GDR tour 1961

12th GDR tour 1961
Host country	German Democratic Republic
Competition period	17th to 25th August 1961
Stages	8th
overall length	1,384 km
winner
Overall rating	1. Gustav-Adolf Schur 36:37:07 h 2. Klaus Ampler + 5:05 min 3. Dieter Wiedemann + 5:30 min
Team evaluation	SC Wissenschaft DHfK Leipzig I 110: 18: 51 h
Scoring jerseys
Individual evaluation	Gustav-Adolf Schur
Team ranking	SC Science DHfK Leipzig I
← 1959	1962 →

The 12th GDR tour took place from August 17th to 25th, 1961 . It was 1,384 kilometers long and led over eight stages. Overall winner was Gustav-Adolf Schur , who won the tour for the fourth time after 1953 , 1954 and 1959 . The team competition was won by the SC Science DHfK Leipzig I .

Attendees

84 drivers from 14 teams took part in the tour. With England , the Netherlands and Poland , three international teams were involved. With the exception of England (four starters), the other teams consisted of six drivers each. The GDR teams were divided into five sports clubs and two sports associations . Four sports clubs competed with two teams.

Team list:

• SC Dynamo Berlin I and II
• SC unit Berlin
• SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt I and II
• ASK forward Leipzig I and II
• SC Wissenschaft DHfK Leipzig I and II
• Dynamo Sports Association
• Sports Association Locomotive
• England
• Netherlands
• Poland

route

The GDR tour led over eight stages and had a total length of 1,384 kilometers. 42 kilometers of the second stage were held as an individual time trial, 164 kilometers of the sixth stage were a mountain time trial that led up to the Kyffhäuser . The tour route, starting in East Berlin and ending in Potsdam , ran through the southern half of the GDR . Three mountain stages had to be completed between Zittau and Nordhausen .

Jerseys

Two jerseys were awarded during this tour: the yellow jersey for the best overall and the blue jersey for the best team .

Radio reporter Heinz Florian Oertel (center) with Bernhard Eckstein (left) and Täve Schur (August 17, 1961)

1st stage: Berlin - Forst , 178 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	4:09:43 h
2.	Cor Schuuring	Netherlands	+ 0:30 min
3.	Kurt Mueller	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 1:00 min
4th	Lothar Appler	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 1:00 min
5.	Eduard Schulz	SV locomotive	+ 1:00 min
6th	Erich Hagen	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 1:00 min

2nd stage: Forst - Zittau , 165 km

The overall winner of this stage was determined after adding the two half stages. The time credits were only available for the entire stage.

1st half stage: Forst - Cottbus (individual time trial), 42 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	1:06:06 h
2.	Klaus Ampler	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 0:04 min
3.	Cor Schuuring	Netherlands	+ 0:28 min

2nd half stage: Cottbus - Zittau, 123 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Klaus Ampler	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	2:57:32 h
2.	Siegfried Kettmann	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig II	+ 0:00 min
3.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 0:00 min

Total stage

	driver	team	time
1.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	4:02:38 h
2.	Klaus Ampler	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 0:34 min
3.	Kurt Mueller	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 1:58 min
4th	Lothar Appler	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 2:20 min
5.	Dieter Wiedemann	SC Wismut K.-M.-Stadt I	+ 2:44 min
6th	Hans Scheibner	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 2:47 min

3rd stage: Zittau - Aue , 203 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	5:41:39 h
2.	Klaus Ampler	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 0:30 min
3.	Hans Scheibner	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 1:38 min
4th	Kurt Mueller	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 1:38 min
5.	Günter Hoffmann	ASK forward Leipzig I	+ 1:51 min
6th	Rüdiger Tanneberger	SV Dynamo	+ 1:51 min

4th stage: Aue - Jena , 175 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	5:01:35 h
2.	Klaus Ampler	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 0:30 min
3.	Eberhard Butzke	SV Dynamo	+ 1:00 min
4th	Bernhard Eckstein	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 1:00 min
5.	Rüdiger Tanneberger	SV Dynamo	+ 1:00 min
6th	Manfred Weißleder	SC Wismut K.-M.-Stadt I	+ 1:00 min

5th stage: Jena - Nordhausen , 136 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	3:52:14 h
2.	Wolfgang Braune	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig II	+ 0:30 min
3.	Kurt Mueller	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 1:00 min
4th	Peter Härtel	SC Wismut K.-M.-Stadt I	+ 1:00 min
5.	Eberhard Butzke	SV Dynamo	+ 1:00 min
6th	Gerhard Loeffler	SC Dynamo Berlin II	+ 1:00 min

6th stage: Nordhausen - Dessau , 164 km

The overall winner of this stage was determined after adding the two half stages. The time credits were only available for the entire stage.

1st half stage: Nordhausen - Kyffhäuser (individual time trial), 24 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Dieter Wiedemann	SC Wismut K.-M.-Stadt I	35:35 min
2.	Manfred Brüning	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 0:10 min
3.	Hans Scheibner	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 0:40 min
	Klaus Ampler	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I

2nd half stage: Bad Frankenhausen - Dessau, 140 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Kurt Mueller	SC Dynamo Berlin I	3:34:46 h
2.	Manfred Brüning	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 0:00 min
3.	Eberhard Butzke	SV Dynamo	+ 0:00 min

Total stage

	driver	team	time
1.	Dieter Wiedemann	SC Wismut K.-M.-Stadt I	4:09:21 h
2.	Manfred Brüning	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 0:40 min
3.	Klaus Ampler	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 1:40 min
4th	Hans Scheibner	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 1:40 min
5.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 2:05 min
6th	Kurt Mueller	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 2:09 min

7th stage: Dessau - Stendal , 168 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Wolfgang Grabo	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	4:26:02 h
2.	Wolfgang Braune	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig II	+ 0:30 min
3.	Lothar Lingner	ASK forward Leipzig II	+ 1:00 min
4th	Helmut Zirngibl	ASK forward Leipzig I	+ 2:36 min
5.	Bernhard Eckstein	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 2:36 min
6th	Kurt Mueller	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 2:36 min

8th stage: Stendal - Potsdam , 195 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Eduard Schulz	SV locomotive	5:07:30 h
2.	Albertus boom	Netherlands	+ 0:30 min
3.	Rudiger Thomas	ASK forward Leipzig II	+ 1:03 min
4th	Jan Kozerski	Poland	+ 1:03 min
5.	Alex Feßler	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 1:03 min
6th	Siegfried Feßler	SC Dynamo Berlin II	+ 1:03 min

Overall ratings

Yellow jersey (individual rating)

	driver	team	time
01.	Gustav-Adolf Schur	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	36:37:07 h
02.	Klaus Ampler	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 05:05 min
03.	Dieter Wiedemann	SC Wismut K.-M.-Stadt I	+ 05:30 min
04th	Kurt Mueller	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 06:30 min
05.	Hans Scheibner	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 10:28 min
06th	Manfred Brüning	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 10:32 min
07th	Eberhard Butzke	SV Dynamo	+ 12:07 min
08th.	Bernhard Eckstein	SC knowledge. DHfK Leipzig I	+ 15:55 min
09.	Lothar Appler	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 16:55 min
10.	Günter Hoffmann	ASK forward Leipzig I	+ 19:38 min

Blue jersey ( team )

	team	time
01.	SC Science DHfK Leipzig I	110: 18: 51 h
02.	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 0:00:40 h
03.	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt I	+ 0:29:57 h
04th	ASK forward Leipzig I	+ 0:38:58 h
05.	SV Dynamo	+ 0:45:43 h
06th	SC Science DHfK Leipzig II	+ 1:59:21 h
07th	Poland	+ 2:28:04 h
08th.	ASK forward Leipzig II	+ 2:39:01 h
09.	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt II	+ 2:54:39 ​​h
10.	Netherlands	+ 3:00:28 h
11.	SC Dynamo Berlin II	+ 3:24:24 h
12.	SV locomotive	+ 4:57:59 h

Best young driver

	driver	team	Points
01.	Günter Hoffmann	ASK forward Leipzig I	?

annotation

1. ↑ ^{a b in} front of the former German Sports Hall (the former clubhouse for young people and athletes)
2. ↑ Stadium of Unity, see stadium at the water tower
3. ↑ The stage time credits are already included in all times.

literature

• German Sports Echo : Sports Almanac . Sportverlag Berlin , Berlin 1962, p. 171-175 .
• 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.