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Cycling: Slovenia's Matej Mohorič wins 2023 Tour de Pologne

04.08.2023 20:00
Slovenian rider Matej Mohorič won this year's Tour de Pologne, Poland’s largest cycling race, as he kept the overall lead after the event’s final stage on Friday.
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    Slovenia's Matej Mohorič wins 2023 Tour de Pologne
Slovenian rider Matej Mohori (centre) celebrates winning the 2023 Tour de Pologne, alongside Portugals second-placed Joo Almeida (left) and Polands third-placed Michał Kwiatkowski (right), in the southern Polish city of Kraków on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.
Slovenian rider Matej Mohorič (centre) celebrates winning the 2023 Tour de Pologne, alongside Portugal's second-placed João Almeida (left) and Poland's third-placed Michał Kwiatkowski (right), in the southern Polish city of Kraków on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.Photo: PAP/Łukasz Gągulski

The 28-year-old, who rides for the Bahrain-Victorious cycling team, beat Portugal's João Almeida by 1 second overall in the seven-stage 1,130 km race.

Polish cyclist Michał Kwiatkowski placed third in the final standings, 17 seconds behind Mohorič.

Michał Kwiatkowski Michał Kwiatkowski. Photo: PAP/Zbigniew Meissner

The second-fastest Pole, Rafał Majka, finished eighth overall, 58 seconds behind the winner.

Rafał Majka Rafał Majka. Photo: PAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk

Poland's Patryk Stosz was named the most active rider in the annual race, which was held for the 80th time, attracting more than 160 cyclists from 24 teams based in various countries.

Belgium's Tim Merlier won the last, 166.6 km, leg of the race from the industrial city of Zabrze, in Poland's southern Silesia region, to the historic city of Kraków on Friday.

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Source: TVP, PAP, tourdepologne.pl