Racing US Crits – Alpecin X DCC 2025

Racing US Crits 2025 – Alpecin X DCC: The Full Documentary | American Criterium Racing

Get ready for the ultimate cycling adventure! The Alpecin X DCC crew takes on the brutal, fast-paced, and electrifying world of American Criterium Racing in 2025. This is the official documentary capturing every high-speed corner, every heartbreaking sprint, and the unique camaraderie of our German and International squad.

Follow the team as they tackle three intense weekends of racing, from the historic East Coast classics to the legendary Tulsa Tough. Produced by @boesnermedia (Niklas Bösner) and Alexander Müller, this film gives you an unfiltered, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to survive the US Crit scene. Sweat, strategy, broken bikes, and pure passion—it’s all here.
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🏁 The Tour: Races & Itinerary

Our mission: three weeks, two coasts, one goal.

East Coast Kick-Off (May 24-26, 2025)

Tour of Plainfield
Easton Twilight
Tour of Somerville

D.C. & NYC

May 29: Travel to Annandale, VA (D.C. Base)
May 31 – June 1: Armed Forces Cycling Classic (AFCC DC) – New Lap on Saturday!

The Ultimate Crit Challenge: Tulsa Tough!

June 3: Flight to Tulsa, OK (Staying with host Lonnie Iannazzo)
June 5: Social Ride
June 6-8: Tulsa Tough Weekend!
New York City Grand Finale
June 11: Return to NYC and Chanas Apartment
June 15: Harlem Skyscraper Cycling Classic

🚴 The Alpecin X DCC Roster

Riders – Germany

Markus Blume (IG: @markusblme)
Dario Rapps (IG: @dariorapps)
Jonas Schmeiser (IG: @joaerocycling)
Andreas Mayr (IG: @madmayrs)
Silias Motzkus (IG: @zi.lias)

Riders – International

Olivier Leroy 🇷🇪 (IG: @chiappuchi)
Francisco Carbajal 🇲🇽 (IG: @franciscolaracarbajal1)
Louis Hatchwell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (IG: @louishatchwell)

Production & Support Crew

Video/Photo: Alex Müller (IG: @alex_is_sporty) & Niklas Bösner (IG: @boesnermedia)
Digital Support: Jan Dieteren (IG: @jandieteren)
Osteo/Chef: Denis Brennenstuhl (IG: @denisbrennenstuhl)
Support: Marion Abel/Mare (IG: @marion.daniela.abel)
Support: Katharina

What kind of racing? Criterion racing. A lead man underway. I’m full gas all the race. [Music] TCC is about to do what many teams can only dream of doing at Tulsa. [Music] all the clothes he uh took from me for the guys that I can distribute them. Oh, [ __ ] [Music] No one know you. N you are joking. I’m definitely not. And I distributed to all the guys small one bag that everyone can carry. And I told him again, you can do everything, but please don’t forget this bag. And Mar, we had all your clothes. We have to find a solution. This is all I have for the moment. Yeah. [Music] Okay, everybody, it’s 1000 p.m. I’m very happy that we made it. Uh, I know it was a challenging and tough day with a lot of waiting and it took a lot of time, but now we here. It’s 15 hours until we have our first race more or less with all kids, but we figure it out. So, a short introduction for everybody who does not know who we are. So, I will start with Dennis. I’m not a writer. I’m the man of therapy and nutrition. Then we have M. I’m the team supporter for DCC. I try to help where I can. So, and then a driver, of course. C, I’m a sprinter. At least pushing as hard as I can the sprints for Dario or prepare them. And one or two sprints, uh, I try to go for myself. We have Marcus. I’m a ruler. When it’s possible to go in a breakaway, I go in a breakaway. But uh mainly I I try to to stay in the bunch and to control the race with the guys and uh to lead out the the sprint if it comes to an sprint. I’m very happy that we have Louis with us. Louis is from Great Britain in London. I don’t know what type of rider I am to enjoy it, experience it and support the team as best as possible. And we have Francisco. Francisco is not understanding English so good. But as I said, if you have something now, he has an app. We have is the national champion from I’m a sprinter but I like so much push it a lot. My goal is take a good time and uh and take a very good experience from me and take a a lot of pleasure with DCC team. Uh we have Jonas. Jonas uh is a former continental pro from Germany six years. I’m a type of an allrounder but I can also sprint. The goal is to have as much as fun as possible and to get results like yeah last year for example podium or wins and of course I’m more of a sprinter who also feels comfortable on hilly grounds. My goal is clear. I want to win a race. And of course, you know me, so I don’t think I say so much. I’m slow climbber, fast descender. Of course, we want to win. Thanks for [Applause] [Music] the first short night with a little bit of jet lag, we are going to Planefield today. We start in around 1 and a half hours and then we race at 1:30. It’s the New Jersey State Championships. Around 35 laps, 50 kilometers, pure flat racing, 47 kilometers in average last year. So, let’s see what happens today. We have a look for for a breakaway just not not maybe initiated by us but if it’s going then it’s going there and then you have to see there and I see Marcus and Lewis at the breakaway for the lead out it’s me Dario on my wheel Jonas and Olivia you talk on the wheel from Dario. Yeah. And then I think we have all options. First race plane field, different course than we expected. [Music] More challenging than last year. We had good positioning. [Music] Marcus was in the breakaway with James Gardner and the situation was perfect for us. [Music] With 14 laps to go, we just had to control the race. We had good communication to the outside. So, we knew the two front riders will overlap within the last two or three laps. So, they did. And then there was unfortunately a big crash while overlapping. This is disgusting that there. [Music] [Music] Okay. They’re doing the New Jersey first, then they’ll do yours later. Okay. There’s two podiums. State championship for New Jersey and then there’s the overall. Yeah. No problem. We have another problem. We We didn’t stop. Okay. The podium is not important. All right. All right. You got it. Now we’ve got everybody for our New Jersey state. Yeah. Let’s get you in the truck and then we’ll discuss all that in a second. [Music] Fore to go. To go and check my mother’s weather. This is in [Music] not good. No. You look good. I look good. But you look good. No problem. Tell me a little a little smaller. That’s no problem. No, no. We had a lot of pain. Yeah. And you are ready for the rest. Okay. Okay. You’re not ready for this. High score. High score. Ding ding ding. Help in high squad seat. Yes. Professional bike setup. Thank you. Give me your Is it tight? Uh I need more. Okay. [Music] I think it’s okay. I think yes. I will glue by mean famous words. I think yes. I think yes. I think there is a Walmart. Today we’re going to Eastern not Twilight in Pennsylvania. So now we’re starting here in New York driving through New Jersey up to Pennsylvania and then race at 5:35 in East [Music] Chop direct. kicked under. [Music] What is happening to you? Your new I had an incident. He crashed yesterday in a bike race. We are road cyclists. Yeah. Oh, Criterion racing. What kind of racing? Criterion. I never heard of that. Criterion. You go for a lot of laps on the circuit, right? And uh the final sprint is after like one one hour. Have a nice day. You too. Thank you. Thank you. [Music] Excuse me, madam. Can you can you help me please? Yes, please. Yes, please. Please help us. Thank you. God bless America. God bless you. [Music] Please wake up core. [Music] It’s for Americans. It’s long race with 75 minutes and it’s a hard race with the up. Don’t shoot your bullets in the first 30 minutes. Just be smart. Go to the front and stay at the front. And who’s the first sprint guy? If it’s rac Jonas and you talk I think will be there in the end too. Just tell me [Music] by the dawn early light. What so proudly we hail at the twilight lastly. [Applause] [Music] You had to have a lot of luck today. people just poke for the for the people of the day. Just poke [Music] [Music] The effort was intense to to come in the front of the bunch cuz we we all were in the in the last starting grid. Uh Dario with the with the German champion jersey. uh were able to start in the front but for the rest of us it was really really really heavy pain in the first 20 minutes um to gain positions it was nearly nearly uh not possible here but in the end I would say we made the best um with I think P5 and P6 or something else and uh yeah unfortunately two of our guys uh crashed today hopefully nothing broke something else. Go to your place. It’s okay. I need It’s an amazing experience. Like the crowd how they cheer for you. So cool. That’s so cool. So cool. Totally different than whole Europe. Yeah, I agree. And today it was such a nice corner. You amazing and everyone everyone was so nervous, but you just full gas and and you just flow around and then there’s that hole on the far right and you just drift left of that then over the other side of the road across the gravel. Just an amazing line. It was It was I love that circuit. It was an awesome circuit. Like what a privilege to ride those roads. Must be cool. [Music] Hello everybody and welcome to our accommodation here in New York Harlem. We are just in the preparation for the race so it’s a little bit a little bit hectic right now. Here are um some bikes that are laying around during the day or we are lying on that table so that our physio and osteopart Dennis can treat us. Um, by the way, he’s also in charge of uh the support during the race and he’s um amazing in cooking. He um is um responsible for all the catering during the day and it’s always amazing. Absolute multi talent. Um here we have a little bit a little kitchen with the living room. Um enough space for us to rest and yeah to chat. Here we have a very long stairs to the upper level and um where our rooms are and also our bathrooms. Rumors has it that it’s the stairs where Peter Griffin fell down. On this level we have two rooms and I sleep here together with Marcus who crashed in the first race unfortunately and you the cameraman behind the scenes. So that’s our bathroom. Yeah, we like it. And we have a third floor and on the upper floor we have um the other rooms and also a bathroom. Yeah, for all spectators, thank you that you’re watching and hopefully we can come back with more good news from the races. [Music] Today’s race tour of summer will all little tired but I think today we get a good result. So let’s see. [Music] Um, this Then comes ladies and gentlemen. Oh, the land of the free and the world of Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Beautiful. [Music] [Applause] Just war in the end. Was so crazy fast. We lost each other. Andy was alone in the front with Dario on the back wheel. I had no chance to in the front in the last two or three laps. I tried everything but wasn’t possible. It’s a dangerous cordon, huh? It’s a dangerous cordon. Yeah, but it’s seems seemingly more dangerous over here. I ran over a man’s head. Oh, that’s bad. Oh, he was a lot worse than me. Yeah. And he was out cold. I got very lucky. Yeah, I think so. I just the bar did a forward roll, stood up. I think the bike’s okay. Yeah. How was it in the end for Dario? Auto. Hi, my name is Dr. Pepper and I just finished the fastest race of my life. 49.4 in average. What? What? Unbelievable. Cheers to our team. I start from 12 and I make like You brought the Allstars with you. Still just fourth place. You brought the Allstars from Germany with you. I brought um six or seven bottles. All star. Woo. Turn around. It’s amazing. 30 g of protein just in this bottle. And the tastes good. Protein, baby. We can do better, but we have still six races more to come. We will do better. The momentum is now on our side. We have fun. We’re looking good. We’re insanely moving good to music, but we have no results. We have to change that. But we made money with results. Tetris. [Music] I’m the king of packing, man. Look at this [ __ ] It’s a masterpiece. They had They had Dainci for cathedrals and they have me for you. Bring me more. What’s a bag in German? A bag. Tasha. Meet Tasha. Andy, what’s happened here? Um, currently we’re playing Tetris, but Tetris pro level. We had 4,650 bikes and we need to get him into a small storage U-Haul, but we did it so easy. First, we have to go to Summer World due to several reasons. Dario starts talking exactly the minute I started talking. So, that’s Dario. After that, we will have a lunch anywhere. Uh, Louis is currently looking for it. Then we drop off Dario on our way to Washington DC. Maybe we should drop him off in Montana or something like that. That takes a while until he comes back. And then we are going to DC where we are going to a welcome party tonight and um let’s see how our house is there. But we’re looking forward to a nice place to stay for the next 4 days. Darios. [Music] Amazing. [Music] This was crazy delicious. [Music] We just had in Philadelphia a Philly cheese steak. So, this was pretty nice. I added with a it with a Dr. Pepper, my favorite soda pop here in the US. And now we’re moving to towards DC. But just um around the sea, we dropped Dario that he can ride the bike for an hour. And then tonight we are at the welcome party from Armed Forces Cycling Classics. So we’re a bit in a hurry, but I think we will make it. [Music] I’ll bring this [Music] bike. We left him 1 hour ago because Are you Dary champion? Yeah. Let’s take a selfie. Is it okay? He was also talking. But we’re really excited years ago. [Music] Um we do not have good hairs. So we’re not surfer boys, but we’re coming here for racing. Um funny thing is Alison, it’s called Arasin. It’s a sponsor for shampoo. It didn’t work with us, but it could work with you. So, you can try all the time, of course. And yeah, our prediction, you ask. You do. We want to win both days. Let’s see. Emily, time trial national championship. [Music] Hey, new day, new house tour. We moved to Washington and this is our new house. Come with it. So, we finally arrived after two uh 6 hours of uh of riding with our uh car. And this is now our Airbnb. And here we got two bedrooms, a small flat within our apartment with a small living room, a small kitchen within the living room. And this is Dario and my room for the next 5 days for Armed Forces Cycling Classics. We have an direct entrance to the garage where our equipment is staying right now. It’s uh still packed. Maybe there’s some noise in our kitchen because our chef is already making the the food for us. Let’s go upstairs to the bedrooms at first. Maybe it’s not so loud anymore. Then again, like in the other apartment, we have some space for our laundry. Also really important after the races to wash our stuff. This the master bedroom which is Andy using seems like our food is is uh is nearly nearly uh done. No no noises. This is our big living room and also our big kitchen where Dennis is already making our our food for tonight. Stay tuned and we will show you some some other uh apartments the next days. Go. Carropaz attack full gas. Only 40k to go. Only 40. Pretend you’re private. Derek G. G. Go G. Go G. Go G. Y. Y always does that. He always attacks when he’s so stupid. And then he gets dropped every time. Just just stay in the wheels, you idiot. Why would you do that? [Music] Since 5 minutes, we wanted to start to armed forces cycling classic, but it takes a lot of time to get everyone in our way. 1020 was the call. Yeah, since 5 minutes, I think. [Music] not uh 100% healthy. Uh let’s see how I feel today. And yeah, we will try how to clean your bike uh before the race. Take your fingers, make it wet, and then Now it’s perfect. Totally sick. Totally sick. Insane. We thought there’s a corner, but it looks like it’s no corner. They They found a way to make a corner straight. Nice. No breaking. Wow. [Music] I’m feeling quite well, quite good. And yeah, a very strong wind today on the finish line on the front um from the left side. And um the weather forecast is saying that it’s going to be starting to rain after maybe half an hour of racing or maybe 1 hour of racing. If it comes to a sprint, we shouldn’t be too early in the wind. cutter. Who knows? Not a big [Music] repeat with number one. [Music] [Applause] [Music] How are you? [Music] Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. [Music] Now you skin. [Music] [Music] [Music] I made the video. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yeah. Yeah. So, so yeah. Help [Music] me welcome your capital champion, Dario. [Applause] [Music] Why don’t you go? opposite. DCC dcc DC. [Music] What a race. What a day. How do you feel? I feel so good. And first of all, greetings to my wonderful wife. Today’s our first um wedding anniversary and I won. Ah, such such a good feeling to win here in America in front of this crowd and the capital and in this amazing course, the first um winner at this type of course. So, I’m really proud. [Music] Very perfect, very strong team. Perfect team with Jonas and Dar on the two last lap. We make a perfect job for Dar. It was very very good day. Very very good day. Very strong team. He lost top five because of that. Because he was already cheering. He lost top five. [Music] So nice. I I I’m out of words. I’m I swear I’m out of words. So, what can I say? We’re in DC and Dario wins against all big guns. All big guns. Unbelievable. What a race. Olivier, Jonas, him always in the front. Was unbelievable. Good. They’re so strong. So, now for tomorrow. Bam. [Music] The fastest wheels on the pallet in absolute weapons. There was a little bit of water in the wheels from yesterday’s race and now I think they should be dry again. As you can see, there’s a little bit water which was coming out of the wheels through this little tiny hole and I think it’s dry now. Yeah, under again. It was very windy and then um I was at the interview and my bike um a few meters behind me it fell down because of the wind and it fall fell on the side. What’s really Yeah. really really suck. Okay. [Music] I call my girlfriend. It’s all good. Good girl. Big girl. very ready. We’re going to win for sure. [Music] I feel quite good. Legs are a bit tired because of yesterday. I hadn’t the best night, but I think it was good enough. And yeah, we um rode 15k um to the racetrack from home. Um and it felt quite good, I have to say. So let’s hope that I’m in a good position today, too. Okay, today at the start line there will be Dario, Olivier and me. So for all others, first thing is come to the front. Today it’s very important not to stay in the back due to accordion effect. Most important is that we bring the aerial to the finish line. That’s our main goal. I would say the first few couple of laps if there will be any ps you go for the p sprint for the pin to be with Jim Brown. You have to be with Jim Brown. You have to be with John Par. You have to be with John Parr. Those are the two most dangerous guys for the general classification. Reigning German national champion riding for the DCC Alphasson JLL. Welcome yesterday’s winner from Germany, Dios. [Music] One elite man underway. [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I’ve got a pinched nerve in my neck. Oh, and Dennis has been amazing. Yeah. And he sorted it in my lower back, but I lost my right I lost feeling totally in my right hand. So, but I tried to push on, but to be honest, it’s just dangerous in the bunch and I was pushing too hard. So, really, really disappointing. But Dario’s up the front. That break looks like it’s gone. So, it’s most importantly, good for the team. [Applause] Heat. Heat. N. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] These [Music] guys runways. I don’t know if they’re going to get there. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Never. [Applause] [Applause] Hey, Teer cycling team. Techers fostic down here. so hard. I’m full all the race. I just can’t. It was a long day in the breakout and in the end I was very tired. It was very hard because I had to work also a lot in the breakout because the the guys were attacking a lot of times and sometimes then I have to go because of the overall classification and yeah I also wanted to win and in the end there was one guy missing who brings me at the at first position through um through the last around the last corner but um Jonas was there but um um at one l net to go. He dropped me um off at fourth position roundabout and then he couldn’t go anymore and so I was there at my own. Yeah. And then I was too exhausted to pass the guy in front of me and so I went on second position through the last corner and so second in the end. Yeah. I’m a little bit arguing about that. I wanted this win also, but I’m very happy to take the overall classification and to win the Omnium. So, all in all, it’s a good day out here. And finally, it is my honor to introduce to you the 2025 Armed Forces Cycling Classic Champion. Your German National Champion riding for DCC Alpha, the 2025 winner is Dario Rouse. [Applause] And that is the sweetest champagne he’s ever tasted. Daria Rob, your 2025 champion. One more time for these guys. Clarendon feels good. She’s taking it seriously. Where’s Ariel? [Music] I guess, huh? That’s right. Yeah. So maybe you can explain for all others what is JL doing. So everybody now listen up. It’s a it’s a commercial real estate services provider um you know with about 80 uh you know presence in 80 countries. So if you think about that way anything that has to do with commercial real estate we provide a service for that right buying selling leasing all that stuff operating like facility management all of that. How many employees do you have in the US? In the US, uh, probably like 40,000. Dad. Dad. I got two daughters and you How what age are they? Uh, four and five. Ah, no. You don’t two don’t date her. If only you said 20. If only you said they were 20. Well, yeah. Then then we would be then we’d be good. Yeah. [Music] What’s happened now? Um, now we’re going at the after race party um organized by the um organizers of the Armed Forces Cycling Classics and yeah, maybe we got some food hopefully. Yeah, a little bit a little bit of chatting with um the other riders, with the sponsors, with the organizers and yeah, just social socializing and having fun. Thanks. Hey, you won yesterday, right? Congratulations, man. Thank you. Hey, Scott organization. How’s it going? [Music] So, what we’re doing here, every year we grill. So this is uh you know beef flank steak. Yeah. So it’s like the you know it’s like the top of the back you know so it’s like it’s it’s not it’s it’s like a before it wasn’t like a super popular type of type of meat at all. But I just marinate it in cherry and soy sauce and garlic probably wrap or whatever. [Music] Get one of these. Get one of these over here. [Music] No, it’s boring. [Music] Yeah, you can finish it. I try my best. [Music] [Laughter] Awesome. You kept going. You finished that. [Music] So easy. Oh, nice. [Music] The floor won’t incl. Lana seek. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I see the ceiling in the Our super technician Dennis had a a very good move. 360 back flip to the rear wheel. [Music] [Music] Yeah. Oh, baby. We are packing for the trip to Tisa tomorrow. We are flying in the evening but we are still in Washington and we have a 6 hours drive to New York and from there we have our flight to Tasa because after TA we go back to New York. I will beat you. I will kick your asses in this game. Today I demolish the line for the time. Got time for no day too many. I’m going too crazy and I got ready. Now it’s in the way. I can’t remember anything. [Music] Going awkward. 9 seconds to stop it. Okay. Good morning from Washington DC. They say Anendale is not Washington DC. It’s Virginia. Yes, and Maryland is the nicer one. However, uh it’s 6:00 a.m. We start our road trip now back to New York and then hopefully we get our flight to Oklahoma. [Music] I need to tell you the car looks like [ __ ] Like you have a two groups, kindergarten, boys and girls, and they eat birthday candy all the time. Explode. We just arrived at the airport in New York and now we are heading to Tisa. [Music] This place is [Music] off. Where is it? Atlanta. Atlanta. Atlanta. Chinese maximum. So there are six boarding zones, one to six. And we are seven cuz we do not even have seats. [Music] stretching your legs a little bit, waiting for the next flight, and then hopefully we’ll get to Tya around midnight. [Music] That’s right. [Music] Our flight is uh delayed. It’s actually half past 9, more or less two hours and then we’re heading to Telsa. There are some tornado burnings and maybe we didn’t arrive there. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] I’m going to be trying to get Welcome to Toza. Any comment? Dead. I’m dead. [Music] Lou wants to make a statement. This is the answer. So the usual day. So uh for me I had to work in the morning until um afternoon. Um but the other ones some of them were all already um going for an easy ride this morning and um they cleaned their bikes. Um we prepared ourselves um for the big social ride this um afternoon or this early evening. So, we will win. There’s so many people, hundreds of um cyclists and um yeah, it’s so much fun. Um in the beginning, it’s very easy. Um afterwards or in the end, it’s uh it’s nearly kind of racing, but um yeah, when we are done um you get you grab some food, you can drink something, you can chat with the with the riders, with all the fans. And now we are here. um somebody um ate again something. Um we have Andy for example who’s in therapy now. Tomorrow it’s time to go fast again because then it’s the first race in um the blue dome crit criterium and it’s starts at Friday evening. So um let’s go for the ties on top. [Music] So, I’m very sorry to say that I’m going home. Uh, I have been battling an injury or three for the last probably 5 days and Dennis has been amazing. We’ve done treatment once, twice a day, but it’s getting worse and worse. Uh, so I need to go home and sort myself out. It’s something I’ve learned over the years in elite sport that it’s much better to take yourself out of the environment, fix yourself, come back into it than just keep suffering through it. As much as I would love to stay in support, um yeah, I have to be I have to make a decision for for my health. So, jumping on a plane in a couple of hours and I’ll be going back to the UK. um absolutely gutted and have absolutely loved the time here with DCC boys and I’m sorry I’m just sorry I couldn’t do more for the team with the team and see out the whole trip but such is racing [Music] [Music] Come to me, my friend. The main problem currently is that my um you can see that maybe better from behind. I have a let’s say little movement here. So I don’t know why but I brought the original uh cage. So I will change this now back. Makes no sense at all cuz it’s raining tonight. But never assemble dirty parts. [Music] So, we just talked about tonight when we are um right before the start that we get a water and maybe a jail or something and then I don’t think we need anything else during the race except the things we have with us on our speed suits. Okay. [Music] [Music] Little too hot, but okay. We will see. Hopefully no rain. Today you don’t crit. Um I think we have all seen the previous weeks. We go for Dario. Two years ago he was already fifth I think or was it sixth? Sixth. So he knows how where to be in the final lap and how to do it not. The idea is to protect him until the last lap and then the lead out is um Olivier or Jonas. You want to take the last corner in first position the second last corner already second. So you will come right in the second last corner first wheel. Okay. Our job is Francisco Marcos Sely and me to keep those three guys out of the wind for the first 68.5 minutes. And then it’s on you guys. How do you feel? I don’t know yet. race after the first 10 minutes [Applause] Kendall back around the other side here [Music] on the start line right now. and 35 riders. Welcome the German train to the front. It’s Dario RS. [Applause] [Music] Let’s go. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] It just it got a bump on the tire band. It could have been that it didn’t it wasn’t connected all the way. So when you hit the bump, it like disconnected. No, no, it shifted from the middle to 11 and then it stopped shifting. I think it jumped into crash mode. That’s my my guess. Come on, Craig. like DCC teams like Katie starting to come to the front. There’s Tekker second and third. [Music] [Music] Ladies and gentlemen, help me welcome back. Are you there? Congratulations, [Music] my friend. The fight is victory. You guys are awesome. This atmosphere I’ve ever so amazing. Oh my god. And I’m so so happy. Absolutely. You heard it here first. Give it up for your champ. [Music] Best recovery directly after the race. Best recovery. All stars, baby. [Music] Fantastic race, buddy. I am so proud of you. Thank you so much. That was my prettiest race. You were in perfect position all the time. This guy was working for you. He’s killing it out there. I give you all for you. So, totally insane. Totally insane. Dario is so crazy and [ __ ] insane. I promise I officially clip my welcome your winner of [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yeah, this is step So hard to person [Music] What is this in English? Um, refill the tank. Refill the tanks. This one. Um, yeah. So, carbo carbs, proteins, very important. Now, and Dennis as always has cooked so nice. It’s amazing. The whole there was so many people on the side and everybody just screamed so loud and everybody wanted to Yeah, that makes me proud at Tulsa that they welcome you guys like that. You can feel that they like us. It’s so so great. Everyone ready? Average speed 47.3 46.5. Okay. Crazy. So guys, um, average power 299 285 269 uh 317 What? 317. Okay, you’re just 18 watts higher than me. Yeah, this is why I I got dropped. Okay, maximum power 1467. Oh yeah. Ah that 142. [Music] [Music] Start your Garmin. Start your engines. Let’s go. [Music] Nice car. Perfect sound. Really nice car. [Music] I’m taking the good allstars aim mega caps because I have a helmet or no cap that helps to at least swallow caps. Why do you need it? Good job. Jonas told me it’s good. I try. Why does Andy need argonine? He needs argonine. He’s argoning for more oxy oxygen in the his vessels in his tiny baby muscles. So now I know now is Marcus pinning my number and uh I’m looking very forward that my aunt from Dallas is arriving in that moment and she must be here every second. Let’s see. foreign. [Music] This is [Music] race talk. We translate in the end. We have the leader’s jersey. We know the stage very well. Exactly like yesterday. He knows now how not to do it. That’s good for us. On the other side, if you’re feeling well and you too, please do not chase. Before you chase, all others have to chase. You need the energy for the end. The finish the the the straight before the finish line is so full speed, especially in the last lap. We have to be there. We have to go full to bring him to the last corner, first position. And if he has has to do it by himself, he is not. Maybe this year he is, but I would say we will not uh count on that. You should have someone for the downhill. Water boy, don’t waste too much energy. I know you want to be always in front, but do not waste too much energy. We will need you, especially today for the final 10 minutes. It’s okay, Olivier, but it’s 70 minutes. Even if you feel you’re sick, you can do it. You can do it. Believe in you. Drink enough. and afterwards go with our vitamins we have at the house. Okay, let’s get right into it. We are now ready to welcome your top 10 overall at Tulsa Top to the front row out of Germany, your reigning German national champion, winner at Blue Dome last night, riding for DCC cycling. Welcome last night’s winner, Dario R. [Applause] 3 2 1 We are [Music] DCC is about to do what many teams can only dream of doing at Tulsa Top as they trying to get the German champ back to the front for his second win in two days at Tulsa Tough. Go. [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Applause] Heat. Hey, All [Applause] right, two in a row for DCC. I know you felt the confidence out there tonight. Did this one feel any different than night one for you? I didn’t expect it to win today, honestly, because I didn’t feel that good, but I was so surprised how strong Jon Schweiser was. So, my teammate, he made a leader. I never experienced that in my life. and you thank to him I won today really and I just thank you and thank you the crowd you’re awesome how you achieve there’s no question about it you guys have raised your mic all over the globe tell me about what makes American racing special what do we do here that they don’t do anywhere else in the world they are so strong you haven’t experienced that somewhere else and that makes the race so fast and it’s also very aggressive position is ch you have You have to stay on your position otherwise you don’t have any chance. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Pulling [Music] hard today here on Tough Arts District with 10 laps to go. More or less every lap very hard fresh. Not just one rider, not just two riders, at least four to six riders down on the outside, on the inside. It was really just a battlefield. And of course, the first 20 riders, they survived pretty well. But in the end, in the rear of the bunch, it was just heartbreaking. No sweep. You get along the crash, heart attack and then with normal free laps and the last crashes we couldn’t help anymore. But as you can see Dario unbeatable. He has the confidence. He won with I don’t know six bike length. So he’s the real king of closer now. [Music] [Applause] Congratulations. [Music] [Music] We’re totally [ __ ] Completely exhausted. Highly disappointed. Nice for Legion. Wait, wait, wait, wait. [Music] Oh god, I don’t know why I had gray baby. What? What if I ride this without? Um, those teeth as you can see they are made for one by they are made for shift. You will lose your chain 100% probably. Yeah. Super. Yeah. [Music] as a vis. [Music] So, what we’re doing here is we’re filling ice socks for the boys. [Music] So that they are, you know, this side and size and they can put it in their neck like this to cool down a little bit in before the race. That’s what we’re doing. [Music] Dario. Yeah. How do you feel today? Um, I have to say a little bit better than yesterday because I had a good night. Um, and yeah, the legs were the legs were also not that bad when we rode um to the race. Now we had 20ks roundabout. Now we are warmed up. Ready to go. I think yeah, when I when I don’t um explode in the end, then it could be a good day. in the barracks. Alex was Alex. Very cool. The trick is not to do a knot. It’s just twist and then you can reuse it very easily. Today, Cry Baby Hill third and last stage. We’re very good in the overall classification. We wanted to look up the numbers. We need to do that right now. I don’t think it’s we should focus Summer Hill Par Brody McDonald that’s number 777 and 63. So today we try we have to count on you especially for the first 30 minutes and then let’s see what happens. You you do your best but we need to cover all the attacks and then I follow the attacks. You follow their attacks but we don’t ride. Okay. We don’t go in the spot. We just follow them. The goal of the day is that he wins the overall gen classification overall. Overall and stage or not? Stage if possible, but stage can win any one of us. [Music] [Music] We’re afraid of the last corner even in the dry. I don’t know how it’s going to be in the wet. So, let’s see. Um, of course, it’s a difficult race here, even with the uphill, but we’re motivated and let’s bring it home. He is your reigning German national champion riding for DCC cycling. Welcome number one, Dario Raps. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yo, the speaker loud. Hitting that stuff till you hearing that sound. [Music] That sound. [Music] That’s [ __ ] with that sound. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] for 110. for the biggest [Music] [Applause] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the line. You champing [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] You’re the best, buddy. Hey, great. Great job. Thank you. Thanks, [Music] [Music] next year. We we win. Yeah. [Music] [Music] McDonald second overall. Really? How? And finally in the tiebreaker that’ll take us to the top podium. Your overall champion. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] This is me. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yes. [Music] Oh my god. Thank you. Thank you. From [Music] the inside of the earth to the moon. What my feelings are depending my feelings. Oh my god. Okay. So, at the end of the race, Daario and is it Brody both had 74 points. The tiebreaker rule says the person who has the most first place finishes takes the the tiebreaker rule. So that’s why Dario’s in the in first place. Brody’s in second. [Music] [Music] the stereo system. [Music] We haven’t prepared anything. But now it’s the third year in a row. We are so happy and honored that Lonnie Marian that you’re having us and to all the people from here. It’s every time again so amazing how you treat us, how you how you welcome us, how you give everything what you have and we are feeling like being part of your family and it’s so amazing and you see what happens when we all work together. This crazy guy is just killing it. So, I would say this year is so special and thanks to everyone for everything. [Applause] That’s so nice. Yeah. So, it’s it’s super fun for our family and our and you know, I I hope in a in a few years we’ll send some boys to Germany to to ride. Yeah. and and you know and that’s that that’s that’s the type of thing that that that I want to see. Yeah. It’s beautiful. We we we love you guys. Yeah. Thank you very much [Applause] for Saturday Night. Oh yeah. Did you say I’m sexy? I’m proud of you guys. You guys kill this and you always have a home with all of us. We love you guys. Thanks for coming. And I thought, you know, it is kind of a second home for you and we always love having Thank you very much. [Applause] Just keep winning. If you lose, you got to find something. [Music] Welcome to apartment 4A. This is our room. Stupid Celas in the first bed is Yelene in the big bed for the small Celas. Dario, my man. Here’s Nicholas. Here am I. And here’s Francisco. Plenty of space. On the other side, you see our wardrobe. Perfectly organized bed by bed. So, let’s go to the main floor. We have our bathroom for eight people, big window, small toilet, small bath cube, but everything well painted in two colors, white and another one. Big kitchen, plenty of space, big refrigerator. And we even have a wellpool. So, here’s the garage. Normally, four cars. At the moment, eight bikes. We have some wheels, our dryer, all our bikes, bike bags, and more or less that’s it. Now, the king-size bedroom. my friend from LA, his wife from Laro with a queen bed, super high TV, wrong direction, and more or less that’s it. 30 square meters, perfectly fitted for eight people. Thank you very much. We went to the barber shop today fresh. Um, shopping some different stuff. Apple store, Target, something else. Spin 40 or 30 or 40 miles, something else like that. uh with Legion and Good Guys New York, some other riders uh from from and out of New York. And now we are at Tank Dragon Chinese Restaurant delivery and uh took something to eat with us. Nicholas Cas and Andy man and I have a Sprite. Cheers. Hey fit. [Music] Our last day here in New York. It’s Sunday. Tomorrow we are flying back to Europe and uh today is Harlem Skyscrapers. We won last year. So we try to defend our title. We are fully motivated even if it’s not sunny like we we used to it but we try. So see you later. We said 240. Now 50. Dereo and Celas every day. Every day for no matter what we’re doing. Wake up, breakfast, shower, lunch, leaving the apartment, going for dinner, coming back. No matter what time, you tell them always we need a schedule. We need a schedule. So you tell them and they just crash it every day. And hey, you didn’t tell us something. Yeah. Yeah. Dario, did you shave your legs? Freshly shaved. All clean. You know, where’s Andy? He is very angry. Yeah. Yeah. Why? I don’t know. So, you have more energy for the race. [Music] People like you can give us one. So, we just had our brief race talk. We have two options. So, one is a breakaway, but we will not go if the breakaway is more than five people and ideally with two of us. And if it’s uh going to be a sprint in the end, we will take control with two laps to go. Of course, it seems a little late, but I don’t think we will have the manpower if the race is all day full power to control it for more than two laps. And then we bring into the last corner Celia and Dario. So that’s the plan for Marcus, me, Dennis, and Panchcho. So now let’s see what’s happening. Now let’s defend the home home ground. Got to defend it. All the people. Hey, what’s up? My name is Dennis Ramirez. I’ve been racing with DCC for 5 years now. Just finished up the fixed gear crit. Got fifth place. wasn’t able to defend my title from three years ago, but now I’m just going to gear up, help the guys win the Pro one, two race. So, we’ll see how it goes. I’m excited to share my my my team with the German guys. As we have not only to sing [Music] All [Applause] right. [Music] [Applause] [Music] I did invite you. Come here. Nice to meet you. One, we went through the corner first and second and we see who passed me like we um like we like we had it in the race. Exactly like First things first, Marcus crashed in the second corner and hopefully he’s okay. We just um got him in the got him into the ambulance car. Um he lost I think a lot of skin but I hope nothing is broken. So this quite a shock. We as a team did well. We finished one and two with really strong competitors. In second place your current German national champion riding for DCC Dario Raps. And in first place your returning champion riding also for DC, Selius Mozkas. NYC. Thank you. [Laughter] I had a good and a fast sprint and could one in front of Dario. So, it was a double win today in Harland. Second time for me and uh the second time in a row. So, I’m I’m really really happy. Appreciate it. Stay humble. And yeah, that’s it. You like it? I went for foreign. [Applause] I understand. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] The best snap is to [Music] the um foreign. [Music] It’s been here. Nine. Absolutely. Ask my best investing. Now, Okay, this is a submission. I stand [Music] as [Music] Foreign speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech. That’s right. [Music] [Music] here. Yeah. 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