The Kirschblütenrennen (English: Cherry Blossom Race) is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Austria since 1965. In 2024, it joined the UCI Europe Tour calendar as a category 1.2 event.[1] The race starts and ends in Wels, and also has junior, amateur and women's categories in addition to the elite race..[2]

Kirschblütenrennen
The 2011 edition of the race
Race details
DateApril
RegionWels, Austria
English nameCherry Blossom Race
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeOne day race
OrganiserRadclub Arbö Felbermayr Wels
History
First edition1965 (1965)
Editions62 (as of 2024)
First winner Roman Humenberger (AUT)
Most recent Lukáš Kubiš (SVK)
The start of the 1982 edition
Riders climbing the Mistelbacherberg in 1977

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1965   Roman Humenberger
1966   Johann Wiesinger
1967 No race
1968   Herbert Kiscina
1969   Rolf Eberl
1970   Franz Wiesinger
1971   Franz Bachmaier
1972   Hans Oberndorfer
1973   Ludwig Kretz
1974 No race
1975   Siegfried Denk
1976   Ludwig Kretz
1977   Wolfgang Priglhofer
1978   Herbert Spindler
1979   Reinhard Waltenberger
1980   Hermann Mandler
1981   Johann Lienhart
1982   Christian Majnaric
1983   Kurt Zellhofer
1984   Andreas Blümel
1985   Arno Wohlfahrter
1986   Arno Wohlfahrter
1987   Johann Traxler
1988   Dietmar Hauer
1989   Mario Traxl
1990   Richard Koberna
1991   Heinz Marchel
1992   Jozef Regec
1993   Armin Purner
1994   Armin Purner
1995   Josef Lontscharitsch
1996   Franz Stocher
1997   Peter Pichler [de]
1998   Vladimír Sádlo
1999   Florian Wiesinger
2000   Friedrich Berein
2001   Friedrich Berein
2002   Stefan Rucker
2003   Jochen Summer   Harald Morscher   Ralph Scherzer
2004   Paul Kasis   Adam Hansen   Adam Homolka [de]
2005   Jochen Summer   Petr Herman   Róbert Nagy
2006   Peter Pichler [de]   Martin Hebík   Ján Valach
2007   Peter Pichler [de]   Mario Höller   Matthias Schröger
2008   Sergiy Lagkuti   Vitaliy Popkov   Jochen Summer
2009   Werner Riebenbauer   Petr Lechner   Tobias Erler
2010   Milan Kadlec   Tobias Erler   Adam Homolka [de]
2011   Dejan Bajt   Florian Bissinger   Péter Kusztor
2012   Stefan Rucker   Vojtěch Hačecký   Riccardo Zoidl
2013   Riccardo Zoidl   Alois Kaňkovský   Jan Sokol
2014   Christopher Hatz   Alexander Grad   Florenz Knauer
2015   Jan Tratnik   Marek Čanecký   Andi Bajc
2016   Daniel Schorn   Patrick Gamper   Maximilian Kuen
2017   Matej Mugerli   Riccardo Zoidl   Andi Bajc
2018   Jannik Steimle   Rok Korošec   Timon Loderer
2019   Dušan Rajović   Andi Bajc   Maximilian Kuen
2020 Cancelled
2021   Matevž Govekar   Felix Groß   Leslie Lührs
2022   Rainer Kepplinger   Matthias Reutimann   Florian Kierner
2023   Jaka Primožič   Daniel Federspiel   Lukas Rüegg
2024   Lukáš Kubiš   Emanuel Zangerle   Roger Kluge

References

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  1. ^ "Int. Raffeisenbank Kirschblütenrennen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ "50. Kirschblüten-Rennen, aber nur einmal stand ein Welser ganz oben". OÖNachrichten 2011. 7 April 2011.