From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson for the The Peace Race. © Jim Hendry MBE (Archivist) 2011 | Anyone who can help Jim fill any gaps in the tables, can email him by clicking here
PEACE RACE (LAST HELD 2006)
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | KOM | Team |
| 1948 | August Prosenik – You
872 km in 26.52.25 |
Roman Sieminski – Pol              @ 4.56 | Waclaw Wojcik – Pol               @5.41 | Poland | |
| 1948 | Alexander Zoric – Cze
1104 km in 35.53.16 |
Emanuel Krejcu – You              @5.21 | Jozej Kapiak – Pol
@ 6.50 |
Poland | |
| 1949 | Jan Vesely – Cze
1259 km 36.26.36 |
Maurice Herbulow – Fra             @11.55 | Charles Riegert – Fra           @ 12.15 | Poland | |
| 1950 | Willy Emborg – Den
1557 km in 43.01.04 |
Bronislaw Klabinski – Pol           @ 7.19 | Vlastimil Ruzicka – Cze            @ 8.14 | Czech | |
| 1951 | Kay Olsen – Den
1535 km in 45.42.47 |
Lothar Meister – W Ger             @ 8.31 | Francesco Ferri – Ita               @ 9.12 | Czech | |
| 1952 |
Ian Steel – GB2135 km in.57.06.17 |
Jan Vesely – Cze
@ 2.35 |
Jean Stablinski – Fra             @ 3.08 | 6 Ken Jowett
8 Ian Greenfield 13 Bev Wood 17 Frank Seel 41 Les Scales 94 start – 65 finish |
GB |
| 1953 | Christian Pedersen – Den
2239 km in 62.41.12 |
Hans Edmund Andersen – Den
@ 2.45 |
Gustaf Schur – E Ger             @ 5.15 | 15 Stan Jones
16 Gordon Thomas dnf Bob Maitland dnf Peter Proctor dnf Alf Newman dnf Bill Bellamy |
East Germany |
| 1954 | Eluf Dalgaard – Den
2033 km in 53.53.11 |
Vlastimil Ruzicka – Cze             @ 2.58 | Rene Van Meenen – Bel           @ 7.43 | 26 Les Gill
47 John Perks 56 Frank Garvey 64 Derek Clarke dnf Brian Haskell dnf Ted Gerrard |
Czech |
| 1955 | Gustaf Schur – E Ger
2214 km in 58.51.20 |
Jan Vesely – Cze
@ 8.28 |
Stan Brittain – GB
@ 11.14 Stage Winner |
19 Owen Blower
71 John Pound 77 Bill Baty dnf Ron Jowers dnf Ray Booty |
Czech |
| 1956 | Stanislaw Krolak – Pol
2212 km in 59.11.56 |
Constantin Dumitrescu – Rom
@ 2.24 |
Nikolaj Kolumbiet – USSR         @ 4.15 | 15 Don Sanderson !st Stage Winner
50 Owen Blower dnf Stan Brittain dnf Jim Grieves dnf Tony Hewson dnf Dave Twedell |
USSR |
| 1957 | Nenczo Kristov – Bul
2201 kms in 58.01.19 |
Stan Brittain – GB
@6.27 |
Viktor Kapitanov – USSR       @ 11.37 | 20 Owen Blower
24 Jimmy Rae 49 Richard McNeil dnf Alan Jackson dnf John Gough |
East Germany |
| 1958 | Piet Damen – Hol
2210 km in 59.27.05 |
Boris Biebienin – USSR         @ 2.28 | Alfons Hermans – Bel              @ 7.12 | 9 Stan Brittain
12 Owen Blower 17 Bill Bradley Stage Winner 41 Brian Haskell dnf John Pound dnf Gil Taylor
|
USSR |
| 1959 | Gustaf Schur – E Ger
1961 km in 54.48.59 |
Rene Vanderveken – Bel           @ 5.14 | Romeo Venturelli – Ita               @ 5.25 |
Points Brian Haskell9 Dave Bedwell 20 Joe Christison 32 Brian Haskell 37 Bill Bradley 65 George O’Brien 81 Frank Evans |
USSR |
| 1960 | Eric Hagen – E Ger
2290 km in 56.34.38 |
Jean Baptiste Claes – Bel
@ 2.22 |
Wily Vandenberghen – Bel              @ 4.04 | 10 Bill Bradley
27 Vin Denson 30 Ken Laidlaw 37 Ken Hill 53 Doug Collins dnf Brian Wiltcher |
East Germany |
| 1961 | Juri Melichov – USSR
2259 km in 61.15.24 |
Viktor Kapitanov – USSR       @ 11.05 | Bernard Eckstein – E Ger       @ 14.50 | 17 Vin Denson
31 Ken Laidlaw 33 Albert Hitchen 45 Ken Hill 52 Brian Haskell dnf Norman Sheil |
USSR |
| 1962 | Gajnan Sadjuchin – USSR
2413 km in 58.58.04 |
Juri Melichov – Ussr         @ 2.28 | Stanislaw Gazda – Pol              @ 6.49 | 42 AlanJacob
43 Bob Addy 51 Keith Butler 53 Gerry Blake 71 Hugh McGuire dnf Bernard Burns |
USSR |
| 1963 | Klaus Ampler – E Ger
2558 km in 61.53.51 |
August Verhaegen – Bel           @ 5.51 | Camiel Vyncke – Bel              @ 8.35 | 14 John Woodburn
67 Ged Coles 74 John Harvey 75 Mick Shea 76 Dick Goodman dnf Ken Daniels |
East Germany |
| 1964 | Jan Smolik – Cze
2246 km in 54.49.08 |
Gunter Hoffmann – E Ger         @ 7.45 | Dieter Wiedemann – E Ger      @ 7.55 | Joseph Spruyt – Bel
40 Tony Woodcock 47 George Bennett dnf John Froud dnf Jim Hendry dnf Billy Perkins dnf John Bettinson |
East Germany |
| 1965 | Genadij Lebiediev – USSR
2315 km in 56.41.26 |
Pavel Dolezel – Cze            @ 2.08 | Jan Kudra – Pol
@ 2.19 |
35 Billy Bilsland
61 Ray Barker 82 Bill Townsend 85 Ken Kipping dnf Dave Nie dnf Barry Lawton |
USSR |
| 1966 | Bernard Guyot – Fra
57.49.33 |
Aleksander Dochljakov – USSR
@ 1.39 |
Axel Peschel – E Ger             @ 3.45 | 35 Billy Bilsland
61 Ray Barker 82 Bill Townsend 85 Ken Kipping dnf Dave Nie dnf Barry Lawton |
USSR |
| 1967 | Marcel Maes – Bel
2307 km in 55.23.24 |
Angel Kirilov – Bul
@ 5.09 |
Jan Magiera – Pol
@ 6.34 |
Marcel Maes – Bel
32 Geoff Wiles 47 Danny Horton 59 Billy Bilsland Stage Winner 75 Roy Hempsall dnf Alan Lloyd dnf Dave Mitchell |
Poland |
| 1968 | Axel Peschel – E Ger
2317km in 57.45.58 |
Keral Vavra – Cze
@ 16s |
Jan Magiera – Pol
@ 54s |
Zenon Czechowski – Pol
31 Geoff Wiles 55 Brian Jolly 58 Roy Cromack 65 Owen Davis 66 Andy McGhee dnf Pete Smith |
Poland |
| 1969 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume – Fra
2030 km in 51.19.25 |
Ryszard Szurkowski – Pol
@ 42s |
Dieter Gonschorek – E Ger      @ 1.58 | Dieter Gonschorek -  E Ger | East Germany |
| 1970 | Ryszard Szurkowski – Pol
2079 km in 47.24.42 |
Marcel Duchemin – Fra             @ 1.32 | Zygmunt Hanusik – Pol              @ 5.32 | Kean Van De Wiele – Bel | Poland |
| 1971 | Ryszard Szurkowski – Pol
1895 km in 46.17.12 |
Zenon Czechowski – Pol           @ 3.50 | Anatolij Starkow – USSR         @ 4.12 | Kean Van De Wiele – Bel
51 Dave Vose 62 Geoff Dutton 67 Alan Mellor 73 Phil Carnall 77 Ricky Garcia 85 John Sutcliffe |
USSR |
| 1972 | Vlastimil Moravec – Cze
2014 km in 47.41.25 |
Wladislaw Nielubin – USSR         @ 2s | Wolfram Kuhn – E Ger             @ 1.13 | Ryszard Szurkowski – Pol
55 Ian Greenhalgh dnf Phil Cheetham dnf Howard Darby dnf Sandy Gilchrist dnf Mick Potts dnf Alan Mellor |
USSR |
| 1973 | Ryszard Szurkowski – Pol
2083 km in 48.30.27 |
Stanislaw Szozda – Pol              @ 3.32 | Walerij Lichaczew – USSR         @ 6.11 | Ryszard Szurkowski – Pol
22 Doug Dailey 30 Phil Griffiths 51 Dennis Mitchell 57 Jack Kershaw 75 Sandy Gilchrist dnf Tony Gornall |
Poland |
| 1974 | Stanislaw Szozda – Pol
1806 km in 42.17.44 |
Nicolaj Gorelov – USSR         @ 3.04 | Milos Hrazdire – Cze            @ 4.47 | Nicolaj Gorelov – USSR
33 Bill Nickson 36 Phil Corley 57 Jack Kershaw 83 Phil Griffiths 86 Harry Vilkaitis dnf Richie Gregson |
Poland |
| 1975 | Ryszard Szurkowski – Pol
1930 km in 44.25.30 |
Hans-Joaquim Hartnick – E Ger
@ 46s |
Aavo Pikkus – USSR         @ 1.04 | Jan Brezny – Pol
27 Ray Taylor 41 Bob Downs 52 Mick Wishart 60 Dave Pittman 71 Alan Kemp 74 Colin Davidson |
USSR |
| 1976 | Hans-Joaquim Hartnick – E Ger
1974 km in 47.07.11 |
Stanislaw Szozda – Pol              @ 1.37 | Gerhard Lauke – E Ger             @ 4.04 | Siergie Morozov – USSR
40 Dave Broadbent 51 Tony Gornall 55 Mick Wishart 66 Dave Pittman dnf Roy Taylor dnf Ken Platts |
USSR |
| 1977 | Aavo Pikkus – USSR
1648 km in 39.27.40 |
Vladimir Osokin – USSR          @ 30s | Tadeusz Mytnik – Pol              @ 5.00 | Aavo Pikkuus – USSR
34 Dudley Hayton 40 Graham Jones 82 Dave Broadbent dnf Des Fretwell dnf Mark Robinson dnf Joe Waugh |
USSR |
| 1978 | Alexander Averin – USSR
1796 km in 46.43.07 |
Juri Sacharov – USSR         @ 2.23 | Mircea Romascanu – Rom        @ 3.09 | Krystof Sujka – Pol
dnf Paul Milnes dnf Nigel Hartle dnf Clive Oxborrow dnf Mark Robinson Mike Williams dnf Phil Thomas – d/q |
USSR |
| 1979 | Sergei Soukhoroutchenkov USSR
1941 km in 47.03.56 |
Andreas Petermann – E Ger       @ 7.27 | Krystof Sujka – Pol
@ 7.41 |
Sergei Soukhoroutchenkov USSR
53 Steve Wakefield 74 Steve Noble 86 Andy Llewellyn dnf John Harrison dnf John Herety dnf Paul Milnes |
USSR |
| 1980 | Yuri Barinov – URRS
2089 km in 52.09.55 |
Peter Winnen – Hol
@ 3.48 |
Olaf Ludwig – E Ger             @ 4.12 | Tadeusz Wojtas – Pol
50 John Herety 68 Steve Poulter dnf Bob Downs dnf Shaun Fenwick dnf Des Fretwell dnf Andy Llewellyn |
USSR |
| 1981 | Szachid Zagretdinov – USSR
1890 km in 48.13.48 |
Sergei Soukhoroutchenkov USSR         @ 4.43 | Ivan Mitchtenko – USSR         @ 6.13 | Sergei Soukhoroutchenkov USSR
50 Glen Mitchell 55 Geoff Taylor dnf Don Awcock dnf Brian Pownall dnf Gerry Taylor dnf Mike Williams |
USSR |
| 1982 | Olaf Ludwig – E Ger
1946 km 45.56.20 |
Szachid Zagretdinov – USSR          @1.10 | Yuri Barinov – USSR         @ 1.22 | Henryk Santysiak – Pol
|
East Germany |
| 1983 | Falk Boden – E Ger
1899 km in 46.02.57 |
Oleg Czuzda – E Ger               @32s | Olaf Ludwig – E Ger              @ 42s | Olaf Ludwig – E Ger
58 Chris Wreghitt 74 Steve Wakefield 81 Hugh Ashworth dnf Russell Harrington dnf Nigel Bloor |
East Germany |
| 1984 | Sergei Soukhoroutchenkov USSR
1689 km in 41.53.43 |
Nenczo Stajkow – Bul               @ 15s | Olaf Ludwig – E Ger              @ 22s | Sergei Soukhoroutchenkov – USSR
50 Steve Sefton 62 Alan Gornall 69 Hugh Ashworth 81 Tim Harris 86 Vinny Smith 88 Dave Smith |
USSR |
| 1985 | Lech Piasecki – Pol
1712 km in 39.45.07 |
Andrzei Mierzejewski – Pol
@ 1.47 |
Falk Boden – E Ger
@ 1.57 |
Jjell Nilsson – Swe
88 Kevin Morgan 91 Kenny Clark 94 Mark Gornall 97 Geoff Davison 100 Martin Eadon dnf Neil Miller |
USSR |
| 1986 | Olaf Ludwig – E Ger
2138 km in 50.51.12 |
Vladimir Poulnikov – USSR       @ 34s | Asiate Saitov – USSR         @ 1.35 | Petar Petrov – Bul | USSR |
| 1987 | Uwe Ampler – E Ger
1987 km in 48.45.41 |
Petar Petrov – Bul
@1.47 |
Andrzei Mierzejewski – Pol
@ 2.44 |
Uwe Ampler – E Ger
51 Mark Gornall 71 Geoff Platts 106 Glenn Longland 108 Martin Coll 113 Kevin Morgan dnf Paul Brown |
East Germany |
| 1988 | Uwe Ampler – E Ger
2013 km in 50.45.02 |
Vladimir Poulnikov – USSR       @ 33s | Piorte Ugrumov – USSR          @ 45s | Uwe Ampler – E Ger
72 John Charlesworth 73 Glenn Longland 75 Geoff Platts 80 Roger Dunne 87Geoff Davidson 88 Keith Jones |
USSR |
| 1989 | Uwe Ampler – E Ger
1918 km in 47.30.43 |
Olaf Jentzsch – E Ger              @ 26s | Zenon Jaskula – Pol              @ 2.42 | Uwe Ampler – E Ger
63 Glenn Longland 65 Mark Jones 71 Tim Hall 72 Richard Bradley 87 Brian Johnson 98 Martin Coll |
East Germany |
| 1990 | Jan Svorada – Slo
1525 km in 37.30.06 |
Bert Dietz – Ger
@ 1.01 |
Pavel Padrnos – Cze            @ 1.34 | Pavel Tonkov – USSR
27 Alan Gornall 59 Gary Speight 60 Mark Gornall 67 John Hughes dnf Chris Boardman dnf Simon Lillistone |
East Germany |
| 1991 | Viktor Rzaksinski – USSR
1261 km in 32.13.39 |
Dariusz Baranowski – Pol              @ 4s | Miroslav Liptak – Cze               @16s | Vassili Davidenko – USSR | Poland |
| 1992 | Steffen Wesemann – Ger
1348 km in 35.31.07 |
Bert Dietz – Ger
@ 27s |
Tomasz Brozyna – Pol              @ 1.54 | Steffen Wesemann – Ger | Germany |
| 1993 | Jaroislav Bilek – Cze
1278 km in 32.08.28 |
Frantisek Trkal – Cze            @ 3.08 | Pavel Padrnos – Cze            @ 3.37 | Jaroislav Bilek – Cze | Czechoslovakia |
| 1994 | Jens Voigt – Ger
1352 km in 36.21.05 |
Ralf Grabsch – Ger
@ 42s |
Frantisek Trkal – Cze            @ 1.35 | Jaroislav Bilek – Cze | N/A |
| 1995 | Pavel Padrnos – Cze
1371 km in 37.18.41 |
Dariusz Baranowski – Pol           @ 1.30 | Tomasz Brozyna – Pol              @ 2.18 | Dariusz Baranowski – Pol | Poland |
| 1996 | Steffen Wesemann – Ger
1716 km in 45.09.34 |
Michael Andersson – Swe         @ 1.43 | Serguei Ivanov – Rus            @ 2.47 | Jaroslav Bilek – Cze
49 Wayne Randle 50 John Tanner 68 Chris Lillywhite 71 Gary Speight 72 Matt Stephens 78 Mark Walsham
Wales 47 Simon Bray 63 Keith Reynolds 64 Matt Postle 75 John Evans 81 Daniel Wedley dnf Paul Eposti |
Deutsche Telecom |
| 1997 | Steffen Wesemann – Ger
1472 km in 40.28.55 |
Christian Henn – Ger
@ 1.57 |
Jens Voigt – Ger
@ 2.21 |
Christian Henn – Ger
|
Deutsche Telecom |
| 1998 | Uwe Ampler – Ger
1607 km in 40.55.15 |
Steffen Wesemann – Ger         @ 1.34 | Piotr Wadecki – Pol
@ 2.23 |
Bert Dietz – Ger | MROZ |
| 1999 | Steffen Wesemann – Ger
1590 km in 42.16.56 |
Raimundas Rumsas – Lit
@ 19s |
Tomasz Brozyna – Pol
@ 1.04 |
Mat Anand – Can | MROZ |
| 2000 | Piotr Wadecki – Pol
1609 km in 41.02.15 |
Piotr Przydzial – Cze
@ 1.50 |
Steffen Wesemann – Ger
@ 2.15 |
Arkadiusz Wojtas – Pol
20 Charlie Wegelius |
Hiekmann |
| 2001 | Jacob Piil – Den
1429 km in 39.21.57 |
Aito Arbillo – Esp
@ 18s |
Radoslav Romanik – Pol            @ 35s | Radoslav Romanik – Pol | Deutsche Telecom |
| 2002 | Ondrej Sosenka – Pol
1488 km in 35.14.56 |
Aitor Garmendia – Esp
@ 5.16 |
Piotr Chmielewski – Pol
@ 5.39 |
Piotr Przydzial – Cze | MROZ |
| 2003 | Steffen Wesseman – Ger
1556 km in 39.21.43 |
Ondrej Sosenka – Pol
@ 49s |
Tomas Konecny – Cze
@ 6.29 |
Arkadiusz Wojtas – Pol | N/A |
| 2004 | Michele Scarponi – Ita
1580 km in 39.16.14 |
Slavomor Kohut – Pol
@ 17s |
Roger Beuchat – Sui
@ 18s |
Srweryn Kohut – Pol | T Mobile |
| 2005 | NOT HELD | ||||
| 2006 | Giampaolo Cheula – Ita
1197 km in 31.36.46 |
Andrea Tonti – Ita
@ 6s |
Christian Gasperoni – Ita
@ 6s |
Unibet.com | |
| 2007 |
