BAND OF BROTHERS | BORA - hansgrohe cycling podcast

The Italian talks about his very first Tour de France, an emotional Grand Depart on home soil and why he's sometimes impersonating Primož Roglič - on and off the bike. 

In this Tour de France episode of the podcast, Steph and Anderl chat with Nico Denz, who is competing in his very first Tour de France. He's a multiple Grand Tour stage winner, who has a lot of experience in the Giro and Vuelta, so we talk to him about what's so special about Le Tour, and how he's feeling about this new challenge!

In this episode, Steph and Anderl chat with Sports Director Bernie Eisel about the racing we've seen so far at the Giro, and also what's to come. But this time, we also delve a little into rest day activities, life in the Kitchen Truck, and team logistics. Plus we find out if Bernie has put his running shoes to good use yet.

In this special Giro episode, Steph and Anderl catch up with Bernie Eisel, who makes his Band of Brothers podcast debut! Bernie gives his assessment of our Corsa Rosa line-up and their particular strengths, and gives us some insight into life on the road for a Sports Director. You won't want to miss this one!

Steph and Anderl sit down with Dr. Christian Schrot, head of scouting and development, to dive into the Red Bull Junior Brothers program. He gives insights into the selection process as well as qualities that are sought out in young riders, and also gives some of his own tips for the process. We find out what last year's Red Bull Junior Brothers alumni are getting up to in our U19 team, GRENKE - Auto Eder, and hear about the team's ambitious goals. Don't miss out on this insightful episode! Apply now: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/projects/red-bull-junior-brothers/become-a-junior-brother

On this episode, Steph and Anderl dive into the world of Primož Roglič. We sit down with him during altitude camp and ask him about his early years as a pro, his Biergarten meetings with Ralph Denk, and also get him to answer some questions from curious fans. You won't want to miss this one!

In this episode of the Band of Brothers podcast, Steph and Anderl chat with Sam Welsford, who just won three stages at the Tour Down Under!

In this episode, Steph and Anderl talk with Shane Archbold about how he made the relatively quick transition from rider to Sports Director, his goals and plans within his new role, what he's looking forward to most and what potential challenges he expects, and crucially, what his new job means for his famous mullet!

In this episode of the Band of Brothers podcast, we chat with our young Danish rider Frederik Wandahl about his journey to pro cycling, his future goals, and overcoming a broken femur this year to end his season on a high note.  This episode is brought to you by EVOC

In this special Vuelta a España episode, Steph and Anderl sit down with Cian Uijtdebroeks on the second rest day in Santander to catch up with the young Belgian climbing talent. He talks about how he has experienced his first-ever Grand Tour, being in the spotlight of the Belgian media here, and dealing with the inevitable challenges of a three-week bike race. He also gives an insight into what he hopes to achieve in the near future, and answers the question "why are you always so happy!?"

In this episode, Stephanie and Anderl talk with Marco Haller about his incredible win at the Hamburg Cyclassics last year, what he expects from the upcoming race, and his recent participation in the Tour de France. Have a listen!

Only a few days before the Grand Depart of the Tour de France. For Jordi Meeus it will be his first participation and we had a chat with him about what to expect, his goals and how he wants to grab a first win. 

German Edition. Zum zweiten Mal präsentieren wir unseren Podcast auf Deutsch und diesmal ist der Anlass eine Buchvorstellung. "Nur alles zählt" von Ralph Denk und Tim Farin soll nicht nur einen Einblick hinter die Kulissen eines der größten Radteams bieten, sondern vielmehr zeigen, welches Mindset es braucht, um seine Visionen in Erfolge umzumünzen. In dieser Episode unseres Podcast erzählen Ralph und Tim, wie es dazu kam, was der Inhalt des Buches ist und wieso dieses Buch für Radsportfans genauso interessant ist wie für Manager.

The second week of the Giro has been a rollercoaster for us. We lost one of our leaders, Aleks Vlasov due to covid, but also won two stages with Nico Denz. In this episode we talk with Nico about his success, a perfect Father's Day present, how to keep motivated when a leader has to abandon the race and of course the decisive 3rd week of the race. 

The first part of the Giro d'Italia 2023 is done and the riders enjoy a well deserved rest day after 9 stages. This time we had a chat with Bob Jungels who missed most of his spring season and got a last minute call for the Giro. Bob talks about how to get in shape during a three weeks stage race, his role in the team, and how he expects the race to play out in the upcoming weeks.  

Since 2010 Cesare Benedetti is one of the unsung heroes of BORA - hansgrohe. Tomorrow he will take on his 8th Giro d'Italia and even his role didn't change a lot over the years, the team did. "Cece" is the only rider left that was already part of the team in 2010 and he talks about his motivation, why he loves to sacrifice himself for a leader and of course the Giro d'Italia.

In this special Paris Roubaix episode, we talk with Patrick Gamper, who participated in and completed his very first Hell of the North over the weekend. We find out how it compared to his expectations, what the highlights were, how the team took on the race, and what it's really like to ride this incredible race.   

We are still in Italy after Tirreno-Adriatico and this time we chat with Lennard Kämna. Lennard performed well at the race where took on the role as a GC leader for the fist time. We talk about this new approach for him but also about the recon of some Giro stages.

After his strong performance at UAE Tour where he finished 9th in GC, we talk to Ben Zwiehoff about his 3rd road season, his goals for 2023 and how he developed as a rider.

Welcome one of our new signings - Bob Jungels. Bob tells us about his preparation, first race and his impression about how BORA - hansgrohe works as a team. 

This time we talk to our Giro d‘Italia champion ahead of Tour Down Under, but Jai Hindley also let's us know about his preparations and race program.

Nach vielen Anfragen haben wir uns entschlossen einzelne Episoden unseres Podcast auf Deutsch zu produzieren. In dieser Premiere sprechen wir mit dem Teamchef Ralph Denk über Höhen und Tiefen, Entwicklung und Zukunft bei BORA - hansgrohe in 12 Jahren Profi-Radsport.

We kick off season two of our BORA-hansgrohe podcast with some insights of how to setup race programs of our riders and talk about training camps and general preparations of the 2023 season with Head of Performance Dan Lorang.

This time we talk to Cian Uijtdebroeks who just finished his first season as a pro with BORA - hansgrohe. The young Belgian is seen as one of the biggest talents in the sport and secured a historical Tour de l'Avenir victory, becoming the youngest ever winner of the race. Cian had some more remarkable results in 2022 and we let him recap his first pro season. 

This time we sit down with Sport Director Jens Zemke on the last rest day of the Vuelta to find out how the race has been so far and what to be expected from the final week.

This time we sit down with Sam Bennett to reflect his season so far and to look ahead to La Vuelta and his chances there.

It was a demanding second week at the Tour with lots of attacks and a punishing heat wave. We catch up with head sport director Rolf Aldag to analyze what happened and how happy we can be as a team with the outcome. 

We talk with Marco Haller, road captain from the team, about his role in the race, the Grand Départ in Denmark, and about what else happened in the first week of Le Tour. We also talk about what up next in the biggest bike race of the world. 

Today we present our Tour de France line-up 2022 together with Ralph Denk, Team Manager & Rolf Aldag, Sport Director. We also talk about the roles of our guys and some key stages.

Of course we have to talk about the biggest success in our teams' history and we look back together with Rolf Aldag - head sport director - not only to the race but also the planning beforehand. But we also try to find out what's next for BORA - hansgrohe. 

For the last part of our Giro d'Italia series we catch up again at the team hotel with sports director Enrico Gasparotto, this time accompanied by Emanuel Buchmann. We talk about another successful week two for BORA - hansgrohe, but also about the decisive last week of the race.

After a remarkable first week for BORA - hansgrohe with two stage wins we talk with Enrico Gasparotto and Jai Hindley about the beginning of the Giro and what to expect from week two.

This time we are in Budapest for the Grande Partenza of the Giro d'Italia to look forward to 3 exciting weeks of racing.

The last cobble Classic of season is waiting this Sunday - Paris-Roubaix. It's called the hell of the north or the queen of Classics, but however you want to call it, it is mythical and Marco Haller tries to explain why.

Ahead of the Amstel Gold Race we talk together with Cian Uijtdebroeks and Ide Schelling about the only WorldTour race in the Netherlands and how to approach the race. Ide is kind of a local hero there and for Cian it will be his first ever WorldTour race.

This time we talk about the Tour of Flanders. A race that non other represents the Belgium cycling culture. More than 1 million fans are on the road and almost 4 millions are watching on TV. So what's so special about it?

In this episode we talk to Marco Haller about "la primavera", the race into the spring how the Italians are calling the first monument of the season - Milano Sanremo. According to Marco the 300km long race is the easiest to ride, but the hardest to win. 

In this episode we'll talk with the one and only Lukas Pöstlberger about the opening weekend in Belgium.