International Afri-Cola Tour of Germany 1960

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Final result after the 7th stage
winner From Geldermans 40:10:08 h
(37.890 km / h)
Second Jef Planckaert + 1:50 min
Third Klaus Bugdahl + 2:20 min
Fourth Rolf Wolfshohl
fifth Anton van der Steen + 3:15 min
Sixth Jo de Haan + 5:41 min
seventh Jaap Kersten + 8:18 min
Eighth Wim van Est + 8:41 min
Ninth Hennes Junkermann + 10:18 min
Tenth Otto Altweck + 10:46 min

The International Afri-Cola Germany Tour is a bike race and the predecessor of the later Germany Tour . It was held from April 29 to May 5, 1960 and led from Cologne over 1,522 kilometers back to Cologne. The tour was held in seven stages.

There were 47 drivers in eight German company teams with an international line-up. 43 starters reached the finish line, with the winner covering the distance with an hourly average of 37.890 km / h.

After the tour did not take place again between 1956 and 1959, the Bund Deutscher Radfahrer (Association of German Cyclists), together with the Afri-Cola -Werke and other German companies that had remembered the advertising effectiveness of previous tours in Germany, started a new attempt at a prestigious tour in Germany to establish. The young German drivers Hennes Junkermann , Rudi Altig and Rolf Wolfshohl , who had attracted international attention, also aroused the interest of the German public.

However, none of the young Germans won the tour with the Dutchman Ab Geldermans . Klaus Bugdahl finished the tour in third place as the best German.

Stages

Stages Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall first
1st stage April 29 Cologne - Munster 189 Alessandro Fantini Alessandro Fantini
2nd stage April, 30th Munster - Brackwede 217 From Geldermans From Geldermans
3rd stage 1st of May Brackwede - Giessen 293 Pierre Everaert From Geldermans
4th stage 2.May Giessen - Hanau 148 Jef Planckaert From Geldermans
5th stage May 3rd Hanau - Ludwigshafen am Rhein 165 Alessandro Fantini From Geldermans
6th stage May 4th Ludwigshafen am Rhein - Trier 223 Fredy Rüegg From Geldermans
7th stage 5th of May Trier - Cologne 245 Rudi Altig From Geldermans

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