3-Länder-Tour

The 3-Länder-Tour der Sparkassen Versicherung was a multi-stage road bicycle race held around three Länder of Germany: Hessen, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg. From 2005 until 2007 it was part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as a 2.1 race.

3-Länder-Tour

Race details
Date	Mid September
Region	Central Germany
English name	Three Länder Tour of Sparkassen Versicherung
Local name(s)	3-Länder-Tour der Sparkassen Versicherung (in German)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1982 (1982)
Editions	26
Final edition	2007
First winner	Thomas Freienstein (GER)
Final winner	Thomas Dekker (NED)

The race was previously known as Hessen-Rundfahrt, taking place in the Bundesland of Hessen, but in 2006 it expanded its territory to take place in the states of Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg.^[1][2]

Winners' podium at Stage 1 of the 2006 3-Länder-Tour in Kassel

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1982	West Germany	Thomas Freienstein
1983	Czechoslovakia	Ludek Kubias
1984	West Germany	Thomas Freienstein
1985	West Germany	Hartmut Bölts
1986	West Germany	Christian Henn
1987	East Germany	Jens Heppner	SG Wismut Gera
1988	Soviet Union	Pavel Tonkov
1989	Great Britain	Matthew Stephens	Hemel Hempstead CC
1990	France	Christophe Capelle
1991	New Zealand	Brian Fowler
1992	Germany	Bert Dietz
1993	Germany	Ralf Schmidt
1994	Czech Republic	Pavel Padrnos
1995	Czech Republic	Pavel Padrnos
1996	Germany	Ralf Grabsch	PSV Köln
1997	Germany	Christian Henn	Team Telekom
1998	Germany	Grischa Niermann	Die Continentale
1999	Germany	Jens Zemke	Team Nürnberger
2000	Germany	Tobias Steinhauser	Gerolsteiner
2001	Denmark	Michael Blaudzun	CSC–Tiscali
2002	Germany	Uwe Peschel	Gerolsteiner
2003	France	Cédric Vasseur	Cofidis
2004	Germany	Sebastian Lang	Gerolsteiner
2005	Poland	Cezary Zamana	Action–Ati
2006	Germany	Sebastian Lang	Gerolsteiner
2007	Netherlands	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank