IRA Green Ribbon 1949
| Final result after the 13th stage | ||
|---|---|---|
| winner | Harry Saager | 85:15:02 h (33.236 km / h) |
| Second | Erich Bautz | + 5:30 min |
| Third | Reinhold Steinhilb | + 9:31 min |
| Fourth | Werner Richter | + 29:41 min |
| fifth | Otto Weckerling | + 29:46 min |
| Sixth | Paul Suess | + 40:28 min |
| seventh | Philipp Hilbert | + 48:54 min |
| Eighth | Sepp Berger | + 50:42 min |
| Ninth | Heiner head | + 53:54 min |
| Tenth | Matthias Pfannenmüller | + 55:58 min |
| Mountain scoring | Erich Bautz | 31 P. |
| Second | Heinz Müller | 29 p. |
| Third | Harry Saager | 27 P. |
The Green Belt of the IRA (Industry Association for the Promotion of Cycling and Cycling), a predecessor of the later Germany Tour , was held from July 9th to 23rd, 1949 . The stage race led from Hamburg over 2,833.4 kilometers to Munich . There were two rest days in 13 stages. It took place at the same time as the Tour de France .
61 German drivers started in nine works teams. 37 starters reached the finish line, with the winner covering the distance with an hourly average of 33.236 km / h.
For the first time since the Greater Germany Tour in 1939 there was again a mountain classification , the Altenburger Bergpreis , which comprised five mountains.
The drive from north to south was dominated by the three drivers who stood on the podium at the end. Winner Harry Saager from Team Rabeneick was more than five minutes ahead of Erich Bautz , who, like last year, had to be content with second place, but could comfort himself with the mountain prize he had won. Reinhold Steinhilb was third, more than nine minutes behind. Starting in fourth place, the gap was around 30 minutes. Compared to the previous year ( IRA Green Belt 1948 ), the interest of the German population in the tour was again significantly greater.
At the end of 2014, while cleaning up the old factory of August Rabeneick GmbH , the current ZF factory , a 16-minute long film about this bike race that was previously believed to be lost was found among files, old brochures and bicycle spare parts. The nitro treated film showed only 9 of the 13 stages. It is believed that there is still a second part, but this has so far remained undiscovered.
Stages
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | July 9 | Hamburg - Hanover | 242.1 | Werner Richter | Werner Richter |
| 2nd stage | July | Hanover - Bielefeld | 302 | Gerhard Stubbe | Gerhard Stubbe |
| 3rd stage | July | Bielefeld - Dortmund | 214 | Siegfried Grigat | Gerhard Stubbe |
| 4th stage | July | Dortmund - Cologne | 266 | Reinhold Steinhilb | Harry Saager |
| 5th stage | July | Cologne - Frankfurt am Main | 216 | Konrad Keßler | Harry Saager |
| 6th stage | July | Frankfurt am Main - Mannheim | 186 | Karl Weimer | Harry Saager |
| 7th stage | July | Mannheim - Freiburg | 285.7 | Sepp Berger | Harry Saager |
| 8th stage | July | Freiburg - Waldshut | 144 | Matthias Pfannenmüller | Harry Saager |
| 9th stage | July | Waldshut - singing | 152 | Heinz Müller | Harry Saager |
| 10th stage | July | Singing - cheeks | 156 | Peter Schulte | Harry Saager |
| 11th stage | July | Wangen - Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 192 | Günther Pankoke | Harry Saager |
| 12th stage | July | Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Bad Reichenhall | 253 | Philipp Hilbert | Harry Saager |
| 13th stage | July 23 | Bad Reichenhall - Munich | 224 | Sepp Berger | Harry Saager |
Web links
- Report and results on cycling4fans.de
- Results in the database of radsportseiten.net
- Results in the CycleBase database
- Welt im Film 218/1949 - Films from the Federal Archives. In: filmothek.bundesarchiv.de. August 1, 1949, accessed February 11, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Saager in the Radsportseiten.net database
- ↑ Harry Saager in the Radsportseiten.net database
- ↑ A cinematic gem discovered at ZF . Neue Westfälische, accessed on February 11, 2015.