Criterium Nation

Hosted ByRob Kelly

Life lived one corner at a time.


All Episodes

Why We Stage Race

At its core the popular image of cycling in the United States is stage racing. Fortunate for us, every major American stage race comes complete with its own demanding and technical criterium. Meaning, when we talk stage racing we remain very much on…

From the City of Mountains with Katia Martinez

We are going back to the original format– bringing you a story about a rider you may not know much about, yet. For this story we go all the way down to the mountains of northern Mexico and the city of Monterey. It’s there we meet the 22-year old…

Tulsa Tough 2023 Recap Show

It’s the longest day of the year and time for the biggest party of the American cycling season, that’s right it’s time for Tulsa Tough. We are joined by Adam Mills of Source Endurance once again to break down all the action, startegy, and meaning.

You Do You

Do what you need to, to stay in the sport as long as it brings you happiness. That may not mean the same thing for you as it does everyone else. What motivates different people is not a single universal truth. Rick Arnopol joins us to talk about the…

Behind the Lens with Bruce Buckley

This episode was first aired on March 3, 2020, but when it comes to the central place that photography plays in criterium racing we believed that it was time to share it again. Photography remains the primary means by which the story of criterium…

Team Building with Brandon Feehery

Every year we put together groups of men and women from all over the country, and with potentially little connection to each other, on teams and expect them to go out and race together with a unified purpose and vision. How that is actually…

The Project Echelon Files: The Flow with Cade Bickmore

There are a lot of things Project Echelon does very well that they are not supposed to be good at doing. They weren’t supposed to be an elite team. They weren’t supposed to win big races. They weren’t supposed to win stage races. And, lately they…

Reverse Mentorship with Kim Stoveld

Kim Stoveld of Automatic Racing is new to road racing but she’s already made an impact with her power and results. As her experience and skill continues to improve so will her spot on the podium. She’s received a ton of advice from some very well…

What’s Happened Lately

We’ve been gone for a little while, sorry. While we’ve been out a lot has happened and we need to talk about it with you. The NCL had its first race. The ACC is starting going. And CRIT was announced with zero details. On top of that race tactics,…