The Grand Prix Union Dortmund was a German cycling race organized for the last time in 1984.[1]

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 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.

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1962   Piet Damen   Jaap Kersten   Coen Niesten
1963   Willy Vannitsen   Jacques Anquetil   Horst Oldenburg
1964   Rudi Altig   Hans Junkermann   Peter Post
1965   Jan Hugens   Jan Lauwers   Wim de Jager
1966   Wim de Jager   Peter Glemser   Guido De Rosso
1967   Jean-Baptiste Claes   Winfried Boelke   Peter Post
1968   Erik De Vlaeminck   Roger Legrange   Frans Verbeeck
1969   Julien Stevens   Winfried Boelke   Walter Godefroot
1970   Eddy Merckx   Noël Vanclooster   Maurice Dury
1971   Herman Van Springel   Julien Stevens   Eddy Merckx
1972   Eddy Merckx   Wilfried Peffgen   Gerben Karstens
1973   Antoine Houbrechts   Willy Teirlinck   Eddy Merckx
1974   Hennie Kuiper   Joseph Bruyère   Joseph Huysmans
1975   Rik Van Linden   André Dierickx   Dietrich Thurau
1976   André Dierickx   Dietrich Thurau   Roland Schar
1977   Dietrich Thurau   Jozef Jacobs   Frank Hoste
1978   Gery Verlinden   Daniel Willems   Alfons De Bal
1979   Patrick Sercu   Sean Kelly   Willem Peeters
1980   Jostein Wilmann   Bruno Wolfer   Roberto Ceruti
1981   Theo de Rooy   Gregor Braun   Jean-Marie Grezet
1982   Ad Wijnands   Adri van der Poel   Eric McKenzie
1983   Theo de Rooy   Gerard Veldscholten   Adri van der Poel
1984   Gerard Veldscholten   Theo de Rooy   Louis Luyten

References

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  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.