presenter for the Zwift Grand Prix and Zwift Games and well as lead commentator for the Xterra World Series and World Championships
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