This week, Hamburg hosts the fifth leg of the 2016 Longines Global Champions Tour as well as its traditional and prestigious derby. 

A strong field of home riders are heading for Hamburg, with Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum, Daniel Deusser, Marcus Ehning, Janne-Friederike Meyer and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum are among the big names for Germany while other stars include world no. one Simon Delestre from France, Ireland's Bertram Allen, Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa, Great Britain's John and Michael Whitaker and from the US comes Lauren Hough and Laura Kraut. 

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