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The German Cycling Federation announced Tuesday that Andre Greipel (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lotto Soudal) will lead the six-man team at the sprinter-suited road race 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Championships in Doha, Qatar on October 16, while compatriot 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marcel Kittel (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Etixx-QuickStep) will play a wildcard role. The team announcement was reported on Rad-Net.

"I would like to thank those responsible for the trust to transfer the captaincy [to me]," said Greipel, who earlier expressed disappointment at the federation's de▨lay in selec🌳ting the team. "With only six riders we are not the favourites, but if we all pull together, we have a good chance.🌟"

The federation took into account the route planned for the World Championships when selecting the team. The men will race 151km in the desert before seven laps of a technical 15.2km circuit in Doha, with a finish on The Pearl of Qatar after 257.5kmꦿ. The route is considered both tec✃hnical and tactical, suited to one-day specialists and sprinters.

Greipel will lead the team after a strong season that started with two wins at the Mallorca Challenge and went on to include wins at Tour of Turkey, three stagesꦗ at the Giro d'Italia, To🅷ur de Luxembourg, German road race championships, a stage at the Tour de France and Tour of Britain.

Kittel has also had strong early- to mid-season with wins at the Dubai Tour, Volta al Algarve, Three Days of De Panne, Scheldeprijs, Tour de Romandie, two stage wins at the Giro d'Italia and one stage win at the Tour de France, making it a difficult decision for the German nati๊onal team to select a sprint leader for the Doha Worlds.

Germany has six riders for the road race and two for the time trial. The road race nominations include Greipel and Kitt💜el along with John Degenkolb, Tony Martin, Nils Politt, Marcel Sieberg and Jasha Sutterlin. The time trial nominations are Martin, Poli🦂tt and Sutterlin.

"Th♑is leaves us more tactical flexibilit🧜y," said the federation's president Udo Sprenger.