Wout van Aert joins us on the team bus for the third episode of Inside the Beehive: The Off-Season Tapes. We talk about the many hours spent in the bus and on the road, his off-season and how his winter shape compares to last year. And of course, we look back on two of his most spectacular stage wins at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France. Make sure to follow our channels for more episodes of Inside the Beehive: The Off-Season Tapes. Jonas Vingegaard, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Matthew Brennan and Grischa Niermann also join in the team bus.
In this second episode of Inside the Beehive: The Off-Season Tapes, we sit down with Tour de France Femmes winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot in our team bus. She looks back on an incredible first season with Team Visma | Lease a Bike, winning both Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de France Femmes. She explains more about her transition from mountainbiking back to road cycling, integrating in and building a Grand Tour winning team and her special relationship with Marianne Vos. Make sure to follow our channels for more episodes of Inside the Beehive: The Off-Season Tapes. Wout van Aert, Jonas Vingegaard, Matthew Brennan and Grischa Niermann also join in the team bus.
In this first episode of Inside the Beehive: The Off-Season Tapes, we sit down with breakthrough rider Matthew Brennan (20) inside the team bus. Brennan looks back on his incredible first season as a professional, including 14 victories, what he learned, what he still wants to improve, and what it’s like learning from the best riders in the world. He also reveals the story of knocking on Wout van Aert’s door on the morning of Paris-Roubaix, and reacts to the big news of his new contract, keeping him with the team until at least the end of 2029. Make sure to follow our channels for more episodes of Inside the Beehive: The Off-Season Tapes. Wout van Aert, Jonas Vingegaard, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Grischa Niermann will also join in the team bus.
Jonas Vingegaard joins us on the team bus for the fourth episode of Inside the Beehive: The Off-Season Tapes. He turns out to be a fan of a permanent podcast setup in the team bus. We discuss his full 2025 season, including our aggressive racing style at the Tour de France, following his racing intuition during La Vuelta a España, and traveling through Japan completely anonymous. Make sure to follow our channels for more episodes of Inside the Beehive: The Off-Season Tapes. Wout van Aert, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Matthew Brennan and Grischa Niermann also join in the team bus.
What a way to end this Tour de France. Wout van Aert wins on a heroic day in the streets of Paris. A day that will go down in history. Not only because we have won the final stage, it's party time. Demi Schreuder gives us an insight into what she has planned for our riders, staff and partners tonight.
Some crazy breakaway racing painted stage 20 of the Tour de France. We had Matteo Jorgenson up the road, but he blew his bullet too early and never recovered. We hear from Matteo and also Grischa Niermann later. And we also talk to Tijn Betten, one of our cameramen in the Tour. As you are used to from us, we will deliver a Tour de France documentary with all the behind the scenes access. But exactly how many hours of footage do we use to get to that one hour documentary?
No sick cows on the side of the road of the shortened stage 19 of the Tour de France, but also no real GC battle anymore. As we hear from Jonas Vingegaard himself, his focus was more on a stage win than on gaining time today. And we also speak to our fourth sports director Arthur van Dongen about his role in the Tour. But also: did he get a chance to even the score with Frans Maassen?
Stage 18 of the Tour de France was long and hard. Our team went in fully committed, had a plan, sent guys up the road, but in the end it all comes down to those two exceptional riders in this year’s race. We hear from Jonas Vingegaard after the stage. As often, Jonas talks about his feeling immediately after the finish, still the most interesting factor during a bike race. But we try to capture and analyse more and more details about a bike race in data. During the race, we have our control room set up in our office in Den Bosch analysing what goes on and communicating with the team car in France. In this episode we speak with our performance analyst Vincent Laporte about his work for the team and specifically in that control room today.
We have a direct connection with the team bus again. Sports director Marc Reef talks us through today, tomorrow and all the rest while he makes the travel from the Rhône Valley to the Alps. And also: why do we actually need four sports directors in the Tour de France?
Still buzzing after stage 16 of the Tour de France, where we saw attack after attack, with Victor Campenaerts and Tiesj Benoot in a crucial role as satellite riders. We hear from Jonas Vingegaard after the stage and have a call with Tiesj Benoot from the team bus on his way to the next hotel. How do you prepare for that important push you need to do when Jonas approaches? How do you time that? And we hear how he experiences the Tour de France so far.
After 3 hard GC days, today the GC contenders could take things a bit easier. That meant also that riders like Victor Campenaerts or Wout Van Aert could take their chances and fight for a stage victory. We hear from Wout after the stage. And we talk to our CEO Richard Plugge about the comeback of Rababank and Skil as sponsors in cycling. But also: what does a CEO do during the Tour de France?
The parcours was brutal, the racing was brutal, the weather was brutal and our riders confirmed afterwards that stage 14 of the Tour de France was indeed brutal. Jonas was the first to attack, but in the end he and Pogacar proved the strongest of the GC contenders once again. And after all that racing some delicious food was waiting for our riders once again. Thanks to our performance chefs and their creative process. We spoke to Karin Lambrechtse, one of our two chefs in this Tour de France.
We saw a super hard stage again today, with big time differences. Jonas rode very impressively and even overtook Remco Evenepoel. He set the fastest time when he arrived, but after him Tadej Pogacar once again proved the strongest. We hear from Jonas after the finish and we talk to our European time trial champion Edoardo Affini. He explains why this was no TT for him, how he experiences his first Tour de France and why we should keep trying.
Today was a tough pill to swallow for us. The team did what they could, showed that fighting spirit that they have been showing the whole Tour de France so far. But in the end Pogacar proved to be stronger than Jonas today. We hear from Grischa Niermann and Sepp Kuss and we call with Per Strand Hagenes, because we also have 21 riders in our roster who are not in the Tour de France.
Inside the Beehive is back just as fresh as Jonas’ haircut after the rest day. Today we hear from Wout after finishing fifth on stage eleven. And we talk to Grischa Niermann, our head of racing, about the rest day, the first part of the Tour de France and everything that is coming now. Is a new Tour de France starting from now on?
We have won! Simon Yates takes our first stage win of this Tour de France after an impressive day up front. We call in with him while he travels to the next hotel. And we hear from Nathan Van Hooydonck about his new job in the team, his work during this Tour de France and how he experienced today’s win.
It was officially announced on X that Wout van Aert was going to sprint for the stage, but in the end he fooled everyone again. We hear from Grischa Niermann and Jonas Vingegaard after stage 9 of the Tour de France. And Chief Marketing Officer Jasper Saeijs tells us more about our new clothing partners Nike and Nimbl.
All Belgian media wanted to know how he felt after his second spot in stage 8 of the Tour de France. We translate it for you in this episode. Next to that we have a chat with our performance nutritionist Gabriel Martins about his work, our riders' preferences and the importance of not only healthy but also tasty food.
Another chaotic and spectacular finish on top of the Mur de Bretagne. Jonas came in second. In this episode we hear from our riders and we talk about our special Tour de France kit with Tom Houtgraaf. How do you design a new kit? And what things do you need to take into account?
Today’s episode turns pink for a bit. We had a crazy day of racing in Normandy, with Giro-winner Simon Yates in the breakaway. Next to the Tour de France, the women are currently in their fight for pink in Italy. Marianne Vos took a second spot today in stage 5. We hear from both Simon as women’s sports director Jan Boven.