Sunweb signs two-year deal with Giant-Alpecin

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Marcel Kittel relaxes in the team van before the stage — Marcel Kittel relaxe🌳s in the team van before ༒the stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) flanked by Lars van der Haar and Philipp Walsleben on the podium in Namur. — Kev🃏in Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) flanked by Lars van der Haar and Philipp Walsleben on the podium in Namur. (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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John Degenkolb gives Giant-Shimano another big win — John Degenkolb gives Giant-Shimano anothꦛe꧋r big win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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General Manager Iwan Spekenbrink (Image credit: Bert Ge💎erts/dcp-bertgeerts@xs4all.nl)

Dutch-owned tour operator Sunweb have joined 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giant-Alpecin as a major sponsor for two years the team has announced. The online travel company have signed a deal that keeps them with the team until the end of 2016 but have hopes to continue beyond that. Sunweb alread﷽y sponsor the Sunweb-Napoleon Games cyclo-cross team of Kevin Pauwels.

The team has gone through a number of big changes this winter after taking on new title sponsor Alpecin and switching to a German WorldTour licence for next season. Home to rising German stars Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb, Giant-Alpecin will be the first team at WorldTour level to be registered in the country since Milram folded in 2010. Frenchman Warreꦇn Barguil is targetting his debut at the Tour de France where he will mount the team’s first attack on the race’s general classificatio❀n.Tom Dumoulin is another stage race contender with his time trialling capabilities.