Giant-Alpecin have announced their line-ups for the national championships.

Time trials

This week sees the European national championships take place with the time trials starting this Wednesday. Defending champion Georg Preidler will line up at the Austrian time trial and he will be looking to wear the jersey for another year. 

Also in action are Tobias Ludvigsson in Sweden, Nikias Arndt and Max Walscheid in Germany, Søren Kragh Andersen in Denmark and Tom Dumoulin in the Netherlands, who just returned from almost three weeks at the team's altitude training camp.

LINE-UPS
Austria (22/06)
Georg Preidler (AUT)

Denmark (22/06)
Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)

Germany (24/06)
Nikias Arndt (GER)
Max Walscheid (GER)

The Netherlands (22/06)
Tom Dumoulin (NED)

Sweden (22/06)
Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE)

Road races

This weekend’s national road race championships should offer several exciting battles 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, Nikias Arndt and Simon Geschke, the team will be looking for a strong result in the home championships.

Over at the Dutch nationals, the team has nine representatives. Ramon Sinkeldam finished second last year and he will be the team’s sprint option. In case of a tough finale, Roy Curvers and Koen de Kort are riders that can make the select front group.

Elsewhere in Europe, Team Giant-Alpecin riders are racing in Austria with Georg Preidler, Belgium with Zico Waeytens, Denmark with Søren Kragh Andersen, France with Warren Barguil, Norway with Sindre Skjøstad Lunke, and Sweden with Tobias Ludvigsson.

LINE-UPS

Austria (26/06)
Georg Preidler (AUT)

Belgium (26/06)
Zico Waeytens (BEL)

Denmark (26/06)
Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)

France (26/06)
Warren Barguil (FRA)

Germany (26/06)
Nikias Arndt (GER)
John Degenkolb (GER)
Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Max Walscheid (GER)

The Netherlands (25/06)
Roy Curvers (NED)
Laurens ten Dam (NED)
Tom Dumoulin (NED)
Lars van der Haar (NED)
Koen de Kort (NED)
Sam Oomen (NED)
Ramon Sinkeldam (NED)
Tom Stamsnijder (NED)
Albert Timmer (NED)

Norway (26/06)
Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (NOR)

Sweden (26/06)
Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE)