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LuK Challenge Chrono

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LuK Challenge Chrono
Race details
DateLate July - Early August
RegionRastatt, Germany
English nameLuK Challenge Chrono
Local name(s)LuK Challenge Chrono (in German)
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeTeam Time Trial
History
First edition1968 (1968)
Editions19
Final edition2006
First winner
Final winner

LuK Challenge Chrono was a road bicycle race held annually as a team time trial for pairs in Bühl, Germany. In 2005 and 2006, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[1] After 2006, the sponsor, LuK, withdrew as part of Germany's general disengagement from cycling amidst a number of doping scandals, and the race did not take place again.[2]

In the past, this race was also known as: [3]

  • 1968 – 1992: Grand Prix Baden-Baden
  • 1993 – 1996: Telekom Grand Prix
  • 1997 – 1999: Grand Prix Breitling
  • 2000 – 2001: Grand Prix EnBW
  • 2002 – 2003: Karlsruher Versicherungs-Grand Prix
  • 2004 – 2006: LuK Challenge (Bühl)

Winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1968  Italy Vittorio Adorni (victory shared with Ferdinand Bracke)
1968  Belgium Ferdinand Bracke (victory shared with Vittorio Adorni)
1969  Belgium Herman van Springel (victory shared with Roger De Vlaeminck)
1969  Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck (victory shared with Herman van Springel)
1971  Belgium Eddy Merckx (victory shared with Herman van Springel)
1971  Belgium Herman van Springel (victory shared with Eddy Merckx)
1989  France Laurent Fignon (victory shared with Thierry Marie)
1989  France Thierry Marie (victory shared with Laurent Fignon)
1992  Germany Dominik Krieger (victory shared with Tony Rominger)
1992   Switzerland Tony Rominger (victory shared with Dominik Krieger)
1993  Italy Gianni Bugno (victory shared with Maurizio Fondriest)
1993  Italy Maurizio Fondriest (victory shared with Gianni Bugno)
1994  Germany Jens Lehmann (victory shared with Tony Rominger)
1994   Switzerland Tony Rominger (victory shared with Jens Lehmann)
1995  Italy Andrea Chiurato (victory shared with Tony Rominger)
1995   Switzerland Tony Rominger (victory shared with Andrea Chiurato)
1996  Great Britain Chris Boardman (victory shared with Uwe Peschel)
1996  Germany Uwe Peschel (victory shared with Chris Boardman)
1997   Switzerland Oscar Camenzind (victory shared with Johan Museeuw)
1997  Belgium Johan Museeuw (victory shared with Oscar Camenzind)
1998  Germany Udo Bölts (victory shared with Christian Henn)
1998  Germany Christian Henn (victory shared with Udo Bölts)
1999  Great Britain Chris Boardman (victory shared with Jens Voigt)
1999  Germany Jens Voigt (victory shared with Chris Boardman)
2000  Germany Michael Rich (victory shared with Torsten Schmidt)
2000  Germany Torsten Schmidt (victory shared with Michael Rich)
2001  France Florent Brard (victory shared with Christophe Moreau)
2001  France Christophe Moreau (victory shared with Florent Brard)
2002  Germany Uwe Peschel (victory shared with Michael Rich)
2002  Germany Michael Rich (victory shared with Uwe Peschel)
2003  Germany Sebastian Lang (victory shared with Michael Rich)
2003  Germany Michael Rich (victory shared with Sebastian Lang)
2004  United States Bobby Julich (victory shared with Jens Voigt)
2004  Germany Jens Voigt (victory shared with Bobby Julich)
2005  United States Bobby Julich (victory shared with Jens Voigt)
2005  Germany Jens Voigt (victory shared with Bobby Julich)
2006  Germany Markus Fothen (victory shared with Sebastian Lang)
2006  Germany Sebastian Lang (victory shared with Markus Fothen)

References

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  1. ^ "LuK Challenge(1.1)". ProcyclingStats. 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ "LUK Challenge Chrono". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  3. ^ "LUK Challenge Chrono / Bühl (All) - Cat.1.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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