Cycling-DM 2024: Everything you need to know about the German Road Cycling Championships
Thomas Huber
· 22.06.2024
German Road Cycling Championships
The German Road Cycling Championships are organised once a year. The winner is allowed to wear the German champion jersey in all races of the discipline for one year. In order to give different types of riders a chance to win, the route profile is changed every year. The road races usually take place on a circuit that is ridden several times.
2024 World Cycling Championships in Bad Dürrheim and Donaueschingen
As in 2023, the 2024 German Cycling Championships will take place in Bad Dürrheim and Donaueschingen. While only the U23 competitions and elite races were held on the championship weekend last year, the juniors will also be competing for the first time in 2024. The U15, U17 and U19 junior classes will hold their events in the two municipalities in Baden-Württemberg at the same time as the elite races. The German Cycling Championships will once again be organised by Sauser Event GmbH. Most of the races will start in Donaueschingen, with all races finishing in Bad Dürrheim.
Cycling-DM 2024: TV broadcast & live stream
The elite race of the Women on Saturday from 12:30 pm to 2:45 pm in the SWR Television shown. There runs on Sunday from 15:00 to 17:00 also the elite race of the Men. In addition, there are live streams of both races on SWR (swr.de/sport) and cycling fans can also follow the elite women's and men's races of the 2024 Cycling Championships on YouTube.
The schedule for the 2024 World Cycling Championships
Friday, 21 June 2024 - Individual time trial
- 12:30 to approx. 13:53: Women's U23 individual time trial
- 13:30 to approx. 15:23: Elite women's individual time trial
- 15:00 to approx. 17:19: Men's U23 individual time trial
- 17:00 to approx. 19:04: Elite men's individual time trial
- 19:15: Award ceremony individual time trial U23 women & men, elite women & men in Bad Dürrheim
All individual time trials start in Donaueschingen, the finish area is in Bad Dürrheim, where the award ceremonies will also take place afterwards.
Saturday, 22 June 2024 - Road race elite women, juniors
- 10:00 am: Presentation of the elite women riders
- 10:45 am to approx. 2:25 pm: Elite women's road race (134.2 kilometres)
- 10:50 am to approx. 1.10 pm: Women's U19 road race (76.7 kilometres)
- 14:30 to 16:40: Men's U17 road race (76.7 kilometres)
- 15:45 to approx. 17:30: Women's U17 road race (57.5 kilometres)
- 14:30: Award ceremony road race elite women & U19 women
- 16:45: Athlete of the year award: Nico Denz / Ricarda Bauernfeind, followed by presentation of the Olympic team
- 17:35: Award ceremony U17 women's & men's road race
The races start at the town hall square in Donaueschingen. Only the start of the women's U17 road race is in Bad Dürrheim. All finishes and award ceremonies are in Bad Dürrheim.
Sunday, 23 June - Road race elite men, juniors
- 9:15 am to approx. 10:10 am: Men's U15 road race (32.2 kilometres)
- 9:25 am to 10:25 am: Women's U15 road race (32.2 kilometres)
- 11:05 am to 2:30 pm: Men's U19 road race (134.2 kilometres)
- 11:15 am: Driver presentation of the elite men
- 12:00 to 16:45: Elite men's road race (200.9 kilometres)
- 5pm: Award ceremonies for the U15 women's & men's, U19 men's and elite men's road races
While the start of the U19 race, the riders' presentation of the elite men and the start of the race will take place in Donaueschingen, the U15 junior races will start in Bad Dürrheim. The finish and award ceremonies are all in Bad Dürrheim.
Cycling-DM 2024: The routes
The time trial course
The four individual time trials will all be held on Friday 21 June. All classes - the U23 women & men and the elite women and elite men - will tackle the same course. This stretches over 30.6 kilometres and 240 metres in altitude. It takes the riders from Donaueschingen to Bad Dürrheim.
After the start in Donaueschingen, the beginning of the individual time trial is mostly flat before the first climb follows after around ten kilometres: A one and a half kilometre long ramp leads the riders to Dreilärchen at the foot of the Wartenberg. From there, there is a descent to Geislingen. The route then continues undulating, but slightly uphill overall - passing Oberbaldingen and Unterbaldingen. This is followed by the Hirschhalde, the climb to the highest point of the individual time trial, before the route runs downhill to the finish in Bad Dürrheim. There is a small wave on the last 1000 metres. After more than 30 kilometres, the riders reach the finish line.
The road race circuit
While both U15 races and the U17 women start in Bad Dürrheim, all other races begin in Donaueschingen. From there, the riders set off on a circuit that is ridden different times depending on age group and gender. There are two different circuits. The shorter course leads from Bad Dürrheim via Biesingen directly back to Aasen. The longer course, on the other hand, has an additional loop with the climb to Öfingen. The women's elite race covers 134.2 kilometres, the men's elite race even 200.9 kilometres. Compared to last year, the course has been made slightly less challenging, so that the character of the race has changed somewhat. There will be fewer metres of elevation gain at the 2024 Cycling Championships. Overall, the circuit is slightly easier than last year's, meaning that sprinters as well as classic and mountain riders can expect to have a chance of winning the German championship title.
Two circuits
After the start at the town hall square in Donaueschingen, the route passes the local castle in the direction of Pfohren. The "sharp start" is located on the route after two neutralised kilometres. The ride then continues via Aasen, where the riders enter the circuit. From there, the route continues on flat terrain to Bad Dürrheim, where the first finish takes place.
The route then passes Hirschhalte, from where the field is led slightly downhill towards Biesingen. Both circuits then split there: The short circuit leads directly to Biesingen, while the long circuit includes an additional loop. It leads uphill to Öfingen. On the way, the riders have to complete a 900-metre climb with an average gradient of 9 per cent and a maximum of 15 per cent up to the centre of Öfingen. After a technical descent via Oberbaldingen, the route leads over a small wave to Biesingen, where the two laps meet. From there, the route climbs slightly uphill to Aasen before returning flat towards the finish in Bad Dürrheim.
Fanzones
As last year, there will once again be four fan zones along the route: at the start of the race in Donaueschingen, at the finish in Bad Dürrheim and in the two villages of Öfingen and Aasen.
Last year's winners and favourites for the 2024 German Cycling Championships
At the 2023 German Cycling Championships in Bad Dürrheim and Donaueschingen, only the individual time trials were held in the U23 class. The championship titles went to Moritz Kretschy (Israel-Premier Tech Academy) and Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon//SRAM Racing). This year, the German champions will also be crowned in the road race - as well as in the men's and women's U15, U17 and U19 categories.
The 2024 German Cycling Championships will also be looking for the successors to Mieke Kröger and Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates), who won the individual time trials in the elite races, Liane Lippert (Movistar) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe).
