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.

  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.

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