GDR tour 1963
The 1963 GDR tour took place from July 26th to August 2nd, 1963 on the territory of the German Democratic Republic . The stage race was held for the 14th time and was won again by last year's winner Klaus Ampler . In the team competition, the second team of the SC DHfK Leipzig won .
Attendees
84 racing drivers from 17 teams took part in the tour. Among other things, five GDR sports clubs , some of which competed with several teams, and three international teams took part. The following teams competed in detail:
- SC Dynamo Berlin I, II and III
- TSC Berlin
- BSG Post Berlin
- SC Karl-Marx-Stadt I and II
- SC DHfK Leipzig I and II
- ASK forward Leipzig I and II
- District Committee for Cycling Frankfurt (Oder)
- Sports Association Locomotive
- Mixed team
- England
- Netherlands
- Czechoslovakia
mode
With the exception of England (four participants), the teams competed with five active players each. The race was divided into eight stages, in each of which the winner of the day was determined, who received a one-minute time credit. In addition to the individual evaluation, a mountain evaluation and a junior evaluation were carried out. After no team winner had been determined in the previous year, the 1963 tour provided for a team classification again. Compared to the earlier round trips, the team winner in 1963 was determined based on a point evaluation, which resulted from the addition of the stage positions of the first three drivers.
Route
The tour route began in Halle (Saale) , ended in Merseburg , had a total length of 1275 kilometers and ran in the southern area of the GDR. The longest of the eight stages led from Meiningen to Aue (Saxony) with a length of 227 kilometers . From Bad Langensalza to Löbau there were four mountain stages with nine mountain ratings. A 56-kilometer individual time trial was held between Aue and Annaberg-Buchholz .
Race course
The big winners of the 14th GDR tour were the two teams of the SC DHfK Leipzig . They took the first three places in the individual ranking, the second team won the individual ranking. The eight stage victories were shared equally by DHfK riders Rainer Marks (2nd team) and Klaus Ampler (1st team). Ampler laid the foundation stone for his fourth GDR tour victory on the second stage, when he reached the finish line with a two-minute lead after a solo trip. After just three days, the first three places in the final ranking with Ampler, Bernhard Eckstein and Marks were taken. In the end, Ampler won with a clear advantage of 8:44 minutes.
In addition to his second place in the individual classification, Eckstein won the mountain classification with superiority. Among other things with three victories on the mountain, he conquered 24 points, ten more than Ampler in second place. The jersey of the best young rider won Dieter Mickein from the second DHfK team.
The team SC DHfK Leipzig II surprisingly won the team competition. With their three best placed Rainer Marks (3rd), Dieter Mickein (6th) and Karl-Heinz Krause (17th), supported by Harald Dippold and Siegfried Kettmann, the team won just three points ahead of ASK Vorwärts Leipzig I. Far behind followed SC Dynamo Berlin (- 226) I (219 points behind) and the first DHfK team.
| stage | Start finish | Length (km) | winner | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halle (Saale) - Schönebeck (Elbe) | 159 | Rainer Marks | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 4:03:35 |
| 2 | Schönebeck - Bad Langensalza | 188 | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 4:57:34 |
| 3 | Bad Langensalza - Meiningen | 129 | Rainer Marks | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 3:19:22 |
| 4th | Meiningen - Aue (Saxony) | 227 | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 6:32:36 |
| 5 | Aue - Annaberg-Buchholz (individual time trial) |
56 | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 1:36:51 |
| 6th | Annaberg-Buchholz - Löbau | 200 | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 5:32:43 |
| 7th | Löbau - Riesa | 150 | Rainer Marks | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 3:33:43 |
| 8th | Riesa - Merseburg | 166 | Rainer Marks | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 4:16:41 |
Final results
| driver | team | time | |
| 1. | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 33:53:12 h |
| 2. | Bernhard Eckstein | SC DHfK Leipzig I | + 8:44 min |
| 3. | Rainer Marks | SC DHfK Leipzig II | + 13:25 min |
| 4th | Immo Rittmeyer | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt I | + 15:01 min |
| 5. | Martin Giese | ASK forward Leipzig I | + 15:33 min |
| 6th | Dieter Mickein | SC DHfK Leipzig II | + 15:44 min |
| 7th | Eberhard Butzke | SC Dynamo Berlin II | + 15:47 min |
| 8th. | Andreas Purho | SC Dynamo Berlin I | + 16:33 min |
| 9. | Günter Lux | SC DHfK Leipzig I | + 17:22 min |
| 10. | Klaus Kellermann | ASK forward Leipzig I | + 17:25 min |
| 11. | Axel Peschel | SC Dynamo Berlin I | + 17:44 min |
| 12. | Hans-Dieter Taufmann | SC Dynamo Berlin III | + 18:02 min |
| 13. | Fritz Braun | Mixed team | + 18:14 min |
| 14th | Dieter Vogelsang | SC Dynamo Berlin I | + 18:19 min |
| 15th | Karl-Heinz Kazmierzak | ASK forward Leipzig I | + 18:24 min |
| ... | |||
| team | Points | |
| 1 . | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 221 |
| 2. | ASK forward Leipzig I | 224 |
| 3. | SC Dynamo Berlin I | 440 |
| 4th | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 447 |
| 5. | SC Dynamo Berlin II | 569 |
| 6th | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt I | 575 |
| 7th | Netherlands | 618 |
| 8th. | TSC Berlin | 626 |
| 9. | ASK forward Leipzig II | 629 |
| 10. | Mixed team | 656 |
| 11. | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt II | 778 |
| 12. | Czechoslovakia | 797 |
| 13. | SC Dynamo Berlin III | 922 |
| 14th | SV locomotive | 1014 |
| 15th | BSG Post Berlin | 1209 |
| eliminated: England |
| driver | team | Points | |
| 1. | Dieter Mickein | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 26th |
| 2. | Dieter Vogelsang | SC Dynamo Berlin I | 23 |
| 3. | Axel Peschel | SC Dynamo Berlin I | 22nd |
| 4th | Harald Dippold | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 17th |
| 5. | Fritz Braun | Mixed team | 9 |
| driver | team | Points | |
| 1. | Bernhard Eckstein | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 24 |
| 2. | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig I | 14th |
| 3. | Dieter Mickein | SC DHfK Leipzig II | 11 |
| 4th | Alfons Kindermann | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt II | 8th |
| 5. | Erich Hagen | Mixed team | 7th |
literature
- GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho , issues from July and August 1963
- New Germany daily newspaper , issues from July and August 1963