Deutschland Tour facts for kids
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| Race details | |
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| Date | August |
| Region | Germany |
| English name | Tour of Germany |
| Local name(s) | Deutschland Tour |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI ProTour |
| Type | Stage-race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1911 |
| Editions | 29 (as of 2007) |
| First winner |  Hans Ludwig |
| Most recent | Jens Voigt |
The Deutschland Tour (English: Tour of Germany and sometimes Deutschland-Rundfahrt in German) is the most important stage race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI ProTour and has been moved to August.
History
Already in 1911, a "national" cycling race of over 1,500 km was held in the German Empire (Germany was then lots of more or less independent kingdoms, duchies, and other little countries ). Until 1931 several Tours were held, organised by different groups. In 1931 the first Deutschlandtour was held. The race was well organised and exciting between 1937 and 1939, but stopped again at the start of World War II.
There was not a lot of road cycling in Germany, and the tour's popularity depended on German riders doing well in other races. This resulted in several parallel tours of West Germany.
But after Jan Ullrich's 1997 Tour de France victory, cycling became more popular. Partly as because of Germany's new-found cycling enthusiasm, the Bund Deutscher Radfahrer e.V. (German Cyclists' Federation) and the company Upsolut founded the Deutschland Tour gmbh (Ltd) 1999 the Deutschlandtour restarted, but has not been run since 2008 because of a lack of interest from TV sponsors.
Deutschland Tour Winners |
1911 - Hans Ludwig · 1922 - Adolf Huschke · 1927 - Rudolf Wolke · 1930 - Hermann Buse · 1931 - Erich Metze · 1937 - Otto Weckerling · 1938 - Hermann Schild] · 1939 - Georg Umbenhauer · 1940-1945 World War II · 1947 - Erich Bautz · 1948 - Phillip Hilpert · 1949 - Harry Saager · 1950 - Roger Gyselinck · 1951 - Guido de Santi · 1952 - Isidore Derijck · 1962 - Peter Post · 1979 - Dietrich Thurau · 1980 - Gregor Braun · 1981 - Silvano Contini · 1982 - Theo de Rooij · 1999 - Jens Heppner · 2000 - David Plaza · 2001 - Alexander Vinokourov · 2002 - Igor González de Galdeano · 2003 - Michael Rogers · 2004 - Patrik Sinkewitz · 2005 - Levi Leipheimer · 2006 - Jens Voigt · 2007 - Jens Voigt · 2008 - Linus Gerdemann · 2009 - 2011 - Race Cancelled · |
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Images for kids
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Jens Voigt (pictured at the 2006 Deutschland Tour) is the only rider with two Deutschland Tour wins.
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Matej Mohorič won the 2018 edition.
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See also
In Spanish: Vuelta a Alemania para niños
