Race details | |
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Date | Early August |
Region | Bochum, Germany |
English name | Tour of Bochum |
Local name(s) | Sparkassen Giro Bochum (in German) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | ♂ UCI Europe Tour ♀ National event |
Type | Single-day |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1998 |
Editions | ♂ 14 (as of 2011) ♀ 15 (as of 2015) |
First winner | ♂ Jan Ullrich (GER) ♀ Sharon van Essen (NED) |
Most recent | ♂ Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL) ♀ Barbara Guarischi (ITA) |
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