Degenkolb confirms he is leaving Giant-Alpecin
German to announce new team next month




168澳洲5最新开奖结果:John Degenkolb has announced that he will leave 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Team Giant-Alpecin after this season. ๊The Germ🏅an, who was seriously injured in a training accident in January, is expected to sign with Trek-Segafredo.
The German-based team will now lose its second German star, as sprinter Marcel Kittel joined Etixx-QuickStep this season. However, it can console itself with another top sprinter, as Michael Matthews will join the team fro☂m Orica-Bike E༒xchange, as Cyclingnews reported exclusively last month.
In a statem🐼ent issued by the Fairly Group, which will take over his management next year, Degenkolb said "This has been a tough decision, but it has been a thorough and deliberate process to be sure we end up in the best possible situation."
Degenkolb, 27, turned pro with HTC-Highroad in 2011, moving to his current team the next year. His best season was 2015 when he won Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix. He has won one stage at the Giro d&rs🧸quo;Italia and 10 stages at the Vue𓂃lta a Espana.
He thanked his team and teammates, saying, "it gives me much satisfaction to have 🍒won two Monuments wearing their jersey."
Degenkolb is considering offers from two teams, saying "My next contract will be about much more than just money. Besides the best team fit, it will also be about image rights, my protection as a sportsman and other details which have not historically been part of rideꦬr contract negotiations."
His new agent will be Caleb Fairly, a former Giant-Alpecin teammate. He is p꧃art of the Fairly Group, owned by h💎is father, and based in Texas.
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Giant-Alpecin team principal Iwan Spekenbrink told the dpa ꦰnews agency, "If John has decided to go, then that is ok – that’s life. We would liked to have kept him."