Etixx-QuickStep has announced the six-rider roster the Belgian team hope will help them reclaim the UCI Road World Championships team time trial titles they won on 2012 and 2013.
Bob Jungels, Marcel Kittel, Yves Lampaert, Tony Martin, Niki Terpstra and Julien Vermote will tackle the 40km flat-but-technical course on Sunday. Lukasz Wisniowski will be the team’s reserve rider.
"We arrived here with seven riders, because all of them were in good condition and you never know when one gets sick and you need another one to replace him,” said director Tom Steels. “Following our training sessions of Friday and today, we came to a decision and picked six guys.”
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Since the UCI reintroduced the discipline in 2012, Etixx-QuickStep has won the world title twice, beating BMC by three seconds in 2012 and Orica by just one second in 2013. The team slipped to third in 2014, finishing 36 seconds behind BMC and four seconds behind Orica.
Etixx-QuickStep finished second last year in Richmond, 12 seconds behind repeat champions BMC. Martin, Terpstra and Lampaert return from that squad.
“With the addition of Bob, Julien and Marcel, who put in an impressive ride recently in both the individual and team time trial at the Eneco Tour, we can count on a solid and experienced group,” Steels said, adding that the riders and support staff will have to pay special attention to the expected heat and winds.
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