GDR road cycling championships 1963
The road cycling championships in the GDR in 1963 were held in the individual competitions for men and women as well as in the 100 km team time trial. Klaus Ampler , Andrea Elle and SC Dynamo Berlin prevailed as new champions .
Men singles
Racetrack
The individual championships for men and women were held on a 10.9 kilometer circuit in Mittweida . With the Eichberg and the Weißthaler Berg, it had two significant gradients and, with its steep serpentine descents and narrow streets, ensured the highest levels of difficulty. While the men had to complete 15 laps, the women had to complete the route six times.
Race course
On Sunday, June 9, 1963, 20,000 spectators lined the championship circuit in Mittweida, Saxony, in the searing sunshine. 86 drivers, including the defending champion Klaus Ampler from Leipzig , tackled the 163.5-kilometer route, but numerous defects quickly decimated the field of drivers . Right from the start there was a fight for good starting positions, Ampler in particular repeatedly caused unrest in the field, but was not alone with his constant advances. While his club mates Gustav-Adolf Schur and Günter Lux assisted him, the SC Dynamo Berlin drivers led by Manfred Brüning made the race particularly fast. The decision matured in the tenth of the 15 rounds. Until then, a top group of three with Brüning, Maleska (both SC Dynamo Berlin) and Karl-Heinz Kazmierzak from ASK Vorwärts Leipzig had led the race. Now Ampler joined them, but quickly left the trio behind and started an irresistible solo trip, which finally led him to the second championship title with a lead of 1:20 minutes. The difficult course, the hot weather and the many defects ensured that only 22 athletes survived the race.
Results
| driver | team | time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Klaus Ampler | SC DHfK Leipzig | 4:51:45 h |
| 2. | Manfred Brüning | SC Dynamo Berlin | + 1:20 min |
| 3. | Karl-Heinz Kazmierzak | ASK forward Leipzig | + 2:22 min |
| 4th | Gustav-Adolf Schur | SC DHfK Leipzig | + 4:55 min |
| 5. | Alex Purho | SC Dynamo Berlin | + 5:05 min |
| 6th | Immo Rittmeyer | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | + 5:16 min |
| 7th | Joachim Maleska | SC Dynamo Berlin | + 6:00 min |
| 8th. | Klaus Kellermann | ASK forward Leipzig | + 8:15 min |
| 9. | Günter Loerke | SC DHfK Leipzig | + 8:15 min |
| 10. | Eberhard Butzke | SC Dynamo Berlin | + 8:15 min |
| ... | |||
Women's singles (65.4 km)
| driver | team | time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andrea Elle | TSC Berlin | 2:16:35 h |
| 2. | Renate Renner | TSC Berlin | + 4:25 min |
| 3. | Elisabeth Kleinhans | SC DHfK Leipzig | + 4:55 min |
| 4th | Renate Kramer | SC DHfK Leipzig | + 5:05 min |
| 5. | Monika Israel | SC DHfK Leipzig | + 6:55 min |
| ... | |||
Men's team time trial
The 100 km team time trial was held on Thursday, June 6th, 1963 in Lübben . As in the men's singles, there was a successful defending champion, SC Dynamo Berlin , with the same line-up as last year.
| team | driver | time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Dynamo Berlin |
Lothar Appler , Manfred Brüning , Hans Scheibner , Kurt Müller |
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| 2. | SC DHfK Leipzig |
Klaus Ampler , Gustav-Adolf Schur , Günter Lux , Krause |
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| 3. | SC Dynamo Berlin III | Horst Klawohn, Alex Purho, Joachim Maleska, Gebhardt |
literature
- GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho , issues June 6 and 10, 1963
- New Germany daily newspaper , June 10, 1963 edition