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! colspan=2 |'''Deutschland Tour'''
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|Date        ||  August
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|Region      ||  {{flagiconGermany}} Germany
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|English     ||  Tour of Germany
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|Localnames  ||  Deutschland Tour
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|Nickname    ||  
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|Discipline  ||  Road
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|Competition ||  UCI ProTour
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|Type        ||  Stage-race
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|Director    ||  
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|First       ||  1911
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|Number      ||  29 (as of 2007)
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|Last        ||  
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|Firstwinner ||  {{flagiconGER}} Hans Ludwig
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|Mostwins    ||  
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|Mostrecent  ||  {{flagiconGER}} Jens Voigt
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The '''Deutschland Tour''' ([[English language|English]]: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in [[German language|German]]) is the most important [[stage race|multi-stage]] [[road bicycle racing|road bicycle race]] in [[Germany]]. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since [[2005]] it is part of the [[UCI ProTour]] and has been moved to August.

==History==

Already in [[1911]] a "national" cycling race of over 1,500 km was held in Germany (which was then composed of several [[German Empire#Constituent states of the empire|territories and kingdoms]]). Until [[1931]] several real --more-or-less-- Tours were held, but always under very different conditions and organisations. In 1931 the first ''Deutschlandtour'' was held, and it is generally agreed upon that the race was exciting and well organised between [[1937]] and [[1939]], the start of [[World War II]].

[[Image:USA19731024_LEIPHEIMER_Levi_GST_Deutschlandtour_2005.jpg |thumb|left| 2005 overall winner [[Levi Leipheimer]] riding in the Deutschland Tour. ]]

Germany never had a significant road cycling history, like [[Belgium]], [[France]] and [[Italy]], which caused the race's popularity to depend on German successes. This resulted in several parallel tours of [[West-Germany]].

But after [[Jan Ullrich]]'s [[1997 Tour de France|Tour de France]] victory, cycling became more popular. Partially as a result of Germany's new-found cycling enthusiasm, in [[1999]] the ''Deutschlandtour'' became invigorated, and continues to this day. In [[1998]] the ''Bund Deutscher Radfahrer e.V.'' and the company Upsolut founded the Deutschland Tour gmbh.
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==Winners==
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* 1911 - [[Hans Ludwig]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1922 - [[Adolf Huschke]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1927 - [[Rudolf Wolke]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1930 - [[Hermann Buse]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1931 - [[Erich Metze]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1937 - [[Otto Weckerling]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1938 - [[Hermann Schild]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1939 - [[Georg Umbenhauer]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1947 - [[Erich Bautz]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1948 - [[Phillip Hilpert]] {{flagiconGER}}
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* 1949 - [[Harry Saager]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1950 - [[Roger Gyselinck]] {{flagiconBEL}}
* 1951 - [[Guido de Santi]] {{flagiconITA}}
* 1952 - [[Isidore Derijck]] {{flagiconBEL}}
* 1960 - [[Ab Geldermans]] {{flagiconNED}}
* 1962 - [[Peter Post]] {{flagiconNED}}
* 1979 - [[Dietrich Thurau]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1980 - [[Gregor Braun]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 1981 - [[Silvano Contini]] {{flagiconITA}}
* 1982 - [[Theo de Rooij]] {{flagiconNED}}
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* 1999 - [[Jens Heppner]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 2000 - [[David Plaza]] {{flagiconESP}}
* 2001 - [[Alexander Vinokourov|A. Vinokourov]] {{flagiconKAZ}}
* 2002 - [[Igor González de Galdeano|I. González de Galdeano]] {{flagiconESP}}
* 2003 - [[Michael Rogers]] {{flagiconAUS}}
* [[2004 Deutschland Tour|2004]] - [[Patrik Sinkewitz]] {{flagiconGER}}
* [[2005 Deutschland Tour|2005]] - [[Levi Leipheimer]] {{flagiconUSA}}
* [[2006 Deutschland Tour|2006]] - [[Jens Voigt]] {{flagiconGER}}
* [[2007 Deutschland Tour|2007]] - [[Jens Voigt]] {{flagiconGER}}
* [[2008 Deutschland Tour|2008]] - [[Linus Gerdemann]] {{flagiconGER}}
* 2009 - Race canceled
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== External links ==

*[http://www.deutschlandtour.de Official Site]
*[http://www.cyclingpost.com/protour/races/deutschland.shtml Deutchland Tour at Cyclingpost]

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