FAQs

The start and finish are on Sossenheimer Str. The starting line-up is around the event area on Elly-Beinhorn-Straße. Please follow the signs on site to your starting blocks

It is not possible to park your motorhome directly at the start in Eschborn. Please book a place on an official campsite.

In consultation with the Main-Taunus-Zentrum, we can offer you free parking there. Access is possible via the A66 and B8. The route to the event site will be signposted.

In Eschborn there is paid parking in the industrial area Mannheimer Straße / Mergenthaler Allee. The best way to get there is via the A66 coming from Frankfurt.

Eschborn Süd. From there it is approx. 1.5 km to the event site (XXXLutz parking lot, Elly-Beinhorn-Straße).

The ADAC Velotour 2025 is fully booked - if you would like to take part in 2026, you can now pre-register without obligation and will be informed in good time about the start of online registration. This will not only secure you one of the coveted starting places, but also the best conditions.

Please note: We have a new partner platform! Therefore it is necessary to create a new time to account on our new platform Njuko for the pre-registration.
Pre-Registration

We have created a Instruction for Active/timeto. Answers to questions about the registration platform can be found in this document.

Corrections to the data stated in the registration (no name change) can be made independently free of charge until March 30, 2025 in the "Active" registration portal via the login (https://myevents.active.com/ASOGermanyGmbH).

You can easily transfer your starting place via the timeto registration platform until 30.03.2025. Log in to your existing account and select "Transfer Registration", then enter the e-mail address of the person to be transferred and send the transfer. This person will shortly receive a notification that the starting place has been transferred to them. As soon as the person confirms this by clicking on the link in the e-mail they receive, they can register for the current rate. You will receive the amount you paid minus a €10 processing fee back into your account. Substitute participants who are not re-registered will be disqualified.

After 30.03. a re-registration is only possible on the event area on 30.04. and 01.05. during the start document distribution for a re-registration fee of 10,- € (cash or EC card). Please bring a signed power of attorney and a copy of the identity card of the person to be re-registered. The handling of the already paid entry fee will then be agreed between the two persons involved in the re-registration.
 

The late registration form must be filled out completely and legibly and signed when the starting documents are handed out on 30.04. and 01.05. (only as long as there are enough starting places available!). Payment can be made in cash or by EC card. Please have your identity card ready.

A transfer to the following year is not possible. Registrations can be rebooked to other participants for a fee of €10 until March 30, 2025.

Egal ob Rennrad, Mountainbike, Trekkingrad oder Stadtrad bei der ADAC Velotour sind alle Fahrradtypen willkommen! Bitte beachtet allerdings die angegebenen Mindestgeschwindigkeiten. Pedelecs (E-Bikes) sind nur bei der ADAC Velotour Ride (ohne Zeitmessung) zugelassen. Auch eine Teilnahme mit Tandem und Handbike ist möglich, bitte beachtet, dass ihr euch hierfür in den speziell dafür vorgesehenen Anmeldekategorien registriert. Lastenräder sind aus Sicherheitsgründen nicht zugelassen.

Participation with a pedelec is only permitted in the ADAC Velotour Ride (without timekeeping), as long as the motor support is limited to a maximum of 25 km/h. S-pedelecs are not permitted.

The starting blocks are allocated on the basis of the stated average speed and previous participation in the Cycling Classic. Participants who are taking part in a cycling event for the first time and state an expected average speed of faster than 35 km/h may have to submit a verifiable result. Registration must be completed by April 14, 2025 in order to be entitled to the front starting blocks. Anyone registering after April 14 will not be entitled to a front starting block and may be placed in one of the rear starting blocks, depending on capacity, regardless of the average speed stated.

All participants who have registered by 30.03.2025 will receive their bib number and starting block by e-mail no later than one week before the race day. Those who register later will only receive this information after the online registration deadline on 28.04.

Please bring your race number and your ID with you to collect your race pack. You will receive your race number by e-mail approx. 2 weeks before the event. The starting documents will be handed out on April 30th from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm at the Opernplatz in Frankfurt. You can also pick up your race packet on the morning of May 1st between 7:00 am and 8:30 am at the event site in Eschborn (please allow enough time before the start!). If you would like to pick up your race packet in advance, you can do so again this year from April 17-29 during regular opening hours at Fahrrad Denfeld (Urseler Str. 67, 61348 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe). ATTENTION: Collection in advance is only possible for participants who have registered online by March 30th.
 

Yes, if you would like to pick up your starting documents in advance, you can do so again this year from April 17-29 during regular opening hours at Fahrrad Denfeld (Urseler Str. 67, 61348 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe). ATTENTION: Collection in advance is only possible for participants who have registered online by March 31.

Yes, the person collecting the race documents must bring your confirmation of registration, a signed authorization to collect the documents and a copy of the participant's identity card to the start document collection point. This applies both to the collection of starting documents in advance at Fahrrad Denfeld and on site at the event venue.

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No, the starting documents will not be sent to you.

Before the race at the bib pick-up.

It is strictly forbidden, without exception, for personal or team escort vehicles to drive within the route closure. Only escort vehicles of the organizer are permitted. Our partners ADAC and Shimano offer technical support on the route. However, please take spare material (inner tube/pump) with you. Defects or breakdowns must be signaled by raising your right hand. If it is necessary to stop, this must always be done carefully on the right-hand side of the road. The exchange of spare parts and tools between participants is permitted.

The stand will be at the Expo in Frankfurt on 30.04. and at the Expo in Eschborn on 01.05.

Only if they are in a slower starting block, further back. Lining up in a starting group that is further forward will result in disqualification.

The start time is from 8:45 - 9:50 am. Two weeks before the event, an e-mail will be sent to participants with the starting block and specific start time.

The individual starting blocks are signposted on site. They are located around the event site on Elly-Beinhorn-Straße.

There will be a bag drop-off point at the event site in Eschborn. However, only the earlier collected ADAC Velotour bags will be accepted here.

There are mobile toilets in several places in the starting area and at the starting blocks.

The starting blocks are open from 7:45 am and close 15 minutes before the respective start time. With the first starting shot at 08:45, the different starting blocks roll off one after the other. The organizer reserves the right to stop individual starting blocks briefly for organizational purposes before the start arch is passed.

Start times:

Information will follow shortly

This year, all three routes of the ADAC Velotour will be offered again. The ADAC Velotour Taunus Classic with 103km, the ADAC Velotour Taunus Express with 92km and the ADAC Velotour Skyline with 40km. In addition, the ADAC Velotour Ride offers leisure cyclists the unique opportunity to start in their own starting block without timekeeping on 40 closed-off kilometers.

NO! A distance change is only possible from a longer to a shorter course, participants who are registered for a shorter course and complete the longer course will be disqualified! The route separation points are signposted. In Oberursel, participants of the ADAC Velotour Taunus Express / ADAC Velotour Taunus Classic will turn right towards Oberursel town center and Feldberg, while participants of the ADAC Velotour Skyline will go straight on towards Oberhöchstadt. After leaving Schwalbach, the ADAC Velotour Taunus Classic continues straight on over the Mammolshainer Stich, while the ADAC Velotour Taunus Express turns right and heads straight back to Eschborn.
 

For the two long routes ADAC Velotour Taunus Classic and Taunus Express, there is the Logwin refreshment station at approx. km43 directly at Sandplacken on the right-hand side. If you stop here, you have the opportunity to fill your bottles and stock up on fruit, bars and gels.

There is also a  waterstation powered by Eintracht Frankfurt Radsport at the entrance to Glashütten (approx. km60).

As in normal road traffic, you are also obliged to dispose of your garbage properly in the garbage cans provided on the ADAC Velotour. These can be found, for example, at the refreshment station or in the start and finish area. Anyone who throws their garbage away on the route during the race will be disqualified.

Please help your fellow riders in the event of a crash and warn other participants. As in normal road traffic, the emergency number 112 also applies on May 1st. In this context, please also state the start number of the participant who has fallen so that they can be clearly identified.

There are broom wagons that collect participants who are too slow or can no longer participate.

Minimum speeds*:
ADAC Velotour Taunus Classic / Taunus Express: approx. 25km/h

ADAC Velotour Skyline / Ride: approx. 20km/h

*The minimum speeds apply to the total time from start to finish and are adapted to the route profile. It is therefore possible to ride slower uphill, while a faster average speed is calculated for downhill. Relevant for the broom wagon is the time at cut-off points determined by us and not the exact average speed. We ask for your understanding and consideration for the broom wagon drivers who are doing their job on this day.

Relevant for the broom wagon is the time at certain route points and not the exact average speed.

28.9 km route separation point Oberursel (All):
10:41 am: From this point on, all participants can only finish the race on the 40 km route (ADAC Velotour Skyline) and are no longer allowed to ride towards Feldberg.
11:16 am: Participants who arrive later at the route separation point will be removed from the race.

43.5 km Logwin feed station Sandplacken (Taunus Classic + Taunus Express):
11:40 am: Participants arriving later to the aid station will be taken out of the race.

86.4 km course separation point Schwalbach Continental junction (Taunus Classic + Taunus Express):
13:19: Participants who arrive later at the route separation point will be taken out of the race.

93 km Königsteiner Kreisel (Taunus Classic only):
13:30: Participants arriving later to the Königsteiner Kreisel will be taken out of the race.

Subject to change!

It is strictly forbidden, without exception, for personal or team escort vehicles to drive within the route closure. Only escort vehicles of the organizer are permitted. Our partners ADAC and Shimano offer technical support on the route. However, please take spare material (inner tube/pump) with you. Defects or breakdowns must be signaled by raising your right hand. If it is necessary to stop, this must always be done carefully on the right-hand side of the road. The exchange of spare parts and tools between participants is permitted.

Participants of the ADAC Velotour are obliged to wear a bicycle helmet with a closed chin strap. Participants without a helmet will be disqualified.

After crossing the finish line, you will be directed to the after-race area in the XXXLutz parking lot, where there will be snacks and drinks for all participants. Once you have reached the finish line, please continue to the after-race area in a concentrated manner and only stop there.

Showers are available this year at the Heinrich-Graf-Sportanlage, Am Sportfeld 16, 65760 Eschborn (approx. 1.5 km from the event site on foot or by bike). Please remember that there is no guarded bicycle parking lot at the showers.

On race day, the medical support is located directly at the ADAC Velotour after-race-area in the XXXLutz parking lot.

These are disposable transponders that do not have to be returned.

You can find your photos after the race at www.getpica.com or in the results list directly after your name.

You can follow the cycle path signs towards the city center or cycle to the "Eschborn Süd" S-Bahn station, from where you can take the S-Bahn to the "Taunusanlage" station. From there you are directly at the event area in Frankfurt and can follow the professionals' race.

Via e-mail to: velotour(at)eschborn-frankfurt.de

Lost property can be collected at the information tent at the Expo in Eschborn.

Bicycles collected by the broom wagon will be handed in at the information tent at the Expo in Eschborn.

You can find the results at https://www.eschborn-frankfurt.de/de/ergebnisse-velotour

All participants can access their certificates online via the results list and print them out themselves.

The top 3 male/female finishers will be honored at the award ceremony. In addition, the Tissot Mountain King and Tissot Mountain Queen will be honored. Honors and possible prizes will only be awarded during the award ceremony on site, there is no right to the forwarding of prizes.

There are two types of teams: men's teams and women's teams. A team consists of participants who register with the same team name. Attention must be paid to the exact spelling (including capitalization).

Men's teams are made up of the best four male participants in a team, while women's teams are made up of the best three female participants. If a team has more than eight members in the same category, additional teams will be formed (e.g. Team 1, Team 2, etc.).

There is no age limit for teams. Tandems are excluded from the team ranking. Each team is classified as either a men's team or a women's team; double counting in different team classifications is not possible.

The award ceremony will take place after the individual races from around 13:00 to 14:00 on the ADAC stage on the event site in Eschborn. Great prizes await you.