The Rund um Köln was snowed out in 2008, but the traditional Easter Monday race in Cologne, Germany is on track for 2009. For the first time in 10 years it will have a new course.
The race will start on the grounds of the Schwalbe – Ralf Bohle GmbH firm, a producer of bike tires, and the race's new sponsor. "Almost a million people are out along the route every year to see the riders," noted Frank Bohle, the company's director. "No sporting events move the people here as much as Rund um Koln."
