International Peace Tour 1984

37th International Peace Tour 1984
Competition period	May 8-21, 1984
Stages	11
overall length	1689 km
winner
Overall rating	1. Sergei Suchor. 41:51:43 hours 2. Nentscho Stajkow + 0:15 min 3. Olaf Ludwig + 0:22 min
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Sergei Sukhoruchenkov
Mountain scoring	Sergei Sukhoruchenkov
Most active driver	Olaf Ludwig
Best sprinter	Olaf Ludwig
Most versatile driver	Olaf Ludwig
Best team	Soviet Union
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The 37th International Peace Tour (Course de la paix) was a cycling race that was held from May 8th to 21st, 1984.

The 37th edition of this cycle race consisted of 11 individual stages and led over a total length of 1689 km from Berlin via Prague to Warsaw . The team winner was the USSR . The best climber was Sergei Sukhoruchenkow from the USSR.

The most active, best in points and most versatile driver was Olaf Ludwig from the GDR.

A Spaniard came in 70th, Miguel Indurain ; years later, his name will be forever in cycling history.

The starting field consisted of 108 cyclists who formed a total of 18 teams with 6 riders each.

Participating Nations

Belgium	Bulgaria	Denmark	GDR
Algeria	Bulgaria	GDR	Finland
FRG	France	Italy	Soviet Union
Cuba	Morocco	Norway	Poland
Romania	Spain	Hungary	Czechoslovakia

Details

stage	Start finish	Stage winner	Stage length	Travel time
0prolog	Time trial in East Berlin	Pyotr Sergejewitsch Ugrjumow Soviet Union	007 km	2: 48:45
01st stage	Berlin - Magdeburg	Uwe Raab GDR	170 km	4:00:37
02nd stage	Magdeburg - Gera	Olaf Ludwig GDR	194 km	4:38:55
03rd stage	Individual time trial in Gera	Olaf Ludwig GDR	026 km	2:34:14
04th stage	Zwickau - Most	Nentscho Stajkow Bulgaria	137 km	4:26:32
05th stage	Most - Prague	Christo Saikow Bulgaria	146 km	3:48:37
06th stage	Prague - Mladá Boleslav	Achim Stadler Germany	141 km	3:10:53
07th stage	Mladá Boleslav - Trutnov	Thomas Barth GDR	151 km	4:06:04
08th stage	Trutnov - Karpacz	Sergei Sukhoruchenkov Soviet Union	161 km	4:15:28
09th stage	Jelenia Góra - Wrocław	Éric Louvel France	175 km	4:28:44
10th stage	Oleśnica - Łódź	Olaf Ludwig GDR	188 km	4:11:27
11th stage	Łódź - Warsaw	Olaf Ludwig GDR	154 km	3: 55: 09: 32

literature

• 37th Friedensfahrt 1984, Neues Deutschland, Berlin 1984, 34 pages

Remarks

1. ↑ Christo Saikow
   • 1994 - Tour de Gironde winner

Web links

• Peace ride
• Sport-complete
• History of the peace ride on cycling4fans.de
• Every May, ISBN 3-328-00177-8 from 1986