Rund um den Henninger-Turm
 The Henninger-Turm (Tower) building in Frankfurt am Main. |
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| Date | May 1 |
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| Region | Frankfurt, Germany |
| English name | Eschborn-Frankfurt - Lap of the finance place |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | One-day |
| First edition | 1962 |
| Editions | 54 (as of 2016) |
| First winner |
 Armand Desmet (BEL)
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| Most wins |
 Erik Zabel (GER) (3 wins) |
| Most recent |
 Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
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Eschborn-Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz (until 2008 Rund um den Henninger-Turm, sometimes called the Frankfurt Grand Prix in English; in 2009 Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop) is a semi classic cycling race around Frankfurt am Main.
Until 2008 the start and finish was on Hainer Weg and later Darmstädter Landstraße outside the Henninger-Turm (Tower), a grain silo belonging to the Henninger brewery which backs the event.
Since 2009 the race starts at Eschborn. The finish was at the housing development Riedberg; since 2010 the finish is in front of the Alte Oper.
The race takes place on a complicated route in the Taunus mountains west of the city with around 1500m (5,000 feet) of climbing. The climbs of the Ruppershain, Feldberg and Mammolshain have been regular features; the Mammolshain has a 26% gradient and is climbed twice in the race. The race concludes with three laps of 4.5 kilometres in the centre of Frankfurt.
The race, organised for many years by brothers Hermann and Erwin Moos, began in 1962 with Henninger as main sponsor to publicise the Henninger Tower opened in 1961. The event received classic status in 1967 when Paris–Brussels was forced off the calendar due to traffic problems.
The race had a British winner in 1966 when Barry Hoban rode solo to the finish, holding the chasing pack at one minute for the final 50 km. Eddy Merckx also won alone in 1971. Seven riders have won twice: Australian Phil Anderson (1984 and 1985), Dutchman Karsten Kroon (2004 and 2008) and the Belgians Ludo Peeters (1982 and 1983), Georges Pintens (1969, 1973), and Jean-Marie Wampers (1986, 1989), German Fabian Wegmann in 2009 and 2010 and Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (2014, 2016). The most victories are by Erik Zabel with wins in 1999, 2002 and 2005.
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