Sachsen Tour
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 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 |
| Editions | 25 |
| Final edition | 2009 |
| First winner |  Wolfgang Lötzsch (DDR) |
| Most wins | Uwe Ampler (DDR)  Jörn Reuß (GER) Thomas Liese (GER) (2 wins) |
| Final winner | Patrik Sinkewitz (GER) |
The Sachsen Tour was a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and wasorganised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 until its final edition in 2009. Between 1985 and 1995 it was an amateur race.
It was typically held over 5 stages, running through all of Saxony, including flat stages as well as mountain stages in the Ore Mountains.
Winners
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| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | East Germany
|
Wolfgang Lötzsch | |
| 1986 | East Germany
|
Uwe Ampler | |
| 1987 | East Germany
|
Jens Heppner | |
| 1988 | East Germany
|
Frank Kühn | |
| 1989 | East Germany
|
Uwe Ampler | |
| 1990 |  Netherlands
|
Jans Koerts | |
| 1991 | Germany
|
Steffen Blochwitz | |
| 1992 | Germany
|
Jörn Reuß | |
| 1993 |  New Zealand
|
Brendan Hart | |
| 1994 | New Zealand
|
Brian Fowler | |
| 1995 | Germany
|
Dirk Müller | |
| 1996 | Germany
|
Jens Voigt | |
| 1997 |  Russia
|
Anton Chantyr | |
| 1998 | Germany
|
Thomas Liese | |
| 1999 | Germany
|
Jörn Reuß | |
| 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 |