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Absolutely brilliant: huge congratulations to Franziska Koch. She already showed last year that she’s a force to be reckoned with. The team change gave her a further boost, and she’s been in great form all spring. Today she was able to ride for herself and pulled it off brilliantly. She spotted...

A truly thrilling stage race this year. Seixas was clearly the strongest and always ready to launch his own attacks. Lipowitz tirelessly tried to attack at the front, but to no avail. EF rode strongly as a team, even if their success was limited in the end. Uno-X were very active every day and...

I’d simply say that RBH is currently showing that having multiple captains in a race isn’t always an advantage. It always looks good on paper. You could take turns attacking, putting pressure on the opposition, and so on. But that only works if the opposition isn’t stronger. That was Vingegaard...

A move to RBH or UAE didn’t make sense for him. And I hope things don’t continue like this, with the best general classification riders spread across three teams. At RBH, there’s Remco, Pellizari and Lipowitz; Roglic will probably no longer be there next season. Of course, one could argue that...

What sort of rule is that? If the two top riders are 10 seconds apart, there’s no clear division of roles. That would be completely stupid from the team’s point of view. And Movistar acted exactly like that today. Let the stronger rider go. That gives the team the best chance of success. And...

Lipo is proving once again in 2026 that he is a really good general classification rider. Especially given that he does have a few health issues this spring. He is probably also the best GC rider at RBH at the moment when there are really long climbs involved. But today, for example, it became...

Yeah, that was a really strange sprint. Giulio is definitely not known for being able to sprint. And yet he entered the final straight as the last rider of the group. Normally you don’t play any role in the fight for the podium from that position. And then he just comes flying past everyone, and...

What a crazy stage in France today. In the end RBBH missed out on the stage win, but the team delivered an outstanding performance. In the stage races, the team has already been incredibly strong this year. Of course, there was some luck involved today, but the team worked at the front all day...

How did you come to the conclusion that RBH never had any helpers on the final climb? There are counterexamples. In general, it also depends on how the team is set up for the respective race. Last season, RBH had a few problems with some climbers not being in shape (e.g., Martinez, Vlasov), and...

Martinez will also be joining the Giro (alternatively, he will be sent to the Tour once he is back in top form). In terms of stages, Meeus or van Poppel could also ride the Giro for the sprints Giro: Remco, Giulio, Hindley, Cattaneo, Aleotti, Meeus, Fisher-Black, Zwiehoff Tour: Lipo, Remco...

A very exciting lineup. They don't have a winner for the classics. The first goal will certainly be to play a better role. This year, not only were the results lacking, but the team wasn't even involved in the decisions. If that improves this year, they will have achieved a lot. Tratnik could...

What is the point of this discussion? Lipo lost a lot of time on one stage because he attacked courageously... That doesn't matter either. It's difficult to compare gaps from different years. What can be said is that both were still quite far behind. In my opinion, Remco is generally the better...

I find that an interesting prediction. Remco will certainly have to ride for victory a lot in the spring, so I think the Tour fits better into the program. Even though I believe that the Tour route is not ideal for him and that he looks much better for Lipowitz. On the other hand, I don't think...

It is normal for the RBH not to make any major announcements for its own protection (and perhaps also for the rider's). Who wants to hear too much about doping involving their own name, especially when it concerns a time when they were not with the team? But they have officially confirmed that...

And in addition: He is not longer a member of the team.