After the entire team arrived late Friday evening, our tactics meeting took place the next morning after breakfast. Our task was to secure the overall victory in the GCC team rankings and also to help Stefan secure a podium finish. The race was very fast thanks to Team Bürstner's pace work. I stayed ahead from the start... read more
The penultimate race in the GCC, the Rothaus Riderman in Bad Dürrheim, is over. A racing weekend with many meters of elevation and strong competition from a total of 18 nations is behind us. It all started on Thursday. After work, we quickly packed up all our things, loaded them into the car, and headed to the meeting point with the other guys from North Rhine-Westphalia. There, everything was done again... read more
Hello dear Merkur fans. Today I felt the urge to share my impressions and the race in Dresden with you. As you've already seen, we prepared perfectly for Sunday's race with coffee and cake and a nice cold bath. After we fortified ourselves with carbohydrates on Saturday evening and discussed race tactics... read more
After the unwanted, extended summer break in the GCC racing circus, the Sparkassen Giro in Bochum was on our agenda last weekend: a short, but nevertheless fast race that shouldn't be underestimated. After a spontaneous workday was scheduled for Saturday, I set off with Thomas in the late afternoon to... read more
What a weekend for us, the Merkur Cycling Team. While we were supposed to be doing laps at the Nürburgring and competing in one of the toughest GCC races with 150km/3000m of elevation gain, the weather over the "Green Hell" put a damper on our plans. Shortly before 16:00 PM, the race was ultimately canceled due to storms and strong gusts of wind. A… read more
