Deutschland Tour 2023 | 3rd stage | Saturday, 26 August | Arnsberg - Essen | 173.8 kilometres
The assessment of the route by Fabian Wegmann, Sports Director of the Deutschland Tour
It's the last stage where you can try something - before there's a bunch sprint on the final day. The route goes up and down along the Ruhr valley - the route looks like a sawtooth profile. The key section is likely to be the ascent to the Langenberg transmitter around 80 kilometres before the finish. Last chance to catch the sprinters before the finish in the heart of the Ruhr region!
We were extremely pleased that a large city like Essen in a conurbation with a lot of traffic said: We want to be a stage finish for the Deutschland Tour. Overall, the route is more difficult than I initially thought when I looked at the map.
Wegmann's tip: Hotspot for fans
The finish area on Huyssenallee including fan mile with supporting programme. The pros pass here three times in the battle for the day's victory on the circuit in the city centre. There are bonus seconds on the penultimate passage.
Stage 3 of the Deutschland Tour 2023 - schedule, TV coverage and live stream
- Neutral start - 13:35, sharp start - 13:45
- Expected arrival at the finish: between 17:52 and 18:06
- TV broadcast: ARD, from 4 p.m.
- Live stream: ARD Mediathek, 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.
