Florian Lipowitz is the new German GC hope discussion thread

[Faserr]

He said he wanted to be good again at the italian races. I don't think he did do anything specific for the canada races. He could have been better though. He was dropped with 40 - 50 guys remaining at the Montreal race. Perhaps he is going to altitude now.

 

[Earns1985]

Hmmm, not in the startlist for Emilia and also not for Tre Valli...
What's up? The Italien classics should have been his last season highlight, where he wanted to participate in good form...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Tour-de-France-Dritter Lipowitz beendet seine Saison | radsport-news.com

www.radsport-news.com

He‘s called it a season shortly after Canada.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Florian Lipowitz concludes a successful season

It was an intense 52 race days. A season that set new standards. A season that will be remembered as a milestone. For Florian Lipowitz, the finish line has been crossed – his off-season has begun.

www.redbullborahansgrohe.com

 

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At the German Sports Personality of the Year award (he came 3rd), Lipo just said that he didn't touch the bike for eight weeks due to his health problems at the end of the season.

 

[Faserr]

As far as I know he would have been able to ride the bike but they decided to rest and also did surgery to his nose to fix his problems with viral infections.

 

[Cycling111]

Seeing the level of Bora riders, Pellizzari, and especially the 2022 version of Vlasov, I'm very curious to see Lipowitz. We'll see if he's improved and what the difference is between him and Remco in the high mountains.

 

[Purito91]

What is his first race?

 

[Berniece]

What is his first race?

TTT in Mallorca

 

[AmRacer]

Decent ride, you can do better when you getting into top shape.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Good ride today, but I would still expect him to be closer in level to Gall, who was admittedly pretty strong today. But I don‘t know how much his training has been impacted before, of course.

 

[AmRacer]

Good ride today, but I would still expect him to be closer in level to Gall, who was admittedly pretty strong today. But I don‘t know how much his training has been impacted before, of course.

He said he was sick during the altitude camp.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

He said he was sick during the altitude camp.

I know, but sometimes you get sick and it wrecks your season and sometimes you get sick and it doesn‘t impact you at all. Looks like it was neither of those.

 

[AmRacer]

I know, but sometimes you get sick and it wrecks your season and sometimes you get sick and it doesn‘t impact you at all. Looks like it was neither of those.

I reckon, read hope, he will improve with more hard racing miles.

 

[Lequack]

Short interview before todays stage

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037508332278186230

View: https://x.com/categorycafe/status/2037508332278186230?s=20

 

[CyclistAbi]

Strong performance and some aggressive riding.

 

[No Excuses]

He is the no 1 rbbh gc rider

 

[Links2003]

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 clear once again that one weakness remains: a lack of explosiveness. He himself has already said that he needs to work on this. And he’ll have to keep doing so. In modern cycling, it’s all about seconds, time bonuses and so on. If you keep losing seconds here and there and can’t launch fierce attacks to break away, then it’s enough for great results but rarely for victories. That’s his problem at the moment. I hope he improves in that area, much like his team-mate Pelizzari, because only then can he hope for victories.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The thing is, currently he seems to be at his least explosive level ever, making Uijdtebroeks look like Valverde. We‘ll see if it gets better later in the season but right now all he can do is go for podiums in these races and hope he‘s got another level from June onwards like last year.

 

[canina82]

Limited rider with a loser mentality. He will not win important races for sure since he doesn't have a real weapon.

 

[Netserk]

In modern cycling, it’s all about seconds, time bonuses and so on.

no

the exact opposite

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Limited rider with a loser mentality. He will not win important races for sure since he doesn't have a real weapon.

All likely true except for the loser mentality part, I don‘t know what this is based on. He chased solo today at first before realising he had no chance, he couldn‘t fight for the win against Vingegaard or in Algarve or ever since 2025 Paris-Nice basically

 

[Tim Cahill]

I look forward to the inevitable collision Lipowitz and Gall are on for the Maglia in some random early 2030s Giro that the top few riders forget to go to. It will a truly legendary clash.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

I’m not a super fan but I like Lipowitz and want him to do well. However, I don’t see any scenario in which he ascends above like 2017 Uran or Landa or 2024 Almeida level. With his skillset and the competition he is at risk of literally never winning anything, which would be a true shame.

 

[canina82]

All likely true except for the loser mentality part, I don‘t know what this is based on. He chased solo today at first before realising he had no chance, he couldn‘t fight for the win against Vingegaard or in Algarve or ever since 2025 Paris-Nice basically

He was clearly racing for second just like his master (Roglic).