Inside the Rocket's Giro with Marcel Kittel - Domestique Hotseat Podcast
Nine stages into the Giro and the race has delivered chaos, crashes, and near misses. Marcel Kittel joins us on the rest day from inside the Unibet Rose Rockets camp to break down how the team has handled its first Grand Tour test, why stage 6 hurt so much, and what it really takes to build a sprint train capable of mixing it with the best.
Marcel is now on the other side of the race, guiding the sprint group from the team car, and he walks us through the emotions of the Giro so far: the broken bus window in Naples, Dylan and Elmar’s crash in the final corner of stage 6, and why Unibet can still walk away with a stage win despite the chances slipping by.
We also dive into the details behind a Grand Tour lead-out, why alignment, roles, and 30-page briefings matter, how Wout Poels could still find opportunities in the harder stages, and what Marcel has learned in his new role as a performance leader rather than a rider.
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