GDR tour 1980

28th GDR tour 1980
Competition period	June 16-22, 1980
Stages	7th
overall length	988 km
winner
Overall rating	1. Falk Boden 27:27:23 h 2. Olaf Ludwig + 0:41 min 3. Andreas Petermann + 2:06 min
Scoring jerseys
Individual evaluation	Falk Boden
Mountain scoring	Bernd Drogan
Most active driver	Olaf Ludwig
GDR young drivers	Falk Boden
Team ranking	GDR I

The 28th GDR tour took place from June 16 to June 22, 1980 . With a prologue and seven stages, it led over 988 km. Overall winner was Falk Boden .

Attendees

90 drivers from five countries in a total of 15 teams took part in the tour. Eleven teams started with DDR I, DDR II, DDR III, ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt , SC DHfK Leipzig I, SC DHfK Leipzig II, SC Turbine Erfurt , SC Cottbus I, SC Cottbus II, SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and a mixed team the host country GDR . There was one team each from the ČSSR , Poland , Hungary and Bulgaria . Six drivers started per team. The ČSSR traveled with its actors intended for the Olympic 100 km race .

• GDR I: Andreas Petermann , Falk Boden , Bernd Drogan , Olaf Ludwig , Thomas Barth , Hans-Joachim Hartnick
• GDR II: Hardy Gröger, Frank Herzog, Jörg Köhler , Lutz Lötzsch , Joachim Vogel , Udo Smektalla; the latter replacing the sick Hubert Denstedt
• GDR III: Lutz Haueisen, Bernd Herder, Detlef Hirsch, Hans-Joachim Pohl , Dieter Stein , Harald Wolf
• ČSSR: Dolek, Milan Jurčo , Michal Klasa , Vlastibor Konečný , Alipi Kostadinov , Jiří Škoda

Jerseys

Five jerseys were awarded during this tour: the yellow jersey for the best overall, the blue jersey for the best team, the purple jersey for the most active driver, the green jersey for the best mountain driver and the white jersey for the best young GDR driver.

Yellow jersey

At the end of each stage (except for the prologue) the winner received 15 seconds, the second 10 seconds and the third 5 seconds for the overall ranking. At the end of the tour, the three best placed riders in the purple and green jerseys were also credited with 15, 10 and 5 seconds respectively.

Purple leotard

The first three drivers received 3, 2 and 1 points for each premium sprint. In the case of advances by individual drivers or a group of up to 12 drivers who had achieved a lead of 1:30 minutes at the destination over the next group of at least three drivers, each driver involved received five points (a single driver ten points).

Green jersey

In category I mountain ratings, the first five drivers received 10, 7, 5, 3 and 1 points. In category II mountain ratings, the first three drivers received 5, 3 and 1 points.

White jersey

The winner of this classification was the best-placed GDR driver in the individual classification, who was born after January 1, 1959.

Blue jersey

The stage team ranking was the result of adding up the time of the three best placed drivers of a team in the stage ranking.

Stages

The tour covered 988 km with a prologue and seven stages. All stages led through the Thuringian mountains. As in the previous year, Bad Blankenburg was a permanent quarter. A total of 26 mountain classifications were driven, 19 of them in Category I and seven in Category II. There were three premium sprints on all stages, with the exception of the prologue and the individual time trial.

Prologue: Schwarzburg - Bad Blankenburg, 9 km

The tour started with a team time trial over 9 km. It led on a gently sloping route from Schwarzburg to Bad Blankenburg . The third driver of each team counted for the time in the team classification. GDR I prevailed just before the ČSSR.

Team ranking

	team	time
1.	GDR I	10:15 min
2.	ČSSR	+ 11 sec
3.	GDR II	+ 28 sec
4th	ASK forward Frankfurt	+ 33 sec
5.	GDR III	+ 34 sec

1st stage: Rudolstadt - Rudolstadt, 197 km

The first stage was also the longest of the 28th GDR tour. It led from Rudolstadt over 197 km around the Drei Gleichen back to Rudolstadt. At the beginning of the race, a quartet of Hans-Joachim Hartnick , Udo Smektalla, Steffen Heilmann and Uwe Adler formed. They had a maximum lead of 2:25 minutes and were caught up again by the peloton after 106 km at the front. Olaf Ludwig , the third peace runner of the same year, launched an attack at kilometer 136 and drove a 14 km solo. Then Bernd Drogan and the Czechoslovak Milan Jurčo caught up and the trio gained a lead of 1:30 minutes. In the first mountain classification of the tour, the ascent to the Großer Hundskopf, Ludwig and Drogan attacked and took Jurčo 1:17 min from the four kilometers to the summit. In the finish sprint, Ludwig prevailed over Drogan. With this Olaf Ludwig took over the yellow jersey. Bernd Drogan secured the green jersey of the best mountain rider and Udo Smektalla the purple jersey of the most active rider.

Individual stage evaluation

	driver	time
1.	Olaf Ludwig	3:51:15 h
2.	Bernd Drogan	+ 0:05 min
3.	Falk Boden	+ 1:10 min
4th	Thomas Barth	+ 1:15 min
5.	Andreas Petermann	+ 1:30 min

2nd stage: Watzdorf - Cursdorf, 178 km

The second stage started in Watzdorf , led over 178 km around the Thuringian Forest and ended in Cursdorf . On the stage, which was peppered with three mountain classifications in the 1st category, a 14-strong group of leaders pulled away after a good 35 km and was swallowed up again after 70 km. At kilometer 117, Andreas Petermann attacked on the way to the Oberhof Grenzadler. Holger Kickeritz was able to follow. Thomas Barth and Olaf Jentzsch later opened up. The quartet had a lead of 4:15 minutes after 162 kilometers. In the last premium sprint, Petermann started again, broke away from the group and won the stage with 38 seconds ahead of Barth and over a minute ahead of Jentzsch. Kickeritz fell far behind with a rear wheel damage. After this stage, Andreas Petermann took over the yellow, purple and green jerseys.

Individual stage evaluation

	driver	time
1.	Andreas Petermann	4:59:18 h
2.	Thomas Barth	+ 0:43 min
3.	Olaf Jentzsch	+ 1:11 min
4th	Falk Boden	+ 3:11 min
5.	Holger Kickeritz	+ 3:25 min

3rd stage: Bad Blankenburg - Cursdorf, 174 km

The third stage led from Bad Blankenburg with eight mountain ratings over the Wegscheide , the Rennsteig , the Meuselbacher Kuppe and the Schmücke and ended at the Cursdorfer Höhe. In the first half of the race a top group of 24 pulled away. After 90 km they reunited with the main field. Subsequently, Andreas Petermann , the wearer of the yellow jersey, started several attempts to pull away. However, he couldn't break away. Finally, Falk Boden made the decisive step out of a group of four around Olaf Ludwig , Andras Takacs and Dolek. After driving 20 kilometers alone, he secured the stage win. He also took the lead in the overall and mountain classification. Udo Smektalla got back the violet jersey that had been lost the day before.

Individual stage evaluation

	driver	time
1.	Falk Boden	5:24:48 h
2.	Olaf Ludwig	+ 0:49 min
3.	Andras Takacs	+ 1:37 min
4th	Bernd Drogan	+ 3:18 min
5.	Jiří Škoda	+ 3:37 min

4th stage: Rudolstadt - Bad Blankenburg, 105 km

77 riders started the shortest stage of this tour. There was no mountain classification. Olaf Jentzsch, who was fourth overall, had to retire due to an injury. After 20 km, a 14-strong top group formed with Olaf Ludwig , Falk Boden and Andreas Petermann . The sixth, seventh and eighth overall, Andras Takacs, Bernd Drogan and Frank Herzog were not there. With strong edge winds, the group's lead grew to almost seven minutes. From this group, Olaf Ludwig prevailed against Michal Klasa and Hans-Joachim Meisch in the final sprint . The peloton was split up and the first pursuers crossed the finish line 4:24 minutes behind. Since Falk Boden finished in the top group, he defended his yellow jersey. Olaf Ludwig took over the violet jersey.

Individual stage evaluation

	driver	time
1.	Olaf Ludwig	2:40:23 h
2.	Michal Klasa	+ 0:05 min
3.	Hans-Joachim Meisch	+ 0:10 min
4th	Hans-Peter Woe	+ 0:15 min
5.	Martin Goetze	+ 0:15 min

5th stage: Schwarzburg - Neuhaus am Rennsteig, 32 km

The 5th stage was an individual time trial over 32 km from Schwarzburg to Neuhaus am Rennsteig . The route had a constant gradient and the drivers had to overcome 500 meters in altitude. Olaf Ludwig won his third stage ahead of Falk Boden and Bernd Drogan . Thomas Barth , who was sixth in the overall standings, did not take part in the time trial due to an eye injury.

Individual stage evaluation

	driver	time
1.	Olaf Ludwig	0:49:55 h
2.	Falk Boden	+ 0:56 min
3.	Bernd Drogan	+ 1:02 min
4th	Hans-Joachim Meisch	+ 1:41 min
5.	Andreas Petermann	+ 1:55 min

6th stage: Neuhaus am Rennsteig - Bad Blankenburg, 102 km

Three hours after the 5th stage, the 74 remaining riders started the second part of the day from Neuhaus am Rennsteig to Bad Blankenburg . The route ran over 102 km and included five mountain classifications. There were several breakaway attempts, all of which were unsuccessful. So there was the first mass arrival of this tour in Bad Blankenburg. The Czechoslovak Michal Klasa won ahead of Hans-Peter Wehe and Andreas Neuer . Jiří Škoda took the lead in the mountain classification.

Individual stage evaluation

	driver	time
1.	Michal Klasa	2:45:43 h
2.	Hans-Peter Woe	+ 0:05 min
3.	Andreas Neuer	+ 0:10 min
4th	Vlastibor Konečný	+ 0:15 min
5.	Bodo Straubel	+ 0:15 min

7th stage: Bad Blankenburg - Rudolstadt, 189 km

64 drivers start the difficult final stage of the 28th GDR tour. It led over 189 km and nine mountain classifications ( Arnsgereuth , Neuhaus , Hinterrod , Masserberg , Kahlert , Oberhof , Gehlberg , Auerhahn and Großer Hund ) had to be completed. The stage was accompanied by rain and strong wind. Jiří Škoda , fourth overall and wearing the green jersey, got out during the stage , as did his compatriots Alipi Kostadinov and Michal Klasa .

Immediately after the start, a group of 20 formed. The five remaining drivers from the DDR I team ( Olaf Ludwig , Falk Boden , Hans-Joachim Hartnick , Andreas Petermann and Bernd Drogan ), Lutz Lötzsch , Frank Herzog and Udo Smektalla from the DDR II team, Martin Goetze , Bodo Straubel , Hans- Peter Wehe from SC Cottbus I, the ČSSR drivers Dolek, Milan Jurčo and Vlastibor Konečný , Joachim Meisch and Detlef Stoltze from SC Turbine Erfurt, Peter Scheibner from SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, the Hungarian Zoltan Halasz and Holger Kickeritz from the mixed team . At 100 km the lead over the rest of the field was already 15 minutes. After 128 km, Udo Smektalla broke away from the leading group and was more than two minutes ahead. Bernd Drogan continued, was able to catch Smektalla on the Big Dog in the last mountain classification and pulled past him. Drogan won the stage by over a minute over the chasing group. Olaf Ludwig prevailed from this group in the sprint. The field crossed the finish line over 28 minutes behind.

Individual stage evaluation

	driver	time
1.	Bernd Drogan	5:41:20 h
2.	Olaf Ludwig	+ 1:21 min
3.	Hans-Joachim Meisch	+ 1:26 min
4th	Martin Goetze	+ 1:31 min
5.	Bodo Straubel	+ 1:31 min

Jerseys in the course of the tour

The table shows the leaders of a classification according to the respective stage.

stage	Yellow jersey	Purple leotard	Green jersey	White jersey	Team evaluation
0prolog	not forgiven	not forgiven	not forgiven	not forgiven	GDR I
01st stage	Olaf Ludwig	Udo Smektalla	Bernd Drogan	Olaf Ludwig
02nd stage	Andreas Petermann	Andreas Petermann	Andreas Petermann	Thomas Barth
03rd stage	Falk Boden	Udo Smektalla	Falk Boden	Falk Boden
04th stage		Olaf Ludwig
05th stage
06th stage			Jiří Škoda
07th stage			Bernd Drogan

Overall ratings

Yellow jersey (individual rating)

Of the 90 riders who started the tour, 60 reached the finish line on the last stage. With Olaf Ludwig (one stage), Andreas Petermann (one stage) and Falk Boden (four stages) there were three winners of the yellow jersey. Falk Boden took it over after the 3rd stage and defended it until the end. Boden won his first tour of the GDR. The second followed in 1984.

space	Surname	team	time
1.	Falk Boden	GDR I	27:27:23 h
2.	Olaf Ludwig	GDR I	+ 0:41 min
3.	Andreas Petermann	GDR I	+ 2:06 min
4th	Hans-Joachim Meisch	SC Turbine Erfurt	+ 7:17 min
5.	Bernd Drogan	GDR I	+ 7:20 min
6th	Lutz Loetzsch	GDR II	+ 9:58 min
7th	Frank Herzog	GDR II	+ 11:36 min
8th.	Martin Goetze	SC DHfK Leipzig I	+ 12:48 min
9.	Hans-Peter Woe	SC Cottbus I.	+ 13:16 min
10.	Bodo Straubel	SC DHfK Leipzig I	+ 13:35 min
11.	Dolek	ČSSR	+ 15:54 min
12.	Hans-Joachim Hartnick	GDR I	+ 18:30 min
13.	Holger Kickeritz	Mixed team	+ 19:52 min
14th	Peter Scheibner	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	+ 21:45 min
15th	Udo Smektalla	GDR II	+ 25:41 min
16.	Vlastibor Konečný	ČSSR	+ 26:03 min
17th	Detlef Stoltze	SC Turbine Erfurt	+ 36:06 min
18th	Milan Jurčo	ČSSR	+ 37:13 min
19th	Andras Takacs	Hungary	+ 41:53 min
20th	Andreas Neuer	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	+ 42:27 min
21st	Jörg Koehler	GDR II	+ 43:21 min
22nd	Hardy Groeger	GDR II	+ 44:54 min
23.	Joachim Vogel	GDR II	+ 48:20 min
24.	Hans-Joachim Pohl	GDR III	+ 48:58 min
25th	Holger Amberg	SC DHfK Leipzig I	+ 50:42 min
26th	Juhasz	Hungary	+ 51:38 min
27.	Muzyka	Poland	+ 51:40 min
28.	Thomas Heilmann	SC DHfK Leipzig I	+ 51:43 min
29	Jonny Böhme	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	+ 52:09 min
30th	Holger Muller	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	+ 53:07 min
31.	Mario Kaps	SC DHfK Leipzig I	+ 54:49 min
32.	Zoltan Halasz	Hungary	+ 55:43 min
33.	Hans-Joachim Schippel	ASK forward Frankfurt	+ 58:13 min
34.	Andre Kluge	ASK forward Frankfurt	+ 58:39 min
35.	L. Halasz	Hungary	+ 59:14 min
36.	Gyorgy Szuromi	Hungary	+ 1:02:02 h
37.	Tamas Czatho	Hungary	+ 1:03:36 h
38.	Bernd Keizer	ASK forward Frankfurt	+ 1:05:56 h
39.	Hannes Kollaschek	ASK forward Frankfurt	+ 1:10:46 h
40.	Mathias Vierke	ASK forward Frankfurt	+ 1:15:11 h
41.	Frank Stolper	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	+ 1:17:20 h
42.	Ronald Kaulfuss	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	+ 1:18:01 h
43.	Mario Lenz	SC Turbine Erfurt	+ 1:19:19 h
44.	Valentinov	Bulgaria	+ 1:22:12 h
45.	Bernd Herder	GDR III	+ 1:26:22 h
46.	Ulf Gebeler	SC Cottbus I.	+ 1:27:39 h
47.	Bernd Hoffmeister	SC DHfK Leipzig II	+ 1:29:42 h
48.	Kamysaruk	Poland	+ 1:34:12 h
49.	Gericke	Mixed team	+ 1:36:47 h
50.	Grochowski	Poland	+ 1:42:34 h
51.	Grief	SC Cottbus II	+ 1:43:04 h
52.	Andreas Zimmermann	SC Cottbus I.	+ 1:48:35 h
53.	Andreas Reimann	SC Cottbus I.	+ 1:55:29 h
54.	Udo Knepper	SC Cottbus II	+ 1:56:46 h
55.	Claus	Mixed team	+ 1:58:28 h
56.	Lutz Liebscher	SC DHfK Leipzig II	+ 2:04:44 h
57.	Ingolf Recknagel	SC Turbine Erfurt	+ 2:07:27 h
58.	Detlef Hirsch	GDR III	+ 2:09:23 h
59.	Castles	Mixed team	+ 2:37:27 h
60.	Udo Schliebe	SC Cottbus II	+ 2:46:50 h

Purple jersey (most active driver)

space	Surname	team	Points
1.	Olaf Ludwig	GDR I	15th
2.	Udo Smektalla	GDR II	14th
3.	Milan Jurčo	ČSSR	11
4th	Andreas Petermann	GDR I	10
5.	Bernd Drogan	GDR I	9
6th	Thomas Heilmann	SC DHfK Leipzig I	7th
7th	Hans-Joachim Meisch	SC Turbine Erfurt	5
8th.	Falk Boden	GDR I	4th
9.	Lutz Loetzsch	GDR II	4th
10.	Andre Kluge	ASK forward Frankfurt	3

Green jersey (best climber)

space	Surname	team	Points
1.	Bernd Drogan	GDR I	84
2.	Lutz Loetzsch	GDR II	83
3.	Falk Boden	GDR I	63
4th	Andreas Petermann	GDR I	43
5.	Udo Smektalla	GDR II	34
6th	Milan Jurčo	ČSSR	30th
7th	Hans-Joachim Meisch	SC Turbine Erfurt	26th
8th.	Olaf Ludwig	GDR I	17th
9.	Detlef Stoltze	SC Turbine Erfurt	13
10.	Hans-Joachim Hartnick	GDR I	12

White jersey (GDR young driver)

space	Surname	team	time
1.	Falk Boden	GDR I	27:27:23 h
2.	Olaf Ludwig	GDR I	+ 0:41 min
3.	Lutz Loetzsch	GDR II	+ 9:58 min

Blue jersey (team)

Of the 15 teams that started, 13 reached the goal of the last stage with at least three drivers and thus made it into the final ranking. The SC DHfK Leipzig II only reached the goal with two, Bulgaria with only one driver. DDR I immediately took the lead in the team standings in the prologue and expanded it step by step. In the end she was over 40 minutes ahead of the runner-up DDR II.

space	team	Points
1.	GDR I	82:14:07 h
2.	GDR II	+ 42:55 min
3.	ČSSR	+ 43:54 min
4th	SC DHfK Leipzig I	+ 53:27 min
5.	SC Turbine Erfurt	+ 1:46:56 h
6th	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	+ 1:52:48 h
7th	Hungary	+ 1:55:50 h
8th.	SC Cottbus I.	+ 2:17:13 h
9.	ASK forward Frankfurt	+ 2:47:23 h
10.	GDR III	+ 3:09:08 h
11.	Poland	+ 3:59:54 h
12.	Mixed team	+ 4:04:04 h
13.	SC Cottbus II	+ 4:52:17 h

annotation

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

literature

• Der Radsportler, 2nd June issue 1980, pages 1 and 2, publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR
• Der Radsportler, 4th June issue 1980, pages 1 to 3, publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR