Tour of Germany 1930

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Final result after the 10th stage
winner Hermann Buse 82:52:09 h
(30.801 km / h)
Second Kurt Stöpel + 1:33 min
Third Oskar Tietz + 4:48 min
Fourth Oskar Thierbach + 7:20 min
fifth Felix Manthey + 13:25 min
Sixth Alfred Siegel + 15:39 min
seventh Josef Remold
Eighth Erich Ussat
Ninth Max Bulla
Tenth Karl Koch

The Germany tour , a forerunner of today's Germany tour , was a cycling - stage race and was from 4 to May 21st 1930 discharged. It led from Berlin over 2,513 kilometers back to Berlin. There were twelve rest days for ten stages.

There were 64 drivers from five teams at the start. The finish was reached by 51 starters, 49 of them Germans and two Austrians, whereby the winner covered the distance with an hourly average of 30.801 km / h.

Thanks to the organizer Hermann Schwartz, head of advertising at Opel , five companies ( Mifa , Brennabor , Opel, Dürkopp , Diamant ) were found who invested in the tour and thus made it possible.

There were driver classes I (elite driver) and II (material driver). These groups could be regrouped at will during the tour, depending on the service provided. The expenses and premiums depended on the grouping.

In addition, the racers were not allowed to change their machine during the stage, but could start the next stage with a new bike , albeit with the tires used in the first stage. If a rider was eliminated in the first 100 kilometers of a stage due to machine damage (broken frame, broken rim, broken fork), he suffered a loss of 90 minutes. If he dropped out after more than 100 kilometers, his time account was charged with 60 minutes. The load was based on the stage winner's time. Many drivers benefited from this regulation. Especially on bad weather stages, such as the third and fourth, on which the drivers also had to struggle with catastrophic road conditions, favorites also had to give up, also because the tire supply was exhausted. But they kept their chance of a good placement in the overall standings.

For the first time since the introduction of the tour , the overall winner could not achieve a stage win.

Stages

Stages Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall first
1st stage May 4th Berlin - Glogau 220 August Brandes August Brandes
2nd stage May 6th Glogau - Dresden 245 Ludwig Geyer August Brandes
3rd stage 8th of May Dresden - Erfurt 240 Herbert Sieronski Herbert Sieronski
4th stage May 11th Erfurt - Schweinfurt 245 Alfred Siegel Oskar Tietz
5th stage May 13th Schweinfurt - Munich 300 * Erich Metze Oskar Tietz
6th stage May 15 Munich - Stuttgart 235 Oskar Thierbach Oskar Tietz
7th stage May 18 Stuttgart - Frankfurt am Main 215 ** Oskar Tietz
8th stage May 20th Frankfurt am Main - Bielefeld 262 Josef Remold Hermann Buse
9th stage May 22 Bielefeld - Hamburg 266 Bernhard Stübecke Hermann Buse
10th stage 25. May Hamburg - Berlin 285 Rudolf Cloud Hermann Buse

* Figures tend between 285 and 320 km

** 26 drivers were classified with the same time due to a mass crash

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