Sachsen Tour

Sachsen Tour

Map of 2007 Sachsen Tour
Race details
Date	Late July
Region	Saxony, Germany
English name	International Saxony Tour
Local name(s)	Sachsen-Tour International (in German)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1985 (1985)
Editions	24 (as of 2008)
First winner	Wolfgang Lötzsch (DDR)
Most wins	Uwe Ampler (DDR)  Jörn Reuß (GER)  Thomas Liese (GER) (2 wins)
Most recent	Patrik Sinkewitz (GER)

The Sachsen Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Between 1985 and 1995 it was an amateur race.

It is usually held in 5 stages, running through all of Saxony. This includes flat stages as well as mountain stages in the Erzgebirge.

Winners[]

3. stage 2008: Escapee in Wurzen.

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1985	East Germany
1986	East Germany	Uwe Ampler
1987	East Germany	Jens Heppner
1988	East Germany
1989	East Germany	Uwe Ampler
1990	Netherlands	Jans Koerts
1991	Germany	Steffen Blochwitz
1992	Germany
1993	New Zealand
1994	New Zealand	Brian Fowler
1995	Germany	Dirk Müller
1996	Germany	Jens Voigt
1997	Russia	Anton Chantyr
1998	Germany	Thomas Liese
1999	Germany
2000	Germany	Thomas Liese
2001	Denmark	Jørgen Bo Petersen
2002	Switzerland	Oskar Camenzind
2003	Germany	Fabian Wegmann	Gerolsteiner
2004	Kazakhstan	Andrey Kashechkin	Crédit Agricole
2005	Australia	Mathew Hayman	Rabobank
2006	Russia	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel
2007	Netherlands	Joost Posthuma	Rabobank
2008	Germany	Bert Grabsch	Columbia
2009	Germany	Patrik Sinkewitz	PSK Whirlpool-Author

External links[]

• Official Website (in German)