Andre Greipel eyeing the Milan-San Remo in 2013
Andre Greipel of Team Lotto-Belisol has definitely reached the peak of his professional career, considering his storming performances in the 2012 season.
The German Sprinter has now set his sights at the longest professional one-day cycling race that spreads up to 298 kilometres.
The 104th edition of the race is scheduled on March 16, 2013 and the cyclist is optimistic to claim his first ever victory at the Milan-San Remo 2013.
Greipel is expected to kick-off the new season with the UCI Inaugural event, the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide Australia followed by the Tour of Algarve and some Belgian races before moving to Italy for “the Spring Classic”.
He told sport. Be, “My first race of 2013 is probably the Tour Down Under. Then maybe the Tour of the Algarve and some Belgian races”.
“A stage win in Australia would be nice, but my first major goals of 2013 are Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and Milan-San Remo”.
The 30-year-old underwent a fitness test at the Energy Lab in Paal, Belgium along with his team mate Marcel Sieberg to ensure his 100 % strength for before the new season.
“Such a test is important to know where you stand. I know the results are not detailed yet, but I can already say that I feel better than this time last year”.
Andre had a marvellous 2012 season and claimed multiple stages at the Tour of Belgium, Santos Tour Down Under, Tour de France, Tour de Luxembourg, Tour of Oman, and Danmark Rundt 2012.
He finishes first at the Cancer Council Helpline Classic, ProRace Berlin, GP Impanis-Van Petegem, second overall at the World Ports Classic and the Vattenfall Cyclassics along with a stage each at the Tour of Turkey and the Ster ZLM Toer 2012.
Greipel had an occupied season which started from the Santos Tour Down Under and went until the end of October, at the Münsterland Giro.
He voiced, “In October, the season ended for me. Actually, I never completely stopped, you should always try to maintain that condition".
It will be interesting to see if the German Sprinter manages to continue his winning momentum in the season ahead to fulfill his dream of winning the Milan-San Remo 2013.
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