Germany's new Tour hope confirmed his superstar trajectory with third overall and the white jersey at the 2025 Tour, and warmed up for 2026 by winning the Tour of Slovenia. Quiet, relentlessly consistent and strong in the third week, Lipowitz gives Red Bull a genuine second GC card alongside Evenepoel. The home German team insists on a dual-leadership approach — and Lipowitz has earned it.
Palmarès
- Tour de France 3rd overall & best young rider (2025)
- Paris–Nice 2nd overall (2025)
- Critérium du Dauphiné 3rd overall (2025)
- Vuelta a España 7th overall (2024)
- Tour of Slovenia GC winner (2026)
Cut-out factHe was a competitive junior biathlete — skiing and shooting for a German sports school — and only switched fully to cycling after a knee injury, having used the bike as summer training.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Remco Evenepoel, Mattia Cattaneo, Maxim Van Gils, Nico Denz, Jai Hindley, Jan Tratnik, Tim van Dijke — see the full Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2) after a reference photograph — source: Wikimedia Commons, author: Žan Kolman, license: Public domain.
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