The 3-Länder-Tour der Sparkassen Versicherung was a multi-stage

road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

held around three Länder of Germany:

Hessen Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major historic cities are Da ...

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

and

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

. From 2005 until 2007 it was part of the

UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and ove ...

, being organised as a 2.1 race. The race was previously known as Hessen-Rundfahrt, taking place in the Bundesland of

, but in 2006 it expanded its territory to take place in the states of Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg.

Winners

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:3-Lander-Tour UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1982 1982 establishments in West Germany Defunct cycling races in Germany Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007 Sports competitions in Hesse Sports competitions in Thuringia Sports competitions in Baden-Württemberg 2007 disestablishments in Germany