Buchmann happy: With the champion's jersey to the Tour
DPA
· 26.06.2023
"Of course, the jersey also gives me a little extra motivation. To be at the start of the Tour with it is a huge thing," he added. At the Tour of France, which starts on Saturday in Bilbao, Spain, the lightweight will be racing for Team Bora-hansgrohe as a helper to his Australian colleague Jai Hindley.
Buchmann with an impressive solo at the German Cycling Championships
On Sunday, 30-year-old Buchmann won the German championship title for the second time since 2015 after an impressive solo ride of more than 70 kilometres. Second and third place went to Nico Denz and Maximilian Schachmann, completing the German team's triple success.
"I didn't think a climber would win, but he was simply the strongest," said top German sprinter Pascal Ackermann, who didn't finish in the top 35. "It wasn't a La Paloma race," added the rider from the UAE team about the course, which was "not easy".
Buchmann's last victory was a long time ago
The 30-year-old Buchmann last won in Mallorca in January 2020. Since then, things haven't gone too well and he has been repeatedly set back by crashes, illnesses and coronavirus-related timeouts.
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