The Deutschland Tour will be tougher than ever. If you want to win it, you need versatility - and outstanding climbing skills. Because the Schauinsland near Freiburg is on the programme as a mountain finish for the first time. Sporting Director Fabian Wegmann explains the special features of the stages and which riders have a chance and when. The race starts with a prologue in Weimar on Wednesday, 24 August.
The altitude profile of the prologue
Facts about the prologue of the Deutschland Tour
- Route length: 2.6 kilometres
- Start first driver: 16:43
- Start last rider: 18:42
- TV broadcast: MDR (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) from 17:15 hrs
- Everything about stage 1
- Everything about the 2nd stage
- Everything about the 3rd stage
- Everything about stage 4
- Information on jerseys and the history of the Deutschland Tour
- The starting list with shirt numbers
Fabian Wegmann's assessment
The Tour of Germany starts with a prologue for the first time. "The opening stage is very short, but exciting. A spectacle for the spectators," says Fabian Wegmann. 120 pros will start in Weimar. A new rider takes to the start ramp on Goetheplatz every minute. "The course is only 2.6 kilometres long, so the race remains open. But it's three and a half minutes, which hurts like hell." Large gaps are not to be expected: "Powerful riders have an advantage on the slightly undulating but technically undemanding course." Seconds will decide who takes the red jersey the next day in Meiningen.
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The start times for the prologue in Weimar
- 16:43:00 MÜNSTERMANN Per Christian
- 16:44:00 THEILER Ole
- 16:45:00 RAßMANN Frederik
- 16:46:00 LEEMREIZE Gijs
- 16:47:00 SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro
- 16:48:00 CHEVALIER Maxime
- 16:49:00 EIKING Odd Christian
- 16:50:00 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn
- 16:51:00 SCHÄR Michael
- 16:52:00 KRETSCHY Moritz
- 16:53:00 GAVIRIA Fernando
- 16:54:00 UHLIG Henri
- 16:55:00 HOLMES Matthew
- 16:56:00 BAUHAUS Phil
- 16:57:00 BERWICK Sebastian
- 16:58:00 STORK Florian
- 16:59:00 EN PLUS Laurens
- 17:00:00 KNOX James
- 17:01:00 BYSTRØM Sven Erik
- 17:02:00 PALZER Anton
- 17:03:00 BORRESCH Julian
- 17:04:00 TARLTON Alexander
- 17:05:00 MUNTON Byron
- 17:06:00 VAN DER SANDE Tosh
- 17:07:00 PEDRERO Antonio
- 17:08:00 BOILEAU Alan
- 17:09:00 RUTSCH Jonas
- 17:10:00 GEHBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
- 17:11:00 VAN AVERMAET Greg
- 17:12:00 PETER Jannis
- 17:13:00 BENNETT George
- 17:14:00 THWAITES Scott
- 17:15:00 EWAN Caleb
- 17:16:00 PERNSTEINER Hermann
- 17:17:00 ODED Kogut
- 17:18:00 NABERMAN Tim
- 17:19:00 HEIDUK Kim Alexander
- 17:20:00 VANSEVENANT Mauri
- 17:21:00 KRISTOFF Alexander
- 17:22:00 BUCHMANN Emanuel
- 17:23:00 STOCKMAN Abram
- 17:24:00 GEßNER Jakob
- 17:25:00 DUCKERT Roman
- 17:26:00 BOVEN Lars
- 17:27:00 RUBIO REYES One Augusto
- 17:28:00 JAUREGUI Quentin
- 17:29:00 ALMEIDA GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio
- 17:30:00 PELLAUD Simon
- 17:31:00 CALMEJANE Lilian
- 17:32:00 BENZ Pirmin
- 17:33:00 COVI Alessandro
- 17:34:00 MARECZKO Jakub
- 17:35:00 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
- 17:36:00 BILBAO Peio
- 17:37:00 GOLDSTEIN Edo
- 17:38:00 MAYRHOFER Marius
- 17:39:00 YATES Adam
- 17:40:00 JAKOBSEN Fabio
- 17:41:00 ZIMMERMANN Georg
- 17:42:00 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix
- 17:43:00 ADAMIETZ Johannes
- 17:44:00 HUGGER Jan
- 17:45:00 MESSERSCHMIDT Jonas Fabian
- 17:46:00 KOOIJ Olav
- 17:47:00 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar
- 17:48:00 LECROQ Jérémy
- 17:49:00 QUINN Sean
- 17:50:00 GALLOPIN Tony
- 17:51:00 BERTHET Clément
- 17:52:00 TEUTENBERG Tim Torn
- 17:53:00 FORMOLO Davide
- 17:54:00 BAYER Tobias
- 17:55:00 VANHOUCKE Harm
- 17:56:00 HAUSSLER Heinrich
- 17:57:00 NIV Guy
- 17:58:00 DENZ Nico
- 17:59:00 BERNAL Egan Arley
- 18:00:00 VAN TRICHT Stan
- 18:01:00 HUYS Laurens
- 18:02:00 KONRAD Patrick
- 18:03:00 STOCKMAN Michiel
- 18:04:00 MEISEN Marcel
- 18:05:00 URY Noe
- 18:06:00 VAN DIJKE Mick
- 18:07:00 HOLLMANN Juri
- 18:08:00 SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
- 18:09:00 BETTIOL Alberto
- 18:10:00 MOLLEMA Bauke
- 18:11:00 BOUCHARD Geoffrey
- 18:12:00 RAPP Jonas
- 18:13:00 BJERG Mikkel
- 18:14:00 KRIEGER Alexander
- 18:15:00 MONIQUET Sylvain
- 18:16:00 MACIEJUK Filip
- 18:17:00 PICCOLI James
- 18:18:00 WELSFORD Sam
- 18:19:00 TULETT Ben
- 18:20:00 SENECHAL Florian
- 18:21:00 PEAK Barnabas
- 18:22:00 HALLER Marco
- 18:23:00 KNOLLE Jon
- 18:24:00 HUPPERTZ Joshua
- 18:25:00 GEHRKE Paul
- 18:26:00 FOSS Tobias
- 18:27:00 KANTER Max
- 18:28:00 HEIDEMANN Miguel
- 18:29:00 HEALY Ben
- 18:30:00 JENSEN Mattias
- 18:31:00 NAESEN Lawrence
- 18:32:00 GESCHKE Simon
- 18:33:00 GROß Felix
- 18:34:00 BALLERSTEDT Maurice
- 18:35:00 KLUGE Roger
- 18:36:00 MILAN Jonathan
- 18:37:00 HOLLENSTEIN Reto
- 18:38:00 BARDET Romain
- 18:39:00 GANNA Filippo
- 18:40:00 LAMPAERT Yves
- 18:41:00 DELACROIX Theo
- 18:42:00 POLITT Nils
Prologue vs. stage
It is also worth knowing that the individual time trial in Weimar with a length of 2.6 kilometres is considered a prologue and not a full stage. According to the UCI regulations, opening time trials that are no longer than eight kilometres are a prologue. For distances of more than eight kilometres, the professionals speak of a stage and no longer of a prologue.
Germany Tour 2022 extended by one day
The Deutschland Tour was reintroduced in 2018 after a ten-year break. The race is part of the UCI Pro Series. This is the second league of international cycling after the UCI World Tour. A total of 20 teams are competing, 14 of which are from the World Tour. In addition, there are two Pro (second league of cycling), three Continental teams and one German national team. The Deutschland Tour is organised by the ASO, which also organises the Tour de France. In 2022, the organisation has extended the race from four to five days.
The Deutschland Tour has taken place a total of 35 times under different names since it was first organised in 1911. There have been 34 different overall winners. Only Jens Voigt was able to win the tour twice in 2006 and 2007.
