Leipzig, Germany - 15 July, 2015 - Velocio-SRAM are ready for the seven-day stage race
Thüringen Rundfahrt starting Friday 17 July. Lisa Brennauer, already winner of two stage races in 2015 (Energiewacht Tour, and Aviva Women's Tour of Britain) will lead a strong team including Trixi Worrack (winner of 2015 Amgen Tour of California Empowered by SRAM). The duo will be joined by fellow German Mieke Kroeger, as well as Karol-Ann Canuel, Tayler Wiles and Elise Delzenne to round out a formidable roster for Velocio-SRAM.
The seven-day tour kicks off in Gotha with a short 66km evening road stage on Friday 17 July, before moving to Erfurt, the capital of Thüringen the following day. Individual Time Trial World Champion Brennauer, who has finished third on the General Classification for Thüringen Rundfahrt in 2013 and 2014 said "I'm really looking forward to the stage race. It's special to me as it is a race in Germany and important part of our race calendar. I'm very confident going into the tour with a strong team."
An individual time trial on Sunday 19 July will provide Brennauer with another opportunity to show off her coveted rainbow stripes. She said, "I've seen the profiles and previews and expect a tough tour. It'll be a challenging tour with Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) for example as well as a strong Bigla squad and many more contenders for the overall victory. The double stage with the time trial in Schmölln and a afternoon stage up the "Mauer von Meerane" (Wall of Meerane) will be very exciting and will play a big role for the General Classification. I don't feel more pressure because it is on home soil. I really enjoy to ride there. Crowds are always amazing in Thüringen and the tour very well organized with nice stages. I hope that my team and I can build on the nice results that we achieved at the tour last year."
Team Director Sportif, Ronny Lauke added, "We have had several stage race victories already this year from Lisa and Trixi, and they both can provide the team with great opportunities to contend for the overall classification here. Elise, Tayler, Mieke and Karol-Ann have been recovering from racing at the recent Giro Rosa in Italy and I'm sure they will be ready to look for their own stage wins along with contributing to the team success as always."
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