Degenkolb: Kittel leaving won’t really change much for me

With Marcel Kittel moving to Etixx-QuickStep, John Degenkolb will be Giant-Alpecin’s main sprinter in 2016. Speaking in Japan ahead of Saturday’s Saitama Criterium, Degenkolb said that while the transfer may change some of the team's dynamics, it will not make any difference to him in the grand scheme of things.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.