3-Länder-Tour

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3-Länder-Tour
Race details
Date Mid September
Region Central Germany
English name Three Länder Tour of Sparkassen Versicherung
Local name(s) 3-Länder-Tour der Sparkassen Versicherung (German)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1982
Editions 26 (as of 2007)
First winner Flag of Germany Thomas Freienstein
Most recent Flag of the Netherlands Thomas Dekker

The 3-Länder-Tour der Sparkassen Versicherung is a multi-stage road bicycle race held around three Länder of Germany: Hessen, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 2.1 race.

The race was previously known as Hessen-Rundfahrt, taking place in the Länder of Hessen, but in 2006 it expanded its territory to take place in the states of Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team
1982 Flag of Germany Thomas Freienstein
1983 Flag of the Czech Republic Ludek Kubias
1984 Flag of Germany Thomas Freienstein
1985 Flag of Germany Hartmut Bölts
1986 Flag of Germany Christian Henn
1987 Flag of the German Democratic Republic Jens Heppner
1988 Flag of the Soviet Union Pavel Tonkov
1989 Flag of the United Kingdom Matthew Stephens
1990 Flag of France Christophe Capelle
1991 Flag of New Zealand Brian Fowler
1992 Flag of Germany Bert Dietz
1993 Flag of Germany Ralf Schmidt
1994 Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Padrnos
Rider Team
1995 Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Padrnos
1996 Flag of Germany Ralf Grabsch
1997 Flag of Germany Christian Henn
1998 Flag of Germany Grischa Niermann
1999 Flag of Germany Jens Zemke
2000 Flag of Germany Tobias Steinhauser
2001 Flag of Denmark Michael Blaudzun
2002 Flag of Germany Uwe Peschel
2003 Flag of France Cédric Vasseur
2004 Flag of Germany Sebastian Lang
2005 Flag of Poland Cezary Zamana
2006 Flag of Germany Sebastian Lang
2007 Flag of the Netherlands Thomas Dekker

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