This week sees the European national championships kick off in earnest, and the first major action comes with the time trials. Defending Dutch champion Tom Dumoulin heads into the Dutch time trial in excellent form after taking two time trial stage wins at the Tour de Suisse last week and will be the main card for Giant-Alpecin.

Also in action are Georg Preidler in Austria, Nikias Arndt in Germany and Tobias Ludvigsson in Sweden; the latter will be expecting a good result after riding a strong time trial in the Giro d’Italia, finishing ninth.
 

This weekend’s national road race championships should prove an interesting battle, with Team Giant-Alpecin strongly represented in both Germany and the Netherlands. 

Team Giant-Alpecin has five riders in the German championships. With John Degenkolb and Simon Geschke, the team will be looking for a strong result in the home championships. Degenkolb is one of the favorites for the team if the race comes down to a sprint.

Over at the Dutch nationals, the team has six representatives. Ramon Sinkeldam is the team’s sprint option, while Lars van der Haar may be an outsider for the race.

Elsewhere in Europe, Team Giant-Alpecin riders are racing in Austria with Georg Preidler, Belgium with Bert De Backer and Zico Waeytens, Sweden with the brothers Fredrik and Tobias Ludvigsson, France with Warren Barguil and Thierry Hupond, and Slovenia with Luka Mezgec.

Men's National Time Trial Championships 
Austria (26/06)
Georg Preidler (AUT)

Germany (26/06)
Nikias Arndt (GER)

The Netherlands (24/06)
Tom Dumoulin (NED)

Sweden (25/06)
Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE)

Men's National Road Race     Championships 
Austria 
Georg Preidler (AUT)

Belgium
Bert De Backer (BEL)
Zico Waeytens (BEL)

France 
Warren Barguil (FRA)
Thierry Hupond (FRA)

Germany 
Nikias Arndt (GER)
John Degenkolb (GER)
Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Marcel Kittel (GER)

The Netherlands
Roy Curvers (NED)
Lars van der Haar (NED)
Koen de Kort (NED)
Ramon Sinkeldam (NED)
Tom Stamsnijder (NED)
Albert Timmer (NED)

Slovenia 
Luka Mezgec (SLO)

Sweden
Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE)
Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE)