Preview: Men's European Championships time-trial. Big title available for some of the World's best ITT specialists

On the 17th of August many of Europe's nations will see some of their best time-trialists go head to head in Munich for the European championships, where an important title and a meaningful jersey will be up for grabs in a fast time-trial.

The route will be just under 24 kilometers. It will be a very fast route, without technical sections and descents, with roads where the purists can lay down their power. It starts with a small hilltop with the riders leaving town, 400 meters at 7.4%, the remaining 23 kilometers of the route though are fairly simple, with the riders crossing two small towns, but mostly riding through open country roads with no sections that will completely break the rhythm.

The preliminary startlist includes specialists such as: Stefan Bissegger, Stefan Küng, Jan Tratnik, Mikkel Bjerg, Mattia Cattaneo, Filippo Ganna and Max Walscheid.

CyclingUpToDate prediction:

**** Filippo Ganna

*** Stefan Küng, Stefan Bissegger

** Mattia Cattaneo, Mikkel Bjerg, Jan Tratnik