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ADAC Velotour Eschborn-Frankfurt 2026
Closed-road amateur event held on 1 May 2026 as part of Eschborn-Frankfurt, with Skyline, Taunus Express and Taunus Classic routes and a sold-out 12,000-participant field.
Eschborn, Hesse, GermanyClosed
- Dates
- Fri, May 1, 2026
- Type
- Road
- Routes
- 40 · 85 · 97 km
- altitude range
- 0–857 m
- places
- 12,000
Requirements
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The course
Track, profile and categorized climbs at a glance. The map and altimetry come from the real GPX track; tap a numbered climb for its detail.
Categorized climbs
2 climbsTap a numbered climb to see its detail.
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Which route should I pick?
Relative demand and the key numbers for each route. Pick one and the rest of the page adapts.
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Do I have time to get ready?
What each route demands versus the time left to the start.
This edition has already been raced. Use it as a reference and prepare the next one with margin.
Compare what each route demands
ADAC Velotour Taunus Classic14 weeksHard
ADAC Velotour Taunus Express12 weeksHard
ADAC Velotour Skyline6 weeksModerate
Make it your goalADAC Velotour Taunus Classic asks for ~14 weeks of specific preparation. Start your plan with margin and arrive ready.
Get ready for ADAC Velotour Taunus Classic[ 04 ]
Pacing & fuel
Reference-rider estimate (~3h38 · ADAC Velotour Taunus Classic). Your time and fuel scale with your fitness — run the simulator for a personal plan.
Effort per climb
- Cerca de OberurselKM 30 · the longest84–92% FTPTempo
- Cerca de Königstein im TaunusKM 7675–83% FTPTempo
Fuel per hour
60–90 gCarbs
500–750 mlFluid
500–700 mgSodium
What you carry · whole event
2–4bottles750 ml each · 2–3 L total
7–11gels30 g each · 218–326 g total
Fluid and sodium are adjusted to the event's typical conditions (~14 °C). General guidance — adjust to heat, your gut tolerance, and how the day unfolds.
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Race-week weather
Typical conditions for the event month, downscaled to this route's elevation.
9–14°CTemperatureMild
28%Rain chanceUnlikely
9km/hWindLight breeze
valley → summit · Normals 2022–2025 · Source: Open-Meteo · ERA5/Copernicus (CC BY 4.0)
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What do I need to know?
Ridium's training read and the caveats before you trust the times.
Training read · Ridium AIThe 97 km route at ADAC Velotour Eschborn-Frankfurt 2026 is a climbing-heavy road ride that combines significant cumulative elevation with sustained and steep ascents.
- Climbing
Train both sustained tempo climbing and short steep efforts, since the route's ascents reward riders who can change gears and effort comfortably across varied gradients.
- Endurance
Build long aerobic rides toward the 97 km distance with meaningful climbing in each, allowing roughly 14 weeks of progressive volume so late-route climbs are not done on empty.
- Pacing
Hold back on the early climbs and keep a sustainable effort, since over a long day with this much climbing, going too hard early makes the final ascents disproportionately costly.
- Fueling
Plan structured hourly carbohydrate intake and practice it in training, because many hours of climbing demand steady fueling well before you feel empty.
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