The years of apprenticeship, has skipped Maximilian chess man – and, instead, directly to the carrier of hope in the German Cycling soared. Since Wednesday is that the Berlin should belong to the future at the largest and most successful German Team Bora-hansgrohe, for he is driving since the beginning of 2019. The robbery linger the team and the 26-Year-old have agreed on an extension of the expiring contract by four years until the end of 2024.

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test A contract with such a term in professional Cycling is rare. For a Bora-hansgrohe chess man granted a vote of confidence, on the other, the ambitious team has withdrawn from her gem to the access of other interested teams. And chess man, has good feet and an aggressive style of driving even on a clear head, was his market value be aware of. So he is likely to be, in spite of the pandemic-related risks of Cycling to a big earner in Bora-hansgrohe ascended.

at the Latest, with his overall victory at the prestigious tour of Paris–nice pregnant in March, in a convincing manner – he wore the Yellow Jersey from the second to the last day – has promoted chess man in the first ranks of the peloton. Because Paris–nice was the last major sports event prior to the Lockdown, it had been beam power. “With this victory, he has established himself as a tour rider,” said team Manager Ralph Denk. “We will see how far you can develop it this way, but Max definitely has many other qualities. We want to help him, to find in the coming years, its place.“

chess man has been shone on different Terrains with Topresultaten and should be allowed to even try in this upcoming season. The Tuscan one-day Strade Bianche race on Saturday means the start of the season. In the Tour de France, he should support the team-mate and previous year fourth, Emanuel Buchmann. And not only in the mountains is a reliable helper, but to find out whether the large country tours in the future could be his preferred Metier. In the case of success, hansgrohe conflicts of interest between Buchmann and chess man threatened, of course, in the case of Bora.

not Yet so far is it still, as a chess man, the is the right build for a classic tour riders may also ride the classics to win. It is planned that the Berlin to take in this autumn’s Paris–Roubaix and the tour of Flanders in attack. “At the moment, I am quite versatile as a driver. We want to find out in the next few years together, in which races I have the most Potential,“ says chess man. “This is exciting.”