LuK Challenge Chrono

LuK Challenge Chrono
Race details
DateLate July - Early August
RegionRastatt, Germany
English nameLuK Challenge Chrono
Local name(s)LuK Challenge Chrono (in German)
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeTeam Time Trial
History
First edition1968 (1968)
Editions19
Final edition2006
First winner
Final winner

LuK Challenge Chrono was a road bicycle race held annually as a team time trial for pairs in Bühl, Germany. In 2005 and 2006, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[1] After 2006, the sponsor, LuK, withdrew as part of Germany's general disengagement from cycling amidst a number of doping scandals, and the race did not take place again.[2]

In the past, this race was also known as: [3]

  • 1968 – 1992: Grand Prix Baden-Baden
  • 1993 – 1996: Telekom Grand Prix
  • 1997 – 1999: Grand Prix Breitling
  • 2000 – 2001: Grand Prix EnBW
  • 2002 – 2003: Karlsruher Versicherungs-Grand Prix
  • 2004 – 2006: LuK Challenge (Bühl)
  1. ^ "LuK Challenge(1.1)". ProcyclingStats. 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ "LUK Challenge Chrono". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  3. ^ "LUK Challenge Chrono / Bühl (All) - Cat.1.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2023.