Marcel Kittel will be taking the start in the German one-day Vattenfall Cyclassics Sunday. The 221.3km race begins in Kiel and finishes in the town of Hamburg. Sprinters have dominated the event for the past several years, with Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) winning in 2014 and teammate John Degenkolb the year before.
Giant-Alpecin will be riding with hopes of delivering Kittel for a victory and the team's second win in three years, but will face fierce competition from Etixx-Quickstep's powerful duo of Mark Cavendish and Mark Renshaw.
The German sprinter was left out of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España by his team because of an illness he suffered this past spring. Kittel returned with his first win of the season last week at the Tour de Pologne, with the German WorldTour race a big end-of-season goal for the 26-year-old.
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"Our goal at the Vattenfall Cyclassics is to go for a sprint win with Marcel," said director sportif Rudi Kemna. "We have a strong team to help ensure a bunch sprint and to aim for the victory. The course is a little bit different than in recent years, and with a strong Simon Geschke we also have the opportunity to counter a late breakaway, as our goal is to sprint in Hamburg."
Other fastmen supporting Kittel will be Nikias Arndt and Ramon Sinkeldam. Arndt is arriving in good form following his participation at the Eneco Tour, while Sinkeldam recently finished the Artic Race of Norway. Other riders supporting Kittel will be Bert De Backer, Chad Haga, Tobias Ludvigsson and road captain Roy Curvers.
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