The eternal nearly-man of Tour de France sprinting, Bauhaus has stacked up two seconds and three thirds at the race without ever raising his arms. Fast, understated and relentlessly consistent, the German gets a fresh lead-out in young Vlad Van Mechelen as he chases the one victory that has always slipped away.
Palmarès
- Critérium du Dauphiné stage winner (2017)
- Tour Down Under stage winner (2023)
- Tirreno–Adriatico stage winner (2024)
- Tour of Slovenia stage winner (2024)
- Five Tour de France sprint podiums without a win (2023–2025)
Cut-out factHe turns 32 on 8 July, right in the Tour's first week — a stage win would be the ultimate birthday present after five agonising Tour podiums.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Lenny Martinez, Damiano Caruso, Kamil Gradek, Robert Stannard, Matej Mohorič, Antonio Tiberi, Vlad Van Mechelen — see the full Bahrain Victorious team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2) after a reference photograph — source: Wikimedia Commons, author: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, license: CC BY-SA 3.0.
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