Green Ribbon from the Rhine 1947
| Final result after the 6th race | ||
| winner | Erich Bautz | 11:00:03 h 128 p. |
| Second | Fritz Diederichs | + 0:56 min 110 p. |
| Third | Rudolf Voigt | + 1:07 min |
| Fourth | Otto Schenk | |
| fifth | Heini Noss | |
| Sixth | Peter Schulte | |
| seventh | Armin Henning | |
| Eighth | Philipp Ziegler | |
| Ninth | Paul Langhoff | |
| Tenth | Philipp Hilbert | |
The Green Belt from the Rhine was a cycling event, a predecessor of the later tour of Germany and was from 20 to 25 August 1947 in the British-occupied zone discharged. It was the first attempt at a nationwide event since the Greater Germany Tour in 1939 .
Before the start of the tour, the organizer of the tours before the start of the war, Herrmann Schwartz , founded the IRA (Industrial Association for the Promotion of Cycling and Cycling) with the help of which he established a series of six criteria in the form of circuit races in the British-occupied zone called.
The leader after the stages no longer received the yellow jersey introduced before the war, but had to be content with a green armband. At the end of the tour, the overall winner received the Green Ribbon from the Rhine in the form of a sash .
In the end, Erich Bautz , who had already celebrated stage wins in previous editions, won the coveted overall victory. He won the armband of the leader in his victory in Düsseldorf . Fritz Diederichs and Rudolf Voigt followed just behind him in the overall standings .
The following year the IRA Green Belt was held in 1948 , where the program was expanded to include long-distance stages.
run
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st race | 20th of August | Solingen | 60 | Rudolf Voigt | Rudolf Voigt |
| 2nd race | August 21 | Bonn | 68 | Fritz Diederichs | Fritz Diederichs |
| 3rd race | August 22nd | Aachen | Hermann Siebelhoff | Fritz Diederichs | |
| 4th race | August 23 | Mönchengladbach | 65 | Rudolf Voigt | Fritz Diederichs |
| 5th race | August 24th | Dusseldorf | 66 | Erich Bautz | Erich Bautz |
| 6th race | August 25 | Cologne | 72 | Philipp Hilbert | Erich Bautz |
Web links
- Green Ribbon from the Rhine 1947 on cycling4fans.de
- Green Ribbon from the Rhine 1947 in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Results in the CycleBase database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Express-Verlag (ed.): Illustrated Radsportexpress . No. 21/1947 . Berlin, S. 4 .