Sparkassen Giro Bochum

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Sparkassen Giro Bochum
Sparkassen Giro logo.jpg
Race details
DateEarly August
RegionBochum, Germany
English nameTour of Bochum
Local name(s)Sparkassen Giro Bochum (in German)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
UCI Women's Road World Cup (2014-2015)
TypeSingle-day
Web site www.sparkassen-giro.de OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History (men)
First edition1998 (1998)
Editions21
Final edition2019
First winnerFlag of Germany.svg  Jan Ullrich  (GER)
Most winsFlag of Germany.svg  Marcel Sieberg  (GER) (4 wins)
Final winnerFlag of Germany.svg  Emanuel Buchmann  (GER)
History (women)
First editionFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Sharon van Essen  (NED)
Editions19
Final edition2019
Most winsNo repeat winners
Final winnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Natalie van Gogh  (NED)
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 was a road bicycle race held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. The race was first held in 1998, and was last held in 2019. [1] The men's race was part of the UCI Europe Tour from 2005, being organised as 1.1 race. The women's race was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2014 and 2015, but did not join the UCI Women's World Tour for 2016.

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In 2022, it was announced that the race would not return, after the 2020 and 2021 editions had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

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
2013No race
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
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Geraint Thomas Team Sky
2019 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Emanuel Buchmann Bora–Hansgrohe
2020-2021No race due to COVID-19 pandemic

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 Road World Cup (CDM) rating for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Between 2016 and 2019, 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
2018 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lydia Wegemund
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Natalie van Gogh
2020-2021No race due to COVID-19 pandemic
  1. 1 2 Bochum, Radio. "Nie wieder Sparkassen-Giro Bochum". Radio Bochum (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-23.