Cycling: Tour Germany 2018: Course for classic car specialists and sprinters

A course for classic car specialists such as John Degenkolb and the German top sprinters around Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel: On Friday, the circuit for the new edition of the German tour from 23rd to 23rd September is in Frankfurt/Main. till 26. August.

Ten years after the last event, the revived round trip leads over four stages and a total of 743 km through southwestern Germany from the start in Koblenz to the finish in Stuttgart.

“We started with a white leaf and wanted something new. Now the heart is beating, it’s starting to pound. Germany deserves a stage race,”said Claude Rach of Tour de France organizer ASO, who is also organizing the new edition of the Deutschland Tour. Former professional Fabian Wegmann will be the sporting director of the race.

Five federal states are crossed, the first section is a matter for the sprinters. It starts in Koblenz at the Deutsches Eck and ends after 154 km in Bonn. After that, the Königsetappe follows from Bonn over 212 km across the Eifel to Trier. The decisive gaps for the overall standings could be created there.

The starting point of the third stage is also Trier, the way leads the peloton over 177 km to Merzig in Saarland, another sprint decision is conceivable. The last section finally runs from Lorsch in southern Hesse over 200 km to Stuttgart, where the 2007 World Cup circuit over the Herdweg is used and the overall winners are selected in the city centre.