 The champion's jersey | |
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Region | Germany |
| Discipline | Cyclo-cross |
| Type | National championship |
| Organiser | German Cycling Federation |
| History | |
| First edition | 1954 |
The German National Cyclo-cross Championships are held annually to decide the cycling champions in the cyclo-cross discipline, across various categories. [1]
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Stefan Kupfernagel | ||
| 1999 | Steffen Weigold | ||
| 2000 | Steffen Weigold | ||
| 2001 | Hannes Genze | ||
| 2002 | Leo Karstens | ||
| 2003 | Thorsten Struch | ||
| 2004 | Thorsten Struch | ||
| 2005 | Finn Heitmann | ||
| 2006 | Thorsten Struch | ||
| 2007 | Philipp Walsleben | ||
| 2008 | Marcel Meisen | ||
| 2009 | Sascha Weber | Marcel Meisen | Ole Quast |
| 2010 | Sascha Weber | Marcel Meisen | Fabian Danner |
| 2011 | Ole Quast | Marcel Meisen | Max Walsleben |
| 2012 | Michael Schweizer | Yannick Mayer | Yannick Eckmann |
| 2013 | Markus Schulte-Lünzum | Jannick Geisler | Silvio Herklotz |
| 2014 | Felix Drumm | Julian Schelb | Yannick Gruner |
| 2015 | Felix Drumm | Yannick Gruner | Silvio Herklotz |
| 2016 | Felix Drumm | Max Lindenau | Yannick Gruner |
| 2017 | Lukas Baum | Lukas Meiler | Manuel Müller |
| 2018 | Maximilian Möbis | Frederik Hähnel | Paul Lindenau |
| 2019 | Luca Bockelmann | Pascal Tömke | Poul Rudolph |
| 2020 | Tom Lindner | Maximilian Möbis | Maximilian Krüger |
| 2021 | Pascal Tömke | Tim Wollenberg | Florian Hamm |
| 2022 | Pascal Tömke | Fabian Eder | Jasper Levi Pahlke |
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Larissa Luttuschka | Lucille Rutsch | Nina Küderle |
| 2018 | Nina Küderle | Emma Eydt | Katharina-Julia Hinz |
| 2019 | Emma Eydt | Larissa Luttuschka | Clea Seidel |
| 2020 | Judith Krahl | Emma Eydt | Nina Küderle |
| 2021 | Judith Krahl | Clea Seidel | Sunny-Angelina Geschwender |
| 2022 | Judith Krahl | Clea Seidel | Sina Van Thiel |
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Clea Seidel | Sunny-Angelina Gschwender | Johanna Theobald |
| 2021 | Sina Van Thiel | Isabel Kämpfert | Marla Sigmund |
| 2022 | Jule Märkl | Miriam Zeise | Janika Maira Lode |
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