Registration for the Škoda Velotour 2025 now open
May 30st, 2024
Less than a month after the Škoda Velotour attracted 10,000 participants this year, registration for the next edition will open on May 1, 2025. The Eschborn-Frankfurt cycling classic is once again open to amateur athletes as well as professionals. Starting places for one of the biggest amateur cycling races are available from just 39 euros.
The number of participants will also be limited to 10,000 in 2025. There will also be limits on the individual routes. Early registration therefore not only guarantees a cheaper rate, but also your favorite route.
On offer are the familiar routes from previous years, which remain essentially unchanged. The Škoda Velotour Skyline covers around 40 kilometers on a flat route through Eschborn, Frankfurt and Oberursel and is therefore ideal for beginners. The more ambitious cyclists choose the Škoda Velotour Taunus Express route with around 90 kilometers. It takes you into the Hessian low mountain range and once over the Großer Feldberg. The Škoda Velotour Taunus Classic also includes a ride over the Mammolshainer Stich, for those looking for the complete professional feeling on around 100 kilometers.
Maxim Van Gils wins the Eschborn-Frankfurt cycling classic
1.5.2024
Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny) has won the 61st edition of Eschborn-Frankfurt. The Belgian won the cycling classic on 1 May in the sprint of a group of almost 30 riders ahead of the Spaniard Alex Aranburu (Movistar) and Riley Sheehan (Israel - Premier Tech) from the United States. Breakaway rider Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates), who was able to pull away by up to 30 seconds on the final crossing of the Mammolshain climb, was only caught with a good two kilometres to go. Last year's winner Søren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin - Deceuninck) finished eighth, Jonas Rutsch (EF Education - EasyPost) was the best German in 17th place.
It was John Degenkolb (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) himself who opened the race immediately after the sharp start. The 35-year-old and his two companions Jacopo Mosca (Lidl-Trek) and Warre Vangheluwe (Soudal Quick-Step) quickly pulled away to a maximum lead of a good seven minutes.
Before the race went over the Feldberg for the second time, Vangheluwe was the last escapee to be caught 89 kilometres before the finish. Degenkolb had already secured the mountain classification. The peloton continued to shrink on the climb. There were several attacks, Emanuel Buchmann (Bora - hansgrohe) and Ben Healy (EF Education - Easy Post) were among the most active riders. They were able to break away from the rest in the meantime, but before the final climb up the Mammolshainer Stich, everything had converged again.
Christen attacked in Mammolshain. The 19-year-old Swiss rider pulled out a lead of up to half a minute on around 30 chasers, but was caught 2300 metres before the finish. Van Gils, who recently finished third and fourth at Fleche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège and also stormed onto the podium at Strade Bianche, then proved to be the strongest in the sprint.