After the Federation of German Cyclists announced the line-up for the World Championships in Florence last week [Link], those responsible finally published the squad for the professional race.
The six-person German team is led by Dominik Nerz (BMC), who recently left a strong impression at the Tour of Spain and finished fourteenth overall in the top 20 of a Grand Tour for the first time.
The German team is thus made up of rollers and tour drivers. Across from rad-net.de BDR Vice Udo Sprenger justified the selection. "We didn't take the decision lightly", said Sprenger, who, among the other drivers, particularly emphasized a helper for Mink: "We also put his teammate Marcus Burghardt at his side, who has already competed in a number of good world championships."
In addition to Burghardt, Fabian Wegmann (Garmin-Sharp), Paul Martens (Belkin) and Simon Geschke (Argos-Shimano) will also be taking to the 272,3-kilometer route. As a joker, should there be a sprint, John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) will represent the colors of the German team. Johannes Fröhlinger (Argos-Shimano), Christian Knees (Sky) and Paul Voss (NetApp-Endura) were nominated as reserve drivers.
In the pros' time trial, three German drivers will be at the start. In addition to Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), who is set as the defending champion, Patrick Gretsch (Argos-Shimano) and Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) are also part of the squad.
//Elite Men – Individual Time Trial
Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)
Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma QuickStep)
Patrick Gretsch (Argos Shimano)
//Elite Men – Street Racing
Dominik Mink (BMC)
Marcus Burghardt (BMC)
John Degenkolb (Argos Shimano)
Simon Geschke (Argos Shimano)
Paul MartensBelkin
Fabian Wegmann (Garmin Sharp)
replacement
Johannes Fröhlinger (Argos-Shimano)
Christian Knees (Sky)
Paul Voss (NetApp Endura)