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The Deutschland Tour (English: Tour of Germany and sometimes Deutschland-Rundfahrt in German) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but from 2005 until 2008 it was moved to August as part of the UCI ProTour.
ADFC is involved in the publication of a bicycle map series on a scale of 1:150.000 (according to the publisher’s imprint Germany’s most purchased cycle tour map) as well as of regional maps on a scale of 1:75.000 (occasionally also 1:100.000 or 1:50.000) and often creates bike maps right up to bicycle town plans following the slogan "from ...
The German Cycling Network (German: Radnetz Deutschland) is the national cycling route network of Germany. There are currently 12 such long-distance cycling routes, called D-Routes (the "D" stands for "Deutschland’" i.e. Germany) criss-crossing the German nation and these were established mainly to promote bicycle tourism.
In East Germany the cycling section of the Deutscher Sportausschuss, the DDR's sports body, was established in 1946. In 1957 it was renamed Deutscher Radsport-Verband der DDR (DRSV), "East German Cycling Federation", which was responsible for the sport until the merger of both countries on 7 December 1990.
Heinz Stücke (born 11 January 1940) is a long-distance itinerant cyclist from Hövelhof, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — noted for setting the world record for bicycle touring in 1995. [ 1 ] In a global journey spanning more than 50 years, Stücke has travelled over six hundred thousand kilometres by bicycle.
The bicycle gained from the outdoor movement of the 1930s. The Cyclists' Touring Club advertised a week's all-in tour, staying at hotels recommended by cyclists, for £3 10s. The youth hostel movement started in Germany and spread abroad, and a cycling holiday staying at hostels in the 1930s could be had for £2. Roderick Watson and Martin Gray ...
Big Tour of Bavaria 1200 (Germany) BRM Tour of Hungary 1200 (Hungary) Central Vietnam LRM 1300 (Vietnam) Herentals – Cosne s/Loire – Herentals 1200 (Belgium) Israel 1200 km (Israel) Korea Grande Randonnee 1200 (Korea) Lowlands 1200 km (Netherlands) Lviv–Karpaty–Lviv, 1200 km (Ukraine) Madrid–Gijon–Madrid 1200 km (Spain)
Map of the EuroVelo 6 long-distance cycling route, from the Atlantic coast to the Black Sea.. EuroVelo 6 (EV6), named the "Rivers Route", is a EuroVelo long-distance cycling route that runs along 3,653 km (2,270 mi) some of Europe's major rivers, including much of the Loire, some of the Saône, a short section of the upper Rhine and almost the entire length of Europe’s second longest river ...