International Peace Trip 1978
31st International Peace Tour 1978 Berlin-Prague-Warsaw |
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Competition period | May 10-24, 1978 |
Stages | 12 |
overall length | 1796 km |
winner | |
Overall rating | 1. Alexander Aveverin 46:43:07 hours 2. Yuri Sakharov 3. Mircea Romașcanu |
Scoring jerseys | |
Overall rating | Alexander Awerin |
Mountain scoring | Krzysztof Sujka |
Best point driver | Aavo Pikkuus |
Most active driver | Aavo Pikkuus |
Best team | Soviet Union |
← 1977 | 1979 → |
The 31st International Peace Tour (Course de la paix) was a cycling race that was held from May 10th to 24th, 1978.
The 31st edition of this bike race consisted of 12 individual stages and led over a total length of 1796 km from East Berlin via Prague to Warsaw . The team winner was the Soviet Union . The best climber was Krzysztof Sujka from Poland .
After his victory in the 7th stage, Alexander Awerin was able to move from 16th place in the overall standings to 1st place thanks to an 80 km solo trip.
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First | Alexander Awerin | ø 38.4 km / h | USSR | |
Second | Yuri Sakharov | USSR | ||
Third | Mircea Romașcanu | Romania |
stage | Start finish | Stage winner | Stage length |
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prolog | Individual time trial in East Berlin | Andreas Petermann GDR | 7 km | 8:59 |
1st stage | East Berlin - Halle (Saale) | Stanisław Szozda Poland | 193 km | 4:50:16 |
2nd stage | Halle - Erfurt | Aavo Pikkuus Soviet Union | 182 km | 4:55:10 |
3rd stage | Gotha - Suhl | Siegbert Schmeißer GDR | 102 km | 2:57:43 |
4th stage | Suhl - Gera | Yuri Sakharov Soviet Union | 162 km | 4:00:17 |
5th stage | Gera - Carlsbad | Carlos Cardet Cuba | 158 km | 3:54:25 |
6th stage | Karlovy Vary - Prague | Sante Fossato Italy | 185 km | 4:51:12 |
7th stage | Prague - Liberec | Alexander Awerin Soviet Union | 140 km | 3:35:13 |
8th stage | Liberec - Hradec Králové | Michal Klasa Czechoslovakia | 155 km | 3:57:26 |
9th stage | Hradec Králové - Jelenia Góra | Alexander Awerin Soviet Union | 155 km | 3:53:28 |
10th stage | Around Jelenia Góra | Giorgio Casati Italy | 146 km | 4:08:57 |
11th stage | Jelenia Góra - Wroclaw | Alexander Awerin Soviet Union | 148 km | 3:43:55 |
12th stage | Criterion in Warsaw | Krzysztof Sujka Poland | 70 km | 1:35:43 |
literature
- 31. Friedensfahrt 1978, Neues Deutschland, Berlin 1978, 34 pages
Individual evidence
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↑ a b c Yuri Sakharov
- 1978 - 3rd in the 7th stage peace ride
- 1978 - 3rd in the 11th stage peace ride
- ↑ Alexander Awerin in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
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^ Sante Fossato (born October 24, 1956 in Campagna Lupia , Italy) → Radsportseiten 22904
- 1979 - 7th in Milano – Vignola (Italy)
- 1981 - 95th in Gent – Wevelgem → the-sports.org (English)
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↑ Giorgio Casati → cycling pages 35369
- 1976 - Winner in Milano – Busseto (Italy)
- 1980 - Winner in the general classification Ruban Granitier Breton (France)
- 1980 - 2nd in the 7th stage peace ride
- 1980 - 3rd in the 11th stage peace ride
Web links
- Peace ride
- Sport-complete
- The history of the peace ride on cycling4fans.de