# Rund um Köln

The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still running in Germany – where media-driven hostility towards professional cycling in the wake of repeated doping scandals has severely weakened the economic structure and viability of the sport. The Rund um Köln is the second-oldest race in Germany, just after Rund um die Hainleite, which was first held in 1908. Between the 1930s and late 1980s Rund um Köln was held as an amateur race. The race was contested every year on Easter Monday from 2000 to 2014. From 2015 until 2019 it was contested on the second Sunday in June.
The centenary edition of the Rund um Köln, set for March 24, 2008, was cancelled due to snow. The 2009 edition was contested by a weakened, sub-par field, as top professional teams did not send their stars, and the riders raced for their country instead.

## Winners

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 1908 | Germany | Fritz Tacke | |
| 1909 | Germany | Otto Wincziers | |
| 1910 | Germany | Karl Wittig | |
| 1910 | Germany | Jean Rosellen | |
| 1911 | Germany | Adolf Huschke | |
| 1912 | Germany | Jean Steingass | |
| 1913 | Germany | Ernst Franz | |
| 1914 | Germany | Ernst Franz | |
| 1915– 1918 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1920 | Germany | Adam Sachs | |
| 1921 | Germany | Adolf Huschke | |
| 1922 | Germany | Paul Koch | |
| 1923 | Germany | Fritz Fischer | |
| 1924 | Germany | Paul Kohl | |
| 1925 | Germany | Paul Kohl | |
| 1926 | Switzerland | Heiri Suter | |
| 1927 | Italy | Gaetano Belloni | |
| 1928 | Italy | Alfredo Binda | |
| 1929 | Germany | Franz Schmitz | |
| 1930 | Germany | Otto Kratz | |
| 1931 | Germany | H. Rüdiger | |
| 1932 | Luxembourg | Josy Kraus | |
| 1933 | Germany | Erich Bautz | |
| 1934 | Germany | Kurt Stöpel | Phänomen |
| 1935 | Germany | Emil Kijewski | individual |
| 1936 | Germany | Erich Bautz | Diamant |
| 1937 | Germany | Emil Kijewski | Wanderer |
| 1938 | Germany | Franz Bronold | |
| 1939 | Germany | Willi Meurer | |
| 1940 | Germany | Jakob Kropp | |
| 1941 | Germany | Hans Preiskeit | |
| 1942 | Germany | Heiner Schwarzer | |
| 1943 | Germany | Karl Kittsteiner | |
| 1944 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1945 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1946 | Germany | Friedel Nowakowski | |
| 1947 | Germany | Werner Holthöfer | |
| 1948 | Germany | Heiner Schwarzer | Bismarck |
| 1949 | Germany | Heinrich Schultenjohann | Patria W.K.C. |
| 1950 | West Germany | Horst Holzmann | |
| 1951 | West Germany | Heiner Schwarzer | Adria Renstall |
| 1952 | West Germany | R. Popp | |
| 1953 | West Germany | Günther Otto | |
| 1954 | West Germany | Willi Irrgang | |
| 1955 | West Germany | Hans Preiskeit | |
| 1956 | West Germany | Edi Ziegler | |
| 1957 | West Germany | W. Grabo | |
| 1958 | West Germany | Wolf-Jürgen Edler | |
| 1959 | West Germany | Heiner Hofmann | |
| 1960 | West Germany | Matthias Löder | |
| 1961 | Belgium | Albert Smits | |
| 1962 | West Germany | Siegfried Koch | |
| 1963 | West Germany | Wilfried Bölke | |
| 1964 | West Germany | Horst Oldenburg | |
| 1965 | West Germany | Horst Oldenburg | |
| 1966 | West Germany | Piet Glemser | Torpedo |
| 1967 | Belgium | Noël Foré | Goldor-Gerka |
| 1968 | West Germany | Burkhard Ebert | |
| 1969 | West Germany | Jürgen Tschan | |
| 1970 | West Germany | Andreas Streckies | |
| 1971 | Luxembourg | Roger Gilson | |
| 1972 | West Germany | Wilfried Trott | |
| 1973 | West Germany | Hermann Jungbluth | |
| 1974 | West Germany | Dietrich Thurau | |
| 1975 | West Germany | Jan Smyrak | |
| 1976 | West Germany | Wilfried Trott | |
| 1977 | Netherlands | Bert Scheunemann | |
| 1978 | Netherlands | Arie Hassink | |
| 1979 | West Germany | Wilfried Trott | |
| 1980 | West Germany | Achim Stadler | |
| 1981 | West Germany | Michael Mohr | |
| 1982 | West Germany | Jörg Echtermann | |
| 1983 | West Germany | Wolf-Dieter Wolfshohl | |
| 1984 | West Germany | Stanislaw Mikolajczuk | |
| 1984 | Netherlands | Jan Vaanhold | |
| 1986 | West Germany | Remig Stumpf | |
| 1987 | West Germany | Werner Wüller | |
| 1988 | West Germany | Lutz Losch | |
| 1990 | Belgium | Noël Segers | Buckler–Colnago–Decca |
| 1991 | Belgium | Jerry Cooman | S.E.F.B.–Saxon |
| 1992 | Netherlands | Louis de Koning | Panasonic–Sportlife |
| 1993 | Belgium | Wim Van Eynde | La William–Duvel |
| 1994 | Germany | Udo Bölts | Team Telekom |
| 1995 | Netherlands | Erik Dekker | Novell–Decca–Colnago |
| 1996 | Germany | Erik Zabel | Team Telekom |
| 1997 | Belgium | Frank Vandenbroucke | Mapei–GB |
| 1998 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1999 | Germany | Jens Heppner | Team Telekom |
| 2000 | Germany | Steffen Wesemann | Team Telekom |
| 2001 | Italy | Gian Matteo Fagnini | Team Telekom |
| 2002 | Austria | Peter Wrolich | Gerolsteiner |
| 2003 | Germany | Jan Ullrich | Team Coast |
| 2004 | Germany | Erik Zabel | T-Mobile Team |
| 2005 | Germany | David Kopp | Team Wiesenhof |
| 2006 | Germany | Christian Knees | Team Milram |
| 2007 | Argentina | Juan José Haedo | Team CSC |
| 2008 | No race due to snow | No race due to snow | No race due to snow |
| 2009 | Denmark | Martin Pedersen | Denmark (national team) |
| 2010 | Argentina | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank |
| 2011 | Australia | Michael Matthews | Rabobank |
| 2012 | Czech Republic | Jan Bárta | Team NetApp |
| 2013 | Belgium | Sébastien Delfosse | Crelan–Euphony |
| 2014 | Ireland | Sam Bennett | NetApp–Endura |
| 2015 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 2016 | Netherlands | Dylan Groenewegen | LottoNL–Jumbo |
| 2017 | Austria | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| 2018 | Ireland | Sam Bennett | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| 2019 | Belgium | Baptiste Planckaert | Wallonie Bruxelles |
| 2020– 2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany |
| 2022 | Germany | Nils Politt | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| 2023 | Netherlands | Danny van Poppel | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| 2024 | Netherlands | Casper van Uden | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL |