Son of German great keeping career goals close to his chest
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Rick Zabel makes his debut with BMC (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Rick Zabel signs on for his first race with BMC (Image credit: Sirotti)
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Rick Zabel (BMC) is making his WorldTour debut down under (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
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Erik Zabel won the green jersey six straight years. This one was the Tour de France 2001 (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
German cycling is experiencing a renaissance of sorts with cyclists such as Tony Martin, Andre Greipel, John Degenkolb, Marcel Kittel and even the BMC trio of Marcus Burghardt, Dominik Nerz and first-year pro Rick Zabel making all the right headlines with world championship and Tour de France victories.
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