Preview, favourites, profile, route and predictions Sparkassen Munsterland Giro 2025 - Merlier and Philipsen headline luxury sprinter race

On the 3rd of October, Germany hosts the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro, one of the country's top races and one of the most highly-rated end-of-the-season classics, guided towards the sprinters and classics riders. We preview the race. The race is expected to start at 13:15CET and finish at 17:15CET.

The German one-day race is certainly one for the sprinters and there isn't really much where this could possibly be altered. The race starts off in the town of Stromberg and will finish in Münster, with a relatively hilly start but a completely flat finale in which the fast men will have an opportunity to take a meaningful victory before ending their season.

The race is going to have the two Belgians as the main favourites. In the absence of Jonathan Milan and his leadout, the other two of the best sprinters in the world are present in Jasper Philipsen and Tim Merlier. None have their most luxurious leadouts present so it will be a difficult to navigate the finale in a sprint that should have about a dozen teams hotly contesting the head of the peloton.

We've got Visma coming in backing up Olav Kooij, Lotto with the in-form Arnaud de Lie and two sprinters with strong leadouts in Alberto Dainese and Soren Waerenskjold who can be a big threat. However other teams may prove to be just as dangerous if they devote some of their secondary sprinters to leading out one man, as is the case with teams such as Israel, Picnic PostNL, XDS Astana Team... However other very strong sprinters such as Jordi Meeus, Casper van Uden and Matteo Moschetti need no introduction and would be able to win even against such strong competition under the right circumstances.

*** Tim Merlier, Jasper Philipsen
** Olav Kooij, Alberto Dainese, Soren Waerenskjold, Arnaud de Lie
* Jordi Meeus, Max Kanter, Cees Bol, Pascal Ackermann, Hugo Hofstetter, Matteo Moschetti, Tim Torn Teutenberg, Pavel Bittner, Casper van Uden, Milan Fretin

Pick: Jasper Philipsen

How: Regular bunch sprint.