GDR tour 1950
The tour of the GDR in 1950 , apostrophized as “1. Deutsche Friedensfahrt “, was a stage race in road cycling , which was held for the second time nationwide on the territory of the GDR . It took place from August 2nd to 13th and was won by Bernhard Trefflich from Thuringia . In the team competition , the Sachsen I team prevailed.
Attendees
There were 72 drivers at the start, grouped into twelve teams. The teams were made up of players from the five GDR countries, from East Berlin and a so-called “mixed team”. The following teams took part in the tour:
- Berlin I, II and III
- Brandenburg
- Mecklenburg
- Saxony I, II and III
- Saxony-Anhalt I and II
- Thuringia
- Mixed team
Route
The circular route was 1,285 kilometers long, was divided into ten stages and led through all five GDR countries. The start and finish were in East Berlin . Four mountain stages had to be conquered between Leipzig and Zittau . The longest part of the day with 216 kilometers was between Erfurt and Gera . On the 167-kilometer stage from Chemnitz to Zittau, the first 70 kilometers were held as an individual time trial.
Race course
Last year's winner Max Bartoskiewicz ( East Zone Tour 1949 ) could not compete after a fall injury. For a long time the tour was a duel between Rudi Kirchhoff from Berlin and Bernhard Trefflich from Thuringia , who already finished the first stage in places one and two. Kirchhoff wore the overall leader's yellow jersey for three stages before the tide turned on the stage from Magdeburg to Leipzig . A puncture threw Kirchhoff far back, so that he had lost six minutes on the previous overall runner-up in Leipzig. Kirchhoff finally said goodbye to the top group on the mountain stage from Erfurt to Gera , where initially a weakness and then a broken frame threw him back. Schärfster competitor Trefflichs was now Lothar Meister . Although Trefflich failed to win a stage, he was able to defend the yellow jersey as far as East Berlin and finally won the tour with a lead of almost 33 minutes over Master I. In the battle for the blue jerseys of the team classification, Saxony I won with the drivers Otto Busse, Rudi Fensl, Helmuth Lohse, Lothar Meister I, Rudi Pietzsch and Werner Weber with a lead of 26 minutes over the second Berlin team. In the course of the tour, 23 drivers dropped out. Among them were four representatives of Mecklenburg, so that this team fell out of the team classification.
stage | Start finish | Length (km) | winner | team | Time (h) | km / h |
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1 | East Berlin - Stralsund | 258 | Rudi Kirchhoff | Berlin II | 7:11:41 | 35.8 |
2 | Stralsund - Schwerin | 162 | Paul Dinter | Brandenburg | 5:03:22 | 32.0 |
3 | Schwerin - Magdeburg | 214 | Werner Weber | Saxony I | 6:44:30 | 31.7 |
4th | Magdeburg - Leipzig | 156 | Lothar Master I. | Saxony I | 4:21:05 | 35.9 |
5 | Leipzig - Erfurt | 187 | Bruno Zieger | Thuringia | 5:25:50 | 34.2 |
6th | Erfurt - Gera | 216 | Werner Weber | Saxony I | 6:13:17 | 34.6 |
7th | Gera - Chemnitz | 141 | Erich Schulz | Berlin | 4:11:08 | 33.6 |
8th | Chemnitz - Zittau | 167 | Paul Dinter | Brandenburg | 4:28:48 | 37.1 |
9 | Zittau - forest | 118 | Heinz Sippli | Berlin I | 3:37:16 | 32.4 |
10 | Forst - East Berlin | 206 | Horst Franke | Saxony-Anhalt II | 6:02:05 | 34.0 |
Final results
driver | team | Time (h) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 . | Bernhard Trefflich | Thuringia | 54:06:42 |
2. | Lothar Master I. | Saxony I | 54:39:39 |
3. | Erich Schulz | Berlin II | 54:41:22 |
4th | Paul Dinter | Brandenburg | 54:42:08 |
5. | Rudi Fensl | Saxony I | 54:47:52 |
6th | Horst Schellhammer | Berlin I | 55:04:24 |
7th | Edgar sweetheart | Saxony-Anhalt II | 55:07:04 |
8th. | Berndt | Mixed team | 55:10:26 |
9. | Werner Graebner | Berlin II | 55:14:21 |
10. | Rudi Kirchhoff | Berlin II | 55:15:20 |
... | |||
49. | Helmut Royek | Berlin II | 59:20:33 |
team | Time (h) | |
---|---|---|
1 . | Saxony I | 164: 44: 59 |
2. | Berlin II | 165: 11: 03 |
3. | Thuringia | 166: 21: 45 |
4th | Saxony-Anhalt II | 168: 06: 13 |
5. | Berlin I | 168: 27: 42 |
6th | Mixed team | 168: 38: 13 |
7th | Brandenburg | 169: 53: 13 |
8th. | Berlin III | 169: 58: 09 |
9. | Saxony II | 170: 23: 13 |
10. | Saxony-Anhalt I | 170: 45: 44 |
11. | Saxony III | 170: 56: 35 |
eliminated: Mecklenburg |
literature
- Neues Deutschland , issues from July 14 to August 15, 1950
- Berliner Zeitung , issues from August 3 to 15, 1950