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German Thuringer Energie And France AVC AIX En Provence Boost An Post Rás Line Up
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May 2, 2011, 16:50


Jakop Steigmiller Germany
The Germany-Thuringer Energie team, which has played a very significant role in two recent editions of the Rás, has announced that the squad will be returning to this year’s race and they are determined to once again land success in May.

In 2007 Tony Martin won the overall classification, one year before going on to begin a very successful top-flight career with the HTC Highroad team. He won Paris-Nice last month and has developed into one of the sport’s very best young talents. Martin is now being spoken of as a possible future Tour de France contender, and also one who could win world championships medals in the time trials.

Last season, the team unveiled another hugely promising German rider, with John Degenkolb picking up two stage wins and the points classification. His team-mate Maximilian May also topped the podium on a stage. After that success, Degenkolb took two stages in the Tour de l’Avenir, a form of youth Tour de France, and was also second in the world under 23 championship road race. Like Martin, his performances earned him a place in the HTC Highroad team, the most regular winning squad in the sport.

Thomas Rostollan France
The team is coming back again this year, and race director Dermot Dignam is convinced that it will shape the final outcome. “The Germany- Thuringer Energie squad has been one of the strongest when it took part in the race, and seems to have a good way of developing some really strong young riders,” he said. “With riders like Tony Martin and John Degenkolb riding very strongly here in the past, we expect another good showing this May.”

Race director Dermot Dignam is delighted the team is returning this year and is convinced that they will shape the final outcome of the race. “The Germany- Thuringer Energie squad has been one of the strongest in recent years, and seems to have a good way of developing some really strong young riders,” he said. “With riders like Tony Martin and John Degenkolb riding very strongly here in the past, we expect another good showing this May.”

Bastain Búrgler Germany
The final selection will be made closer to the May 22nd start, however the team has pencilled in some very strong riders including Johannes Kahra, who was second overall and second in the time trial at last year’s Tour of Berlin. Marcel Barth, is a past winner of a stage in the Mainfranken Tour, while Jakob Steigmiller was second on a Rás stage last year and 11th overall.

The likely line-up is competed by Bastian Bürgel, eighth overall in the recent Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, and Tassilo Fricke, who competed last year with Team NetApp.

Also confirmed for this year's An Post Rás is the French AVC Aix en Provence squad. Its line-up includes Erwan Brenterch, second in last year’s Emirates Cup and second on a stage in the Mi-Août Bretonne, as
Romain Ramier France
well as 2010 Circuit des Ardennes runner-up Thomas Rostollan, Matthieu Converset, Nicolas Queyranne and Romain Ramier.

“This French team has some strong riders and they too will add depth to this year’s contest,” said Dignam.

The two teams confirmed today bring the number of confirmed international squads to six. The previously-announced set-ups are the Drapac Professional Cycling team from Australia, the New Zealand national side, the American Wonderful Pistachios squad and the Spanish KTM-Murcia line-up.



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