Lower Saxony tour

2007 tour in the Harz near Dammhaus

The International Lower Saxony Tour (LOTTO Tour) is a multi-day cycle race that has been held annually in April since 1977 .

The stage race is organized by the International Lower Saxony Tour Association , which tries to touch as many regions of Lower Saxony as possible during the cycle race by selecting the start and destination locations . The tour was also organized under the name ODDSET tour in the early 2000s.

The Elite Tour of Lower Saxony was part of the German Championship (TUI Cup) and was most recently in category 2.1 in the UCI calendar . classified. Until the abolition of the division of cycling into professionals and amateurs in 1995 ( standard license ), the Lower Saxony tour was considered one of the most important amateur cycling races in the world. In the 1980s , the race was largely dominated by drivers from the GDR , who were otherwise only allowed to shine in the Peace Drive. In 2006, Alessandro Petacchi from Team Milram set a new record: The Italian professional cyclist was the first to win all individual stages and the overall standings.

The doping scandal, which has been simmering for some time, has led to the withdrawal of numerous sponsors, including Volkswagen , from the Lower Saxony Tour, so that the 2008 race had to be canceled. The tour was continued as a junior race.

winner

elite

year	Overall winner	Mountain scoring	Sprint scoring	U23 rating	Team evaluation
1977	Hans Langerijs	Erich Jagsch	-	-	Netherlands
1978	Peter Becker	Jan Krawczyk	-	-	Poland
1979	Kim Andersen	Mats Gustafsson	-	-	Poland
1980	Vyacheslav Dedionov	Aavo Pikkuus	-	-	Soviet Union
1981	Olaf Ludwig	Dieter Flögel	-	-	Soviet Union
1982	Anton van der Steen	Lech Piasecki	Aavo Pikkuus	-	Netherlands
1983	Dainis Liepinsch	Helmut Wechselberger	Olaf Ludwig	-	German Democratic Republic
1984	Alexander Zinoviev	Oleg Yaroshenko	Alexander Zinoviev	-	Soviet Union
1985	Uwe Ampler	Vasily Zhdanov	Uwe Raab	-	German Democratic Republic
1986	Sergei Uslamin	Mario Hernig	Jamolidin Abduschaparov	-	Soviet Union
1987	Helmut Wechselberger	Otakar Fiala	Thomas Krön	-	Soviet Union
1988	Dirk Meier	Dirk Meier	Carsten Wolf	-	Poland
1989	Carsten Wolf	Zbigniew Piątek	Carsten Wolf	-	German Democratic Republic
1990	Thomas Liese	Lubor Tesař	Carsten Wolf	-	German Democratic Republic
1991	Lubor Tesař	Raymond Meijs	Andreas Bach	-	Lower Saxony
1992	Steffen Wesemann	Lutz Lehmann	Andreas Bach	-	Brandenburg
1993	Bert Dietz	Lutz Lehmann	Mike Weissmann	Alexander Ivankin	Russia
1994	Jens Voigt	Jaroslav Bílek	Ralf Schmidt	Johnny van Cadsand	Hesse
1995	Pavel Padrnos	Dariusz Baranowski	Lutz Lehmann	Andre Kalfack	Germany
1996	Stephan Gottschling	Tomáš Konečný	Lutz Lehmann	Stephan Gogoll	Germany
1997	Jens Voigt	Gerd Audehm	Mike Weissmann	Christian van Dartel	Agro-Adler Brandenburg
1998	Andreas Klöden	Andrei Kiwilev	Danilo Hondo	Andreas Klöden	Festina
1999	Torsten Schmidt	Hannes Hempel	Olaf Pollack	Stefan Rütimann	Team Chicky World
2000	Torsten Schmidt	Hannes Hempel	Olaf Pollack	Torsten Hiekmann	Team Cologne
2001	Grischa Niermann	Pedro Horrillo	Bram de Groot	Patrik Sinkewitz	Team Gerolsteiner
2002	Olaf Pollack	Giuseppe Guerini	Olaf Pollack	Stefan Schumacher	Team Nürnberger
2003	Nicolas Jalabert	Stefan Schumacher	Danilo Hondo	Niels Scheuneman	Team Gerolsteiner
2004	Bert Roesems	Corey Sweet	Danilo Hondo	Linus Gerdemann	Relax body sol
2005	Stefan Schumacher	Mauricio Ardila	Steffen Radochla	Heinrich Haussler	Team Wiesenhof
2006	Alessandro Petacchi	Wolfram Wiese	Alessandro Petacchi	Gerald Ciolek	Rabobank
2007	Alessandro Petacchi	Andrea Pagoto	Graeme Brown	Gerald Ciolek	Team Gerolsteiner

Juniors

year	Overall rating	Scoring	Young talent evaluation	Mountain scoring
2000	Mathieu Boiche	-	-	-
2001	Jordane Chazal	-	-	-
2002	Heinrich Haussler	-	-	-
2003	Carlo Westphal	-	-	-
2004	Blel Kadri	-	-	-
2005	Sebastian Hans	-	-	-
2006	Patrick Nuber	-	-	-
2007	Michael Huebert	-	-	-
2008	Mark Christian	-	-	-
2009	Let Norman Hansen	-	-	-
2010	Jasha Sütterlin	-	-	-
2011	Martijn Degreve	-	-	-
2012	Piotr Havik	Pascal Ackermann	Mathias Krigbaum	Emil Ravnsholt
2013	Mads Rahbek	Christian Koch	Nicolay Cherkasov	Lindsay De Vylder
2014	Sven Reutter	Jonas Bokeloh	Frederik Poulsen	Frederik Poulsen
2015	Leo Appelt	Max Kanter	Bastian Flicke	Siim Kiskonen
2016	Iver knots	Colin Heiderscheid	Andreas Leknessund	Ide Schelling
2017	Søren Wœrenskjold	Søren Wœrenskjold	Søren Wœrenskjold	Olav Hjemsaeter

Records and superlatives of the tour

• Carsten Wolf achieved the most stage wins with 13 successes.
• The longest round trip took place in 1996 with 1,699.3 kilometers, the shortest with 622.5 kilometers in 1977.
• The highest average speed was achieved in 1980 with 47.158 kilometers / hour.
• The slowest round trip was in 1979 (in very bad weather) with 38.814 kilometers / hour.
• The longest stage with 237.1 kilometers led from Groningen to Melle in 1997 .
• The youngest overall winner in 1991 was Lubor Tesar at the age of 19, the oldest winner was Helmut Wechselberger at the age of 33 in 1987
• Thomas Liese was able to book the most participations with 15 starts .
• Lutz Lehmann won most of the special ratings (sprint rating, mountain rating , eventing rating ) with seven successes.
• The longest solo trip on one stage was made by Rolf Aldag in 2004 with 118 kilometers .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Association of International Lower Saxony Round Trip eV (ed.): 30th Oddset round trip. Press kit . Hanover 2006, p. 29 .

Web links

Commons : Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Portrait of the Lower Saxony Tour 1977–2006