Henk Vogels: "Learn to use your brain and not just your quads" - Domestique Hotseat

In this episode, former rider Henk Vogels joins the Hotseat for a wide-ranging conversation that covers the state of young talent in the peloton, why he fears for riders like Paul Seixas being thrown into the Tour de France at 19, and what he thinks the UCI should actually be spending its time on instead of regulating sock height.

He also makes the case for franchising WorldTour teams, explains why finishing the Tour de France earns riders exactly nothing, and asks out loud why a sport watched by millions still can't get its economic model right.

Vogels also reflects on the dark ages of the 1990s, when performance enhancing practices were rarely discussed openly, but almost never came as a surprise, often hidden behind the so called omerta.