2015: Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt, 1. May

[thequestionmark]

Rund um den Henninger Turm was a much better title. However I'm glad the race still exists.

The parcours is the same as last year.

Previous winners:

2014 - Alexander Kristoff
2013 - Simon Spilak
2012 - Moreno Moser
2011 - John Degenkolb
2010 - Fabian Wegmann
2009 - Fabian Wegmann
2008 - Karsten Kroon
2007 - Patrik Sinkewitz
2006 - Stefano Garzelli
2005 - Erik Zabel

Start list

Alexander Kristoff and John Degenkolb are the obvious favourites. With Luca Paolini and Tom Dumoulin they both have good team support. If a late break succeeds, Filippo Pozzato could emerge as the winner.

HR (local TV station) will broadcast the race in its entirety (12:00 - 17:00 CEST). Last year, the live stream wasn't geoblocked.

Mammolshainer Berg:

 

[LaFlorecita]

Cancelled apparently, because the organizers can't guarantee safety. Good decision.
Susan Westemeyer
‏@WestemeyerSusan
Rund um Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfut cancelled due to terrorist threats, can't ensure public safety. What is the world coming to....

 

[manafana]

mad stuff saw this on twitter

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Damn. Pretty terrible news. Heard the details on the radio earlier, was pretty crazy stuff. A shame though, I always loved this race. Given the nature of bike racing and given the heightened awareness of the dangerous potential of a large-scale open event covering a large area (a fallout of the Boston Marathon bombing of course) it's absolutely the sensible thing to do, as the amount of security and policing needed for such a large area of course in the circumstances would be insane, but from a sporting pov the cancellation of Germany's biggest and best one-day race at the point where they're just starting to dip their toes back into the sport (and with a hometown boy having just won two monuments) will hurt.

 

[SafeBet]

So sad, this has always been one of my favorite races.