About the victory of Soviet athletes at the peace cycling race that started in Warsaw.
Poland. The city of Warsaw. East Germany. The cities of Berlin, Leipzig, Karl-Marx-Stadt. Czechoslovakia. The cities of Karlovy Vary, Brno, Prague. 15th Peace Race. Cyclists at the start, track, finish, including athletes from Great Britain, France, Poland, the Soviet Union, and the GDR. Awarding of the winners. Among the athletes: L. Gené (GDR), V. Kapitonov, A. Cherepovich, Yu. Melikhov, S. Moskvin, A. Petrov, W. Jarzebski (Poland), K. Laidlaw (Great Britain). A. Pachacek (Poland), E. Hagen (GDR), G. Radulescu (Romania), S. Gazda (Poland).
Coat of arms of Warsaw - short Warsaw Stadium - general (from the plane).
Cycling teams at the Warsaw stadium before the start of the 14th Peace Cycling Race.
Teams of England, France, and the Soviet Union.
Leaders of the Polish United Workers' Party and the government are in the stadium stands.
Cyclists on the course of the first stage: on the highways of Warsaw - general (from the helicopter).
At the finish line - general (from the helicopter).
Spectators in the stands welcome the athletes.
At the finish line, the winner of the first stage, German cyclist Lothar Hoene, is presented with an award.
Helicopter over the Warsaw Stadium - general.
Cyclists on the track - general.
Vehicles of judges, technical assistance, mechanics, doctors, and journalists accompany the participants of the cycle race.
The riders are approaching the Polish city of Poznan.
In the fourth stage, the Soviet riders are ahead.
In the car is the coach of the Soviet racing team, Leonid Sheleshnev.
Helicopter in the air - average Racers on the track - general, average (with high-level).
Soviet racers on the track: Olympic champion Viktor Kapitonov, Anatoly Cherepovich, Yuri Melikhov, Stanislav Moskvin, Alexey Petrov.
The racers are riding through the streets of Poznan, Leningrader Alexey Petrov is the first to finish. A. Petrov is on the podium.
Cyclists on the fifth stage: it is raining, Pole Wieslaw Jarzebski and Englishman Kenneth Laidlaw fall on the slippery road.
Yuri Melikhov is in first place, followed by Kapitonov and Cherepovich.
Melikhov is on the podium.
The cyclists are crossing the border between Poland and the GDR. The Soviet racers are in the lead, followed by the teams from Poland and the GDR. Residents of German towns and villages greet the athletes.
There is an accident on the track, a racer falls.
On the outskirts of Berlin, the racers are riding in the rain, approaching the finish line.
Erich Hagen finishes first.
Berliners greet Erich Hagen.
Athletes from Berlin are heading to Leipzig.
Photojournalists, spectators.
Cyclists on the way to Leipzig, the first to cross the finish line is the Soviet athlete A. Cherepovich, the second is the Pole Stanislav Gazda.
Riders on the way to Karl-Marx-Stadt, overcoming the Merano climb.
The leader of the race Melikhov approaches the city, followed by Petrov and Kapitonov.
Residents of Karl-Marx-Stadt greet the athletes.
The winner of the stage, racer Petrov, is presented with a wreath.
Soviet and German riders are resting at the stadium.
Participants of the cycling race on the mountain stage in Czechoslovakia, the Czech rider Ladislav Geller is ahead, he crosses the finish line first at the stadium in Karlovy Vary.
Spectators greet the athletes.
Cyclists on the penultimate stage of the race.
The Yugoslav rider crashes.
The racers are approaching the city of Brno, Melikhov is ahead, he is the first to finish at the stadium.
Melikhov is on the podium.
The athletes are approaching Prague at the last stage of the race, entering the city.
Melikhov is the first to finish.
The road sign "Prague" (from traffic).
A helicopter in the air.
A television mobile.
The residents of Prague greet the racers on the streets of the city and at the stadium.
The Soviet racers - winners of the XIV Peace Cycling Race: Petrov, Kapitonov, Cherepovich, Melikhov, Moskvin, Saidkhuzhin - are on the podium, making a lap of honor.