Sparkassen Giro Bochum

Summary

The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race.

Sparkassen Giro Bochum
Race details
DateEarly August
RegionBochum, Germany
English nameTour of Bochum
Local name(s)Sparkassen Giro Bochum (in German)
DisciplineRoad
Competition♂ UCI Europe Tour
♀ National event
TypeSingle-day
Web sitewww.sparkassen-giro.de Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1998 (1998)
Editions♂ 14 (as of 2011)
♀ 15 (as of 2015)
First winner Jan Ullrich (GER)
 Sharon van Essen (NED)
Most recent Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)
 Barbara Guarischi (ITA)
UCI Women's Road World Cup at Bochum Train Station

Men's winners edit

Year Country Rider Team
1998   Germany Jan Ullrich Team Telekom
1999   Germany Erik Zabel Team Telekom
2000   Netherlands Jans Koerts Farm Frites
2001   Italy Gianluca Bortolami Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
2002   Belgium Frédéric Amorison Lotto–Adecco
2003   Germany Rolf Aldag Team Telekom
2004   Germany David Kopp Team Lamonta
2005   Czech Republic Lubor Tesař Akud-Arnolds Sicherheit
2006   Germany Jens Voigt Team CSC
2007   Belgium Andy Cappelle Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2008   Germany Eric Baumann Team Sparkasse
2009   Great Britain Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–HTC
2010   Netherlands Niki Terpstra Team Milram
2011   Belgium Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2012   Germany Marcel Sieberg Lotto–Belisol
2013 - -
2014   Germany Marcel Sieberg Lotto–Belisol
2015   Germany Marcel Sieberg Lotto–Soudal
2016   Germany Marcel Sieberg Lotto–Soudal
2017   Germany Marcus Burghardt Bora–Hansgrohe

Women's winners edit

From 2004 through to 2011 the event ran as a UCI 1.1 (old UCI rating of 1.9.2 in 2004), becoming a national event in 2012. In 2013 the event returned as a 1.1 rated event, being upgraded to UCI Women's World Cup (CDM) rating for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. For 2016 and 2017, the event again ran as a national event.

Year Country Rider Team
2001   Netherlands Sharon van Essen
2002   Netherlands Bertine Spijkerman
2003   Russia Svetlana Bubnenkova
2004   United States Deirdre Demet-Barry
2005   Germany Angela Hennig
2006   Australia Oenone Wood Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2007   Germany Hanka Kupfernagel RC Charlottenburg Berlin
2008   Netherlands Suzanne de Goede
2009   Australia Rochelle Gilmore
2010   Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Team HTC–Columbia Women
2011   Netherlands Adrie Visser
2012   Germany Mieke Kröger
2013   Luxembourg Christine Majerus
2014   Netherlands Marianne Vos Rabo–Liv
2015   Italy Barbara Guarischi Velocio–SRAM
2016   Netherlands Kirsten Peetoom
2017   Netherlands Belle de Gast -

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Sparkassen Giro Bochum palmares at Cycling Archives
  • Sparkassen Giro Bochum palmares at Cycling Archives