The series was presented on April 1, 2019 in Frankfurt am Main . On the occasion of the anniversary "30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall" , the route led the international field of drivers on four stages through four federal states from Hanover to Erfurt . The first stage ran over flat terrain from the capital of Lower Saxony to Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt . The second stage ran over a hilly profile between the university towns of Marburg and Göttingen and, at 199 kilometers, was the longest section. Then it went over undulating terrain through the middle of Germany from Göttingen to Eisenach . The route of the fourth stage ran from Eisenach across the Free State of Thuringia and ended after a sporty and scenic tour through the Thuringian Forest in the state capital Erfurt.
After a hard- fought start, Remco Evenepoel ( Deceuninck-Quick-Step ) took off and was only shown 10 kilometers from the finish line after 95 kilometers of solo escape. The previous overall leader, Ackermann, fell back from the front field 40 kilometers before the finish. Alexey Lutsenko ( Astana ) and Marc Hirschi ( Team Sunweb ) attacked after Evenepoel's recovery and were in turn put 2 kilometers from the finish by the front field, whose sprint was won by Alexander Kristoff ( UAE Team Emirates ), who also took the overall lead.
The leader of the overall standings wore the red jersey. As always in international stage races, the overall ranking was the result of adding up the times driven, minus 10, 6 and 4 seconds bonus for the first three of each stage. In addition, there was a bonus rating of 3, 2 and 1 seconds in each stage (not to be confused with the intermediate sprints). For the overall standings, a total of € 18,180 in prize money was awarded to the first 20 drivers, including € 7,230 for the overall winner.
The first twenty riders of each stage were awarded € 9,090 in prize money, including € 3,615 for the stage winner.
The leader in the points classification wore the green jersey. The point evaluation resulted from the addition of the points at the finish of each stage (15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points) two intermediate sprints - not to be confused with the bonus evaluation- (5, 3 and 1 points). The winner of the points evaluation received € 3,000.
The leader in the mountain classification wore the blue jersey. The mountain rating resulted from the addition of the 3, 2 and 1 points that were awarded for the first of the crossing on a total of nine climbs. The winner of the mountain classification received € 3,000.
Based on the overall ranking, the junior ranking of drivers born after January 1st, 1994 was determined. The leader ztih the white jersey. The winner of the junior competition received € 3,000.
The team ranking resulted from the addition of the three best times of the drivers of a team on each stage. The winning team received € 3,000.
At each stage, a jury recognized a driver as the most combative driver who received prize money of 500 € each.
The waiting period was set at 12% of the time of the winner.
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Jasper Stuyven ( Trek-Segafredo )
Sonny Colbrelli ( Bahrain-Merida )
Magnus Cort Nielsen ( Astana )
Marc Hirschi ( Sunweb )
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Alexander Kristoff
Pascal Ackermann
Julien Bernard
UAE Team Emirates
Alexander Kristoff
Davide Villella
Marc Hirschi
Remco Evenepoel
Kasper Asgreen
Alexei Lutsenko