Sparkassen Giro Bochum

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Sparkassen Giro Bochum
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Race details
DateEarly August
RegionBochum, Germany
English nameTour of Bochum
Local name(s)Sparkassen Giro Bochum (in German)
DisciplineRoad
Competition♂ UCI Europe Tour
♀ National event
TypeSingle-day
Web site www.sparkassen-giro.de OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition1998 (1998)
Editions♂ 14 (as of 2011)
♀ 15 (as of 2015)
First winnerFlag of Germany.svg  Jan Ullrich  (GER)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sharon van Essen  (NED)
Most recentFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Pieter Vanspeybrouck  (BEL)
Flag of Italy.svg  Barbara Guarischi  (ITA)
UCI Women's Road World Cup at Bochum Train Station Fahrerinnenfeld am Hauptbahnhof.jpg
UCI Women's Road World Cup at Bochum Train Station

The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race.

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Men's winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1998 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Jan Ullrich Team Telekom
1999 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Erik Zabel Team Telekom
2000 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jans Koerts Farm Frites
2001 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gianluca Bortolami Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
2002 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Frédéric Amorison Lotto–Adecco
2003 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Rolf Aldag Team Telekom
2004 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany David Kopp Team Lamonta
2005 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Lubor Tesař Akud-Arnolds Sicherheit
2006 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Jens Voigt Team CSC
2007 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Andy Cappelle Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2008 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Eric Baumann Team Sparkasse
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–HTC
2010 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Niki Terpstra Team Milram
2011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2012 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Marcel Sieberg Lotto–Belisol
2013 --
2014 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Marcel Sieberg Lotto–Belisol
2015 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Marcel Sieberg Lotto–Soudal
2016 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Marcel Sieberg Lotto–Soudal
2017 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Marcus Burghardt Bora–Hansgrohe

Women's winners

From 2004 through to 2011 the event ran as a UCI 1.1 (old UCI rating of 1.9.2 in 2004), becoming a national event in 2012. In 2013 the event returned as a 1.1 rated event, being upgraded to UCI Women's World Cup (CDM) rating for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. For 2016 and 2017, the event again ran as a national event.

YearCountryRiderTeam
2001 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Sharon van Essen
2002 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bertine Spijkerman
2003 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Svetlana Bubnenkova
2004 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Deirdre Demet-Barry
2005 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Angela Hennig
2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Oenone Wood Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2007 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hanka Kupfernagel RC Charlottenburg Berlin
2008 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Suzanne de Goede
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Rochelle Gilmore
2010 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Team HTC–Columbia Women
2011 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Adrie Visser
2012 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Mieke Kröger
2013 Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Christine Majerus
2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marianne Vos Rabo–Liv
2015 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Barbara Guarischi Velocio–SRAM
2016 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kirsten Peetoom
2017 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Belle de Gast -

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