Velothon Berlin
EuroEyes Velothon Berlin | |
Racing series | UCI Europe Tour - Category 1.1 |
Host country | Germany |
Competition period | May June |
overall length | 60/120/180 km |
Under the name Velothon Berlin , a bicycle race for everyone is held annually in early summer in Berlin and a road bike race for elite and U23 riders until 2015 . The Jedermannrennen was first held in 2008 and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The elite race was added in 2011 and was called ProRace Berlin until 2013 . In 2017, around 11,500 participants and around 250,000 guests were reported.
organization
The operator of the race is Ironman Germany GmbH . The original operating company Upsolut Event GmbH belonged to the Lagardère Group , which renamed it Lagardère Unlimited Events Germany GmbH in 2013 . In January 2016, the World Triathlon Corporation , which is part of the Wanda Group , took over the company and merged it with its subsidiary Ironman Germany GmbH .
The Velothon Berlin is part of the UCI Velothon Majors event series , which also includes races in Edmonton, Stockholm , Sunshine Coast and Wales .
The title sponsor of the Velothon was Škoda until 2012 and Garmin from 2013 to 2015 . Garmin was also the title sponsor of ProRace Berlin in 2012 and 2013. In 2017 EuroEyes was the title sponsor.
For 2019 the race was canceled due to differences of opinion among the organizers.
Everyone race
The basis of the Berlin cycling event was a race for everyone , which has been held since 2008 and has since become the second largest in Europe. The UCI race was only added three years later on a largely identical track. At the premiere in 2008, 10,225 amateur cyclists took part and around 250,000 spectators watched the race. There were two routes, 60 and 105 kilometers. The route was modified for the second Velothon, instead of a loop in the north of Berlin, one drove through the south. These and the distances of 60 and 120 kilometers have remained the same. In 2012, a good 12,000 cyclists took part and 220,000 spectators attended the route. An 82-year-old amateur driver suffered a heart attack during the race. It was the first death in the context of the Velothon.
Elite races
The Velothon Berlin elite race was the first international road bike race to be held in Germany since the Fuentes doping scandal in 2006. The one-day race is part of the UCI Europe Tour , where it is classified in UCI category 1.1. This classification allows UCI WorldTeams , UCI Professional Continental Teams , UCI Continental Teams and national teams to participate in the race. The event was suspended from 2016.
2015
space | nationality | driver | team | time |
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1. | NED | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | 3:54:41 h |
2. | IRL | Sam Bennett | Bora argon 18 | equal time |
3. | BEL | Zico Waeytens | Team Giant-Alpecin | equal time |
4th | BEL | Amaury Capiot | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | equal time |
5. | BEL | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | equal time |
6th | GER | Gerald Ciolek | MTN-Qhubeka | equal time |
7th | BEL | Bert van Lerberghe | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | equal time |
8th. | GBR | Daniel McLay | British national team | equal time |
9. | THE | Let Norman Hansen | Team Cannondale-Garmin | equal time |
10. | GER | Max Walscheid | Team Kuota Lotto | equal time |
2014
space | nationality | driver | team | time |
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1. | NED | Raymond Kreder | Garmin Sharp | 3:52:48 h |
2. | IRL | Sam Bennett | Team NetApp-Endura | equal time |
3. | RUS | Alexander Porsew | Team Katusha | equal time |
4th | BLR | Sjarhej Papok | Rietumu dolphin | equal time |
5. | BEL | Michaël Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | equal time |
6th | GER | Willi Willwohl | LKT Team Brandenburg | equal time |
7th | GER | Phil Bauhaus | Team Stölting | equal time |
8th. | NZL | Alex Frame | Development Team Giant-Shimano | equal time |
9. | GER | Andreas Stauff | MTN Qhubeka | equal time |
10. | POLE | Jarosław Marycz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | equal time |
2013
space | nationality | driver | team | time |
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1. | GER | Marcel Kittel | Argos-Shimano | 4:00:05 h |
2. | ITA | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | equal time |
3. | GER | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | equal time |
4th | BEL | Michaël Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | equal time |
5. | GER | Roger Kluge | NetApp | equal time |
6th | NED | Raymond Kreder | Garmin Sharp | equal time |
7th | GER | Rudiger Selig | Katusha | equal time |
8th. | GER | Andreas Stauff | MTN Qhubeka | equal time |
9. | GER | Grischa Janorschke | Nutrixxion Abus | equal time |
10. | OUT | Luke Roberts | Stölting | equal time |
2012
In the 2012 race, favorite André Greipel ( Lotto Belisol Team ) crashed after around 30 kilometers, but was soon able to reconnect to the main field. This drove after a breakaway group that was caught five kilometers from the finish. In the mass sprint on the home straight, Greipel prevailed against local hero Rüdiger Selig ( Katusha Team ). The Dutchman Raymond Kreder ( Garmin-Barracuda ) and Tom Veelers ( Argos-Shimano ) finished third and fourth.
space | nationality | driver | team | time |
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1. | GER | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | 3:50:50 h |
2. | GER | Rudiger Selig | Katusha | equal time |
3. | NED | Raymond Kreder | Garmin Barracuda | equal time |
4th | NED | Tom Veelers | Argos-Shimano | equal time |
5. | GER | André Schulze | NetApp | equal time |
6th | SLO | Marko Kump | Adria Mobil | equal time |
7th | GER | Michael Schweizer | Nutrixxion Abus | equal time |
8th. | GER | Fabian Schnaidt | Specialized concept store | equal time |
9. | GER | Björn Schröder | Raiko Stölting | equal time |
10. | GER | Henning Bommel | LKT Team Brandenburg | equal time |
2011
In 2011 the course was 182.2 kilometers long and led over a 116-kilometer route through the south of Berlin and the bordering Brandenburg, followed by eight laps of 8.2 kilometers around the zoo . From the start at the Brandenburg Gate , the route led to Ludwigsfelde and back via Teltow , with sights such as Potsdamer Platz , the former Tempelhof Airport , the East Side Gallery and the government district on the way . The home straight was the Straße des 17. Juni from the Berlin Victory Column to the Brandenburg Gate. The inner city course was almost identical to the course of the route at the Tour de France in 1987 , when the prologue for the start of the tour took place in West Berlin. In 2012, the route was 186 kilometers long and led back to Berlin via Teltow, Ruhlsdorf , Ludwigsfelde and Tempelhof, some of which were driven on the blocked B 101 . The inner city course was 8.2 kilometers long, the start and finish were on Straße des 17. Juni.
A breakaway group had pulled away shortly after the start and was at times in the lead for six minutes, but was caught again one kilometer from the finish. In the finish sprint, Marcel Kittel ( Skil-Shimano ) prevailed against Giacomo Nizzolo ( Leopard-Trek ) from Italy and the Russian Alexej Markow (national team), Rüdiger Selig (national team) and Florian Monreal ( team Eddy Merckx-Indeland ) took fourth place and five, a total of five Germans were among the top ten.
space | nationality | driver | team | time |
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1. | GER | Marcel Kittel | Skil-Shimano | 4:08:48 h |
2. | ITA | Giacomo Nizzolo | Leopard Trek | equal time |
3. | RUS | Alexei Markov | Russian national team | equal time |
4th | GER | Rudiger Selig | German national team | equal time |
5. | GER | Florian Monreal | Eddy Merckx-Indeland | equal time |
6th | United States | John Murphy | BMC Racing Team | equal time |
7th | GER | Henning Bommel | LKT Team Brandenburg | equal time |
8th. | GER | Grischa Janorschke | Nutrixxion Abus | equal time |
9. | NED | Luc Hagenaars | Eddy Merckx-Indeland | equal time |
10. | GER | Tino Thömel | NSP ghost | equal time |
Web links
- Official website
- Race results since 2011
- Velothon Berlin in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ^ Velothon Berlin: Christian Müller wins the 180 km. radsport-news.com, June 18, 2017, accessed July 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Organizer Upsolut will in future be active under the name Lagardère. rad-net.de, November 20, 2013, accessed on January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Cyclassics Hamburg in the future in Chinese hands. rad-net.de, January 25, 2016, accessed on January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ UCI Velothon Majors: 2015 also in Stockholm. radsport-news.com, September 13, 2015, accessed January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Garmin new title sponsor for the «Velothon». rad-net.de, August 29, 2012, accessed on September 8, 2012 .
- ^ Into the future with a new title sponsor: The EuroEyes Velothon Berlin. euroeyes.de, May 12, 2017, accessed on July 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Tanja Brandes: Cycle race canceled: Velothon Berlin will not take place in 2019. In: berliner-zeitung.de. February 12, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Škoda Velothon Berlin. (No longer available online.) Tempelhoferfreiheit.de, archived from the original on May 10, 2012 ; Retrieved September 8, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Skoda Velothon in Berlin 2008. berlin-magazin.info, accessed on September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ On Sunday in Berlin: Velothon starts its second round. berlin-magazin.info, accessed on September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ André Greipel wins Garmin ProRace - joy and sadness in the everyone's race. (No longer available online.) Skoda-velothon-berlin.de, archived from the original on April 21, 2016 ; Retrieved September 8, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ German U23 championship at the "Velothon" in Berlin. rad-net.de, December 3, 2015, accessed on December 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Velothon Berlin 2017 only with everyone's race. rad-net-de, October 24, 2016, accessed October 24, 2016 .
- ↑ You can't beat Greipel in Berlin - blissfully surprised. rhein-zeitung.de, accessed on September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ Greipel wins 2nd Berlin ProRace ahead of Selig. radsport-news.com, accessed September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Berlin sightseeing tour Marcel Kittel wins at the Brandenburg Gate on behalf of a new generation of cyclists. tagesspiegel.de, accessed on September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ Marcel Kittel wins professional race at the Velothon. Morgenpost.de, accessed on September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ Recreational and professional cyclists determined the streetscape in Berlin. skoda-velothon-berlin.de, accessed on September 8, 2012 .
- ↑ Kittel wins ProRace Berlin. radsport-news.com, accessed September 8, 2012 .