Top brass at Red Bull insist Evenepoel\u2019s multi-million dollar arrival won\u2019t clip the wings of its home hero Lipowitz or \u201cOG\u201d centerpiece Rogli\u010d.<\/p>\n
But there could be some cruel compromises next year when Tour de France<\/a> spaces are divvied out.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to discuss how we\u2019re going to approach the grand tours,\u201d team manager Ralph Denk told the Sport am Samstag<\/a> show. \u201cIt\u2019s too early to say what it might mean for Rogli\u010d and others.<\/p>\n \u201cCycling isn\u2019t like football, where you only have one lineup for every race. The team is different in the Giro d\u2019Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a,\u201d Denk continued.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce we know next year\u2019s routes, we can start putting the pieces together.\u201d<\/p>\n Remco Evenepoel Primoz Roglic Florian Lipowitz<\/p>\n Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe have got a super-team for 2026 \u2728 pic.twitter.com\/yNUTooAr3y<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Cycling on TNT Sports (@cyclingontnt) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe will have an embarrassment of stage-racing riches next year.<\/p>\n Sure, it won\u2019t have Tadej Poga\u010dar or Jonas Vingegaard. But it will have almost everybody else.<\/p>\n Lipowitz hit the Tour de France podium last month to confirm his status as a breakout star of the season.<\/p>\n Rogli\u010d is one of the most prolific stage racers of the active peloton.<\/p>\n And Remco, well, he\u2019s \u201cGolden Remco.\u201d<\/p>\n He\u2019s the crown jewel Red Bull hunted for years. The big money \u201cBulls\u201d saw the 25-year-old as worthy of the second-biggest salary in cycling<\/a>\u00a0and a Belgian shakeup of its staffing structure.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s before we mention Dani Mart\u00ednez, Aleksander Vlasov, former Giro d\u2019Italia winner Jai Hindley, and rising star Giulio Pelizzari.<\/p>\n Golden Remco and homegrown Lipo An embarrassment of riches is a luxury problem.<\/p>\n How will Red Bull deal with its leadership overload?<\/p>\n Denk reconfirmed to Sport am Samstag that Rogli\u010d has a contract for 2026 \u2013 though there have been murmurs of a wild and wacky transfer to Movistar<\/a>.<\/p>\n Either way, Rogla\u2019s off-the-leash, laissez-faire<\/a> joyride through the recent Tour de France suggests he\u2019s just cashing his paycheck and waiting for retirement.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Lipowitz\u2019s coach John Wakefield insisted to Velo that Red Bull can balance the interests of Evenepoel and Germany\u2019s great new hope.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s enough racing to keep both of them happy,\u201d Wakefield told Velo.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t personally spoken to Remco yet, but Florian\u2019s attitude is \u2018give me a good race program, let me do my thing, and away we go.’\u201d<\/p>\n Red Bull\u2019s two wunderkinds are the last two riders to have joined Poga\u010dar and Vingegaard on the podium of the Tour de France.<\/p>\n They\u2019re both central to Red Bull\u2019s future.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Florian, as long as he\u2019s happy with his race calendar, he doesn\u2019t really care,\u201d Wakefield said. \u201cHe\u2019s excited to have Remco on.\u201d<\/p>\n \u200d Historic moment for German cycling: Florian Lipowitz (on the right) has just taken 3rd place overall in the 2025 Tour de France, becoming the first German on the podium since 2006.<\/p>\n At just 24, the German climber secures the white jersey as best young rider.#TDF2025<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Z3eWGAro5u<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 All about Germany | deutschland.de (@en_germany) July 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Lipowitz holds a special status at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.<\/p>\n He joined Bora-Hansgrohe in 2022 as stagiaire, rose through its development program, and packs the passport to match the team\u2019s German-Austrian identity.<\/p>\n His rise has stoked a fire in German cycling fans<\/a> after the nation\u2019s long disillusionment with the sport. He\u2019s already being hyped as the nation\u2019s first Tour de France winner since Jan Ullrich.<\/p>\n But there\u2019s only so much room for sentiment.<\/p>\n Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe wants to win the Tour de France, fast<\/a>.<\/p>\n Evenepoel and Lipowitz will toe the party line: \u2018You have a job to do, you do it\u2019 Denk told Sport am Samstag it\u2019s too early to say how \u2013 or if \u2013 Evenepoel, Rogli\u010d, and Lipowitz would dovetail next year at the Tour.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to discuss internally how we\u2019re going to approach the Tour de France and other races,\u201d Denk said.<\/p>\n \u201cAre we going for a single leader strategy, or are we going to choose a different approach?\u201d<\/p>\n In likelihood, the very mild-mannered Lipowitz will have to trade outright TDF leadership for a role as Remco\u2019s superdomestique.<\/p>\n The German will settle for a top role at the Giro d\u2019Italia or Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a in return.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth Florian and Remco are super professional. They know what they need to do,\u201d said Lipowitz\u2019s trainer Wakefield.<\/p>\n \u201cIt [riding with others] has never been a problem for Florian. It wasn\u2019t a problem last year at the Vuelta with Primo\u017e. Florian just did his job. At this level, you\u2019re professional. You have a job to do, and you do it,\u201d Wakefield told Velo.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd there will be other races where they\u2019ll get their own individual opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n Monuments, grand tours: Red Bull wants it all with Evenepoel Denk and Wakefield wouldn\u2019t be drawn into discussing potential intra-team polemica.<\/p>\n Heck, Evenepoel hasn\u2019t even been sized-up for his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe skinsuit.<\/p>\n However, the two staffers are already relishing the blockbuster arrival<\/a> of \u201cGolden Remco\u201d from his current team Soudal Quick-Step.<\/p>\n \u201cYou always want that type of rider on the team,\u201d Wakefield said. \u201cWhen you bring more good riders on, the whole level of the team picks up.<\/p>\n \u201cThat effect filters all the way down to riders, to staff, to everyone. Having someone like that elevates everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n For Remco-era Red Bull, it\u2019s super team status or bust.<\/p>\n \u201cRemco is not just here for the Tour de France,\u201d Denk told Sport am Samstag. \u201cHe\u2019s also there for many one-day races, for the classics, where he\u2019s achieved his greatest successes.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to win one of them again, but we also want to have a lot of victories. I think Remco can help us with that.\u201d<\/p>\n @EvenepoelRemco<\/a> to ride for #redbullborahansgrohe<\/a> starting 2026<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0f Read the full story here: https:\/\/t.co\/BCn55Rd8zU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vhwrgONknl<\/a><\/p>\n
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Lipowitz was MVP for Rogli\u010d when the Slovenian won the 2024 Vuelta and stepped up again in 2025. (Photo: Luis Gomez \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images )<\/p>\n
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Lipowitz stoked German hopes with his ride to third on the podium at the Tour de France. But he could be overshadowed next year. (Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Can Evenepoel and Red Bull score their long-awaited yellow jersey at the Tour de France? <\/p>\n