Cycling: André Greipel sharply criticized the BDR about three weeks before the Road World Championships in Doha. In an interview with the Belgian newspaper Het Niewusblad, the German champion expresses his incomprehension that no decision has yet been made regarding the squad nomination for the road race on October 16th.
The nomination of the squad for the Road World Championships in Doha in mid-October has been dragging on for a few weeks now. The flat course of the street race suits the sprinters and this is exactly where the (luxury) problem of the BDR lies: With André Greipel and Marcel Kittel you have two top people and possible candidates to choose from. Which of the two will lead the team? There is still a great deal of guesswork here – not only among the media and fans, but also among the drivers themselves.
[blog style=”def” cols=”2″ display=”specific” specific=”53136″ posts_per_page=”0″ offset=”0″ pagination=”no” ad_id=”0″ ad_count=”3″ ad_repeat=”yes”]Not optimal conditions; André Greipel has now vented his anger in the Belgian newspaper 'Het Niewusblad'. "It is absolutely incomprehensible that the association has still not made a decision," the 34-year-old is quoted there. "I just do not understand. I want to prepare as best I can for the World Championships, but I don't even know if I'm going to drive at all." He alludes to the recently expressed considerations that one could possibly completely do without one of the two top sprinters in favor of a helper. His colleague and competitor Marcel Kittel is also up in the air: “It looks exactly like that for Marcel. It's just a really weird situation for both of us."