Overview

• The former Paris-Roubaix winner crashed at April’s Flandern-Rundfahrt, suffering fractures to his collarbone, elbow and wrist that sidelined him for four months.
• His absence forced him to miss both Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de France, two races he had targeted before his injury.
• He praised Team Picnic PostNL’s dedicated rehab program, which combined gym work and on-bike sessions to rebuild his form.
• The five-day Deutschland Tour traverses regions including Ostwestfalen and the Sauerland and concludes with a 163.7-kilometer final stage to Magdeburg.
• High-profile riders such as Wout van Aert, national champion Georg Zimmermann and Tadej Pogacar’s domestique Nils Politt also headline the field.