Degenkolb leads Giant-Alpecin in Vuelta a España
Giant-Alpecin will head to the Vuelta a España later this month looking for a reprise of John Degenkolb's points classification victory there last year. Rather than target the overall classification, Giant-Alpecin will focus on the sprint stages and the time trial with Tom Dumoulin, who crashed out of the Tour de France.
The team will also focus on stage wins in the puncheur-style finishes, with American Lawson Craddock on fine form after the Tour de Pologne, where he animated the queen stage and took third.
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Degenkolb has nine career Vuelta stage wins in his two career starts in the Spanish Grand Tour, and will have a strong lead-out train to help him add to his tally.
"Our main goal is to go for stage success with John, as we targeted at the Tour," coach Christian Guiberteau said. "With Koen [de Kort], Luka [Mezgec], Zico [Waeytens] and Tom [Dumoulin] we have a strong lead-out for John. With Lawson we are working towards the longer-term development, and will not target specific GC ambitions but rather we aim to help him learn how to behave as GC rider.
"We have shown at the Giro and Tour that we are ready to take any opportunities as they come and on the in-between stages we will look to profit from the breakaway opportunities. In addition we have Tom D here who will look to target the TT along with the classics style stages."
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