1963

19th Tour de Hongrie

The East Germans dominated the field in 1963, and won everything - except the General Classification.

András Mészáros in the middle (Tokyo, 1964)

Hungarian András Mészáros beat Lothar Höhne with just 20 seconds. The National Team of East Germany won six stages out of eight, but the Újpesti Dózsa's victory in the race's first ever Team Time Trial meant that they came up short.

19th Tour de Hongrie (17-22 June 1963, 942 km)

Stage winners:
Stage 1 (Szombathely - Mosonmagyaróvár, 163 km): Kellermann (East Germany)
Stage 2 (Mosonmagyaróvár - Budapest, 164 km): Kellermann (East Germany)
Stage 3 (Budapest - Kaposvár, 192 km): Krause (East Germany)
Stage 4 (Kaposvár - Balatonlelle, 50 km, TTT): Újpesti Dózsa II. (Török, Stámusz, Mészáros)
Stage 5 (Balatonlelle - Nagykanizsa, 72 km): Ferenc Izsák (Hungarian, Mosoni Vasas)
Stage 6 (Nagykanizsa - Balatonkeresztúr, 42 km, ITT): Krause (East Germany)
Stage 7 (Keszthely - Inota, 116 km): Egon Adler (East Germany)
Stage 8 (Inota - Szombathely, 143 km): Lothar Höhne (East Germany)

General classification:
1. András Mészáros (Hungarian, Újpesti Dózsa) 22:49:58
2. Lothar Höhne (East Germany) 22:50:18 (+0:20)
3. János Juszkó (Hungarian, BVSC) 22:52:52 (+2:54)

Winner of the teams classification: Újpesti Dózsa II.