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Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt

cycling road race in Germany

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ682624 ↗
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Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt (English: Tour of Old Town Nuremberg) was an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held each September in the old town section of Nuremberg, Germany.

First held in 1991 as a men's race, a women's race was held from 1993. The women's event was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup between 2003 and 2009, with the men's race part of the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2009.

The last race took place in 2012, with the course subsequently used in the Bayern Rundfahrt between 2013 and 2015, and the Deutschland Tour in 2021.

Course

The race used a 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) "fairly flat" course around the old town section of Nuremberg.

Past winners

Women

The women's event was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup between 2003 and 2009.

Men

The men's event was part of the UCI Europe Tour and was UCI rated 1.1 between 2005 and 2009.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 1993, 2003, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991. The account is most persuasive where Rund, Nürnberger and Altstadt can be independently traced.
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