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.
The major positions Greipel is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by André Greipel on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 2 episodes in total.
Roadman blog articles that reference André Greipel’s work.
“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.”
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