Hofbrau Cup

Hofbrau Cup

Race details
Date	Secondweek of September (1988-1990); Last week of May (1992-1994); Fourth week of July (1995-2000)
Region	Stuttgart, Germany
Local name(s)	Hofbrau Cup (in German)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1988 (1988)
Editions	11
Final edition	2000
First winner	Bruno Cenghialta (ITA)
Final winner	Nicola Loda (ITA)

The Schwanenbrau Cup (1988–1990), Hofbrau Cup (1992–1997) or Dekra Open (1999–2000) was a short professional stage race cycling race held annually in Germany.

Winners

		Rider	Team
1988		Bruno Cenghialta (ITA)
1989		Andrew Hampsten (USA)
1990		Stephan Joho (SUI)
1992		Alberto Elli (ITA)	Ceramiche Ariostea
1993		Davide Rebellin (ITA)	MG Bianchi
1994		Rolf Aldag (GER)	Team Telekom
1995		Gianni Faresin (ITA)
1996		Dimitri Konyshev (RUS)	AKI
1997		Fabio Roscioli (ITA)
1999		Dario Frigo (ITA)	Saeco
2000		Nicola Loda (ITA)

Stage winners

1988 Schwanenbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
1	10 September	Stuttgart - Stuttgart	1.6 km (0.99 mi)	Rolf Gölz (GER)
2	10 September	Stuttgart - Stuttgart		Rolf Sørensen (DEN)
3	11 September	Stuttgart - Stuttgart	188 km (117 mi)	Andreas Kappes (GER)

1989 Schwanenbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
Prologue	15 September	Stuttgart - Stuttgart	1.7 km (1.1 mi)	Patrick De Wael (BEL)
1	15 September	Stuttgart - Stuttgart		Darius Kaiser (GER)
2	16 September	Gerlingen - Stettingen	108 km (67 mi)	Luc Roosen (BEL)
3	17 September	Vaihingen - Vaihingen	200 km (120 mi)	Nico Roose (BEL)

1990 Schwanenbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
1	14 September	Schwäbisch Gmünd - Schwäbisch Gmünd	24.5 km (15.2 mi)	Rolf Järmann (SUI)
2	15 September	Gerlingen - Waiblingen	143.1 km (88.9 mi)	Fabrizio Bontempi (ITA)
3	16 September	Stuttgart - Vaihingen	212 km (132 mi)	Stephan Joho (SUI)

1992 Hofbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
1	28 May	Schwäbisch Gmünd - Schwäbisch Gmünd	151 km (94 mi)	Eddy Schurer (NED)
2	29 May	Wildbad - Wildbad	125 km (78 mi)	Alberto Elli (ITA)
3a	30 May	Walblingen - Walblingen	51.1 km (31.8 mi)	Giuseppe Citterio (ITA)
3b	30 May	Walblingen - Walblingen	14 km (8.7 mi)	Rolf Sørensen (DEN)
4	31 May	Stuttgart - Stuttgart	195 km (121 mi)	Eric De Clercq (BEL)

1993 Hofbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
1	May	Waiblingen - Waiblingen	88 km (55 mi)	Giovanni Lombardi (ITA)
2a	May	Enzklösterle - Enzklösterle	12 km (7.5 mi)	Davide Rebellin (ITA)
2b	May	Enzklösterle - Bad Wildbad	120.2 km (74.7 mi)	John Talen (NED)
3	May	Schwäbisch Gmünd - Schwäbisch Gmünd	151.8 km (94.3 mi)	Olaf Ludwig (GER)
4a	May	Stuttgart - Stuttgart	90.5 km (56.2 mi)	Johan Museeuw (BEL)
4b	May	Stuttgart - Stuttgart	44.1 km (27.4 mi)	Giovanni Lombardi (ITA)

1994 Hofbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
1	25 May	Waiblingen - Waiblingen	66 km (41 mi)	Bruno Boscardin (SUI)
2	26 May	Sindelfingen - Sindelfingen	98 km (61 mi)	Rolf Aldag (GER)
3	27 May	Bad Wildbad - Bad Wildbad	201.6 km (125.3 mi)	Andrea Peron (ITA)
4	28 May	Ludwigsburg - Ludwigsburg	162.1 km (100.7 mi)	Gianvito Martinelli (ITA)
5	29 May	Stuttgart - Stuttgart	110 km (68 mi)	Jeroen Blijlevens (NED)

1995 Hofbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
1	20 July	Sindelfingen - Sindelfingen	100.2 km (62.3 mi)
2	21 July	Waiblingen - Waiblingen	93.5 km (58.1 mi)	Andreas Kappes (GER)
3	22 July	Ludwigsburg - Ludwigsburg	188 km (117 mi)	Gianni Faresin (ITA)
4	23 July	Esslingen - Esslingen	46.5 km (28.9 mi)	Marco Saligari (ITA)
5	24 July	Esslingen - Stuttgart	88 km (55 mi)	Hendrik Van Dyck (BEL)

1996 Hofbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
1	18 July	Gerlingen - Gerlingen	140 km (87 mi)	Dmitri Konychev (RUS)
2	19 July	Waiblinger Speiche - Waiblinger Speiche	121.6 km (75.6 mi)	Mario Scirea (ITA)
3	20 July	Ludwigsburg - Ludwigsburg	191.4 km (118.9 mi)	Johan Bruyneel (BEL)
4	21 July	Esslingen - Stuttgart	195.3 km (121.4 mi)	Dmitri Konychev

1997 Hofbrau Cup

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
Prologue	23 July	Waiblingen - Waiblingen	78 km (48 mi)	Kurt Van De Wouwer (BEL)
1	24 July	Gärtringen - Gärtringen	166.5 km (103.5 mi)	Juris Silovs (LAT)
2	25 July	Enzklösterle - Bad Wildbach	15.1 km (9.4 mi)	Paolo Bettini (ITA)
3	26 July	Ludwigsburg - Ludwigsburg	192.8 km (119.8 mi)	Kurt Van De Wouwer
4	27 July	Esslingen - Stuttgart	211 km (131 mi)	Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)

1999 Dekra Open

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
Prologue	17 July	Stuttgart - Vaihingen	6.5 km (4.0 mi)	Michael Blaudzun (DEN)
1	17 July	Altensteig - Wart	156 km (97 mi)	Dario Frigo (ITA)
2	18 July	Esslingen - Stuttgart	210 km (130 mi)	René Haselbacher (AUT)

2000 Dekra Open

Stage	Date	Route	Length	Winner
1	21 July	Metzingen - Metzingen	154 km (96 mi)	Nicola Loda (ITA)
2	22 July	Esslingen - Stuttgart/Schlossplatz	174.8 km (108.6 mi)	Bjorn Leukemans (BEL)
3	23 July	Altensteig - Altensteig	184.1 km (114.4 mi)	Erwin Thijs (BEL)

External links

• Results at Cyclingarchive