Cycling: 80th Tour de Pologne set to start next month

This year’s Tour de Pologne, Poland’s largest cycling race, will be more than 1,100 km long and take place from July 29 to August 4, organizers have said.

Tour de Pologne race director Czesław Lang.

Photo: PAP/Piotr Nowak

The seven-stage race will start in the western city of Poznań and end in Kraków in the south of the country, race director Czesław Lang, a former professional cyclist, confirmed on Monday.

80. edycja Tour de Pologne zacznie się w Poznaniu, a zakończy w Krakowie #TdP #TourdePolognehttps://t.co/r8GQzdODgy

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) June 19, 2023

The first leg of the annual race will see cyclists cover a 183.7 km circuit route starting and ending in Poznań.

🇵🇱 Przedstawiamy mapy etapów 80. edycji Tour de Pologne!

🇬🇧 We present stage maps of the 80th edition of the Tour de Pologne!

1️⃣ Poznań - Poznań pic.twitter.com/QFoOfrGIqu

— Tour de Pologne (@Tour_de_Pologne) June 19, 2023

The remaining stages of the 80th Tour de Pologne will end in the southern cities of Karpacz, Duszniki-Zdrój, Opole, Bielsko-Biała and Katowice before the race concludes in Kraków.

🇵🇱 Tak prezentuje się mapa 80. Tour de Pologne UCI WorldTour! To będzie naprawdę wyjątkowa edycja. 🇵🇱🚴

🇬🇧 This is the map of the 80th Tour de Pologne UCI WorldTour! This is going to be a really special edition. 🇵🇱🚴

—#TdP2023 pic.twitter.com/JGoiOTGmvB

— Tour de Pologne (@Tour_de_Pologne) June 19, 2023

British rider Ethan Hayter won last year's Tour de Pologne, which attracted more than 140 cyclists from 22 teams based in various countries.

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Source: PAP, TVP Sport, polskieradio24.pl