The Wolfpack Howls

Jolien D’Hoore is our guest for this episode of the Wolfpack Howls.  After a stellar career as a professional cyclist, that saw her win over 40 races, Jolien has become one of the leading sports directors in women’s cycling, masterminding some of the greatest days in the history of AG Insurance Soudal. Here she tells us about her love for the sport, some of her favourite days in cycling, what it i...

We sat down with Louis Vervaeke, one of the most fascinating characters in our team. A committed family man, Louis tells us about both his love of his wife and children, as well as his other family in the shape of Soudal - Quick-Step.  He also tells us what life is like as a professional cyclist at an altitude training camp, his favourite moments with the team, and the difference in working with t...

In the second of our winter specials, we talk to experienced Sports Director Geert van Bondt  A compelling conversation leads us on to talking about what he has been up to this winter, his philosophy on being a sports director, how he took time away from the sport and it rounded his perspective on life, and his famous win as a rider at Gent–Wevelgem

We are back! After a short hiatus, the Wolfpack Howls has returned. Over the next couple of months, we are looking to bring you some insight in to what the team up to this winter, and how they are preparing for 2025.  We start with a look to the future of the team, by chatting with Kevin Hulsmans, the manager of the Soudal Quick-Step Devo team. Now in its third year as a part of the Wolfpack, the...

The Wolfpack means so much more than just Soudal Quick-Step, with the family including past and present riders and staff, our development team, and our sister AG Insurance Soudal women’s team.  With Le Tour de France Femme starting on Monday, we sat down with Kim Le Court to give us the lowdown on the team, what its like being a cyclist on the island of Mauritius, and how much she and the team are...

As we enter the third week of the world’s biggest bike race, it is normal for fatigue to kick in. With that in mind, it seems the perfect time to speak to the man in charge of our rider's physical condition; Soudal Quick-Step head coach, Koen Pelgrim.  It also happens to be Koen’s birthday, so Happy Birthday Koen!

We are back with the first of our Tour de France specials. Soudal Quick-Step ride the tour as a GC team for the first time and in this candid conversation with sports director Klaas Lodewyck, he not only previews La  Grande Boucle , but also explores Klass' love of cycling and his connection with our riders.

In his first year as a professional cyclist Luke Lamperti has caught the eye of many.  His atypical Californian, easy going nature has made him a popular member of the Soudal Quick-Step, but beneath lies a stealy competitor that has already shown his talents this season, and has led to him being chosen for his first Grand Tour.  On the first rest day of the race, he talks to the Wolfpack Howls abo...

Passionate, knowledgable and always memorable, Davide Bramati is the epitome of Soudal Quick-Step's love affair with cycling in Italy. After hanging up his wheels in 2006, 'Brama' has masterminded countless victories from inside the team car. In our second Giro d'Italia special, he gives his thoughts on the race so far, as well as reflecting on his love of his home tour.

In the first of our Giro d’Italia specials, we speak to Pieter Serry.  A member of our team since 2013, the Belgian is not the most famous of our riders, but he is a very popular figure within the team due to his jovial demeanour and the hard work he puts in for his teammates.  On this, the first of our Giro d'Italia specials, he talks about his love of racing in Italy, where he is about to ma...

Landismo and Taylor Swift! We bet this wasn’t on your bingo card when it came to a podcast featuring Mikel Landa. We talked about this and a lot more – from Mikel’s recovery after his Itzulia crash and hopes for the summer to his favourite climbs in the Basque Country and the race he still dreams of winning before retiring, and who he shares his birthday with!

Belgian National Champion and World Individual Time Trial Champion, Remco Evenepoel joins the Wolfpack Howls for his first interview since his crash at Itzulia Basque Country.   In the candid conversation, Remco gives an update on his inuries and his plans to get back to training soon, what happened that days on the road around Victoria, what he has been doing with his time off the bike, how he re...

He was a member of the team in 2016-2017 and he looks back on that period as the best years of his career. During that two-year spell, Dan Martin hit new heights, finishing on the podium at some of the most prestigious races in the world – Flèche Wallonne, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paris-Nice, Volta a Catalunya, and the Critérium du Dauphiné – as well as taking his best result ever at the Tour de Fran...

In the second part of our special preview of cycling's Holy Week, Niki Terpstra talks about his success at the Hell of the North in 2014.

Ahead of  Holy Week, 7 special days where cycling focuses on its most revered cobbled races, in Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix, we sat down with a former Wolf that succeed in both races.  Niki Terpstra won 17 races during his 8 years with our team, most famously winning both De Ronde and Hell of the North.  During this first part of a two part special, Niki talks of his time with the Wolfp...

From the classroom to the chaotic sprint finishes of the pre peloton, Tim Merlier and Bert Van Lerberghe have been friends for over 20 years. Since meeting in school, the pair have built an enduring bond that has seen them grow on to a formidable leadout man/sprinter partnership, with the pair having an understanding that allows them to navigate the cycling's hectic lunges for the finish line....

Two-time World Champion, Milano-Sanremo victor, winner of six Tour de France stages, and the man responsible for the most thrilling Grande Boucle edition in decades, Julian Alaphilippe is the guest of our podcast’s second episode. Ahead of his return to the Opening Weekend, where he will race both events together with Soudal Quick-Step, the 31-year-old from Saint-Amand-Montrond talked about his go...

The first episode of our podcast is here. One of the best sprinters of the ‘90s, with nine Tour de France stage victories to his name, as well as a pair of Gent-Wevelgem wins, Tom Steels is now entering his 14th season as a sports director for Soudal Quick-Step. The man behind some of the most memorable triumphs in the history of the Wolfpack, Tom was recently invited to the mic for the first epis...

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