GP Union Dortmund

Grand Prix Union Dortmund
Race details
DateMay, June, August, September
RegionNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
English nameGP Union Dortmund
Local name(s)Großer Preis der Dortmunder Union-Brauerei (in German)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.1
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1962 (1962)
Editions23
Final edition1984
First winner Piet Damen (NED)
Most wins
(2 wins)
Final winner Gérard Velscholten (NED)

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.

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1962 Netherlands Piet Damen Netherlands Jaap Kersten Netherlands Coen Niesten
1963 Belgium Willy Vannitsen France Jacques Anquetil West Germany Horst Oldenburg
1964 West Germany Rudi Altig West Germany Hans Junkermann Netherlands Peter Post
1965 Netherlands Jan Hugens Belgium Jan Lauwers Netherlands Wim de Jager
1966 Netherlands Wim de Jager West Germany Peter Glemser Italy Guido De Rosso
1967 Belgium Jean-Baptiste Claes West Germany Winfried Boelke Netherlands Peter Post
1968 Belgium Erik De Vlaeminck Belgium Roger Legrange Belgium Frans Verbeeck
1969 Belgium Julien Stevens West Germany Winfried Boelke Belgium Walter Godefroot
1970 Belgium Eddy Merckx Belgium Noël Vanclooster Belgium Maurice Dury
1971 Belgium Herman Van Springel Belgium Julien Stevens Belgium Eddy Merckx
1972 Belgium Eddy Merckx West Germany Wilfried Peffgen Netherlands Gerben Karstens
1973 Belgium Antoine Houbrechts Belgium Willy Teirlinck Belgium Eddy Merckx
1974 Netherlands Hennie Kuiper Belgium Joseph Bruyère Belgium Joseph Huysmans
1975 Belgium Rik Van Linden Belgium André Dierickx West Germany Dietrich Thurau
1976 Belgium André Dierickx West Germany Dietrich Thurau Switzerland Roland Schar
1977 West Germany Dietrich Thurau Belgium Jozef Jacobs Belgium Frank Hoste
1978 Belgium Gery Verlinden Belgium Daniel Willems Belgium Alfons De Bal
1979 Belgium Patrick Sercu Republic of Ireland Sean Kelly Belgium Willem Peeters
1980 Belgium Jostein Wilmann Switzerland Bruno Wolfer Italy Roberto Ceruti
1981 Netherlands Theo de Rooy West Germany Gregor Braun Switzerland Jean-Marie Grezet
1982 Netherlands Ad Wijnands Netherlands Adri van der Poel New Zealand Eric McKenzie
1983 Netherlands Theo de Rooy Netherlands Gerard Veldscholten Netherlands Adri van der Poel
1984 Netherlands Gerard Veldscholten Netherlands Theo de Rooy Belgium Louis Luyten

References

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  1. ^ "G.P Union Dortmund (All) – Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "GP Union Dortmund". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  3. ^ "1984»23rd GP Union Dortmund". procyclingstats.com. 2022.