Bayern Rundfahrt

The International Bayern Rundfahrt (English: Tour of Bavaria) was a stage race cycling race held each year in Bavaria, Germany, between 1980 and 2015. The race was held as an amateur race between 1980 and 1988, and from 2005 to 2015, the race was organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In December 2015, the organisers cancelled the 2016 event due to a budget shortfall,^[1] and the race has not been held since.

Bayern Rundfahrt

Race details
Date	Late-May, Early-June
Region	Bavaria, Germany
English name	Tour of Bavaria
Local name(s)	Bayern Rundfahrt (in German)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Web site	www.bayern-rundfahrt.com
History
First edition	1980 (1980)
Editions	36
Final edition	2015
Most wins	Jens Voigt (GER)  Michael Rich (GER) (3 wins)
Final winner	Alex Dowsett (GBR)

Winners (from 1989)

By year

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1989	West Germany	Kai Hundertmarck
1990	West Germany	Jörg Paffrath
1991	Canada	Brian Walton
1992	Switzerland	Jacques Jolidon
1993	Germany	Alexander Kastenhuber
1994	Czech Republic	Pavel Padrnos
1995	Germany	Timo Scholz
1996	Germany	Uwe Peschel
1997	Germany	Christian Henn	Team Telekom
1998	Norway	Steffen Kjærgaard	Team Chicky World
1999	Germany	Rolf Aldag	Team Telekom
2000	Germany	Jens Voigt	Crédit Agricole
2001	Germany	Jens Voigt	Crédit Agricole
2002	Germany	Michael Rich	Gerolsteiner
2003	Germany	Michael Rich	Gerolsteiner
2004	Germany	Jens Voigt	Team CSC
2005	Germany	Michael Rich	Gerolsteiner
2006	Spain	José Alberto Martínez	Agritubel
2007	Germany	Stefan Schumacher	Gerolsteiner
2008	Germany	Christian Knees	Team Milram
2009	Germany	Linus Gerdemann	Team Milram
2010	Belgium	Maxime Monfort	Team HTC–Columbia
2011	Great Britain	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky
2012	Australia	Michael Rogers	Team Sky
2013	Italy	Adriano Malori	Lampre–Merida
2014	Great Britain	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky
2015	Great Britain	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team

Multiple winners

Wins	Rider	Editions
3	Jens Voigt (GER)	2000, 2001, 2004
	Michael Rich (GER)	2002, 2003, 2005
2	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	2011, 2014

Riders in italic are still active.

Wins per country

Wins	Country
16	Germany
3	United Kingdom
1	Australia  Belgium  Canada  Czech Republic  Italy  Norway  Spain   Switzerland