Premio Internacional La Farola

The Premio Internacional La Farola (Spanish for: "International La Farola Prize") cycle race was held for the first time in 1982 and leads over the La Farola pass road in the Cuban province of Guantánamo in the east of the country. Bernd Drogan , who started for the GDR , won the premiere . Due to economic difficulties during the special period in peacetime , the tour was canceled after the eighth edition in 1989 and has not resumed since then.

Routing

The route leads over the 120 km long La Farola pass road (Spanish for: "The light mast") in the "Sierra de Purial". The road forms the end of the country road Carretera Central and connects the village of Cajobabo on the south coast with the city of Baracoa on the north coast.

It was built between 1964 and 1965, making it one of the first major projects after the revolution under Fidel Castro . Due to the demanding alignment, La Farola is one of the greatest technical achievements of modern Cuba and was not least chosen as the venue for the bike race.

history

winner

year	Surname	team
1982	Bernd Drogan	GDR
1983	Alfonso Roberto Rodríguez	Cuba A
1984	Ladislav Ferebauer	CH B
1985	Ricardo Salazar Israel Torres	Cuba B Cuba
1986	Asjat Saitov	SU B
1987	Andrej Tschmil	SU A
1988	Jorge Salazar	Cuba A
1989	Israel Torres	Cuba

Wins per cyclist

Surname	number
Israel Torres	2
Bernd Drogan	1
Ladislav Ferebauer	1
Alfonso Roberto Rodríguez	1
Asjat Saitov	1
Jorge Salazar	1
Ricardo Salazar	1
Andrej Tschmil	1

Victories per nation

Surname	number
Republic of Cuba	5
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	2
German Democratic Republic	1
Czechoslovak Republic	1

Other well-known participants

• Jamolidin Abduschaparov
• Thomas Barth
• Olaf Ludwig
• Iván Romanov
• Ralf Schmidt
• Serguei Sujorochenko
• Ján Svorada

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Ziegler: Travel Guide "Cuba" . Ed .: Michael Müller Verlag. 4th completely revised and updated edition. Michael Müller Verlag, Erlangen 2017, ISBN 978-3-95654-345-6 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Academic: The La Farola International Prize. Retrieved August 22, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} radsportseiten.net: La Farola - Premio Internacional La Farola. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .