International Peace Tour 1949
The 2nd International Peace Tour was a cycling race that was held from May 1st to 9th, 1949. The amateur stage race led over 1259 kilometers from Prague to Warsaw . In the individual standings, the Czechoslovakian Jan Veselý won , in the team standings the France II team was ahead.
organization
For the first time, the driver leading in the overall standings wore the yellow jersey with Picasso's dove of peace . From this year on, the tour was officially named "Wyścig Pokoju" (Polish) and "Závod míru" (Czech) for peace ride.
Attendees
18 teams from eight countries took part in the 2nd Peace Tour. The teams from France and Finland were sent by the workers' sports federations FSGT and TUL . As a rule, each team started with six drivers, according to the only available source (see web links: starter list) the contingent was not used by all. The teams in detail:
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The teams of France were not national teams. They were represented by drivers from the Fédération sportive et gymnique du travail (FSGT) , the French workers' sports federation .
route
The 1259-kilometer tour was divided into eight stages. Four stages were on Czechoslovak territory, three on Polish territory, and the border crossing took place on the fifth day section between Ostrava and Katowice . The longest stage was the Polish day section Wroclaw - Łódź at 212 kilometers , while the fourth stage from Gottwaldov to Ostrava in Czechoslovakia was the shortest at 111 kilometers. The day sections Pardubice - Brno (2nd) and Gottwaldov - Ostrava (4th) were mountain stages.
Race course
The peace voyage in 1949 lived off the duels between the Czechoslovak Jan Veselý and the French Eugene Garnier on the one hand, and between the teams Czechoslovakia I and France II on the other. Veselý wore the yellow jersey thanks to his five stage wins from the second stage, but Garnier was tied in the overall standings up to the sixth stage. It was only on the longest part of the day from Wroclaw to Łódź that Veselý managed to distance himself clearly from his rival. On the 212 kilometers he took a quarter of an hour from the French. In Warsaw Veselý had almost twelve minutes ahead of Maurice Herbulot of the second French team in the overall standings . Garnier was only fourth in the end.
As the individual classification shows, the French FSGT started with a strong team. France I and II put four of their players in the top ten. France II led the team standings throughout the race thanks to the strong performance of Maurice Herbulot. This was followed by France I with Charles Riegert and Czechoslovakia I with Jan Veselý up to the fifth stage. On the sixth segment of the day, the riders from Poland I pushed the Czechoslovaks from third place. In the final stage, the team ranking was once again thoroughly changed. With a show of strength, Poland I moved up to second place, while France I fell back to fourth. France II was able to maintain its top position, co-hosts Czechoslovakia I saved themselves to third place.
The field of drivers was characterized by large differences in performance. There was already a difference of almost half an hour between the first and the tenth of the individual ranking. The 61st, the Hungarian Mihaly Mayer, was three hours behind, the last, Boris Michalow from Bulgaria, was more than six hours behind. In the team classification, the last two teams, Finland and Romania II, were nine and ten hours behind.
Stage overview
| stage | Start finish | Stage winner | Stage length |
Time (h) | km / h |
| 1 | Prague - Pardubice | Jan Veselý (CSR I) | 143 km | 4:04:40 | 35.0 |
| 2 | Pardubice - Brno | Jan Veselý (CSR I) | 137 km | 4:00:56 | 34.3 |
| 3 | Brno - Gottwaldov | Marian Rzeźnicki (Poland I) | 140 km | 4:25:22 | 31.7 |
| 4th | Gottwaldov - Ostrava | Jan Veselý (CSR I) | 111 km | 3:35:23 | 31.0 |
| 5 | Ostrava - Katowice | Charles Riegert (France I) | 147 km | 4:02:13 | 36.4 |
| 6th | Katowice - Wroclaw | Jan Veselý (CSR I) | 184 km | 5:34:12 | 33.0 |
| 7th | Wroclaw - Łódź | Jan Veselý (CSR I) | 212 km | 5:29:58 | 38.5 |
| 8th | Łódź - Warsaw | Lucjan Pietraszewski (Poland I) | 185 km | 5:05:55 | 36.4 |
Final results
| Individual evaluation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| driver | team | time | |
| 1. | Jan Veselý | Czechoslovakia I. | 36:26:36 h |
| 2. | Maurice Herbulot | France II | + 11:55 min |
| 3. | Charles Riegert | France I. | + 12:19 min |
| 4th | Eugene Garnier | France I. | + 15:29 min |
| 5. | Elie Bathie | France II | + 16:12 min |
| 6th | Waclaw Wojcik | Poland I. | + 18:48 min |
| 7th | Lucjan Pietraszewski | Poland I. | + 25:06 min |
| 8th. | Gyula Sere | Hungary I | + 26:12 min |
| 9. | Teofil Salyga | Poland II | + 26:13 min |
| 10. | Lubomir Puklicky | Czechoslovakia II | + 29:17 min |
| 11. | George Benedetto | France II | + 30:41 min |
| 12. | Jiri Holubec | Czechoslovakia I. | + 32:26 min |
| 13. | Jerzy Liskiewicz | Poland III | + 34:18 min |
| 14th | Marian Rzeznicki | Poland I. | + 41:15 min |
| 15th | Constantin Sandru | Romania I. | + 41:34 min |
| 16. | Roman Sieminski | Poland I. | + 44:16 min |
| 17th | Károly Kovács | Hungary I | + 46:18 min |
| 18th | Piro Angjeli | Albania | + 49:38 min |
| 19th | Marin Niculescu | Romania I. | + 50:54 min |
| 20th | Waclaw Wrzesinski | Poland I. | + 52:14 min |
| ... | |||
| 71. | Boris Michalow | Bulgaria III | + 6:42:03 h |
| Team ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| team | time | ||
| 1. | France II | 110: 13: 31 h | |
| 2. | Poland I. | + 3:26 min | |
| 3. | Czechoslovakia I. | + 12:28 min | |
| 4th | France I. | + 13:31 min | |
| 5. | Poland II | + 38:38 min | |
| 6th | Romania I. | + 42:32 min | |
| 7th | Czechoslovakia II | + 1:24:55 h | |
| 8th. | France III | + 1:32:52 h | |
| 9. | Poland III | + 1:34:24 h | |
| 10. | Bulgaria I | + 1:56:46 h | |
| 11. | Czechoslovakia III | + 2:00:51 h | |
| 12. | Hungary I | + 2:14:49 h | |
| 13. | Hungary II | + 3:16:46 h | |
| 14th | Bulgaria II | + 5:35:18 h | |
| 15th | Bulgaria III | + 6:33:45 h | |
| 16. | Finland | + 9:22:41 h | |
| 17th | Romania II | + 10:38:06 h | |
| eliminated: Albania | |||
literature
- Klaus Ullrich. Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8 . Pp. 185-187
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 10 .
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↑ Marian Rzeźnicki → cycling pages 27984
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