GDR tour 1973

21st GDR tour 1973
Host country	German Democratic Republic
Competition period	August 19-25, 1973
Stages	7th
overall length	947 km
winner
Overall rating	1. Dieter Gonschorek 21:07:35 h 2. Siegfried Kramer + 2:24 min 3. Hynek Kubíček + 2:37 min
Team evaluation	GDR 69:15:29 h
Scoring jerseys
Individual evaluation	Dieter Gonschorek
Team ranking	GDR
Most active driver	Dieter Gonschorek
Young drivers	Wolfgang Miersch
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The 21st GDR tour took place from August 19 to 25, 1973 . It led over 947 km with seven stages . Overall winner of the tour was Dieter Gonschorek .

Attendees

71 drivers from five countries took part in the 21st tour. In addition to the 50 drivers from the GDR, guests from Belgium , Denmark , the ČSSR and Poland could be welcomed.

Scoring jerseys

In this tour four were classification jerseys awarded: the yellow jersey of the overall best, the blue of the best team , the Violet of the most active rider and the White the best young rider.

Stages

The seven-stage round trip covered 947 km.

1st stage: Rostock (individual time trial), 13 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Dieter Gonschorek	GDR	17:08.6 min
2.	Michael Schiffner	GDR	+ 0: 17.7 min
3.	Jürgen Siegl	SC Turbine Erfurt	+ 0: 34.9 min

2nd stage: Rostock - Wittenberge , 156 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Michael Schiffner	GDR	3:32:24 h
2.	Hynek Kubíček	ČSSR	+ 0:10 min
3.	Jiri Prchal	ČSSR	+ 0:20 min
4th	Michael Milde	GDR	+ 0:30 min
5.	Kazimierz Jasinski	Poland	+ 0:30 min
6th	Peter Richter	SC Cottbus	+ 0:30 min

3rd stage: Wittenberge - Schönebeck , 150 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Dieter Gonschorek	GDR	3:20:17 h
2.	Michael Milde	GDR	+ 0:10 min
3.	Petr Hladík	ČSSR	+ 0:20 min
4th	Wolfram Kühn	SC Turbine Erfurt	+ 0:30 min
5.	Marek	ČSSR	+ 0:30 min
6th	Jiri Prchal	ČSSR	+ 0:30 min

4th stage: Schönebeck - Bad Langensalza , 176 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Michael Schiffner	GDR	4:14:43 h
2.	Luděk Kubias	ČSSR	+ 0:10 min
3.	Horst Brauer	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 0:20 min
4th	Longin Nadolny	Poland	+ 0:30 min
5.	Skeletons	Denmark	+ 0:30 min
6th	Wieslaw Jezierski	Poland	+ 1:02 min

5th stage: Bad Langensalza - Saalfeld , 151 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Siegfried Kramer	GDR	4:03:06 h
2.	Michael Milde	GDR	+ 0:10 min
3.	Dieter Gonschorek	GDR	+ 0:20 min
4th	Klaus Bernhardt	TSC Berlin I	+ 0:30 min
5.	Hynek Kubíček	ČSSR	+ 0:30 min
6th	Dietmar Käbisch	SC DHfK Leipzig	+ 0:30 min

6th stage: Saalfeld - Altenburg , 144 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Dieter Gonschorek	GDR	3:38:14 h
2.	Siegfried Kramer	GDR	+ 0:19 min
3.	Wolfgang Miersch	SC Dynamo Berlin II	+ 0:29 min
4th	Jiri Prchal	ČSSR	+ 0:39 min
5.	Hynek Kubíček	ČSSR	+ 0:39 min
6th	Marek	ČSSR	+ 0:39 min

7th stage: Altenburg - Riesa , 157 km

	driver	team	time
1.	Michael Milde	GDR	3:57:08 h
2.	Wieslaw Jezierski	Poland	+ 0:10 min
3.	Siegfried Kramer	GDR	+ 0:20 min
4th	Hynek Kubíček	ČSSR	+ 0:30 min
5.	Jiri Prchal	ČSSR	+ 0:30 min
6th	Wolfram Kühn	SC Turbine Erfurt	+ 0:30 min

Overall ratings

Yellow jersey (individual rating)

	driver	team	time
01.	Dieter Gonschorek	GDR	23:03:21 h
02.	Siegfried Kramer	GDR	+ 2:24 min
03.	Hynek Kubíček	ČSSR	+ 2:37 min
04th	Jiri Prchal	ČSSR	+ 2:58 min
05.	Michael Schiffner	GDR	+ 3:02 min
06th	Manfred Kummich	SV locomotive	+ 3:26 min
07th	Günter Bertram	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 4:09 min
08th.	Michael Milde	GDR	+ 4:36 min
09.	Wolfgang Miersch	SC Dynamo Berlin II	+ 5:14 min
10.	Longin Nadolny	Poland	+ 5:25 min

Blue jersey ( team )

	team	time
1.	GDR	69:15:29 h
2.	ČSSR	+ 05:50 min
3.	SC Dynamo Berlin I	+ 10:46 min

Purple jersey (most active driver)

	driver	team	Points
1.	Dieter Gonschorek	GDR	61
2.	Jiri Prchal	ČSSR	42
3.	Hynek Kubíček	ČSSR	40

White jersey (young driver)

	driver	team	Points
1.	Wolfgang Miersch	SC Dynamo Berlin II	17th
2.	Rainer Salan	SC Dynamo Berlin I	17th
3.	Klaus Bernhardt	TSC Berlin I	13

annotation

1. ↑ The stage time credits are already included in all times.

literature

• New Germany . No. 228-235 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1973, ISSN  0323-3375 .