Degenkolb and Mezgec lead Gaint-Alpecin in Dubai sprints
Ludvigsson and Haga saved for Hotta Dam climb




168澳洲5最新开奖结果:John Degenkolb and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luka Mezgec will lead 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giant-Alpecin’s eight-man team in the sprints at the upcoming UCI 2.HC 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dubai Tour from February 4-7. The sprint-heavy race will feature one uphill finish this year, which could be the deciding factor in the overall classification, so the team is prepared to protect climbers 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tobias Ludvigsson and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chad Haga.
"Our focus in Dubai will be with John and Luka for the sprints," said team coach Aike Visbeek. "When ra🔯cing in the desert, the weather conditions, and wind speeds in particular, can play their part and the riders will have to be alert to these circumstances, and r♈iding as a team will be key.”
Last year, the team’s dominant sprinter Marcel Kittel won three of the four stages, however, the overall classification wa💖s decided after the prologue, which was won𝄹 by Taylor Phinney of the BMC team.
There is no prologue during this year’s edition of the race but stage 3 has a 17 per cent uph✅ill finish to Hatta🍬 Dam that could play a key role in the overall classification. The team will play their cards in the GC with climbers Ludvigsson and Haga.
"To🉐bias and Chad will then be the protected guys for the GC, and we will do a🐻 recon of the hilly stage before the race to see what we can expect,” Visbeek said.
The remaining riders on the te⛎am are Roy Curvers, Johannes Frö🌟hlinger, Thierry Hupond and Zico Waeytens.
Haga is the only rider from the teamღ's Dubai roster that has already raced this season at the Tour Down Under. The other members participat🅷ed in a warm-weather training camp in Cambrils, Spain, to prepare for the start of their season.
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"The riders had a very strong training camp in Spain in January, with separate sprinter and climber groups working hard to get into good shape for the start of the season. It's the fi♛rst race for most of the guys but I think we can hope for a good week,” Visbeek said.