Degenkolb enjoys home race at Eschborn-Frankfurt despite costly mechanical
Trek-Segafredo rider th🐽ird in wet conditions after lead🍷-out man's chain slipped
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:John Degenkolb continued his good record at his 'home race' of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Eschborn-Frankfurt by finishing third in a cold and wet edition behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Katusha-Alpecin's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexander Kristoff𓄧 and Rick Zabel. Degenkolb remains the last German winner of the race in 2011, and his third place was his third time on the podiumꦐ.
While the likes of world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and the Quick-Step Floors duo of Marcel Kittel and Fernando Gaviria opted for an early finish to the day of racing, Degenkolb and his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trek-Segafredo team were fully committed to chasing a result.
"Riding the whole day in the pouring rain wasn't really pleasant," said Degenkolb. "I believe these weather conditions🍸 ma💦de the race very, very hard and, in fact, that was to my advantage.
"I am proud of the race we did as a team, and I am proud of my third place, even though in cycling only the first place counts. I am still satisfied," he added🐼. "Despite the rain, there were so many people alon💛g the road; it was amazing! Everyone showed such pure passion for cycling. There is nothing more beautiful than a home race, and I was happy to be a part of it."
The race was Degenkolb's first after a break following the classics and marked a year since his return to racing after the Giant-Alpecin training ride crash of January derailed hi▨s 2016 season. As Degenkolb prepares for his mid-season targets, he took confidence from the fact that a mechanical - not his legs - impinged upon his sprint for the win.
"With 500 meters to go I was in perfect position, in fift𒊎h wheel, and I told Jasper to go but he couldn't because his chain went out and he couldn't pedal anymore," Degenkolb said of the incident with teammate Jasper Stuyven. "There was a small gap, and I had to start sprinting too early, and I wasn't able to overtake them."
Despite the dropped chain, Stuyven held on to finish in seventh place but expressed his disappoint♎ment with the outcome.
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"I couldn't do my lead out at all and ཧJohn had to go from pretty far. He ended up third, but if I could have done my lead out properly, it would ꦕhave been a nice battle between John and Kristoff. At the least, we would have been second."
Stuyven will head to Sardinia this week having been named in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trek-Segafredo's Giro d'Italia team, while Degenkolb focuses his attention on ওthe Tour de France in July.
