THE SHORT ANSWER
George Hincapie, 17x tour de france starter, team leader, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 4 times. Here's where Hincapie lands on coaching. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS GEORGE HINCAPIE?
George Hincapie is an American former professional cyclist and the founder and team lead of Modern Adventure Pro Cycling. He started 17 Tours de France from 1996 to 2012 — a participation record when he retired — and represented the United States at five Olympic Games from 1992 to 2008. His career also sits inside the US Postal doping record: Hincapie admitted using banned drugs and blood transfusions, provided sworn evidence to USADA and accepted the disqualification of results obtained from 31 May 2004 through 31 July 2006. Roadman's interviews preserve his first-person accounts of the Armstrong era, Paris-Roubaix positioning and changing tyre technology; official records, rather than interview recollection, establish the sanctions and results.
HINCAPIE ON COACHING
Hincapie’s key positions on coaching.
- Hincapie started 17 Tours de France, a participation record when he retired in 2012.
- Team USA records five Olympic appearances: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.
- His retained headline road results include the 2001 Gent-Wevelgem and three US national road titles.
- Hincapie admitted doping through 2006; USADA disqualified his results from 31 May 2004 through 31 July 2006.
- Modern Adventure lists Hincapie as founder and team lead of its American UCI ProTeam.
IN HINCAPIE’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from George Hincapie’s appearances on the podcast.
“I still you know wake up with nightmares about racing through the Mos Central where you have these huge rollers you know you climb up one kilometer down two kilometers and as you know if you're at the front and you're pulling downhill these guys in the Pelaton aren't even pedaling. So as soon as they hit the bottom of this climb they're gone.”
“I'm not going to put any pressure on him. He's 13, you know, he wants to do all these intervals. He wants to get a watt meter. I say, 'No, no, no. We're just going to ride fun. We're going to go hard and you learn how to ride your bike.'”
“I think one of the top guys, I won't mention his name, but from the tour of Romani to the tour to France, he was going to be he's going to be home four or five days. That's it. It's brutal. You're either at an altitude camp or you're racing.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where George Hincapie covers coaching and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does George Hincapie say about coaching?
George Hincapie, 17x tour de france starter, team leader, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 4 times. Here's where Hincapie lands on coaching. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Hincapie's main point on coaching?
Hincapie started 17 Tours de France, a participation record when he retired in 2012.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover George Hincapie on coaching?
Hincapie discusses coaching in this episode: "The Untold Story Of My Time With Lance | Hincapie".