GDR tour 1962
| 13th GDR tour 1962 | |
| Host country | German Democratic Republic |
| Competition period | August 14-22, 1962 |
| Stages | 9 |
| overall length | 1280 km |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Klaus Ampler 33:04:26 h 2. Dieter Wiedemann + 8:35 min 3. Günter Hoffmann + 10:17 min
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Individual evaluation
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Klaus Ampler
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 GDR young drivers
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Lugert, Rainer Marks
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| ← 1961 | 1963 → |
The 1962 GDR tour was a stage race that was held for the 13th time on the territory of the German Democratic Republic . The tour took place from August 14th to 22nd and was won by Klaus Ampler from Leipzig . Compared to the previous year, there was no team classification , but the best young drivers were determined for the first time.
Attendees
The field of participants was divided into teams formed by the GDR cycling centers, the Dynamo sports association and the two foreign teams, the Netherlands and Hungary . Last year's winner Gustav-Adolf Schur from SC DHfK Leipzig and the newly crowned GDR champion Klaus Ampler were among the active participants . The following teams took part in the tour:
- SC Dynamo Berlin I
- SC Dynamo Berlin II
- SC unit Berlin
- BSG Post Berlin
- SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt I
- SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt II
- ASK forward Leipzig I
- ASK forward Leipzig II
- SC DHfK Leipzig I
- SC DHfK Leipzig II
- SV Dynamo
- Netherlands
- Hungary
Route
While the previous GDR tours covered the entire GDR area, the 1962 route had been moved to the south of the country. For the first time, mainly smaller stage locations were selected. The tour began in Magdeburg and ended in Schönebeck , at the gates of Magdeburg. The drivers had to cover a total of 1280 kilometers on nine stages, one of which was an individual time trial . The predominantly mountainous terrain was used for seven mountain ratings. At 220 kilometers, the third section of the day from Bad Langensalza to Plauen was the longest.
Race course
Already on the first stage, GDR master Ampler showed that he was willing to put his stamp on the tour. Together with the Leipzig ASK driver Helmut Zirngibl , he had hurried out of the field by over a minute and won the yellow jersey with a lead of half a minute . After his second stage win on the third and longest part of the day, which he had fought for after a 42-kilometer solo journey, Ampler was already in the lead with just under five minutes in the overall individual standings. Certainly he wore the yellow jersey for the overall victory as far as Schönebeck, which he took with a margin of 8:35 minutes. Last year's winner Schur had to be content with fourth place this time with a deficit of 12:18 minutes. Karl-Marx-Städter Lugert was able to prevail as the best young driver, Rainer Marks from the second team of the SC DHfK Leipzig won the mountain classification .
| stage | Start finish | Length (km) | winner | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magdeburg - Nordhausen | 147 | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 3:37:18 |
| 2 | Nordhausen - Bad Langensalza | 100 | Manfred Weißleder | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt I | 2:42:51 |
| 3 | Bad Langensalza - Plauen | 220 | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 5:45:06 |
| 4th | Plauen - Zschopau | 140 | Manfred Weißleder | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt I | 3:51:24 |
| 5 | Zschopau - Zittau | 183 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 4:32:40 |
| 6th | Zittau - Görlitz (individual time trial) |
52 | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 1:19:57 |
| 7th | Görlitz - Finsterwalde | 138 | Siegfried Kettmann | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 3:23:58 |
| 8th | Finsterwalde - Brandenburg | 175 | Rüdiger Tanneberger | SV Dynamo | 4:25:09 |
| 9 | Brandenburg - Schönebeck | 125 | Egon Adler | ASK forward Leipzig I | 3:19:44 |
Final results
| driver | team | time | |
| 1 . | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 33:04:26 h |
| 2. | Dieter Wiedemann | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt I | + 8:35 min |
| 3. | Günter Hoffmann | ASK forward Leipzig I | + 10:17 min |
| 4th | Gustav-Adolf Schur | SC DHfK Leipzig I | + 12:18 min |
| 5. | Manfred Weißleder | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt I | + 13:24 min |
| 6th | Cees Lute | Netherlands | + 13:36 min |
| 7th | Karl-Heinz Kazmierzak | ASK forward Leipzig I | + 14:59 min |
| 8th. | Günter Loerke | SC DHfK Leipzig I | + 16:39 min |
| 9. | Martin Giese | ASK forward Leipzig I | + 16:35 min |
| 10. | Lothar Höhne | ASK forward Leipzig II | + 17:52 min |
| ... | |||
| driver | team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 . | Lugert | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt II | 23 |
| 2. | Rainer Marks | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 23 |
| 3. | Wolfgang Stamm | ASK forward Leipzig | 16 |
| driver | team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 . | Rainer Marks | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 15th |
| 2. | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 12 |
| 3. | Gerald Söder | ASK forward Leipzig | 10 |
literature
- GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho , issues from August 1962
- New Germany daily newspaper , issues from August 1962
- 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.
Web links
Cycle race DDR-Rundfahrt Plauen 1962 on YouTube , October 6, 2015, accessed on January 29, 2020.