Peiper joins Red Bull as Eisel jumps to Lidl-Trek in DS musical chairs
Allan Peiper is back in the WorldTour game. The former pro and longtime sports director is joining Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe as a strategic advisor for the 2026 season. Peiper, who raced 10 seasons and won a stage of the Giro d'Italia, has had a lengthy career behind the wheel of team cars as a director or lead director for Lotto, HTC-High Road, Garmin, BMC and then UAE Team Emirates.
Peiper, 65, stepped away from a full-time role at UAE in 2021 to focus on his fight against prostate cancer, and was unable to find a path back to full-time employment with the team in the 2023 season. He's been out of the WorldTour since, but in his new role he'll work with head of sport Zak Dempster on strategic direction for the team.
Elsewhere, Red Bull director Bernhard Eisel will jump to Lidl-Trek after four years with the Austrian team. Eisel, one of the top leadout men in pro cycling during his 19-year career, will now link up with top sprinter Jonathan Milan, who won two stages and the points competition at the 2025 Tour de France.
