Peace Race

Peace Race
Peace Race
Race details
Date May
Region The Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia before 1993)
Germany (East Germany before 1990)
Poland
English name Peace Race
Local name(s) Friedensfahrt (German)
Závod Míru (Czech)
Wyścig Pokoju (Polish)
Course de la Paix (French)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage-race
History
First edition 1948 (1948)
Editions 59 (as of 2006)
First winner  August Prosinek (YUG)
Most wins  Steffen Wesemann (GER) (5 wins)
Most recent  Giampaolo Cheula (ITA)

The Peace Race (German: Friedensfahrt, Czech: Závod Míru, Russian: Велогонка Мира (Velogonka Mira), Polish: Wyścig Pokoju, French: Course de la Paix, Italian: Corsa della Pace) is a cycling event held in May. It traditionally took place in Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia (since 1993 the Czech Republic), though it also included other countries, especially in recent years.

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History

The first Peace Race was held in 1948, when there were two editions connecting cities of Warsaw and Prague. The one to Prague was won by August Prosinek, the other one to Warsaw by Alexander Zoric, both from Yugoslavia. During the Cold War the Peace Race was known as the 'Tour de France of the East'.

Because cyclists from the Eastern Bloc were not allowed to become professional it was an amateur race. It attracted the best cyclists from communist countries, plus guest teams from non-communist countries. Communist-bloc riders tended to dominate the event, but there were exceptions: Briton Ian Steel won the 1952 race, and the British League of Racing Cyclists team also won the team competition - the first time that both classifications had gone to the same nation.

One of the later winners was Sergei Sukhoruchenkov, who also won the gold medal on the Olympic Road Race in 1980.

The most successful riders in the Peace Race were Ryszard Szurkowski from Poland and Uwe Ampler from East Germany who each won the race 4 times and Steffen Wesemann from Germany who won the race 5 times. Gustav-Adolf Schur, who won the race twice, was voted the most popular East German sportsman ever in 1989.

After the end of the Cold War the race rapidly lost importance. For 2005 the race was cancelled, but its tradition resumed again in 2006.

Friedensfahrt 1955 poster
Peace Race 2006

The 2006, 58th edition took place on May 13–20. It started in Austria's Linz and via Czech Republic headed to Germany where it ended in Hannover. No capital city of these countries were crossed during the race.

After 2006, the race has been cancelled from the cycling calendar.

List of Peace Races

Year Route Length Stages Overall Winner Winning Team
1948 Warsaw - Prague 1104 km 7 August Prosinek Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Poland I Poland [1/9]
1948 Prague - Warsaw 842 km 5 Alexander Zoric Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Poland I Poland [2/9]
1949 Prague - Warsaw 1259 km 8 Jan Veselý Czechoslovakia France II France
1950 Warsaw - Prague 1539 km 9 Willi Emborg Denmark Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia [1/5]
1951 Prague - Warsaw 1544 km 9 Kay Allan Olsen Denmark Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia [2/5]
1952 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2135 km 12 Ian Steel United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom
1953 Bratislava - Berlin - Warsaw 2231 km 12 Christian Pedersen Denmark East Germany East Germany [1/10]
1954 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2051 km 13 Eluf Dalgaard Denmark Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia [3/5]
1955 Prague - Berlin - Warsaw 2214 km 13 Gustav-Adolf Schur East Germany [1/2] Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia [4/5]
1956 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2212 km 12 Stanislaw Krolak Poland Soviet Union Soviet Union [1/20]
1957 Prague - Berlin - Warsaw 2220 km 12 Nencho Khristov Bulgaria East Germany East Germany [2/10]
1958 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2210 km 12 Piet Damen Netherlands Soviet Union Soviet Union [2/20]
1959 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 2057 km 13 Gustav-Adolf Schur East Germany [2/2] Soviet Union Soviet Union [3/20]
1960 Prague - Warsaw - Berlin 2290 km 13 Erich Hagen East Germany East Germany East Germany [3/10]
1961 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2435 km 13 Yuriy Melikhov Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union [4/20]
1962 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 2407 km 14 Gainan Saydkhushin Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union [5/20]
1963 Prague - Warsaw - Berlin 2568 km 15 Klaus Ampler East Germany East Germany East Germany [4/10]
1964 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2246 km 14 Jan Smolík Czechoslovakia East Germany East Germany [5/10]
1965 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 2318 km 15 Gennady Lebedev Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union [6/20]
1966 Prague - Warsaw - Berlin 2340 km 15 Bernard Guyot France Soviet Union Soviet Union [7/20]
1967 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2307 km 16 Marcel Maes Belgium Poland Poland [3/9]
1968 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 2352 km 14 Axel Peschel East Germany Poland Poland [4/9]
1969 Warsaw - Berlin 2036 km 15 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume France East Germany East Germany [6/10]
1970 Prague - Warsaw - Berlin 1976 km 15 Ryszard Szurkowski Poland [1/4] Poland Poland [5/9]
1971 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 1895 km 14 Ryszard Szurkowski Poland [2/4] Soviet Union Soviet Union [8/20]
1972 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 2025 km 14 Vlastimil Moravec Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Soviet Union [9/20]
1973 Prague - Warsaw - Berlin 2076 km P, 16, E Ryszard Szurkowski Poland [3/4] Poland Poland [6/9]
1974 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 1806 km 14 Stanislaw Szozda Poland Poland Poland [7/9]
1975 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 1915 km P, 13 Ryszard Szurkowski Poland [4/4] Soviet Union Soviet Union [10/20]
1976 Prague - Warsaw - Berlin 1974 km P, 14 Hans-Joachim Hartnick East Germany Soviet Union Soviet Union [11/20]
1977 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 1648 km 13 Aavo Pikkuus Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union [12/20]
1978 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 1796 km P, 12 Alexander Averin Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union [13/20]
1979 Prague - Warsaw - Berlin 1942 km P, 14 Sergei Sukhoruchenkov Soviet Union [1/2] Soviet Union Soviet Union [14/20]
1980 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2095 km P, 14 Yuriy Barinov Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union [15/20]
1981 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 1887 km P, 14 Shakhid Zagretdinov Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union [16/20]
1982 Prague - Warsaw - Berlin 1941 km P, 12 Olaf Ludwig East Germany [1/2] East Germany East Germany [7/10]
1983 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 1899 km P, 12 Falk Boden East Germany East Germany East Germany [8/10]
1984 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 1689 km P, 11 Sergei Sukhoruchenkov Soviet Union [2/2] Soviet Union Soviet Union [17/20]
1985 Prague - Moscow - Warsaw - Berlin 1712 km P, 12 Lech Piasecki Poland Soviet Union Soviet Union [18/20]
1986 Kiev - Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 2138 km P, 15 Olaf Ludwig East Germany [2/2] Soviet Union Soviet Union [19/20]
1987 Berlin - Prague - Warsaw 1987 km P, 14 Uwe Ampler East Germany [1/4] East GermanyEast Germany [9/10]
1988 Bratislava - Katowice - Berlin 2008 km P, 13 Uwe Ampler East Germany [2/4] Soviet Union Soviet Union [20/20]
1989 Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 1927 km 12 Uwe Ampler East Germany [3/4] East Germany East Germany [10/10]
1990 Berlin - Slušovice - Bielsko-Biała 1595 km P, 11 Ján Svorada Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia [5/5]
1991 Prague - Warsaw 1261 km P, 9 Viktor Rakshinsky Soviet Union Poland Poland [8/9]
1992 Berlin - Karpacz - Mladá Boleslav 1348 km P, 9 Steffen Wesemann Germany [1/5] Germany Germany
1993 Tábor - Nový Bor 1342 km P, 9 Jaroslav Bílek Czech Republic Czech Republic Czech Republic [1/2]
1994 Tábor - Trutnov 1354 km P, 9 Jens Voigt Germany Czech Republic Czech Republic [2/2]
1995 České Budějovice - Oberwiesenthal - Brno 1379 km P, 10 Pavel Padrnos Czech Republic Poland Poland [9/9]
1996 Brno - Żywiec - Leipzig 1703 km P, 10 Steffen Wesemann Germany [2/5] Team NE Telekom
1997 Potsdam - Żywiec - Brno 1629 km P, 10 Steffen Wesemann Germany [3/5] Team Deutsche Telekom Germany [1/2]
1998 Poznań - Karlovy Vary - Erfurt 1591 km 10 Uwe Ampler Germany [4/4] Team Mroz Poland [1/3]
1999 Znojmo - Polkowice - Magdeburg 1613 km 10 Steffen Wesemann Germany [4/5] Team Mroz Poland [2/3]
2000 Hannover - Kudowa Zdrój - Prague 1608 km 10 Piotr Wadecki Poland Team NürnbergerGermany
2001 Łódź - Plzeň - Potsdam 1611 km 10 Jakob Piil Denmark no competition
2002 České Budějovice - Chemnitz - Warsaw 1470 km 10 Ondřej Sosenka Czech Republic Team Mroz Poland [3/3]
2003 Olomouc - Wałbrzych - Erfurt 1552 km 9 Steffen Wesemann Germany [5/5] Team CCC Polsat Poland
2004 Brussels - Wrocław - Prague 1580 km 9 Michele Scarponi Italy T-Mobile Team Germany [2/2]
2006 Linz - Karlovy Vary - Hannover 1283 km 8 Giampaolo Cheula Italy Team Unibet.com Netherlands

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Statistics

Most Wins

Cyclists with three wins at least listed

Overall:

  • 5 wins: Steffen Wesemann
  • 4 wins: Ryszard Szurkowski, Uwe Ampler

Sprinter competition:

  • 8 wins: Olaf Ludwig
  • 3 wins: Ryszard Szurkowski

Mountain climbers competition:

  • 3 wins: Sergei Sukhoruchenkov, Uwe Ampler, Jaroslav Bílek

Teams competition:

  • 20 wins: Soviet Union
  • 10 wins: East Germany
  • 9 wins: Poland
  • 5 wins: Czechoslovakia
  • 3 wins: Team Mroz

Winners by country

Individual overall competitions were won by cyclist from following countries:

  • 12 wins: East Germany
  • 10 wins: Soviet Union
  • 7 wins: Poland, Germany
  • 5 wins: Denmark
  • 4 wins: Czechoslovakia
  • 3 wins: Czech Republic
  • 2 wins: SFR Yugoslavia, France, Italy
  • 1 win: United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Netherlands

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