CPA president Adam Hansen joins us fresh from the first UCI cycling reform meeting to talk rider safety, salaries and anti-doping from the inside.

Heads up: the audio isn’t our usual standard, but what he shares is well worth pushing through for.

Adam takes us through what was discussed at the reform table, and how rolling road closures actually work after a week of vehicles on course in the Italian races.

He lays out his top five safety priorities, from GPS trackers and hookless tyres to helmets only rated to around 22 km/h, and why he expects trackers in every race by mid-next year.

We also get into the ITA night tests on Tadej and Jonas at the Tour, the flaws in the ADAMS whereabouts system that riders fear more than testing itself, why he believes the peloton is clean, and where airbags fit into the future of racing.

Max Gawn's top five transfers of the trade period so far, from Giulio Ciccone to Q36.5 and Filippo Ganna to Lidl-Trek to Ben Turner at Soudal Quick-Step.

Plus Paul Seixas wins Il Lombardia, Per Strand Hagenes takes Paris-Tours, and Plappy is out of Guangxi with a fractured wrist.

In this Social Club:

• Alex hits the wall at the Chicago Marathon, and Jimmy Whelan v Kipchoge in Melbourne
• Max on being the heaviest Everester, and why no one over 115kg has beaten him yet
• Gravel Worlds in Perth, and whether Paris-Tours should be the sixth monument
• Remco's five-minute safety protest at Lombardia, ahead of our Adam Hansen interview
• Ciccone v Mauro Schmid, and how Australia sells the Tour Down Under to the world's best riders

The Social Club is presented by Giant. Max's Giant garage now runs to two Propels, two TCRs, an Anthem, a Fathom and a Revolt.

Max is back on Zwift since his Everest, right next to the sauna.

Max Gawn has Everested Willunga Hill: 39 and a half laps, 8,851 metres, no power meter and 115 kilos, alongside Ed Langdon and Hamish Blake.

Plus Plappy on crashes and police motorbikes on the course in Italy, Remco v Ciccone at the Euros, and who wins Il Lombardia.

In this Social Club:

• Max's Everest top five, the low points, and why the pub at the bottom matters
• Hot laps with Stuart O'Grady and Darren Hicks, and a road closed by the SA Government
• Ciccone's mid-contract move to Q36.5, Ganna to Lidl-Trek and Jordi Meeus
• UCI points now on offer for track, mountain bike and gravel
• Jimmy Whelan v Eliud Kipchoge at the Melbourne Marathon, and Plappy v Pidcock in China

The Social Club is presented by Giant. Max rode his Everest on the Giant Defy.