title: GP Union Dortmund
text: # GP Union Dortmund
  
  The Grand Prix Union Dortmund was a German cycling race organized for the last time in 1984.
  
  The course was between 130 and 172 km, with Dortmund as both start and finish place.
  
  The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Eddy Merckx, Hennie Kuiper and Patrick Sercu. Merckx won two editions and finished two times as third.
  
  Only two German riders, Rudi Altig and Dietrich Thurau, managed to win the race. For a few years, a parallel race for amateurs was also organized.
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Second | Third |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1962 | Piet Damen | Jaap Kersten | Coen Niesten |
  | 1963 | Willy Vannitsen | Jacques Anquetil | Horst Oldenburg |
  | 1964 | Rudi Altig | Hans Junkermann | Peter Post |
  | 1965 | Jan Hugens | Jan Lauwers | Wim de Jager |
  | 1966 | Wim de Jager | Peter Glemser | Guido De Rosso |
  | 1967 | Jean-Baptiste Claes | Winfried Boelke | Peter Post |
  | 1968 | Erik De Vlaeminck | Roger Legrange | Frans Verbeeck |
  | 1969 | Julien Stevens | Winfried Boelke | Walter Godefroot |
  | 1970 | Eddy Merckx | Noël Vanclooster | Maurice Dury |
  | 1971 | Herman Van Springel | Julien Stevens | Eddy Merckx |
  | 1972 | Eddy Merckx | Wilfried Peffgen | Gerben Karstens |
  | 1973 | Antoine Houbrechts | Willy Teirlinck | Eddy Merckx |
  | 1974 | Hennie Kuiper | Joseph Bruyère | Joseph Huysmans |
  | 1975 | Rik Van Linden | André Dierickx | Dietrich Thurau |
  | 1976 | André Dierickx | Dietrich Thurau | Roland Schar |
  | 1977 | Dietrich Thurau | Jozef Jacobs | Frank Hoste |
  | 1978 | Gery Verlinden | Daniel Willems | Alfons De Bal |
  | 1979 | Patrick Sercu | Sean Kelly | Willem Peeters |
  | 1980 | Jostein Wilmann | Bruno Wolfer | Roberto Ceruti |
  | 1981 | Theo de Rooy | Gregor Braun | Jean-Marie Grezet |
  | 1982 | Ad Wijnands | Adri van der Poel | Eric McKenzie |
  | 1983 | Theo de Rooy | Gerard Veldscholten | Adri van der Poel |
  | 1984 | Gerard Veldscholten | Theo de Rooy | Louis Luyten |
  