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Retrospectives Podcast Episode 2: Catching Up With Chris Horner

In Episode 2 of our ongoing “Retrospectives” podcast, The Outer Line talks with long-time American racer,  Vuelta a Espana winner and current NBC Sports announcer Chris Horner, wherein he talks about his long career, shares details on his special race nutrition strategies and stakes his claim as the third best bike racer in American history. No U.S. professional road cyclist has had a career quite like Chris Horner. The San Diego native persevered through a 25-year-plus professional career to become the oldest athlete ever to win a Grand Tour, climbing his way to victory in the 2013 Vuelta a Espana at age 41. But for more than two decades, as he readily admits, he was an underdog – always fighting for a spot on a number of different American and European-based teams. His unique and unconventional style, which included an “All-American dietary secret” that helped him win the Vuelta, may...