Team LottoNL-Jumbo will start the Sparkassen Münsterland on the 3rd of October with 3 riders who participated at the world championships. One of them is Jos van Emden, who has already won the race two times. They have to make sure that the race won’t end up in a bunch sprint.
 
“I think that Sparkassen Münsterland is a beautiful race,” sports director Frans Maassen says. “Even though it ends up in a bunch sprint more often. We don’t prefer a bunch kick this Saturday, but we need some support of the other teams to make sure it doesn’t end up like that.”
 
Jos van Emden will hold the record of most wins in this race on his own, if he is able to grab the victory this Saturday. Van Emden won the race in 2007 and 2013.
 
“I have special feelings with the Sparkassen Münsterland,” Van Emden adds. “I always joke about it’s the most beautiful race of the year. But I know that it won’t be easy to deliver again this Saturday. The race has a quite flat profile, so it will probably end up in a bunch sprint. But in the end of the season, the peloton can lose the control sometimes, so there are chances, anyway.”
 
Line-up:
Brian Bulgac, Jos van Emden, Tom Leezer , Paul Martens, Maarten Tjallingii en Sep Vanmarcke