Starting next weekend, the German Cycling Cup will enter the decisive phase in the battle for the German Everyman Championship. At the Bremen Challenge, the best national amateur racing teams meet for the eleventh time this season and compete for important ranking points. The team from Norderstedter Merkur Druck GmbH is going into the last four races with high expectations. At the head of the recently successful Merkur Cycling Team is team captain Daniel Knyss, who wants to be back on top of the podium at the Bremen Cycling Challenge in his mother's hometown after his victories in 2011 and 2012.
"With a good result we can score further important points in the fight for the championship", says co-favorite Daniel Knyss, who, after the good performances in the last few races, has a chance of overall victory in the German Cycling Cup. “Things are going very well so far, but it depends on the last four races. Due to the kilometer lengths, the results are included in the overall ranking. That makes things extremely exciting again at the end of the season.”
“Our team can secure a good starting position in Bremen before the last three important races. They're all in great shape and have shown what they're capable of over the last few weeks. With the right motivation and the necessary bit of luck, a lot is still possible this year.", main sponsor Markus Adam sends great praise to his team. “But the results of the season don't come from just anywhere. This is behind the hard work of the entire team. I would wish for everyone that this will be rewarded at the final in Münster on October 3.”
Daniel Knyss can build on a strong squad in Bremen. Because this year, the Merkur Cycling Team has been quite successful through the German Cycling Cup. The team provided the winner of the day five times in a GCC race. In every age group in which the riders around Christine Goeldner compete, the black and multicolored jerseys are ahead. Daniel Knyss is ahead in the general classification and in the Masters 1 age group going into the eleventh of 14 races. And in the main class, Friedrich Schweizer, third overall in the race for the German Everyman Championship, is ahead of his two teammates Stefan Räth and Till Baltes. At the same time, veteran Bernd Weinhold dominated the Masters 3 class ahead of Manfred Böhm and Christine Goeldner in the women's category.
In the ranking of the best racing teams, the Merkur Cycling Team leads ahead of the team from Bürstner Duemo and Lock8 Cycling.
The rest of the program has it all. After the race in Bremen, the Jedermann Mecklenburg Giro (September 15) and the Rothaus Riderman (September 26-28) are on the agenda "Day of German unity" the final at the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro (October 3rd) is increasing