Degenkolb with historic triple

John Degenkolb of the Thüringer Energie Team has won the overall classification of the season-long German Bundesliga series. He also took the young rider classification and with Thüringer he also took the teams classification. Degenkolb was the first rider ever in the Bundesliga to win all three titles in one season.

The directeur sportif, Gerald Mortag, was impressed with the way the team of Degenkolb, Philipp Klein and Lucas Schädlich handled the last race, a track event in Büttgen. "The guys rode superbly. We had already won [the teams classification]. But when we start, we want to be ahead."