International Tour of Germany 1938
| Final result after the 15th stage | ||
|---|---|---|
| winner | Hermann shield | 108: 46: 59 h (34.882 km / h) |
| Second | Frans Bonduel | + 38:23 min |
| Third | Otto Weckerling | + 40:36 min |
| Fourth | Oskar Thierbach | + 43:35 min |
| fifth | Erich Bautz | + 44:07 min |
| Sixth | Arne W. Pedersen | + 44:38 min |
| seventh | Edgard De Caluwé | + 47:45 min |
| Eighth | Georg Umbenhauer | |
| Ninth | Robert Wierinckx | + 59:11 min |
| Tenth | Heinz Wengler | |
The International Tour of Germany , a predecessor of today's Germany tour , was a cycling - stage race and was held from June 9 to 25 1938th It led from Berlin over 3,794.6 kilometers back to Berlin. There were two rest days for 15 stages.
62 drivers from twelve teams started. Including eight German works and four international national teams. The goal was reached by 35 starters, with the winner covering the distance with an hourly average of 34.882 km / h.
Hermann Schild laid the foundation for his overall victory on the eleventh stage, which led over 300 km from Cologne to Bielefeld . On his solo ride, he distanced Hermann Siebelhof from second place by more than seven minutes and Heinz Wengler from third place by over 36 minutes. In the end he won the undisputed 38:23 minutes ahead. For the overall victory, a bonus of 600 Reichsmark each was offered by the Deutsche Verlag and the BZ am Mittag . The winner also received an Adler motorcycle . The stage winners each received 100 Reichsmarks from Fichtel & Sachs .
Stages
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | June 9th | Berlin - Zittau | 259 | Georg Umbenhauer | Georg Umbenhauer |
| 2nd stage | June | Zittau - Chemnitz | 294.1 | Hermann shield | Frans Bonduel |
| 3rd stage | June | Chemnitz - Schweinfurt | 283.1 | Robert Wierinckx | Hermann shield |
| 4th stage | June | Schweinfurt - Munich | 297.2 | Willi Oberbeck | Hermann shield |
| 5th stage | June | Munich - Innsbruck | 195.1 | Erich Bautz | Hermann shield |
| 6th stage | June | Innsbruck - Friedrichshafen | 237.5 | Robert Wierinckx | Hermann shield |
| 7th stage | June | Friedrichshafen - Freiburg | 241.2 | Léon level | Hermann shield |
| 8th stage | June | Freiburg - Stuttgart | 217 | Frans Bonduel | Hermann shield |
| 9th stage | June | Stuttgart - Frankfurt am Main | 271.9 | Ernst Nievergelt | Hermann shield |
| 10th stage | June | Frankfurt am Main - Cologne | 239 | Robert Wierinckx | Hermann shield |
| 11th stage | June | Cologne - Bielefeld | 300 | Hermann shield | Hermann shield |
| 12th stage | June | Bielefeld - Hanover | 239.8 | Emil Kijewski | Hermann shield |
| 13th stage | June | Hanover - Hamburg | 227 | Erich Bautz | Hermann shield |
| 14th stage | June | Hamburg - Rostock | 257 | Knud Jacobsen | Hermann shield |
| 15th stage | 25th June | Rostock - Berlin | 235.7 | Hans Pützfeld | Hermann shield |
Web links
- International Tour of Germany 1938 on cycling4fans.de
- International Tour of Germany 1938 in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Results in the database of CycleBase E
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reich Association of German Newspaper Publishers (ed.): Deutschlandfahrt . Berlin 1938, p. 15, 23 .