LuK Challenge
The LuK Challenge was a bike race , more precisely: a pair of time trials that was held in Bühl every year at the end of July and beginning of August until 2006 .
history
The forerunner event of the cycling race existed since 1993; at that time still under the name Telekom Grand Prix , in 1996 it was relocated to Karlsruhe under the same name . It took place there between 1997 and 1999 under the name Breitling Grand Prix , between 2000 and 2001 under the name EnBW Grand Prix and between 2002 and 2003 under the name Karlsruher Versicherungs-Grand-Prix . During this time, a street race called the LuK Cup took place in Bühl . As of 2004, the pair time trial was relocated from Karlsruhe to Bühl and carried out under the name LuK Challenge .
The LuK Challenge was part of the UCI Europe Tour and was rated 1.1. The previous event in Karlsruhe was in category 1.2. Due to its international position, the race was also viewed as the unofficial world championship in the pair time trial. Many Tour de France riders used the event to show themselves back to the home crowd after the tour. The LuK Challenge was mainly financed by the automotive supplier LuK , which also supports the cycling fanatic Didi Senft .
In autumn 2006, after numerous doping cases in cycling, the main sponsor LuK announced that it would end its commitment.
Winners (men)
Buhl
- LuK Challenge:
- 2006 Markus Fothen / Sebastian Lang
- 2005 Bobby Julich / Jens Voigt
- 2004 Bobby Julich / Jens Voigt
- 2006 Markus Fothen / Sebastian Lang
- LuK Cup:
- 2003 Matthias Kessler
- 2002 Davide rebel
- 2001 Geert Verheyen
- 2000 Gianni Faresin
- 1999 Pawel Tonkow
- 1998 Piotr Ugrumow
- 1997 Jan Ullrich
- 1996 Robbie McEwen
- 2003 Matthias Kessler
- Telekom Grand Prix:
- 1995 Tony Rominger / Andrea Chiurato
- 1994 Tony Rominger / Jens Lehmann
- 1993 Gianni Bugno / Maurizio Fondriest
- 1995 Tony Rominger / Andrea Chiurato
Karlsruhe
- Karlsruhe Insurance Grand Prix:
- 2003 Michael Rich / Sebastian Lang
- 2002 Michael Rich / Uwe Peschel
- 2003 Michael Rich / Sebastian Lang
- EnBW Grand Prix:
- 2001 Christophe Moreau / Florent Brard
- 2000 Michael Rich / Torsten Schmidt
- 2001 Christophe Moreau / Florent Brard
- Breitling Grand Prix:
- 1999 Chris Boardman / Jens Voigt
- 1998 Udo Bölts / Christian Henn
- 1997 Oscar Camenzind / Johan Museeuw
- 1999 Chris Boardman / Jens Voigt
- Telekom Grand Prix:
- 1996 Chris Boardman / Uwe Peschel
- 1996 Chris Boardman / Uwe Peschel
Winners (women)
Buhl
- LuK Challenge
- 2004 Mirjam Melchers / Leontien van Moorsel
- 2005 Judith Arndt / Trixi Worrack
- 2004 Mirjam Melchers / Leontien van Moorsel
Web links
- www.lukchallenge.de - Official website
- Couple time trial Grand Prix in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe