Tour of Slovakia 1970
| XIV. Tour of Slovakia 1970 | |
| Host country | Czechoslovakia | 
| Stages | 7th | 
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Vlastimil Moravec 2. Vlcek 3. Rudolf Labus      | 
The cycling race XIV. Tour of Slovakia 1970 ran over seven stages. The overall winner was the Czechoslovak Vlastimil Moravec .
Attendees
88 drivers from eight countries took part in the tour . In addition to the entire elite of the ČSSR, drivers from Poland, Romania, France, Italy, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland were at the start.
Stages
The tour led over a total of seven stages.
1st stage
The first stage was 233 km. Petr Matoušek won in 5:47:03 h ahead of Vlastimil Moravec and Jiří Háva (all ČSSR). In tenth place, the Swiss Robert Thalmann was the first foreigner to cross the finish line.
| driver | time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Petr Matoušek | 5:47:03 h | 
| 2. |  Vlastimil Moravec | |
| 3. |  Jiří Háva | |
| 4th |  Scoprena | |
| 5. |  Rudolf Labus | 
2nd stage
The second stage was 178 km. Petr Matoušek , the previous day's winner, gave up the race. Vlastimil Moravec secured the stage from his compatriots Hladek and Souček. Moravec took over the overall leader's yellow jersey.
| driver | time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Vlastimil Moravec | 4:38:34 h | 
| 2. |  Hladek | |
| 3. |  Souček | |
| 4th |  Polusny | |
| 5. |  Vavra | 
3rd stage
The third stage was 150 km. The local drivers also dominated this stage. Haitman won in 3:38:58 h ahead of his compatriots Zeman and Kocis. The Dane Soerensen came in ninth as the best foreigner.
| driver | time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Haitman | 3:38:58 h | 
| 2. |  Zeman | |
| 3. |  Kocis | |
| 4th |  Mrenka | |
| 5. |  Soucek | 
4th stage
The fourth stage was 151 km. Eight outliers, all from the ČSSR and among them the overall leader Moravec, crossed the finish line with a lead of three minutes. Soucek won in 3:45:17 h from Miloš Hrazdíra and Jindřich Marek .
| driver | time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Soucek | 56:03 min | 
| 2. |  Miloš Hrazdíra | |
| 3. |  Jindrich Marek | |
| 4th |  Rudolf Labus | |
| 5. |  Antonín Bartoníček | 
5th stage
The fifth stage was an individual time trial over 48 km. The Czechoslovak Mainus won in 1:03:40 h. Vlastimil Moravec followed, including the time bonuses for the winner, 1:36 minutes behind. With that he defended his overall lead. Third place went to Antonín Bartoníček , 2:40 minutes behind. The best foreigner was the Italian Oscar Zamangni in eighth place, 3:08 minutes behind.
| driver | time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Mainus | 1:03:40 h | 
| 2. |  Vlastimil Moravec | + 1:36 min | 
| 3. |  Antonín Bartoníček | + 2:40 min | 
| 4th |  Zelenka | + 2:43 min | 
| 5. |  Soucek | + 2:44 min | 
6th stage
The sixth stage led over 154 km to the final destination of the tour to Žilina . The Czechoslovak Svorada won in 3:46:56 h. Out of a chasing group, Zeman and Mrenka secured second and third place. The Italian Zamagni, also represented in the chasing group, took sixth place as the best foreigner.
| driver | time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Svorada | 3:46:56 h | 
| 2. |  Zeman | |
| 3. |  Mrenka | |
| 4th |  Tkacyszyn | |
| 5. |  Martinkovic | 
7th stage
The seventh stage was driven as a criterion over 105 km in Žilina . Czechoslovak Jindřich Marek won in 2:25:45 h . The Romanian Mihail Hrisoveni took second place.
| driver | time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Jindrich Marek | 2:25:45 h | 
| 2. |  Mihail Hrisoveni | |
| 3. |  Pavel Konecny | |
| 4th |  Jozef Gawliczek | 
Overall ratings
Singles (yellow jersey)
56 of the 88 riders who started reached the finish of the last stage. During the tour there were two yellow jerseys - Petr Matoušek one stage and Vlastimil Moravec five stages. After Moravec took over the jersey after the second stage, he defended it until the tour destination in Žilina . Moraves secured the overall victory with 2:29 minutes ahead of his compatriot Vlcek. Rudolf Labus took third place, three minutes behind. The best foreigner was Kazimierz Jasiński from Poland in ninth place.
| space | Surname | team | time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Vlastimil Moravec | Dukla Brno | 24:25:51 h | 
| 2. |  Vlcek | + 2:29 min | |
| 3. |  Rudolf Labus | Dukla Brno | + 3:00 min | 
| 4th |  Zelenka | + 3:30 min | |
| 5. |  Hava | RH Plzeň | + 3:56 min | 
| 6th |  Hladik | RH Plzeň | + 4:01 min | 
| 7th |  Antonín Bartoníček | RH Plzeň | + 4:29 min | 
| 8th. |  Skorepa | RH Plzeň | + 5:56 min | 
| 9. |  Kazimierz Jasiński | Poland | + 6:28 min | 
team
The team victory went to Dukla Brno. Bohemia B, RH Plzeň, Slovensko B, Moravia A. Poland, the best foreign team, followed in sixth place.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Radsportler, September 2, 1970, page 10, ... sprinted through the world , publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR
literature
- Der Radsportler, September 2nd, 1970, page 10, ... sprinted through the world , publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR
- Der Radsportler, September 3rd issue 1970, page 11, ... sprinted through the world , publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR
