Regarded as Britain's most versatile bike rider, Tom Pidcock joins presenter and former national road champion Matt Stephens for the Sigma Sports Cafe Ride. Setting off on a drizzly morning in late November, Matt and Tom rode an easy route to a local cafe near his winter residence in Belgium. There, they discussed Tom’s goals for a jam-packed racing season in 2024, with plenty of laughs about aerodynamic vegetables and the hierarchy of biscuits along the way. The ride concluded with a trip to the town of Boom to visit a cycling museum and to tackle a lap of the cyclocross circuit, where Tom won a World Cup race in 2022.

Perhaps the most exciting cyclist of the past decade, Tadej Pogačar joins presenter and former national champion Matt Stephens for the latest episode of the Sigma Sports Café Ride. Tadej and his partner Urška Žigart welcomed Matt to their apartment in Monaco before setting off on a short training ride over the beautiful Col d’Eze. As they finish their ride in Nice, Tadej hints at his hopes for next season with a backdrop of Promenade des Anglais, where the Tour de France will finish in 2024.

Former Team Pursuit World Champion Ethan Hayter takes Matt Stephens on a Cafe Ride to the place where it all began for him; Herne Hill Velodrome. The team Ineos Grenadiers rider meets Matt at his family home in South London on one of the wettest days of the year. Given the weather warning, it was a wise decision to cut the route short and head straight to the cafe. The pair enjoy chatting about Ethan's early career successes, what he has learnt from recent criticisms, and how he's enjoying living with fellow pros Fred Wright and Rhys Britton. Later, they reflect on the memorabilia adorning the velodrome's club room, including Ethan's rainbow-striped jersey, before the fast-man lets rip to teach Matt a lesson in sprinting.

Former England goalkeeper Ben Foster takes Matt Stephens on a Cafe Ride down his favourite Warwickshire lanes, where the pair can’t help getting competitive by sprinting for town sign glory. There are plenty of similarities between these two top athletes, despite their different sporting backgrounds and footballing abilities. Chatting at length about Ben’s impressive footballing career, we learn how it felt to make your England debut, play under Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, and why footballers take dessert to their hotel room. And the competition continues at Ben’s first football club, where he and Matt partake in a one-on-one penalty shoot-out to determine the champion of the day.

Broadcaster and cyclist Rebecca Charlton fully embraced the active pregnancy lifestyle, and in her third trimester, she welcomed Matt Stephens to the South Downs Link for a Sigma Sports Cafe Ride like no other. The two pals had lots to chat about while riding along Rebecca's favourite gravel path, including the history of Bramber Castle, pronunciation faux pas, cycling during pregnancy and the challenges facing women in a male-dominated sporting environment.

Matt Stephens joins Sir Bradley Wiggins to revisit the Time Trial route where he won gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Just ten days after being crowned Tour de France champion in Paris, Brad put in a phenomenal performance that went down in history as one of the most perfectly executed races of all time, resulting in a gold medal on home roads. Ten years later, Wiggo's memory of his race execution is impeccably sharp - almost as sharp as his impressions of Matt Stephens.

A neo pro with a serious palmares to her name. For this episode of The Cafe Ride series with Matt Stephens we headed out to the Liege region of Belgium to meet Elynor Backstedt. Learning more about the Gent Wevelgem winner, the step up from the junior category and her favourite place to ride in Wales, we had a blast getting to know the Trek Segafredo rider and we are sure you will too.

A former professional cyclist, one of the sport's most distinguished director sportives and a style icon, Matt Stephens headed to Denmark for a ride and chat with Brian Holm. Talking about everything from the current crop of Danish cycling talent to marrying people in his spare time, this episode of The Cafe Ride is not one you want to miss.