First-class team selection for the cycling classic on May 1st
March 7th, 2024
There are still 55 days to go until the cycling classic, but a look at the team selection already promises an exciting May 1st. With 13 teams from the UCI WorldTour and five ProTeams, Eschborn-Frankfurt 2024 will take place. Never in the long history of the race has there been such a high level of first-class teams in the starting field.
The team selection is led by Alpecin-Deceuninck and BORA - hansgrohe, who have alternately won the last four editions. Last year, the Belgian team spoiled the German team's home race and will now start as defending champions. The teams of local heroes John Degenkolb (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and Jonas Rutsch (EF Education - EasyPost) as well as record winner Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) will also be there on May 1st. Many international teams of German riders have also announced their participation once again. They all want to crown the end of the spring with the trophy of the German WorldTour race.
While most of the teams are regulars in the Cycling Classics, there are also some comebacks and debuts. Lidl-Trek, for example, is returning after a year away. In addition to former world champion Mads Pedersen, who won the U23 edition of Eschborn-Frankfurt exactly ten years ago, last year's runner-up Patrick Konrad will also be in the team's line-up from this season.