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Jumbo-Visma CEO Richard Plugge on Building Cycling’s Modern Superteam
Jumbo-Visma CEO Richard Plugge on Building Cycling’s Modern Superteam
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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast sit down with Jumbo-Visma Managing Director/CEO Richard Plugge to discuss how he transformed the down-and-out Rabobank team into the modern winning machine that is Jumbo-Visma. They go through how he went from being the team's communication officer to owner/CEO in just six months, how the team slowly built a framework to identify and develop the sport's best young talent, the financial future of both his team and the sport, the team's decision to send both Jonas Vingegaard and Primož Roglič to the Vuelta a España and much, much more.
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Listen to Andrew's Choose the Hard Way Podcast
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Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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