Race details | |
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Date | May, June, August, September |
Region | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
English name | GP Union Dortmund |
Local name(s) | Großer Preis der Dortmunder Union-Brauerei (in German) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | Cat. 1.1 |
Type | One-day race |
History | |
First edition | 1962 |
Editions | 23 |
Final edition | 1984 |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins |
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Final winner | ![]() |
The Grand Prix Union Dortmund was a German cycling race organized for the last time in 1984. [1]
The course was between 130 and 172 km, with Dortmund as both start and finish place. [2]
The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Eddy Merckx, Hennie Kuiper and Patrick Sercu. [3] Merckx won two editions and finished two times as third.
Only two German riders, Rudi Altig and Dietrich Thurau, managed to win the race. For a few years, a parallel race for amateurs was also organized.