International Tour of Germany 1937
Final result after the 12th stage | ||
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winner | Otto Weckerling | 96:50:37 h (32.857 km / h) |
Second | Ludwig Geyer | + 7:07 min |
Third | Fritz Diederichs | + 7:21 min |
Fourth | Erich Bautz | + 9:59 min |
fifth | Bruno Roth | + 11:31 min |
Sixth | Emil Kijewski | + 11:52 min |
seventh | Oskar Thierbach | + 13:32 min |
Eighth | Edgard De Caluwé | + 23:15 min |
Ninth | Willi Oberbeck | + 37:58 min |
Tenth | Willy Kutschbach | + 49:03 min |
The International Tour of Germany , a predecessor of today's Germany Tour , was held from June 6 to 20, 1937 . After a six-year break, a cycle stage race across Germany took place again. It led from Berlin over 3,182 kilometers back to Berlin. There were three rest days for twelve stages.
60 drivers from 15 teams started. Including eight German works and seven international national teams. The goal was reached by 28 starters, with the winner covering the distance with an hourly average of 32.857 km / h.
After the six-year break from the tour, there was great interest from German industry and the public. In addition to the eight sponsors of the works teams ( Adler , Diamant , Dürkopp , Express, Phenomen , Presto, Victoria , Wanderer ), the BZ reported regularly at noon . Allegedly over 14 million people lined the streets on the twelve stages. The grand finale in the Berlin Olympic Stadium was watched by 80,000 people.
Otto Weckerling , who won on the first stage, did not give up his jersey until the end of the tour.
Stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall first |
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1st stage | 6th of June | Berlin - Wroclaw | 337 | Otto Weckerling | Otto Weckerling |
2nd stage | June | Wroclaw - Chemnitz | 330 | Fritz Diederichs | Otto Weckerling |
3rd stage | June | Chemnitz - Erfurt | 205 | Bruno Roth | Otto Weckerling |
4th stage | June | Erfurt - Schweinfurt | 183 | Ludwig Geyer | Otto Weckerling |
5th stage | June | Schweinfurt - Munich | 304 | Oskar Thierbach | Otto Weckerling |
6th stage | June | Munich - Stuttgart | 270 | Herbert Sieronski | Otto Weckerling |
7th stage | June | Stuttgart - Frankfurt am Main | 238 | Edgard De Caluwé | Otto Weckerling |
8th stage | June | Frankfurt am Main - Cologne | 228 | Erich Bautz | Otto Weckerling |
9th stage | June | Cologne - Bielefeld | 286 | Heinz Wengler | Otto Weckerling |
10th stage | June | Bielefeld - Hanover | 286 | Emil Kijewski | Otto Weckerling |
11th stage | June | Hanover - Hamburg | 239 | Hermann shield | Otto Weckerling |
12th stage | 20th June | Hamburg - Berlin | 276 | Willy Kutschbach | Otto Weckerling |
Web links
- International Tour of Germany 1937 on cycling4fans.de
- International Tour of Germany 1937 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Results in the CycleBase database