Germany Tour 2018: Course for classic specialists and sprinters

Frankfurt/Main (SID) A course made for classic specialists like John Degenkolb and the top German sprinters around Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel: The route for the new edition of the Germany Tour from August 23rd to 26th was presented in Frankfurt/Main on Friday. Ten years after the last event, the revived tour takes place over four stages and a total of 743 km through southwest Germany from the start in Koblenz to the finish in Stuttgart. "We started with a blank slate and wanted something new. Now the heart is standing, it is starting to beat. Germany deserves a stage race," said Claude Rach from the Tour de France organizer ASO, who also organized the new edition of the Germany -Tour organized. Ex-professional Fabian Wegmann will be the sporting director of the race. Five federal states will be driven through, the first section is a matter for the sprinters. It begins in Koblenz at the Deutsches Eck and ends after 154 km in Bonn. This is followed by the queen stage from Bonn over a demanding 212 km across the Eifel to Trier. This is where the decisive gaps for the overall ranking could arise. The starting point of the third stage is also Trier, the route takes the peloton over 177 km to Merzig in Saarland, another sprint decision is conceivable. The last section finally runs from Lorsch in southern Hesse over 200 km to the tour destination in Stuttgart, where the 2007 World Cup course over the Herdweg is used and the overall winner is chosen in the city center. The Germany tour 2018 at a glance: 1st stage: Koblenz - Bonn (154 km) 2nd stage: Bonn - Trier (212 km) 3rd stage: Trier - Merzig (177 km) 4th stage: Lorsch - Stuttgart (200 km) Total distance: 743 km

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Germany Tour 2018: Course for classic specialists and sprinters

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