George Hincapie on Modern Adventure Pro Cycling and his storied racing career

About this episode

George Hincapie discusses his new cycling team and his extensive racing career with Payson McElveen.

After more than three decades in the sport, George Hincapie has started a new venture this year as the founder of the UCI Pro Road Team Modern Adventure Pro Cycling. It’s already gaining steam much faster than he expected — so fast, in fact, that they’re headed to the Volta a Catalunya and Paris Roubaix this year. George sat down with Payson this week to talk about why he wanted to start a new team, what he hopes they will achieve in the coming years, and why he almost turned down that Roubai...

People in this episode

Host: Payson McElveen

Guest: George Hincapie

Topics covered

• pro cycling
• sports entrepreneurship
• racing career
• team management
• adventure sports

Keywords

• George Hincapie
• Modern Adventure Pro Cycling
• Volta a Catalunya
• Paris Roubaix
• cycling career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCI Pro Road Team Modern Adventure Pro Cycling

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