In the future, the 25-year-old will even be expected to be the captain of the Bora-hansgrohe team. “We will discuss with him whether we dare to drive for the overall rankings in a Grand Tour. But there is no pressure from the team. Lennie is always an asset for us, no matter what role,” said team boss Ralph Denk German press agency.
The Germans were last without a day win in 2019. Gone are the days when sprint stars like André Greipel or Marcel Kittel spoiled German cycling fans with victories. Accordingly, Geschke is a little worried about the future. “It’s not a nice development. After the big scandals, the junior races in Germany all disappeared. As a young German driver, it’s super difficult to make the leap into the professional business. It won’t get any better in the next few years,” said the 36-year-old to dpa .
Geschke continue with tour desire
It’s a good thing that Geschke still feels like it after ten tour participations. “I think when I’ve processed everything, I’ll get in touch in winter and ask if I can ride the Tour,” said the 2015 Tour stage winner, joking: “I’m still a young driver, maybe the next ones will come years more.”
The two-time German champion Maximilian Schachmann, who has not yet found his luck on the tour, is also hoping for this. In 2019 a metacarpal fracture, in 2020 he started the race injured with a broken collarbone and this year it was a corona infection shortly before and a fall shortly after the start. Team colleague Politt was not able to repeat his feeling of happiness from the previous year, also because he had to help Alexander Vlasow, who was fifth overall, on the cobblestones. Classics specialist John Degenkolb also had similar tasks with the DSM team. So it stayed with the winner of hearts. “There is no trophy for that in Paris,” said Geschke, but his autographs now have a completely different value.