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cycling: Greipel with a perfect start to the season on Mallorca

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Cycling: German champion André Greipel (Team Lotto Soudal) started the 2017 season with a win on Mallorca.

As in 2016, the reigning German champion André Greipel won the first of the four one-day races, which are combined as the Mallorca Challenge. After 161,8 kilometers with the finish in Campos, Greipel was the fastest and was able to win the day ahead of Belgian Jonas Van Genechten (Cofidis) and Briton Daniel McLay (Fortuneo-Vital Concept). After a leading group of four initially dominated the race, it finally came to a mass sprint.

Result:
1. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal)
2. Jonas Van Genechten (Cofidis) st
3. Daniel McLay (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) st
4. Matteo Pelucchi (Bora-hansgrohe) st
5. Raymond Kreder (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) st
6.Jonathan Dibben (Sky) St
7. Alexander Porsev (Gazprom-Rusvelo) st
8. Coen Vermeltfoort (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) st
9. Lukasz Wisniowski (Sky) St
10. Jesus Garcia (Spain national team) st

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More than Florian Nowak

Florian Nowak is a professional cyclist at the EuropeTour level and has competed in many international races. At the German championship in 2017, he was the best non-WorldTour professional in 7th place and was therefore able to recommend himself for the Tour de L'Avenir and the World Championships. But he doesn't just feel comfortable on the racing bike, he's also always drawn to off-road terrain. In addition to sport, he works on his second mainstay and has completed his business administration studies at the LMU Munich.