In the April episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin we hear from riders living in lockdown, from Jip van den Bos, the Boels-Dolmans rider who took off backpacking, to Elise Chabbey, the Bigla-Katusha professional, a trained doctor who has returned to medicine to help people suffering with coronavirus in her native Switzerland. 

Chabbey only qualified at the end of last year and was looking forward to her first season of being able to focus full time on cycling, with the Olympic Games her big target. Now she is working up to 60 hours a week in a hospital in Geneva while still training for a return to racing. 

Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore discuss how coronavirus might affect women's cycling, with races and teams facing a difficult a few months. The riders, too, are coping with the uncertainty in different ways. We hear from Louis Delahaije, who coaches Annemiek van Vleuten and Marianne Vos, about how his charges are training – he tells us that the biggest challenge is not knowing what they are training for. 

Finally there is an interview with Molly Weaver, the retired road professional who had hoped to do some gravel races this year. She had hoped to do the Dirty Reiver but in its absence has come up with the Dirty Weaver, which will see her take on 1,111 laps (130km) of her garden in 12 hours to raise money for Women’s Aid.

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This episode is sponsored by Stitch Fix, an online personal styling service for men and women, where an expert stylist picks clothes just for you based on your taste, size and price preferences, and sends them straight to your door. 

Traditional clothes shopping isn’t an option for any of us at the moment, but Stitch Fix are here to help you treat yourself without needing to leave the house. Stitch Fix personal stylists (who all work safely from home) are ready to select you five surprise items to hopefully put a smile on your face when we all need it the most.

 

How does Stitch Fix work? It’s easy and actually really fun – you go to their website and complete a style profile about your clothing preferences, shapes, sizes and what you like to wear.

Then it’s over to your stylist who’ll hand select and send to you 5 items of clothing and accessories, which you discover when they arrive at your front door along with a nice card including outfit inspiration and style tips.

Try everything on, keep and pay for what you like, send back the rest. Delivery and returns are free, and includes an option free home courier pick up (particularly ideal at the moment). Stitch Fix have also extended their try-on window from one week to six weeks, so you’ve got extra time to send anything back, which, again, is pretty handy at the moment.

And the best bit, you pay just £10 for your stylist’s time, which is redeemable against anything you keep.

If you fancy giving yourself a treat, go to Stitchfix.co.uk/cycling