Australian-German Heinrich Haussler will make a long-awaited return to competition at the EuroEyes Cyclassics in Hamburg on Sunday. The Bahrain-Merida rider is hoping for one final shot to save his career, knowing that how he performs in the race is key to his future. Haussler had double knee surgeries this year, but after his months-long layoff, he`s ready and eager to race again. `Of course I am crazily excited but also ready for this race in Hamburg,` Haussler said. `It`s something I`ve really been working for since the last operation. I`m in good shape and I`ve done some hard rides this week just to test my knee and see if I`ll be ready to ride in race conditions and it has been good. So I am super confident and excited to be out there again with the boys.` Directeur sportif Harald Morscher is expecting a sprint and is looking to his Italian fast men Sonny Colbrelli and Niccolo Bonifazio for results.ADVERTISEMENT `This race was won mostly from sprinters in the last years. For sure it will be a hard race and long, with its 220 km. Our strategy is very simple: we won`t just fight for a breakaway, king of the mountain or anything else - we will fight for the win,` Morscher said. `With Colbrelli and Bonifazio we have 2 excellent sprinters in the team and with Haussler, who is coming back from his long recovery, we have the best `Regiemaster` in our group. He will for sure surprise us all.` Bahrain-Merida for the EuroEyes Cyclassics: Yukiya Arashiro, Grega Bole, Niccolò Bonifazio, Borut Bozic, Sonny Colbrelli, Heinrich Haussler, David Per and Luka Pibernik. BMC behind Drucker for Hamburg The BMC Racing Team says it will be behind Luxembourg`s Jempy Drucker for the EuroEyes Cyclassics in Hamburg this weekend. Drucker has shown good form in recent weeks, with a win in the Tour de Wallonie, sixth in RideLondon, and a solid week`s work for Greg Van Avermaet in the BinckBank Tour. UAE Team Emirates backs Ferrari Lotto Soudal hires new Gener ...
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