Buchmann leads clean sweep of German Road Nationals for Bora-Hansgrohe
Denz silver, Schachmann bronze
Emanuel Buchmann claimed the top spot in the German Road Race Championships in a memorable day for Bora-Hansgrohe as the German squad clinched all three podium places.
Double Giro d’Italia stage winner Nico Denz netted silver, with Max Schachmann, himself a former double National Road Champion, bringing home the bronze.
Buchmann took his first win in over three years by more than a minute on his two teammates on the 215 kilometre course in Bad Dürrheim.
Janik Steimle (Soudal-QuickStep) came home in fourth place, with EF Education-EasyPost racer Jonas Rutsch netting fifth.
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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.
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