John Degenkolb

John Degenkolb is ready to move on from his time with Giant – Alpecin. The German is expected to join Trek – Segafredo.

With the trading season opening August 1, teams, riders, and agents are jockeying for position in the market.

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After a life-threatening crash in January, John Degenkolb's perspective has changed. He's happy to enter the Tour de France as a team player to support Warren Barguil.

John Degenkolb is trying to get used to shifting and breaking without using his left index finger — quite an adjustment in a hectic sprint

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John Degenkolb is gearing up for the Amgen Tour of California, his first stage race appearance of the year

John Degenkolb is finally returning to racing this weekend, three months after the crash that derailed his early-season campaign

After three months away from racing, recovering from a disastrous January crash, John Degenkolb will return to the peloton.

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John Degenkolb is still recovering from serious injuries suffered in January but hopes to race the Tour de France in July.

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The Giant-Alpecin rider and six of his teammates were hit by a car head-on during a training ride in January.

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The German and five of his teammates were injured when a car plowed into them during a training ride last month.

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Warren Barguil talks about a head-on collision with a car that sent six Giant – Alpecin riders to the hospital last weekend.

John Degenkolb and some of his Giant-Alpecin teammates were hit by a car head-on during a training ride in Spain last week.

Team Giant-Alpecin picks up the pieces after Saturday's training crash

The Giant-Alpecin rider won Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix last season, and he's ready to prove that was no fluke.

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John Degenkolb doubled-up in 2015 with two monument wins, earning him the title as best classics rider of the season.

With Segafredo sponsoring Trek for the next three years, team officials have more bargaining power as they search for another classics king.

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The elite men’s road race will be a wide-open affair; with three short, steep climbs in the closing 5km and a chance of showers, almost anything can happen

When John Degenkolb raised his arms across the final finish line of the Vuelta, his missing confidence returned. Now, he says, he's ready for the worlds.

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The cycling world will turn its attention to Richmond, Virginia starting this weekend at the UCI Road World Championships.

The German sprinter closed the Vuelta a Espana with a stage win and is now preparing to take on the peloton in Richmond.

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Fabio Aru takes his first grand-tour victory as John Degenkolb salves Giant's wounds over losing the Vuelta on the penultimate stage

In another blow for Marcel Kittel, the German national team is overlooking him in favor of Andre Greipel and John Degenkolb for Richmond.

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André Greipel leads a one-two German finish in stage 15 as Peter Sagan, who featured in an early break, finds himself denied yet again

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Germans have found success at the Tour thus far, with Tony Martin and Andre Greipel winning a combined three stages

All-rounder John Degenkolb is confident he can fill the shoes of Giant-Alpecin sprinter Marcel Kittel at this year's Tour de France

Though Kittel is a proven stage winner, Giant-Alpecin feels it has more options than ever to collect victories at the Tour

The Giant-Alpecin star has eight Tour de France stage wins but will miss this year's race after an illness

The Norwegian has 18 wins so far this season, but several riders will challenge him in the mass gallops to the finish line

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"We should not expect to see cycling liberated forever from these cheats," says classics champion John Degenkolb

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John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff have morphed themselves into strong classics riders capable of tackling the demanding spring races

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John Degenkolb revels in his second monument win of the season, one year after rueing a near-miss second place in Paris-Roubaix

German John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) won Paris-Roubaix with a courageous late-race move, followed by a brilliant finishing sprint

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Can Alexander Kristoff pull off the Flanders-Roubaix double, or will someone else emerge from the dusty cobbles as Sunday's winner?

John Degenkolb rides Giant's Defy road bike for the bergs and cobbles of Flanders

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Without perennial favorites Boonen and Cancellara, a new generation of riders is elbowing its way to the top of the Flanders heap

Find out what it took for John Degenkolb to win his first-ever monument at Milano-Sanremo in Italy

Big names and bigger teams are fine-tuning form and team compositions in this week's semi-classics ahead of the major spring races

The German reels in the biggest catch of his cycling career by winning Sunday's Milano-Sanremo

Sprinter John Degenkolb shone brightly in Sanremo, but not before some other bright lights went dim on the long, cold road from Milano

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A rainy, crash-packed edition of La Classicissima ends in a mad dash to the line won by Giant-Alpecin's John Degenkolb

Sunday's edition of the sprinter's classic pulls from past races to present an old-school route that finishes on the Via Roma

The Paris-Nice route this year will offer something for everyone in the peloton

Why are bike races held in the sandy, sunny, and flat Middle East? Caley Fretz checks in from the Persian Gulf region.

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Mark Cavendish wins the final stage to take the overall in Dubai as John Degenkolb's leadout train gets derailed

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The German takes a 4-second lead into Saturday's final stage

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Cancellara is keenly aware that his reign as one of the kings of the classics is reaching its zenith as up-and-comers vie for the crown

Giant-Shimano's John Degenkolb wins Paris-Bourges ahead of this Sunday's Paris-Tours

Alejandro Valverde has a tough row to hoe if he is to win the rainbow jersey on his home turf, with the Aussies and Belgians gunning for him

Though he's happy with his team, the German all-rounder knows something must change if he wants to win the Tour's points competition