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2026 Sparkassen Münsterland Giro (1.Pro), Germany
20th edition: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Münsterland Giro podium history | 2025 edition | Course map | Start list
Borken - Münster, 190.7 km
Olav Kooij (second from left) wins the Münsterland Giro. Team TotalEnergies photo
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Weather at the finish city of Münster at 2:45 PM, local time: 21C (70F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Race winner Olav Kooij's Team Decathlon CMA CGM posted this:
Olav Kooij: “It’s never easy to win here. The field of sprinters is always strong. In the final stretch, it was pretty tough to stay together as a team. We managed to maintain a good position, and my teammates helped me a lot. Cees Bol kept up a high pace when he took the lead, which allowed me to launch my sprint at the right moment, hoping it would hold up to the finish. It’s nice to be able to win again at the end of the season and get back to the level I used to be at. We hope to keep this momentum going for the last race of the season.”
Key number: 30
By winning the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro, Olav Kooij secured the team's 30th victory of the season. It is also his seventh individual win this year.
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Results:
190.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.038 km/hr
| 1 | Olav Kooij | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 4hr 8min 32sec |
| 2 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 3 | Frits Biesterbos | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 4 | Anthony Turgis | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 5 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Florian Dauphin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 7 | Milan Fretin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 8 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 9 | Arvid de Kleijn | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 10 | Søren Wærenskjold | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Noah Hobbs | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 12 | Dylan Groenewegen | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 13 | Max Walscheid | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 14 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 16 | Nolan Huysmans | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 17 | Rayan Boulahoite | TotalEnergies | @ 1sec |
| 18 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 19 | Emīls Liepiņš | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 20 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | 0:02 |
| 21 | Davide Persico | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | s.t. |
| 22 | Cees Bol | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:03 |
| 23 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto Intermarché | 0:04 |
| 25 | Matteo Moschetti | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:05 |
| 26 | Wessel Mouris | Unibet Rose Rockets | 0:06 |
| 27 | Leander Van Hautegem | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:07 |
| 28 | Tilen Finkšt | Solution Tech NIPPO Rali | s.t. |
| 29 | Leon Arenz | REMBE | rad-net | s.t. |
| 30 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto Intermarché | s.t. |
| 31 | Jonathan Malte Rottmann | Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur | 0:08 |
| 32 | Jermaine Zemke | REMBE | rad-net | s.t. |
| 33 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 34 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 35 | Marcin Budziński | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | 0:09 |
| 36 | Nils Eekhoff | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 37 | Joshua Giddings | Lotto Intermarché | s.t. |
| 38 | Emmanuel Houcou | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 39 | Stanisław Aniołkowski | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 40 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 41 | Luke Lamperti | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 42 | Mads Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | 0:10 |
| 43 | Rick Pluimers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:13 |
| 44 | Pepe Albrecht | REMBE | rad-net | 0:14 |
| 45 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:16 |
| 46 | Matthew Brennan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 47 | Brent Van Moer | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:17 |
| 48 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 0:18 |
| 49 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 50 | Pierre Thierry | TotalEnergies | 0:19 |
| 51 | Leopold Beirig | REMBE | rad-net | s.t. |
| 52 | Loe van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 53 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 54 | Victor Wedekind | REMBE | rad-net | s.t. |
| 55 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | 0:20 |
| 56 | Jasper Verbrugge | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 57 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 58 | Colby Simmons | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 59 | Camille Charret | Cofidis | 0:21 |
| 60 | Anton Schiffer | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:22 |
| 61 | Jonas Rutsch | Lotto Intermarché | s.t. |
| 62 | Samuele Zoccarato | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | s.t. |
| 63 | Gavin Hlady | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 64 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 65 | Kiaan Watts | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 66 | Owain Doull | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 67 | Ethan Vernon | NSN Cycling Team | 0:23 |
| 68 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 69 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 70 | Attilio Viviani | Solution Tech NIPPO Rali | 0:24 |
| 71 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 72 | Erik Nordsæter Resell | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 73 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 74 | Timo Kielich | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 75 | Thomas Gachignard | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 76 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | 0:25 |
| 77 | Alessandro Iacchi | Solution Tech NIPPO Rali | s.t. |
| 78 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 79 | Joseph Brookes | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 80 | Tobias Müller | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 81 | Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard | Lidl-Trek | 0:26 |
| 82 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 83 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk | Lotto Intermarché | 0:30 |
| 84 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 85 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 86 | Storm Ingebrigtsen | Uno-X Mobility | 0:31 |
| 87 | Mick van Dijke | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 88 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:01 |
| 89 | Robbe Ghys | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:09 |
| 90 | Karsten Larsen Feldmann | Unibet Rose Rockets | 1:11 |
| 91 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 92 | Laurenz Rex | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:21 |
| 93 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:22 |
| 94 | Frederik Frison | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:24 |
| 95 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:26 |
| 96 | Ceriel Desal | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:27 |
| 97 | Samuel Leroux | TotalEnergies | 1:32 |
| 98 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 99 | Artuur Torney | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:33 |
| 100 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:36 |
| 101 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Intermarché | 1:38 |
| 102 | Marco Haller | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:47 |
| 103 | Brem Deman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 104 | Oscar Chamberlain | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:49 |
| 105 | Louis Grupp | Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur | 1:51 |
| 106 | Tim Naberman | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:54 |
| 107 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:57 |
| 108 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 109 | Jonas Reibsch | Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur | s.t. |
| 110 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 111 | Matthew Walls | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 1:58 |
| 112 | Siebe Roesems | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 113 | Alvaro Sagrado | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 114 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 115 | Kamil Małecki | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 116 | Romet Pajur | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:59 |
| 117 | Martijn Rasenberg | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 118 | Timo Behrens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 119 | Adam Ťoupalík | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 120 | Julian Borresch | REMBE | rad-net | s.t. |
| 121 | Felix James Meo | Solution Tech NIPPO Rali | s.t. |
| 122 | Nicolò Buratti | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | 2:00 |
| 123 | Taco van der Hoorn | Lotto Intermarché | s.t. |
| 124 | Barnabás Peák | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | s.t. |
| 125 | Timo de Jong | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:01 |
| 126 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 127 | Aimé De Gendt | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 129 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco AlUla | 2:09 |
| 130 | Đorđe Đurić | Solution Tech NIPPO Rali | 2:37 |
| 131 | Guillaume Boivin | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 132 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | 2:38 |
| 133 | Lewis Askey | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 134 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 135 | Kelland O'Brien | Team Jayco AlUla | 2:49 |
| 136 | Arno Wallenborn | Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur | 3:02 |
| 137 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 3:22 |
| 138 | Mees Vlot | Team Picnic PostNL | 3:23 |
| 139 | Sebastian Grindley | Lidl-Trek | 3:44 |
| 140 | Lennart Voege | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 3:54 |
| 141 | Gerben Thijssen | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 4:05 |
| 142 | Noé Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 4:36 |
| 143 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | 4:37 |
| 144 | Elmar Reinders | Unibet Rose Rockets | 5:19 |
| 145 | Ole Jablonski | Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur | 6:01 |
| 146 | Milan De Ceuster | Team Picnic PostNL | 6:08 |
| 147 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:49 |
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2026 Münsterland Giro map & profile:
2026 Münsterland Giro map
2026 Münsterland Giro profile
Start list with back numbers, October 2, 2026:
| Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 1 | Jasper Philipsen |
| 2 | Maurice Ballerstedt |
| 3 | Timo Behrens |
| 4 | Lennert Belmans |
| 5 | Siebe Roesems |
| 6 | Jonas Rickaert |
| 7 | Gerben Thijssen |
| Decathlon CMA CGM Team | |
| 11 | Olav Kooij |
| 12 | Cees Bol |
| 13 | Oscar Chamberlain |
| 14 | Stefan Bissegger |
| 15 | Tord Gudmestad |
| 16 | Robbe Ghys |
| 17 | Daan Hoole |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 21 | Michael Valgren |
| 22 | Noah Hobbs |
| 24 | Gavin Hlady |
| 25 | Luke Lamperti |
| 26 | Colby Simmons |
| 27 | Max Walker |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 31 | Mads Pedersen |
| 32 | Seb Grindley |
| 33 | Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard |
| 34 | Martin Pedersen |
| 35 | Edward Theuns |
| 36 | Otto Vergaerde |
| 37 | Max Walscheid |
| Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 41 | Arnaud De Lie |
| 42 | Steffen De Schuyteneer |
| 43 | Joshua Giddings |
| 44 | Taco van der Hoorn |
| 45 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk |
| 46 | Jonas Rutsch |
| 47 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| NSN Cycling Team | |
| 51 | Kiaan Watts |
| 52 | Lewis Askey |
| 53 | Guillaume Boivin |
| 54 | Hugo Hofstetter |
| 55 | Tom Van Asbroeck |
| 56 | Jens Verbrugghe |
| 57 | Ethan Vernon |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 61 | Jordi Meeus |
| 62 | Romet Pajur |
| 63 | Gianni Vermeersch |
| 64 | Arne Marit |
| 65 | Mick van Dijke |
| 66 | Danny van Poppel |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 71 | Tim Merlier |
| 72 | Cériel Desal |
| 73 | Yves Lampaert |
| 74 | Casper Pedersen |
| 75 | Laurenz Rex |
| 76 | Bert Van Lerberghe |
| 77 | Warre Vangheluwe |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 81 | Dries De Bondt |
| 82 | Dries De Pooter |
| 83 | Jasper Verbrugge |
| 84 | Luke Durbridge |
| 85 | Patrick Gamper |
| 86 | Kelland O'Brien |
| 87 | Jasha Sütterlin |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 91 | Frits Biesterbos |
| 92 | Milan De Ceuster |
| 93 | Nils Eekhoff |
| 94 | Timo de Jong |
| 95 | Tim Naberman |
| 96 | Julius van den Berg |
| 97 | Mees Vlot |
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 101 | Matthew Brennan |
| 102 | Niklas Behrens |
| 103 | Owain Doull |
| 104 | Fabio Jakobsen |
| 105 | Timo Kielich |
| 106 | Anton Schiffer |
| 107 | Loe van Belle |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 111 | Jonas Abrahamsen |
| 112 | Håkon Eiksund Øksnes |
| 113 | Storm Ingebrigtsen |
| 114 | William Blume Levy |
| 115 | Erik Resell |
| 116 | Rasmus Tiller |
| 117 | Søren Wærenskjold |
| Cofidis | |
| 121 | Piet Allegaert |
| 122 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski |
| 123 | Joseph Brookes |
| 124 | Milan Fretin |
| 125 | Camille Charret |
| 126 | Jan Maas |
| MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | |
| 131 | Davide Persico |
| 132 | Samuele Zoccarato |
| 133 | Marcin Budzinski |
| 134 | Nicolò Buratti |
| 135 | Barnabas Peak |
| Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 141 | Matteo Moschetti |
| 142 | Aimé De Gendt |
| 143 | Frederik Frison |
| 144 | Emmanuel Houcou |
| 145 | Kamil Malecki |
| 146 | Emils Liepins |
| 147 | Brent Van Moer |
| Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | |
| 152 | Djordje Djuric |
| 153 | Tilen Finkst |
| 154 | Michele Gazzoli |
| 155 | Alessandro Iacchi |
| 156 | Felix Meo |
| 157 | Attilio Viviani |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 161 | Brem Deman |
| 162 | Nolan Huysmans |
| 163 | Elias Maris |
| 164 | Artuur Torney |
| 165 | Leander Van Hautegem |
| 166 | Dylan Vandenstorme |
| 167 | Ward Vanhoof |
| TotalEnergies | |
| 171 | Rayan Boulahoite |
| 172 | Paul Conor |
| 173 | Thomas Gachignard |
| 174 | Samuel Leroux |
| 175 | Pierre Thierry |
| 176 | Anthony Turgis |
| 177 | Florian Dauphin |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 181 | Arvid de Kleijn |
| 182 | Marco Haller |
| 183 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi |
| 184 | Robin Froidevaux |
| 186 | Rick Pluimers |
| 187 | Arthur Kluckers |
| Unibet Rose Rockets | |
| 191 | Dylan Groenewegen |
| 192 | Karsten Feldmann |
| 193 | Adam Toupalik |
| 194 | Wessel Mouris |
| 195 | Tobias Müller |
| 196 | Martijn Rasenberg |
| 197 | Elmar Reinders |
| REMBE | rad-net | |
| 201 | Victor Wedekind |
| 202 | Pepe Albrecht |
| 203 | Leon Arenz |
| 204 | Leopold Beirig |
| 205 | Julian Borresch |
| 207 | Jermaine Zemke |
| Team Lotto-Kern Haus Outlet Montabaur | |
| 211 | Louis Grupp |
| 212 | Joshua Huppertz |
| 213 | Ole Jablonski |
| 214 | Ole Peters |
| 215 | Jonas Reibsch |
| 216 | Jonathan Malte Rottmann |
| 217 | Arno Wallenborn |
| Team Storck-MRW Bau | |
| 221 | Mats Berns |
| 222 | Robin Kull |
| 223 | Jakob Neumann |
| 224 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez |
| 225 | Noe Ury |
| 226 | Lennart Voege |
| 227 | Matthew Walls |