Stage 7: “We Had No Helper Left at the End”

In the latest episode, Denk talks about the seventh stage of the 2025 Tour de France. The team manager was not satisfied with the finale. “We had no helper left at the end. Florian Lipowitz and Primoz Roglic were on their own. That was really unfortunate for us,” Denk sums up. He specifically called out Alexander Vlasov. “This is actually his kind of terrain. We need to discuss why he couldn’t stay with them,” says the team boss. In the background topic, the team manager talks about the sacrifices professional cyclists have to make. More altitude training camps, detailed meal plans, and more professional preparation. What it means to be a pro today, and whether everything was simpler in the past. On Saturday, the eighth stage of the 112th Tour de France is expected to end in the third bunch sprint. Over 171.4 km from Saint-Méen-Le-Grand to Laval, the riders will face almost entirely flat terrain. “The sprinters are desperate for this kind of opportunity. The teams with strong sprinters will try to control the stage,” says Denk. The original version of this podcast was recorded in German and translated with the help of artificial intelligence. OVB Media accepts no liability for any translation errors. Photo: IMAGO/Luca Bettini