GDR tour 1976
24th GDR tour 1976 | |
Host country | German Democratic Republic |
Competition period | August 14-21, 1976 |
Stages | 8th |
overall length | 1,162 km |
winner | |
Overall rating | 1. Siegbert Schmeißer 29:47:49 h 2. Uwe Freese + 1:13 min 3. Bernard Kręczyński + 4:54 min![]() ![]() ![]() |
Team evaluation |
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Scoring jerseys | |
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The 24th GDR tour took place from August 14 to 21, 1976 . With eight stages it led over 1,162 km. The 1st stage was declared as Rund um Berlin , the 8th stage as a Harz tour . The overall winner of the tour was 19-year-old Siegbert Schmeißer .
Attendees
66 drivers from four countries took part in the 24th tour. In addition to the drivers from the GDR, guests from Belgium , the ČSSR and Poland could be welcomed. The Belgian team retired with all drivers during the tour.
Scoring jerseys
In this tour five were classification jerseys awarded: the yellow jersey of the overall best, the blue of the best team , the Violet of the most active rider, the green of the best mountain rider , and the white of the best young rider of the GDR.
Stages
With eight stages, the tour extended over
1,162 km.1st stage: Around Berlin , 168 km
The 70th street race around Berlin for the Grand Prix of the Berliner Zeitung was also the 1st stage of the 24th GDR tour.
In addition to the 66 drivers of the GDR tour, 21 athletes started, who only contested the classic Rund um Berlin . A three-man top group sprinted for victory on the Weißensee cycle race track , which was secured by the 19-year-old Belgian André Van den Steen . The defending champion and peace race winner Hans-Joachim Hartnick (GDR I) already lost eight minutes to the top on this stage.
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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Belgium | 4:13:11 h |
2. |
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Poland | + 0:10 min |
3. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | + 0:20 min |
4th |
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ASK forward Frankfurt / O. I. | + 1:01 min |
5. |
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GDR II | + 1:34 min |
6th |
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SC Turbine Erfurt | + 1:34 min |
7th |
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SC Cottbus | + 1:34 min |
Status after the 1st stage: Van den Steen
Belgium
U. Freese
2nd stage: Berlin - Dessau , 168 km
The second stage was tackled by 60 active participants. One of the retired drivers was Gerhard Lauke (GDR I) , third of the Friedensfahrt team , who had to undergo an appendectomy that morning . At kilometer 117 a five-man breakaway group formed on the initiative of Rainer Salan . This then sprinted in Dessau's Paul Greifzu Stadium for the day's victory, which Salan secured. Uwe Freese in the white jersey of the best young GDR driver won the yellow jersey for the front runner and the purple jersey for the most active driver thanks to his third place on this stage.
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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GDR II | 4:05:14 h |
2. |
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SC DHfK Leipzig | + 0:10 min |
3. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | + 0:20 min |
4th |
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Belgium | + 0:30 min |
5. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | + 0:30 min |
6th |
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SC Dynamo Berlin I | + 0:38 min |
Status after the 2nd stage: U. Freese
SC Dynamo Berlin II
U. Freese
U. Freese
3rd stage: circuit race in Dessau, 135 km
On the 9 km course to be completed 15 times, Lothar Fischbach secured the day's victory in a sprint of a leading group of 22 people. This group, which also included the man in the yellow jersey, separated from the rest of the field after just 27 km.
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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SC Turbine Erfurt | 3:11:45 h |
2. |
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ČSSR | + 0:10 min |
3. |
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GDR I | + 0:20 min |
4th |
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SC Karl-Marx-Stadt I | + 0:30 min |
5. |
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GDR II | + 0:30 min |
6th |
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SC Karl-Marx-Stadt II | + 0:30 min |
Status after the 3rd stage: > U. Freese
SC Dynamo Berlin II
U. Freese
U. Freese
4th stage: Dessau - Mittweida , 148 km
The stage was ideally suited for outliers due to the rain and constantly changing climbs and descents. Rainer Salan and Burkhard Freese pulled away from the field after just 14 km. A larger group around Siegbert Schmeißer joined the two leaders after 60 km. On an ascent 10 km before the finish, Schmeißer blew up the leading group with Schröder, Preising and Petermann and sprinted in the stadium at Schwanenteich in Mittweida for the day's victory, which he then secured. The leader of the overall standings Uwe Freese reached the stage goal more than two minutes behind and lost his yellow jersey to the winner of the day.
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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GDR I | 3:35:25 h |
2. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin I | + 0:13 min |
3. |
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SC Turbine Erfurt | + 0:23 min |
4th |
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GDR II | + 0:33 min |
5. |
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SC DHfK Leipzig | + 1:45 min |
6th |
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GDR II | + 1:45 min |
Status after the 4th stage: Schmeißer
SC Dynamo Berlin I
Schmeißer
5th stage: Mittweida - Plauen , 123 km
Like the day before, continuous rain on a wavy and winding route profile. On the ascent to the Sachsenring (31 km), a leading group of seventeen formed around the leading Schmeißer . 19-year-old Andreas Petermann pulled away from this 20 km before the finish and reached the stage finish with a 17-second lead. The main field arrived in Plauen, more than twelve minutes behind.
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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GDR II | 3:13:50 h |
2. |
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SC Turbine Erfurt | + 0:27 min |
3. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | + 0:37 min |
4th |
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Poland | + 0:47 min |
5. |
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SC Turbine Erfurt | + 0:47 min |
6th |
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ČSSR | + 0:47 min |
Status after the 5th stage: Schmeißer SC Turbine Erfurt Drogan U. Freese
6th stage: Plauen - Jena , 136 km
A three-man breakaway group with Milan Sel, Andreas Neuer and Hans-Joachim Hartnick determined the initial phase of this stage. At Ziegenrück (76 km) Hartnick won the first mountain classification of the day ahead of Sel and Neuer. After this, three other drivers caught up with the Poles Firkowski, Burkhard Freese and Schimbor. At the Leuchtenburg (113 km) there was the second mountain classification, which Hartnick passed behind Firkowski. With second place, Hartnick initially secured the green jersey of the best climber. The finish sprint of the six-man top group then won in the Jena district of Neulobeda Firkowski ahead of Freese and Schimbor. The peloton crossed the finish line a minute later, led by Siegbert Schmeißer wearing the yellow jersey .
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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Poland | 3:46:46 h |
2. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | + 0:10 min |
3. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin I | + 0:20 min |
4th |
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ČSSR | + 0:30 min |
5. |
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GDR I | + 0:30 min |
6th |
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SC Karl-Marx-Stadt I | + 0:30 min |
Status after the 6th stage: Schmeißer SC Turbine Erfurt Hartnick U. Freese
7th stage: Jena - Nordhausen , 165 km
The highlight of this stage was the thirty-six bends ascent to the Kyffhäuser summit at kilometer 115 , which was reached by a fifteen-strong breakaway group. Nine other drivers joined them 30 km from the finish line, including the yellow thrower . They then sprinted in Nordhausen on the cinder track of the Hohekreuzsportplatz for the day's victory, which the 20-year-old Holger Kickeritz secured.
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | 4:25:05 h |
2. |
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GDR I | + 0:10 min |
3. |
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GDR II | + 0:20 min |
4th |
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SC Karl-Marx-Stadt I | + 0:30 min |
5. |
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SC Turbine Erfurt | + 0:30 min |
6th |
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SC Karl-Marx-Stadt I | + 0:30 min |
Status after the 7th stage: Schmeißer DDR II Salan Firkowski Schmeißer
8th stage: across the Harz , 119 km
The last stage, “Across the Harz”, with start and finish in Nordhausen , was all about the fight for the best climber (green jersey) . Hans-Joachim Hartnick, who lost the one the day before to the Pole Firkowski, tried desperately to outrun him in the initial phase. This was achieved by Bernd Drogan , who placed third in this classification, together with Detlef Kletzin and the Czechoslovaks Ladislav Ferebauer and Milan Sel. When Drogan then won the decisive mountain classification on Wendefurther Berg (79 km), the green jersey passed into his possession. Last but not least, he secured the day's victory on the Hohekreuzsportplatz in Nordhausen, in which he was able to break away from his companions before the finish line. The leader of this tour, Siegbert Schmeißer, rolled over the finish line in the main field, which was enough for him to win overall.
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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GDR I | 3:09:09 h |
2. |
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ASK forward Frankfurt / O. I. | + 0:43 min |
3. |
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ČSSR | + 0:53 min |
4th |
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ČSSR | + 1:03 min |
5. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | + 3:27 min |
6th |
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SC Turbine Erfurt | + 3:27 min |
Final score: Schmeißer DDR II Salan Drogan Schmeißer
Overall ratings
Yellow jersey (individual rating)
driver | team | time | |
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1. |
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GDR I | 29:47:49 h |
2. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | + | 1:13 min
3. |
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Poland | + | 4:54 min
4th |
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SC Turbine Erfurt | + | 6:03 min
5. |
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GDR II | + | 6:07 min
6th |
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GDR II | + | 6:30 min
7th |
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GDR II | + | 7:41 min
8th. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin I | + | 9:50 min
9. |
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ČSSR | + 10:55 min |
10. |
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SC DHfK Leipzig | + 12:21 min |
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35. |
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ASK forward Frankfurt / O. | + 38:26 min |
36. |
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SC Cottbus | + 1:18:06 h |
Blue jersey ( team )
team | time | |
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1. |
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89:43:45 h |
2. |
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+ | 4:23 min
3. |
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+ | 8:03 min
4th |
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+ 11:18 min |
5. |
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+ 27:59 min |
6th |
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+ 29:31 min |
Purple jersey (most active driver)
driver | team | Points | |
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1. |
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GDR II | 23 |
2. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | 21st |
3. |
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GDR I | 17th |
Green jersey ( best climber )
driver | team | Points | |
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1. |
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GDR I | 20th |
2. |
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Poland | 18th |
3. |
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GDR I | 17th |
White jersey (young driver)
driver | team | Points | |
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1. |
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GDR I | 17th |
2. |
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SC Dynamo Berlin II | 16 |
3. |
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GDR II | 9 |
annotation
literature
- Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1977 . Sportverlag Berlin , 1976, ISSN 0232-2137 , p. 200-201 .
- New Germany . No. 194-200 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany , 1976, ISSN 0323-3375 .
- Fritz Kirchner, Horst Propp: 1050 years of Nordhausen. Contributions to the history of the city of Nordhausen / published by the council of the city of Nordhausen on behalf of the commission for research into the history of the local labor movement at the district leadership of the SED. Nordhausen City Council, Nordhausen 1977, DNB 800809793 , OCLC 612355538 , p. 4.
- Lutz Jödicke: From the radio archive : Nordhausen and the GDR tour. In: Stadtarchiv Nordhausen (Ed.): Nordhäuser News: Südharzer Heimatblätter . Volume 27, No. 2. Iffland, Nordhausen 2018, 1030841349 in the GVK - Common Union Catalog , pp. 20-21.