International Peace Trip 1950

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Opening ceremony in Warsaw

The 3rd International Peace Tour (Course de la paix) was a cycling race that was held from April 30th to May 9th 1950. The stage race led from Warsaw to Prague and was won in the individual standings by the Dane Willy Emborg . The Czechoslovakia won in the team competition.

Attendees

71 drivers from twelve teams took part. The GDR also participated for the first time . Compared to the previous year, teams from Denmark , England and Trieste were new. These teams were involved:

With the exception of France-Poland (five starters), all teams consisted of six players. The German Sports Committee had nominated the following drivers for the GDR:

Otto Busse , Horst Gaede , Werner Gräbner , Karl-Heinz Hey , Lothar Meister I and Kurt Plitt .

The French team was not a national team. She was represented by drivers from the Fédération sportive et gymnique du travail (FSGT) , the French workers' sports federation .

route

route

On the 3rd peace trip, 1539 kilometers had to be covered. The route was divided into nine stages, starting in the Polish capital Warsaw and ending in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia. Five stages were on Polish territory. The longest stage was 218 kilometers long and on the third day of the tour in Poland led from Łódź to Wroclaw . The first and eighth sections of the day were the shortest at 143 kilometers. The sixth stage ran through the mountains of the Beskids from the Polish Cieszyn to the Czech Gottwaldov .

Race course

In the first stages there was a duel between the France-Poland Bronisław Klabiński and the Dane Willy Emborg . After the fourth part of the day, Klabiński already looked like the sure favorite after he was able to extend his lead over the second placed Dane to 3:42 minutes. However, on the following stage, Emborg struck back with a strong solo ride. He made up for almost 20 minutes against Klabiński on the 216 kilometers from Chorzów to Cieszyn and then took over the yellow jersey of the overall leader. Although Klabiński was able to fight his way up to the Danes by a few minutes on the last stages, Emborg still had a lead of 7:19 minutes on Klabiński, who had to be content with second place in the end. Third in the overall individual standings was Czechoslovak Vlastimil Ružička , who was able to achieve three stage wins and also benefited from the new regulation, according to which the stage winner received a one-minute time credit. Thanks to the strong Willy Emborg, the Danes also performed surprisingly well in the team standings with second place. The winner of the team competition was the Czechoslovak team for the first time, while the inexperienced GDR team was only eighth, almost three hours behind. With Lothar Meister I she had her best driver, who reached 14th place in the individual ranking. Of the 71 riders who started, 54 reached the finish in Prague.

Stage overview

stage Start finish Stage
length		 Stage winner Time (h) km / h
01 Around Warsaw 143 km Jan Veselý (CSR) 3:48:27 37.3
02 Warsaw - Łódź 183 km Bronisław Klabiński (France / Poland) 5:00:12 36.6
03 Łódź - Wroclaw 218 km Vlastimil Ružička (CSR) 6:05:45 35.8
04th Wroclaw - Chorzów 183 km Vlastimil Ružička (CSR) 5:46:40 31.8
05 Chorzow - Cieszyn 216 km Willy Emborg (Denmark) 6:21:02 34.0
06th Cieszyn - Gottwaldov 161 km Vlastimil Ružička (CSR) 4:14:24 37.9
07th Gottwaldov - Brno 146 km Bronisław Klabiński (France / Poland) 3:46:47 38.4
08th Brno - Pardubice 143 km Vlastimil Ružička (CSR) 3:34:35 39.9
09 Pardubice - Prague 146 Jan Veselý (CSR) 4:07:23 35.1

Final results

Individual evaluation
driver team time
01. Willy Emborg Denmark 43:01:04 h
02. Bronislaw Klabiński France-Poland + 7:19 min
03. Vlastimil Ružička Czechoslovakia + 8:14 min
04th Jan Veselý Czechoslovakia + 12:59 min
05. Marin Niculescu Romania + 20:14 min
06th Tibor Vida Hungary + 33:36 min
07th János Ötvös Hungary + 34:01 min
08th. Milko Dimov Bulgaria + 35:22 min
09. Gyula Sere Hungary + 36:23 min
10. Constantin Sandru Romania + 44:36 min
0 ...
14th Lothar Master I. GDR + 58:56 min
20th Horst Gaede GDR + 1:30:24 h
32. Werner Graebner GDR + 2:15:58 h
44. Otto Busse GDR + 4:04:16 h
45. Karl-Heinz Hey GDR + 4:04:27 h
Kurt Plitt GDR eliminated
Team ranking
team time
01. Czechoslovakia 129: 42: 52 h
02. Denmark + 15:38 min
03. Romania + 45:36 min
04th Hungary + 53:22 min
05. Poland + 1:28:27 h
06th Bulgaria + 1:29:10 h
07th France-Poland + 2:16:59 h
08th. GDR + 2:57:35 h
09. France + 3:49:56 h
10. Finland + 7:10:17 h
11. Trieste + 10:50:10 h
England eliminated

literature

  • Klaus Ullrich. Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8 . Pp. 188-191

Web links

Commons : 3rd Peace Trip 1950  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 10 .