Team Sunweb named the riders who will represent the squad the upcoming UCI Road World Championships professional team time trial. The men and women will contest the same 42.5km course from Ravnanger to Bergen on September 17.
Giro d'Italia winner Tom Dumoulin will lead the men's squad, together with Wilco Kelderman, who just completed the Vuelta a Espana in fourth place overall, Søren Kragh Andersen who was third on the final stage, and Michael Matthews fresh off his top 10 finishes in the Canadian WorldTour races. Lennard Kämna and Sam Oomen, who quit the Vuelta due to injury and illness, have recovered enough to take on the race.
"Our men's program have just come out of a great Vuelta and some good racing in Canada so are in top shape," team coach Adriaan Helmantel said. "Sam and Lennard both had to abandon the Vuelta and are fully recovered again and back on track for Bergen. Tom and Wilco have shown really strong TT's across the year with Tom winning the Giro's time trial and Wilco finishing 2nd in the Vuelta's TT. To round off the team we have Søren and Michael who are more explosive riders with the characteristics needed for a course of this nature."
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The course is a mix of flat, straight-forward roads and technical sections, wtih two climbs and some cobblestones near the end. Sunweb's scientific expert Teun van Erp has been working to come up with the proper rider order and pacing plans for each squad.
For the women, European champion Ellen van Dijk will captain the team with Lucinda Brand, Leah Kirchmann, Floortje Mackaij, Coryn Rivera and Sabrina Stultiens completing the team.
"We believe that our women's team are in contention to take a medal in Bergen, but it will be a fierce battle," Helmantel said. "We have spent some time training to perfect our technique over the past few months and have a final block coming up this week to further fine-tune. Each rider is a strong time trialist in their own right. We have the European ITT champion with Ellen and a powerhouse with Lucinda. Alongside these two we have the fast-women Leah and Coryn with Sabrina who is good on the climbs and Floortje who is strong against the clock. After a strong result in the Giro Rosa's TTT the team are motivated to take a strong result this weekend."
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