Deutschland Tour 2024 | 4th stage | Sunday, 25 August | Annweiler am Trifels - Saarbrücken | 182.7 kilometres
Run-up over the Kalmit
After the transfer with the team vehicles from Villingen-Schwenningen on the eastern edge of the Black Forest towards the Palatinate, the final stage starts from Annweiler am Trifels. The route leads through the Rhine Valley to the highest difficulty of the day: the Kalmit, the training mountain for all cyclists in the region. After the descent and on through the valley of the Speyerbach stream, the next big challenge awaits in the Palatinate Forest, the climb over the Iggelbacher Stich to Johanniskreuz.
Through the home of Hartmut and Udo Bölts
Through the home town of Hartmut and Udo Bölts, Heltersberg, the hilly route continues towards Saarland. Will the sprinters still be in the race for the stage win after the two difficult mountains at the start or will there be an early attempt to overturn the overall classification? The finale of the Deutschland Tour features a challenging, seven-kilometre-long finishing circuit in Saarbrücken. There are two short and crisp climbs up Metzer Straße. At the end of the climb, in the last passage 4.7 kilometres before the finish, there are still 3-2-1 seconds time credits to be won by the first three riders, which could be decisive in the battle for overall victory. A key section in the battle for the stage and overall victory? The last time the Deutschland Tour arrived in Saarbrücken in 2007, Gerolsteiner pro Robert Förster won in the final sprint.
Hotspots for fans
Stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour 2024 - schedule, TV coverage and live stream
- Sunday, 25 August 2024
- Start: 12:10 pm, main street in Annweiler am Trifels
- Finish: from 16:39 in Saarbrücken, Heuduckstraße
- Live broadcast: 15:30 - 17:00 (TV: ARD; live stream: sportschau.de and Discovery Plus)
- The start list for the Deutschland Tour 2024
This is the Deutschland Tour 2024
The Deutschland Tour is entering its sixth round since its relaunch in 2018. This time, a total of 748 kilometres will be covered. In addition to the blue jersey for the overall winner (red last year, won by Ilan van Wilder), there is the green jersey for the best points scorer (2023 Ethan Vernon), the dotted jersey for the best climber (2023 Harm Vanhoucke) and a newly introduced white community jersey for the best rider of the day, which is voted for by fans via Instagram. The leading team in the team classification will also receive yellow back numbers.
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.
All stages at a glance
- Wednesday, 21 August, Prologue: Schweinfurt - Schweinfurt, 2.9 km
- Thursday, 22 August, 1st stage: Schweinfurt - Heilbronn, 176.3 km
- Friday, 23rd August, 2nd stage: Heilbronn - Schwäbisch Gmünd, 174.6 km
- Saturday, 24 August, 3rd stage: Schwäbisch Gmünd - Villingen-Schwenningen, 211.1 km
- Sunday, 25 August, 4th stage: Annweiler am Trifels - Saarbrücken, 182.7 km
- All stages at a glance
Everyman race
On the last day of the Deutschland Tour 2024 (25 August), amateur cyclists can take part in the "Cycling Tour" everyman race around Saarbrücken. There are two routes to choose from: one with 56 kilometres and around 600 metres of elevation gain and a longer route with 100 kilometres and around 1000 metres of elevation gain.
Newcomer Tour
The Newcomer Tour stops in Villingen-Schwenningen on 24 August and in Saarbrücken on 25 August. This talent show in women's cycling offers U17 female racers the opportunity to compete in two challenging one-day sections
Andreas Kublik
Editor
