Zimmermann won in the German champion's jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)

German champion Georg Zimmermann (Lotto-Intermarché) took a nailbiting victory on home soil at Eschborn-Frankfurt , leading home a breakaway group of 12 to score the biggest win of his career.

The 28-year-old was one of a dozen riders to go clear on the final climb of the 211km race, the group racing towards Frankfurt with a slim 30-second advantage over the chasing peloton.

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How it unfolded

The 63rd Eschborn-Frankfurt, Germany's biggest one-day race, took the peloton on familiar, if longer and tougher, route compared to the 2025 edition.

The 211km race from Eschborn to Frankfurt featured 3,400 metres of elevation spread across nine climbs, including three ascents of the Burgweg (500m at 11%), two of the Feldberg (3.5km at 7.7%), and three of the Mammolshain (2.3km at 8.3%), two of which lay in the…