International Peace Trip 1970

The 23rd International Peace Tour (Course de la paix) was a cycling race that was held from May 12th to 26th, 1970.

The 23rd edition of this bike race consisted of 15 individual stages and led over a total length of 1976 km from Prague via Warsaw to Berlin . Poland won the team . The Pole Ryszard Szurkowski won the peace drive in 1970 and became the Polish counterpart to Eddy Merckx . The Poles dominated this ride. Part of the route was covered by plane.

Details

Result
First	Ryszard Szurkowski	ø 41.7 km / h	Poland
Second	Marcel Duchemin		France
Third	Zygmunt Hanusik		Poland

Trip plan

stage	Start finish	Stage winner	Stage length	Travel time
01st stage	Praha - Karlovy Vary	Ryszard Szurkowski Poland	130 km	3:15:20
02nd stage	Karlovy Vary - Plzeň	Zygmunt Hanusik Poland	148 km	3:27:28
03rd stage	Plzeň - Ústí nad Labem	Ryszard Szurkowski Poland	147 km	3:30:36
04th stage	Ústí nad Labem - Hradec Králové	Zenon Czechowski Poland	197 km	4:34:23
05th stage	Hradec Králové - Wrocław	Ryszard Szurkowski Poland	185 km	4:46:07
06th stage	Around Warszawa	Pietro Poloni Italy	112 km	2:29:04
07th stage	Płock - Włocławek	Marcel Duchemin France	047 km	1:10:18
08th stage	Włocławek - Bydgoszcz	Andrzej Kaczmarek Poland	103 km	2:29:56
09th stage	Bydgoszcz - Poznań	Zenon Czechowski Poland	137 km	3:07:12
10th stage	Poznań - Frankfurt (Oder)	Edouard Verstraeten Belgium	182 km	4:45:48
11th stage	Frankfurt (Oder) - Potsdam	Krzysztof Stec Poland	137 km	3:16:03
12th stage	Potsdam - Halle (Saale)	Axel Peschel GDR	165 km	3:50:40
13th stage	Halle - Leipzig	Marcel Duchemin France	039 km	42:47
14th stage	Criterion in Leipzig	François Lemmens Belgium	060 km	1:14:22
15th stage	Eilenburg - Berlin	Wojciech Matusiak Poland	193 km	4:27:20

literature

• XXIII. International Peace Trip 1970. New Germany, Berlin 1970, 34 pages

Remarks

1. ↑ Pietro Poloni (born April 1, 1946 in Zoppè di San Vendemiano , Italy) was a professional from 1971 to 1972. → Cycling pages 3963
   • 1967 - Winner of the Italian National Championship, track, team pursuit
   • 1970 - Winner in the reservoir tour (Switzerland)
2. ^ Andrzej Kaczmarek (born November 25, 1947 in Chrzypsko Wielkie (German: Groß Seeberg), Poland) → Radsportseiten 1716
   • 1969 - 2nd in the National Championship Poland, Road
   • 1970 - Overall winner of the Circuit de Lorraine (France)
   • 1970 - Overall winner of the Circuit des Mines (France)
   • 1973 - 3rd in the 4th stage of the Peace Tour
   • 1973 - 2nd in the 9th stage peace ride
   • 1974 - 1st stage Milk Race winner
   • 1975 - 2nd in the 3rd stage Tour of Poland
   • 1975 - Winner of the 6th stage Tour of Poland
3. ↑ Krzysztof Stec → Radsportseiten 49793
   • 1969 - 2nd in the 9th stage of the Tour of Poland
   • 1969 - Winner in the 13th stage of the Tour of Poland
   • 1969 - 3rd in the 4th stage of the peace trip
   • 1969 - 3rd in the 7th stage of the Tour de l'Avenir
   • 1971 - 2nd in the 2nd stage of the Tour of Poland
4. ^ François Lemmens (born March 11, 1946 in Tessenderlo , Belgium) → Radsportseiten 38474
   • 1969 - 3rd in the 3rd stage Ronde van Limburg (Belgium)
   • 1970 - 3rd in the 12th stage of the Peace Tour
5. ↑ Wojciech Matusiak (born June 2, 1945 in Sieraków , Poland) → Radsportseiten 5518
   Summary:
   • 1967 - Winner of the 11th stage of the Tour of Poland
   • 1967 - Winner of the Polish National Road Championship
   • 1969 - Winner in the 2nd and 9th stage and in the overall ranking of the Tour of Poland
   • 1971 - 3rd in the 3rd stage and 2nd in the 12th stage of the Tour of Poland
   • 1972 - Winner of the 10th stage Tour of Poland
   • 1973 - 3rd in the 10th stage Tour of Poland
   • 1974 - 3rd in the 5th, 8th and 9th stage Tour of Poland
   • 1974 - 2nd in the 10th stage Tour of Poland
   • 1974 - 3rd overall in the Tour of Poland
   • 1976 - Winner of the 7th stage Tour of Poland

Web links

• Peace ride
• Sport-complete
• History of the peace ride on cycling4fans.de