THE SHORT ANSWER
André Greipel, grand tour sprint legend, 22 grand tour stage wins, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 2 times. Here's where Greipel lands on coaching. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS ANDRÉ GREIPEL?
André Greipel is one of the most decorated Grand Tour sprinters of his generation — eleven Tour de France stage wins, twenty-two Grand Tour stages in total, and a fifteen-year top-flight career across Lotto, Arkéa, and Israel. He is also one of the few sprinters who has talked openly about the mental cost of the role: managing leadout teams, surviving non-sprint stages, and the burnout cycle that ends most sprinting careers early. Having served as Germany's national road coach from 2023 to 2025, he saw the next generation up close, which makes his perspective on what amateur sprinters get wrong unusually current.
GREIPEL ON COACHING
Greipel’s key positions on coaching.
- The transition from rider to coach is brutal but clarifying — what looks like talent at WorldTour level is mostly accumulated decision-making under fatigue.
IN GREIPEL’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from André Greipel’s appearances on the podcast.
“I would say that cycling changed a lot in the last let's say six, seven years. Um, it just everything gets more and more professional. Uh, you really have to be 100% in everything. You have to sleep correct. You have to eat correct. You have to make altitude camps. You have to train 100%. And I think if you do this every day, uh, from I mean it's it's normal that the body shuts down, maybe also the head shuts down.”
“That sprint to go down there with 85 to 90ks an hour is just insane. And yeah, I just never dared to sprinted there. And every time I crossed the finish line I went to the com and I said that sprint is insane you can't do this this is just not normal.”
“I'm not quite sure with the same lead out Mark had I I would have won already to the front stages beforehand. Um but yeah, at the end of the day he won all the races. So uh the sport directors and the team got it right.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where André Greipel covers coaching and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does André Greipel say about coaching?
André Greipel, grand tour sprint legend, 22 grand tour stage wins, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 2 times. Here's where Greipel lands on coaching. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Greipel's main point on coaching?
The transition from rider to coach is brutal but clarifying — what looks like talent at WorldTour level is mostly accumulated decision-making under fatigue.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover André Greipel on coaching?
Greipel discusses coaching in this episode: "André Greipel on Sprinting, Burnout & Cycling Coaching | Roadman".