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

Velothon logo

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
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
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
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
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
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

1. ^ Velothon Berlin: Christian Müller wins the 180 km. radsport-news.com, June 18, 2017, accessed July 5, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Organizer Upsolut will in future be active under the name Lagardère. rad-net.de, November 20, 2013, accessed on January 26, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Cyclassics Hamburg in the future in Chinese hands. rad-net.de, January 25, 2016, accessed on January 26, 2016 . 
4. ↑ UCI Velothon Majors: 2015 also in Stockholm. radsport-news.com, September 13, 2015, accessed January 26, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Garmin new title sponsor for the «Velothon». rad-net.de, August 29, 2012, accessed on September 8, 2012 . 
6. ^ Into the future with a new title sponsor: The EuroEyes Velothon Berlin. euroeyes.de, May 12, 2017, accessed on July 5, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Tanja Brandes: Cycle race canceled: Velothon Berlin will not take place in 2019. In: berliner-zeitung.de. February 12, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 . 
8. ↑ 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.  
9. ↑ Skoda Velothon in Berlin 2008. berlin-magazin.info, accessed on September 8, 2012 . 
10. ↑ On Sunday in Berlin: Velothon starts its second round. berlin-magazin.info, accessed on September 8, 2012 . 
11. ↑ 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.  
12. ^ German U23 championship at the "Velothon" in Berlin. rad-net.de, December 3, 2015, accessed on December 3, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Velothon Berlin 2017 only with everyone's race. rad-net-de, October 24, 2016, accessed October 24, 2016 . 
14. ↑ You can't beat Greipel in Berlin - blissfully surprised. rhein-zeitung.de, accessed on September 8, 2012 . 
15. ↑ Greipel wins 2nd Berlin ProRace ahead of Selig. radsport-news.com, accessed September 8, 2012 . 
16. ↑ ^{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 . 
17. ↑ Marcel Kittel wins professional race at the Velothon. Morgenpost.de, accessed on September 8, 2012 . 
18. ↑ Recreational and professional cyclists determined the streetscape in Berlin. skoda-velothon-berlin.de, accessed on September 8, 2012 . 
19. ↑ Kittel wins ProRace Berlin. radsport-news.com, accessed September 8, 2012 .