Grand Prix of the Socialist Countries (cycling)

The Grand Prix of the Socialist Countries was a regularly held track cycling event and part of the calendar of events of the Union Cycliste International (UCI), which was held in the GDR , the ČSSR , Poland and the USSR .

history

The competition for track sprinters was held for the first time in 1975 by the cycling federations of the GDR ( Deutscher Radsport-Verband der DDR (DRSV) ), Poland (PZKol) and the ČSSR and continued until 1990. It consisted of a series of competitions of individual grand prizes, which were then combined into an overall ranking (according to a point system). To the series were initially the Grand Prize of the German Democratic Republic , the Grand Prix of Poland and the Grand Prix of Brno and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic . In 1979 the Grand Prix of Tbilisi (also Aeroflot Grand Prix ) was added in the USSR. The first winner in 1975 was Benedykt Kocot from Poland, then the sprinters from the GDR dominated. The last winner was Bill Huck in 1989.

winner

• 1989 Bill Huck
• 1988 Lutz Heßlich
• 1987 Michael Schulze
• 1986 Michael Huebner
• 1985 Lutz Heßlich
• 1984 Lutz Heßlich
• 1983 Lutz Heßlich
• 1982 Michael Huebner
• 1981 Lutz Heßlich
• 1980 Michael Huebner
• 1979 Lutz Heßlich
• 1978 Lutz Heßlich
• 1977 Jürgen Geschke
• 1976 Emanuel Raasch
• 1975 Benedykt Kocot

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 28/1979 . Berlin 1979, p. 2 .
2. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 28/1975 . Berlin 1975, p. 2 .
3. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 31/1989 . Berlin 1989, p. 2 .