S11 Ep146: Rolf Lessons - Rog, Cian, Cav, Ullrich and more with Bora-Hansgrohe’s Head of Sports Rolf Aldag
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🗓️ 13 December 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
It turned out to be a timely conversation, coming as it did hot on the heels of news that Cian Uijtdebroeks had walked out on Bora-Hansgrohe to sign for Jumbo-Visma - his agent claimed after his Bora deal had been terminated, the team said a year before it was due to expire.
Here, Aldag talks to us about Uijtdebroeks’ shock exit and what it could mean for Bora, the rider and the sport. We also, of course, discuss the star signing who has recently moved the other way, from Jumbo to Bora, Primož Roglič. There’s much more besides – on Rolf’s own career, the winning formula he helped to create at HTC High Road, Jan Ullrich’s belated doping confession and Mark Cavendish’s hopes of another Tour de France stage win.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the cycling podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and joining you on December the 13th, 2023, the 34th |
| 0:27.8 | birthday of Time magazine's freshly anointed person of the year, |
| 0:31.3 | Taylor Swift, and of a man who in 2023 |
| 0:35.0 | had a whole book named after and dedicated to the pseudo-religion |
| 0:39.0 | created in his name. |
| 0:40.0 | That is Landismo, and its divinity Michaelanda. |
| 0:44.0 | My name is Daniel Freber and I am the host of this episode of the cycling podcast |
| 0:48.0 | in which we will walk with you into the smoldering flames of the hottest news story of the last few days in professional cycling. |
| 0:56.0 | Indeed, when a few weeks ago we made a date with Bora Hansgrove-Aldag, |
| 1:01.9 | we anticipated that the winter transfer we'd spend most time discussing |
| 1:06.0 | would be that of Primos Roglich from Yumbovizma to Borohansgrove. |
| 1:10.3 | On a wild last Saturday afternoon, however, Yumbo Vizma stunned the cycling world by announcing |
| 1:16.1 | that they had signed the 20-year-old Belgian sensation, Kian Oterbruks, on a four-year deal as of now, a year before his contract with Bora was due to expire |
| 1:25.2 | only for Bora to respond an hour later that Oterbrucks agreement with them still |
| 1:29.7 | stood and for the rider's agent in turn to refute that. It's got even messier over the last couple of days with |
| 1:36.8 | suggestions or maybe a better word is leaks to the effect that Otter Brooks had been bullied at Borer. |
| 1:43.8 | Now when I headed to see Rolf Aldag at Borer Hansgrove's winter training camp |
| 1:47.8 | Billet just outside Palmai Mayorke this afternoon, |
| 1:50.9 | I was afraid he wouldn't want to broach the Oterbruk's saga, but I needn't have worried. |
| 1:55.7 | As ever, Rolf was in expansive and insightful form about what's occurred over the last few days and much besides? |
| 2:03.2 | From Bora's frustrating 2023 to their hopes of winning the Tour de France with Roglitch in |
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