Deutschland Tour 2023 | 2nd stage | Friday, 25 August | Kassel - Winterberg | 201.3 kilometres
The assessment of the route by Fabian Wegmann, Sports Director of the Deutschland Tour
The longest stage of this year's Tour of Germany. Above all, the length makes it tough. We could have made the stage very, very difficult from Kassel onwards. However, the first real climb is not until Bad Arolsen.
In Altastenberg (kilometre 182.6) there are bonus seconds to be gained on this day. The requirement: The finish should be in Winterberg, so a ride over the dead end up the Kahler Asten was out of the question. However, because we didn't want a stage to Winterberg to end with a bunch sprint, we routed the route to the finish via a two-kilometre climb with an average gradient of 8.5 per cent. The route continues slightly uphill to the finish.
Wegmann's tip: Hotspot for fans
In Winterberg, fans can see the racers pass twice in the finale as they move just a few metres away from the first passage on the B 480! The finish is just a few steps away. In the finale, after a loop past the source of the Ruhr, the "Im Orketal" climb from Elkeringhausen towards Winterberg awaits - the last climb is just two kilometres from the finish.
Stage 2 of the Deutschland Tour 2023 - schedule, TV coverage and live stream
- Neutral start - 11:40 am, sharp start - 11:55 am
- Expected arrival at the finish: between 16:36 and 17:05
- TV broadcast: ZDF, from 15:10
- Live stream: GCN+, Discovery+, Eurosport
This is the Deutschland Tour 2023
The Deutschland Tour is entering its fifth round since its relaunch in 2018. This time, a total of over 730 kilometres will be covered. In addition to the red jersey for the overall winner, Adam Yates last year, there is also the green jersey for the best sprinter (Pello Bilbao), the blue jersey with white dots for the best climber (Jakob Geßner) and the white jersey for the best young rider (Georg Zimmermann).
The Deutschland Tour is organised by the Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Radsports (GFR), a subsidiary of the Amaury Sports Organisation (A.S.O.), which organises the Tour de France every year.
Only one rider has won the Deutschland Tour, which is currently classified in the second-highest race category (2.Pro), twice in its irregular history with many gaps in the programme. Jens Voigt won the most important German stage race in 2006 and 2007.
All stages at a glance:
Everyman race
Everyman races also take place regularly as part of the Deutschland. On the final day of the tour, the 106-kilometre "Weserrunde" and the 67-kilometre "Bremer Runde" start in front of the Weserstadion in Bremen. Both lead over completely closed-off routes, partly on the course of the professionals, and end in Bremen's Überseestadt.
Newcomer Tour
In recent years, the programme of the Deutschland Tour has also included a scouting race for female U17s organised by the German Cycling Federation, the Newcomer Tour. This will be held on 26 August in Essen with international participation.
