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Team Giant-Alpecin: “We are a strong team that can do more than sprint.”


Dom Tower in Utrecht, Tour de France 2015
Dom Tower in Utrecht, Tour de France 2015 Photo: Greg K. Hull, Cool Adventures © Chasing Light Media

In the shadow of the beautiful Dom Tower in Utrecht, Team Giant-Alpecin presented their Tour de France team on Wednesday morning inside the Cathedral of Saint Martin.

The team, consisting of Warren Barguil (FRA), Roy Curvers (NED), John Degenkolb (GER), Tom Dumoulin (NED), Simon Geschke (GER), Koen de Kort (NED), Georg Preidler (AUT), Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) and Albert Timmer (NED), expressed their enthusiasm as the Grand Depart approaches.

John Degenkolb, Team Giant-Alpecin, Tour de France 2015
John Degenkolb, Team Giant-Alpecin, Tour de France 2015 Photo: Kim Hull, Cool Adventures © Chasing Light Media

Coming off great spring results with both Milano-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix victories, there is much anticipation surrounding John Degenkolb and the stage 4 cobbles. Addressing this, Degenkolb stated:

I think we have a lot of opportunities and not just one stage. It would not be wise to only focus on one stage. I think we should go flexible into the Tour and should be prepared for every scenario.”

John Degenkolb, Tom Dumoulin, Simon Geschke, Team Giant-Alpecin, Tour de France 2015
John Degenkolb, Tom Dumoulin, Simon Geschke, Team Giant-Alpecin, Tour de France 2015 Photo: Greg K. Hull, Cool Adventures © Chasing Light Media

The obvious omission from the team is star sprinter, Marcel Kittel, who had a disappointing spring and then caught a virus from which he has not returned to top form, resulting in his exclusion from the Tour team.

Albert Timmer, Ramon Sinkeldam, Georg Preidler, Koen de Kort, Simon Geschke, Tom Dumoulin, John Degenkolb, Team Giant-Alpecin, Tour de France 2015
Albert Timmer, Ramon Sinkeldam, Georg Preidler, Koen de Kort, Simon Geschke, Tom Dumoulin, John Degenkolb, Team Giant-Alpecin, Tour de France 2015 Photo: Greg K. Hull, Cool Adventures © Chasing Light Media

As the team heads toward the race start and three weeks covering over 3,000km, the Team Giant-Alpecin coaching staff addressed the Kittel issue by simply stating:

We are a strong team that can do more than sprint.”

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