Tour de Luxembourg

Tour de Luxembourg
Race details
Date
  • Early June (until 2019)
  • September (since 2020)
RegionLuxembourg
English nameTour of Luxembourg
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI ProSeries
TypeStage-race
Web sitewww.skodatour.lu
History
First edition1935 (1935)
Editions84 (as of 2024)
First winner Mathias Clemens (LUX)
Most wins Mathias Clemens (LUX) (5 wins)
Most recent Antonio Tiberi (ITA)

The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg.[1] The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour became part of the UCI Europe Tour, and became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.[2] Primarily held in late May to early June, the event was sometimes used by riders as a preparation race for the Tour de France.[3]

In his 2021 autobiography Væddeløber, the 2014 winner Matti Breschel revealed that his victory was partially facilitated by offering riders of another team €1000 each if they succeeding in keeping contact with the breakaway.[4]

  1. ^ "Tour de Luxembourg". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. ^ "Tour de Luxembourg (Lux) - Cat.2.ProS". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Tour de Luxembourg guide". TeamSky. 2012 BSkyB. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Breschel indrømmer: Købte sig til sejr". Ekstrabladet. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.