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Road Wheel World Cup 2021: German cycling before groundbreaking week

One cried of melancholy, the other before disappointment: What the two Routinians Tony Martin and John Degenkolb produced in Bruges and Frankfurt for pictures, ideal as a symbol for the German cycling year 2021. There were great emotions as the upcoming resignation of time-rider Specialist Martin or Sprint-Star André Gripple. There were great successes such as those of Nils Politt at the Tour de France or the overall victory of Maximilian Schachmann at Paris-Nice. But there was also a sporty disappointment that remained far behind the raised goals. Now for the federal government of German cyclists (BDR) is the long-tension long-term last annual highlight: the street bike World Cup in Flanders, where you would like to land a coup for ten years after the last street race medal. We do not count to the favorites, there are completely different nations to name. The Belgians, the Dutch, the Italians, Julian Alaphilippe from France and many, many others, said the sporting director Jens Ze...