{"id":190659,"date":"2022-09-14T12:06:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T12:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=190659"},"modified":"2022-09-15T09:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T09:12:26","slug":"wlc-podcast-talking-ambitions-and-aims-with-connor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2022\/09\/14\/wlc-podcast-talking-ambitions-and-aims-with-connor-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"WLC Podcast: Talking Ambitions and Aims with Connor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Enjoy another instalment of fresh and insider cycling content to listen to on your morning ride, training session or on a slow Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For the next episode of our video podcast, Matt Stephens invited Yorkshire native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swiftconnor\/\">Connor Swift<\/a>, an English road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Ark\u00e9a\u2013Samsic, to chat about his goals and ambitions going ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Swift, the British National Road Race Champion of 2018 and the overall winner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2022\/05\/20\/does-tro-bro-leon-want-to-be-mainstream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tro-Bro L\u00e9on<\/a> of 2021, has risen up from the British continental scene but found his first top-level contract at Ark\u00e9a Samsic, where he became the main domestique for Nairo Quintana. After being an integral part of the French team, however, Swift seems to be on the path to the first division of road cycling, as he has been approached by Ineos Grenadiers who recently refocused on young British talent. He is supposed to sign with the team, where his cousin Ben Swift also rides, from 2023 onwards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Talking Ambitions and Aims with the Up-And-Coming Road Cycling Powerhouse Connor Swift\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0hd6BqSGRj81olvDEHSgjd?si=Hibw-qgERUGMpmogyZ5Rzg&#038;nd=1&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Matthew was naturally curious, then, about how the young rider feels about the future laid ahead of him, also taking into account that the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong are just a few weeks away. How do the stages he has ridden so far inform his racing style and preparation now? How important are biscuits in hotel rooms for British riders? And what is the ultimate \u201ctoothpaste strategy\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Make some tea, settle comfortably, and find out in the new episode!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy another instalment of fresh and insider cycling content to listen to on your morning ride, training session or on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":190660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[334],"tags":[6634,6399,6508],"global-categories":[3366],"class_list":["post-190659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-socialising-and-culture","tag-connor-swift","tag-matt-stephens","tag-wlc-podcast","global-categories-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matt Stephens Interviewing Connor Swift: Talking Ambitions and Aims<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Enjoy another instalment of fresh and insider cycling content to listen to on your morning ride, training session or on a slow Sunday. 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