Honoring the winning teams of the Jena CITY CYCLING 2025

CITY CYCLING Jena 2025 was a complete success. On Monday evening, the winning teams were honored by Mayor Thomas Nitzsche and asphericon GmbH at the JEDI - Jena Digital Innovation Hub. The technology company is a sponsor of CITY CYCLING in Jena and donates the cash prizes to Jena schools.

With around 3,700 participants (2024: 4,046), there were slightly fewer than in the previous year, but they covered more kilometers. A total of 163 teams (2024: 161) cycled over 722,400 kilometers - that's more than 20,000 kilometers and thus around 3 percent more than in 2024. This is a new record for the city of Jena! The distance cycled avoided around 118 tons of CO₂ - around 2 tons more than in the previous year.

This puts Jena in second place nationwide, losing its top position to Erfurt. In the state capital, around 4,400 people cycled over 840,000 kilometers.

"Every year, CITY CYCLING shows anew how great the enthusiasm for cycling is in Jena. The fact that we set a new kilometer record this year shows that Jena keeps moving - in the truest sense of the word. This result is a great community achievement and a strong signal for sustainability in our city," emphasized Lord Mayor Thomas Nitzsche.

"The new record number of kilometers shows that CITY CYCLING has long since become a permanent fixture in Jena. We are delighted that so many people enthusiastically cycle along year after year and together set a visible example for sustainable mobility. This commitment motivates us to continue supporting CITY CYCLING and to actively help shape the change towards a bicycle-friendly city," added Alexander W. Zschäbitz, Managing Director of asphericon GmbH.

The winners

Once again this year, there were trophies for the most active cycling teams (km/cyclists) and the largest teams, as well as for the teams with the most kilometers cycled (places 1-3).

Most active cycling teams (total)

1st place: ChriCaVie (1,167 km/head)
2nd place: El Laktato Jena (997 km/capita)
3rd place: Versehrtensportgruppe 30er Schnitt (564 km/capita)

Largest teams (total)

1st place: Angergymnasium Jena (481 cyclists)
2nd place: Otto-Schott-Gymnasium Jena (371 cyclists)
3rd place: Jena University Hospital (178 cyclists)

Most kilometers (total)

1st place: Otto-Schott-Gymnasium Jena (74,344 km)
2nd place: Angergymnasium Jena (72,566 km)
3rd place: Jena University Hospital (39,237 km)

Most active cycling teams / offices & administration

1st place: Loeffler FLIzzer (206 km/head)
2nd place: Jena Justice Center (205 km/capita)
3rd place: Thuringian State Office for the Environment (TLUBN) (186 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / commitment & districts

1st place: Bürgerstiftung Jena Saale-Holzland (164 km/capita)
2nd place: DLRG Jena e.V. (155 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / families

1st place: Paradies (202 km/head)
2nd place: Käko (165 km/capita)
3rd place: JenRadler (101 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / healthcare

1st place: Kösenpendler (261 km/capita)
2nd place: Jena University Hospital (220 km/capita)
3rd place: Synlab Jena Oncoscreen (203 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / kindergartens & daycare centers

1st place: Waldkindergarten (149 km/capita)
2nd place: Cyclehaus (147 km/capita)
3rd place: Kindergarten Kindervilla (133 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / parties

1st place: #RADikalGrün (301 km/capita)
2nd place: SPD Jena (264 km/capita)
3rd place: Die Linke (207 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / cycling

1st place: Disabled sports group 30er Schnitt (564 km/capita)
2nd place: 1st Radclub Jena e.V. (348 km/capita)
3rd place: The Gravelclub Jena (245 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / universities & colleges

1st place: Me (469 km/capita)
2nd place: Max Planck School of Photonics (355 km/capita)
3rd place: Leibniz-FLI (290 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / companies

1st place: cybercycles (459 km/capita)
2nd place: JLP - Drahtesel (384 km/capita)
3rd place: Team jenID (380 km/capita)

Most active cycling teams / schools

1st place: Otto-Schott-Gymnasium Jena (200 km/capita)
2nd place: Gymnasium "Ernst Abbe" Jena (160 km/capita)
3rd place: Angergymnasium Jena (151 km/capita)

Most active cycling clubs

1st place: Wasserwacht Jena (432 km/capita)
2nd place: QuerWege (416 km/capita)
3rd place: HBV Jena 90 (394 km/capita)