Cycling: The month of March shines in blue and white. The Deceuninck – Quick-Step team impressively put their stamp on the one-day races. In addition to the impressive dominance of the Belgian team, we were fortunately able to admire other cycling highlights in March. It was much more exciting at Tirreno Adriatico, for example. From a German point of view, we are particularly happy about the form of Maximilian Schachmann (Bora – hansgrohe).
1) Maximilian Schachmann is in top form in Catalonia
The classics can come! Maximilian schachmann got back into decent shape in March. The professional from the German team Bora – hansgrohe has celebrated two victories in the past few days. First, the 25-year-old won the Italian one-day race GP Industry & Artigianato, before he at the Tour of Catalonia showed excellent form. Despite the speed work of some sprinter teams, the likeable German was able to assert himself in front of the peloton and triumph as a soloist. In April, Maximilian Schachmann can now attack the classics. His best result so far was eighth place at the Flèche Wallonne last year. In this current condition he is much more capable.
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2) The almost unbeatable blue and white wolf pack
We're slowly running out of superlatives. Team Deceuninck – Quick-Step already had an impressive year last season. Despite well-known departures, the Belgian team 2019 seems to be able to easily build on that. In March alone, the wolf pack achieved numerous successes in important one-day races. Zdenek Stybar won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the E3 Binck bench classic. Julian Alaphilippe cheered at the Strade Bianche and Milan-Sanremo. The Kuurne - Brussels - Kuurne war Bob jungels successful. Even the second suit fits: Florian Senechal won in the absence of the top stars Le Samyn. Is it in April something like this?
3) Roglic vs. Yates: Pure suspense at Tirreno Adriatico
Actually, Paris - Nice has always been a guarantee for an exciting tour in recent years. In 2019, however, the parallel multi-stage race trumped Tirreno Adriatico the expectations. In a true instant thriller could itself Primois Roglic (Jumbo – Visma) secure the title. In the final time trial he buttoned Adam Yates (Mitchelton – Scott) took off the blue jersey after all. In the end, 0,31 seconds were decisive - after a total distance of over 1.000 kilometers.