Overview

• Florian Lipowitz will start the five-day Deutschland Tour on August 20 with a prologue in Essen and a final stage into Magdeburg.
• He has been designated to support the team’s sprint and classics specialists rather than contend for the overall standings on the sprinter-friendly route.
• Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe confirmed he will skip the September Road World Championships in Rwanda to protect his form for key objectives.
• His late-season calendar includes the Canadian WorldTour classics in Québec and Montréal.
• Lipowitz’s autumn block features the Giro dell’Emilia, Tre Valli Varesine and the Giro di Lombardia as his season finale.