Professional cycle race starting from Stena ferry in Kiel

Next Sunday, August 23, the port sees an exceptional sport event: for the first time, one of Europe’s largest cycle races, the 20th Hamburg Cyclassics, begins in Kiel. Starting at Schwedenkai, 160 cycle pros from 20 teams hit the road at 10.55 a.m. for the 155 kilometer race to Hamburg. The racers take-off from the Stena Line ferry’s car deck.

For the first time, the elite does not start in Hamburg, but it its Olympia application partner city Kiel – spectacularly out of the Stena Line ferry berthed in the port of Kiel. The route through Schleswig-Holstein goes past Ploen Castle and lake, through Bad Segeberg and Kaltenkirchen until the classic western route is met right behind Pinneberg. From here, the notorious Waseberg has to be passed three times and the Finish once before the pros are expected for the Sprint Royal on Hamburg’s Möckebergstraße.