He went to Joburg for one ride. He got dropped by a world-tour cyclist, skipped a robot or two, and came back a convert. That's where Episode 10 begins — and it only gets bigger from there.

Cape Epic is underway, and the stories coming out of those trails are exactly why this race is unlike anything else on earth. Dean Hoff and Kevin Benke ran 30 kilometres with their bikes after a mechanical destroyed their race — and kept going. Tristan de Villiers and Kezia Llewellyn are in the yellow jersey, chasing what no South African pairing has ever done: win the Cape Epic. Meanwhile, Cam and Allie are out there somewhere in the peloton, laughing their heads off. Alec's on the ground. Sarah's racing. This one's personal.

On the world stage: del Toro is making GC statements, Vingegaard's wardrobe is making headlines, and Van der Poel is riding like a man possessed. Milan-San Remo is around the corner — and the women's race might be the most unpredictable one-day classic in years. We also touch on Allan Hathley quietly going 13th at Tirreno and what that could mean.

And then — gravel. Gallows. Garden route Giro. Roads to Desolation. If the gravel bug hasn't bitten you yet, this episode might be the one that changes that. We're a year old, Scicon has come on board, and we're just getting started.

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00:00 — The Capetonian Goes to Joburg (and Gets Schooled)

11:34 — Inside the Cape Epic: Yellow Jersey, Broken Bikes & 30km On Foot

16:15 — The Story That Defines What Epic Actually Means

22:00 — Can a South African Pair Finally Win the Cape Epic?

30:04 — Del Toro, Vingegaard's Shorts & Tour de France Signals

47:08 — Women's Milan-San Remo: The Race Nobody Can Call

50:37 — Allan Hathley's Quiet Statement to the World

54:20 — South Africa's Gravel Season Is Here

55:24 — Gallows: The Race That Breaks You in the Best Way

1:00:13 — Garden Route Giro 2026

1:08:49 — One Year In: Scicon, Milestones & What's Coming

1:11:29 — See You Out There

You've seen the numbers on the packet. 2:1 ratio. 60 grams. 90 grams per hour. Multiple transportable carbohydrates. But what does any of it actually mean — and how do you use it without blowing up your stomach on race day?

In Part 2 with Reece McDonald — head of performance at Embukos and Science to Sport partner — we sit down and break race-day nutrition into language that anyone can understand. No jargon walls, no brand pushing. Just the honest, practical science behind what goes in your bottle, how concentrated it should be, what your pre-race breakfast should look like, and why the stuff you do in training matters more than anything you panic-buy the night before.

If you've ever stood in your kitchen staring at a bag of race mix wondering how many scoops actually go in — this one's for you.

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00:00 — The Scoop Problem Nobody Talks About

02:50 — Train How You Race (Or Pay For It Later)

05:17 — Multiple Transportable Carbohydrates — In Plain English

06:18 — The 2:1 Ratio and Why 90 Grams Is the Ceiling

08:58 — Going Above 90g — Who Actually Needs That?

10:03 — Gut Training: Why Racing Intensity Changes Everything

11:10 — How Concentrated Should Your Bottle Actually Be?

13:26 — Gels, Bars, or Bottles — Building Your Race-Day Stack

16:01 — The Pre-Race Breakfast That Won't Wreck You

19:20 — Bagels, Maize Meal, and Better Alternatives to Oats

20:43 — The Electrolyte Trap Most Riders Fall Into

22:05 — Panic Consuming: The Race-Day Mistake You Keep Making

24:24 — Your Questions, Our Next Episode

26:17 — Incremental, Not Experimental

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🎙️ The Active Hobo — Stories That Matter

📍 Cape Town, South Africa

Over 400 career victories. Three Cape Town Cycle Tour wins. Eight gold medals in a single national track championship. Seven wins in his first season in Belgium, as a teenager from Joburg who didn't know a soul. He raced against Lance Armstrong, sprinted against Robbie McEwan, and built some of the most iconic professional cycling teams South Africa has ever seen, HSBC, Med Scheme, Bonitas, DSV, often pitching boardrooms in the morning and winning races in the afternoon.

But this conversation isn't just about the wins. It's about what South African cycling was, what it lost, and what one man is trying to build back from the ground up. Malcolm now runs the DSV Shift Academy in Paarl, putting 25 kids from his community on bikes, into classrooms, and onto a path that didn't exist for them before he showed up.

From BMX ramps in the suburbs to basement floors in Cologne. From the golden era of Rapport Tour and packed road closures to the silence that followed.

This is the story of the most winning South African road cyclist in history. And it's only part one.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — Tracksuit Pants and a Bike Too Big

06:00 — 200 Schoolboys on a Start Line

12:00 — Eight Gold Medals in One Weekend

18:00 — Break a Record, Get Sunglasses

25:00 — Landing in Belgium With No Plan and No Phone

32:00 — Seven Wins in Season One

40:00 — The Doping Era Nobody Talks About Honestly

50:00 — Winning Is Not Everything

58:00 — The HSBC Pitch That Changed Everything

1:08:00 — Racing Against Lance, McEwan, and the Best in the World

1:18:00 — The Rapport Tour and the Glory Days Nobody Remembers

1:28:00 — Nick White, Jock Green, and the Lotto Hat

1:38:00 — From Rider to Team Boss to Rival

1:50:00 — When Doug Ryder Left a Void

2:00:00 — Why He Walked Away From Pro Racing

2:08:00 — 25 Kids, Six Containers, and a Velodrome in Paarl

2:18:00 — The High-Speed Police Officer

2:28:00 — Criteriums, Leagues, and Fixing the Media Problem

2:38:00 — Put Your Money Back Into This Sport