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Tour de Pologne

WorldTour, Stage race, 7th stage, 5th August 2022, Poland

Stage GC Points Mountain Sprint Team

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7th stage | 177.8 km

Skawina -> Kraków

Tour de Pologne 2023

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Stage 6: Mohoric saves lead as Cattaneo wins stage 6 time trial

Mattia Cattaneo (Soudal-QuickStep) set the fastest time on the 16.6km time trial and won stage 6 of the Tour de Pologne. Race leader Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) surprisingly clung onto the GC lead but is now tied on time with João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), second on the stage. Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) is in third place at 14 seconds down. The GC battle could now come down to the fight for time bonuses on the last stage into Krakow.

Stage 5: Marijn van den Berg avoids sprint crash to win stage 5

Marijn Van Den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) accelerated with 150 metres to the line and won stage 5 of the Tour de Pologne. Race leader Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) finished several bike lengths behind, with João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) in third. The stage was overshadowed by an earlier incident in the final local circuit, when a TV motorbike went off the road and struck various spectators, with four members of the public sent to hospital.

Stage 4: Olav Kooij wins stage 4 sprint in Opole

Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) won the bunch sprint victory in stage 4 of the Tour de Pologne, hitting the line several bike lengths ahead of Marijn Van Den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) and Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5). after the 199-kilometre flat stage from Strzelin to Opole, Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) remained in the overall lead for a third successive day.

Stage 3: Rafal Majka powers to uphill victory on stage 3

Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) took victory on stage 3 of the Tour de Pologne across the steep uphill finish to Duszniki-Zdrój. He held off race leader Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) in a small group sprint.

Stage 2: Matej Mohoric wins stage 2, takes over leader's jersey

Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) won stage 2 of the Tour de Pologne at the tough summit finish of Karpacz. He outdueled João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) on the climb and took hold of the yellow jersey as the new race leader.

Stage 1: Tim Merlier wins stage 1 after crash-marred finale

Stage 1 of the Tour de Pologne has seen Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) take a clear bunch sprint victory on a crash-marred finale at the Poznan motor-racing circuit. The Belgian powered down the right-hand side to win by over a bike length ahead of Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) with Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) in third.

The Tour de Pologne is central Europe's only WorldTour series stage race and is also its country's biggest cycling event. A week-long race featuring bunch sprint and hilly stages is traditionally decided by very small time gaps, where bonus seconds can be crucial.

Having started in 1928 as an amateur race and now in its 80th edition, in 1993 it became a fully professional-only race, before joining the WorldTour series in 2005.

Run by the Lang organisation since 1993, three riders hold the record for three wins in the event: Dariusz Baranowski, Andrzej Mierzejewski and Marian Wieckowski.

Last year's race was won by Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) after finishing close behind Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) on stage 3's uphill finish, then a strong time trial performance on stage 6 netted the Briton the lead. Second overall was Thymen Arensman (DSM) and third Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious). Join Cyclingnews' coverage of the 2023 Tour de Pologne with race reports, results, photo galleries, news and race analysis.

Tour de Pologne 2023 route

Celebrating its 80th edition, the 2023 Tour de Pologne will tackle 1130 kilometres in a completely different from last year, as the event moved from the east to the west of Poland. The seven-stage race features one time trial stage, two mountain stages, two stages for sprinters and two hilly stages.

The race returns to Poznan for the first time in 16 years, with a 183.7km circuit stage designed for the sprinters, then heads south to the mountains on the Czech border before heading east towards its traditional finish in Krakow.

Other standout features include an uphill finish at Orlinek in the town of Karpacz on stage 3 as well as a tough series of climbs to a more familiar finish at Bielsko-Biala on stage 4.

This year it once again features an individual time trial, as well as a traditional finish in Bionie Park in Krakow, where the race is set to end until at least 2026.

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Tour de Pologne contenders

Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) headlines the foreign challengers in this year's Tour de Pologne as the Portuguese racer, third overall in the 2023 Giro d'Italia and the winner of Pologne in 2021, starts his second part of the season here.

The local opposition will be headlined by Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), an overall winner in 2018, second in 2012 and third in 2021, while Rafal Majka , who took Pologne outright in 2014, will give UAE Team Emirates a second option beside Almeida.

The headline name for the race's multiple bunch sprints will, for a second year running, be Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma), winner of a stage last year.

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Tour de pologne teams:.

• AG2R-Citroën
• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkéa-Samsic
• Astana Qazaqstan
• Bahrain Victorious
• Bora-Hansgrohe
• DSM-Firmemich
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• Human Powered Health
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
• Jumbo-Visma
• Lotto-Dstny
• Novo-Nordisk
• Soudal-QuickStep
• UAE Team Emirates

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News Defending champion has final test at Tour de Pologne

Tour de Pologne TV motorbike crashes into spectators, four injured

By Alasdair Fotheringham published 2 August 23

News Riders briefly slow race as news of crash spreads through peloton

Olav Kooij fires warning shot for World Championships with Tour de Pologne win

By Alasdair Fotheringham published 1 August 23

News Young Dutch sprinter will leave stage race in Poland early for Glasgow

Tim Wellens: It’s been a long time since I felt as good as this

News Belgian back in WorldTour racing for first time since major crash in Flanders

Mohoric regrets lost chance of second Tour de Pologne stage win after ultra-narrow defeat

By Alasdair Fotheringham published 31 July 23

News Last-minute hesitation costs Slovenian possible sprint victory, but stays in overall lead

Sam Bennett joins two-pronged attack for Ireland at World Championships

News No news yet on where sprinter will race in 2024

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• Date: 15 August 2021
• Start time: 15:20
• Avg. speed winner: 48.63 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 144.9 km
• Points scale: 2.WT.Stage
• UCI scale: UCI.WR.C2.Stage - TM2022
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• ProfileScore: 8
• Vert. meters: 889
• Departure: Zabrze
• Arrival: Kraków
• Race ranking: 39
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An “average” Tour de Pologne for the team

The first WorldTour stage race after the Tour de France ended on Sunday in the streets of Krakow. In a final stage made for the sprinters, four riders from the initial breakaway managed to upset the peloton and fight for victory. Jake Stewart finished thirteenth in this final day of racing. Groupama-FDJ therefore concluded the Tour de Pologne with a stage top-10 to its record and Romain Seigle’s eighteenth place overall.

Everything led to assume the final day of racing in the Tour de Pologne would end with a mass sprint. From Zabrze to Krakow, only 145 kilometers were on the menu of the last stage, which did not feature any real difficulty. The peloton also thought they had everything under control when they let five men go away from the first minutes of racing. Gianni Moscon (Ineos Grenadiers), Alexis Renard (Israel Start-Up Nation), Julius van den Berg (EF Education-Nippo), Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) and Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar) also never got more than a two minute-lead, as the various sprinters’ teams were making not to take any risk. After two hours of racing averaging a pace of 47 km/h, the peloton even came back just one minute behind the day’s fugitives. Yet, despite the loss of Vanspeybrouck in the lead, the breakaway still managed to maintain this one-minute advantage as they entered the Krakow circuit (three times 5k). The panic really picked up in the bunch, but the quartet managed to keep forty seconds as the last lap began. It was therefore enough to get the better of the day’s favourites. In a four-man sprint, Julius van den Berg then took his first professional win, three seconds ahead of the bunch where Jake Stewart placed 13 th on the stage.

“They fought as best they could”, Frédéric Guesdon

“We had decided to be attentive at the start, but only if large groups got away,” Frédéric Guesdon explained later . “The breakaway went from the start with five men and I wouldn’t have thought it could make it to the end. We especially wanted to focus on the sprint for Jake. So the whole team helped him afterwards. We don’t have any big regrets either because Jake probably wouldn’t have won, some were faster than him on that kind of finish. We saw that later as he finished ninth from the peloton’s sprint. However, we always take the start to win, and we did not succeed. It’s a little bit disappointing”. It was time to take stock of this Tour de Pologne, where the team scored one top-10 and three top-20 on stages (all from Jake Stewart) as well as a top-20 overall. “The balance is average, because we did not get super results, even though we knew from the start that it would be difficult,” concluded Frédéric. “ The Tour de Pologne is a WorldTour event, it was a week of top-level racing, and we had a young group that hadn’t raced for a while. We came with Jake for the sprints and Attila for the GC. We had to let the overall go quite early, but Romain still got us back into it with this eighteenth place. It was good to keep the group motivated and committed all day. Attila also had a great breakaway. It was hard to come away with results but they fought as best they could”.

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La Pologne, grande gagnante de l'élargissement européen

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Vingt ans après son adhésion à l'UE, le pays enregistre le meilleur taux de croissance en Europe de l'Est.

Des pièces métalliques éparpillées et des dossiers jonchent la table. Tous les yeux sont rivés vers l'ordinateur central, où les discussions avec les partenaires émiratis viennent de s'achever. Depuis cette salle de réunion aux murs blancs, en plein centre de Varsovie , Jacek Kühnl-Kinel travaille avec son équipe sur son projet de remontées électriques individuelles pour les skieurs hors-piste.

L'entrepreneur polonais n'en est pas à son coup d'essai. Sa première invention, le portail anti-voiture bélier rétractable dans le sol, a vu le jour en 2020. Un projet majoritairement porté par les trois millions de zlotys (860.000 euros) de fonds européens dont il a bénéficié. « Sans ces financements de l'Europe, on n'aurait jamais réussi, car ils assurent 60 à 80% des coûts de recherche et de développement que l'on mène. Or, le principe des recherches, c'est que l'on n’a aucune garantie qu'elles aboutissent» , explique le chef d'entreprise. Son portail est aujourd'hui commercialisé dans le monde entier et il devrait même protéger l'accès à la future station de métro Mairie de Vitry, sur la ligne 15 du métro parisien.

Ce premier succès encourageant a poussé Jacek à lancer quatre nouveaux projets et autant de nouvelles start-ups. Ses candidatures auprès du Centre national polonais pour la recherche et le développement, chargé d'attribuer les fonds européens, ont toujours été accueillies favorablement. Il a appris il y a quelques jours que son dernier projet avait lui aussi convaincu les experts. « On ne peut jamais savoir à l'avance, car la concurrence est très forte. Cette fois, seuls 8% des projets se sont vus accorder des fonds» , insiste Jacek, soulagé.

Dix milliards d'euros investis

Depuis sa création en 2007, le Centre national polonais pour la recherche et le développement a financé plus de 8000 projets comme ceux de Jacek grâce aux fonds européens. Un total de dix milliards d'euros investis pour stimuler l'économie nationale, qui ont contribué à hisser la Pologne au rang de sixième puissance économique européenne, 35 ans seulement après sa sortie du communisme.

Son entrée dans l'Union a également participé à améliorer l'image du pays. Lorsque Jacek s'est mis à commercialiser ses produits à l'international, il s'est senti porté par l'image de marque européenne : « C'est parce qu'on a bénéficié de fonds et de la certification de l'UE, que l'on peut maintenant vendre nos portails aux Émirats arabes unis, à l'Arabie saoudite et partout où le sigle CE est synonyme de qualité et de haute technologie.»

Mais les entrepreneurs ne sont pas les seuls à avoir basculé dans une autre ère depuis l'adhésion de la Pologne à l'Union européenne. Au fil des années, le pays est devenu le premier bénéficiaire d'aides européennes proportionnellement à sa propre contribution au budget de l'Union. De quoi investir dans des infrastructures publiques et améliorer la qualité de vie de l'ensemble des Polonais.

Assis en face de Jacek, son collaborateur Adam a assisté à la transition entre l'époque postcommuniste des années 90 et l'entrée du pays dans l'Europe. « Celui qui n'a pas vécu dans la Pologne d'il y a 20 ans, ne peut pas s'imaginer que tant de changements aient pu intervenir en seulement deux décennies. Sans les fonds européens, la Pologne serait encore sous-développée. Alors qu'aujourd'hui, son visage est profondément européen ,» s'enorgueillit-il.

Il salue principalement les investissements massifs de l'Union dans les infrastructures de transports. Car si le pays a toujours été doté d'un réseau ferroviaire fourni, le matériel roulant hérité de la période communiste était vieillissant et de mauvaise qualité. Depuis 2011, la compagnie de chemin de fer nationale PKP a bénéficié de 733.000 euros de l'Europe pour renouveler sa flotte et accélérer les trajets avec des lignes express. Dans les gares et sur les trains, des panneaux juxtaposant le drapeau bleu étoilé et l'étendard rouge et blanc national, rappelle le poids des financements européens en Pologne.

Des écriteaux que l'on retrouve également sur les portes du bâtiment dans lequel Jacek et son équipe se réunissent pour faire le point. « C'est un incubateur de start-ups financé par l'Union lui aussi» , souligne-t-il.

La prochaine étape, ce serait le passage à l'euro Rafał, ingénieur en construction de l'entreprise

À l'autre bout de la table, Rafał, ingénieur en construction de l'entreprise, n'avait que huit ans lorsque son pays a intégré l'UE. En remontant dans ses souvenirs d'enfance, il lui semble que l'impact le plus fort de l'Europe sur le pays a concerné les infrastructures routières. Aujourd'hui encore, le pays traversé par un réseau autoroutier 10 fois moins étendu qu'en France, mais qui relie au moins le pays à ses voisins. « Je me souviens quand je voyageais avec mes parents, on devait attendre des heures aux contrôles frontaliers , sourit le jeune homme habitué à sillonner le continent en voiture. Les routes étaient difficiles, alors que maintenant on a des autoroutes flambant neuves, la différence est énorme. Peu importe où je suis, je me sens un peu partout comme à la maison.»

« Quand nos parents nous racontent comment c'était à leur époque, ça nous semble parfois absurde au vu de nos standards actuels , renchérit Piotr, son collègue ingénieur en programmation, lui aussi âgé de 28 ans. Dans les campagnes, comme celle où j'ai grandi, tout s'est amélioré. Les gens ont eu davantage d'opportunités pour améliorer leur qualité de vie en général.»

Le salaire moyen polonais a en effet été multiplié 3,5 fois depuis que le pays a rejoint l'Union. « La prochaine étape, ce serait le passage à l'euro ,» espère Rafał. La monnaie unique favoriserait non seulement leurs séjours dans les pays voisins, mais aussi les partenariats à l'international de leurs multiples start-ups. Pour autant, le zloty n'empêche pas les investissements étrangers : ils génèrent 30 à 40% du PIB du pays. Et selon les estimations du FMI, le pouvoir d'achat des Polonais devrait dépasser celui de l'Espagne d'ici 3 ans. Une belle revanche pour Varsovie.

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le 01/05/2024 à 20:02

En janvier 1990 je me suis écrié devant le prince Philippe de Belgique et la plus haute représentation de la Commission Européenne : « ouvrez les portes de l’Union Européenne à la Pologne et vous verrez un géant se réveiller ! » En ce moment solennel devant une forte représentation du Gouvernement Mazowiecki que j’avais invité à mon Université, à peine quelques mois après la victoire au « Sejm » (Parlement) polonais du premier gouvernement non communiste en Europe Centrale, mon émotion m’a fait sortir des larmes. Des larmes car je connaissais très bien l’histoire ancienne et moderne de ce pays, rayé de la géographie européenne pendant presqu’un siècle par la Russie, oublié des européens pendant la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale et finalement vaincre toute seule la pieuvre communiste. Aujourd’hui la Pologne est devenu un tigre, certes avec l’aide de l’Europe, mais aussi grâce au talent des polonais et leur sens du sacrifice démontré dans les mines du Nord de la France où ils ont contribué avec leurs vies à la richesse de notre pays. C’est sont aussi les pilotes polonais qui lançaient des bombes sur l’Allemagne nazi au nom des peuples opprimés par Hitler, dont la France. C’est la Pologne aussi qui a payé très cher avec des millions de vies dans son ghetto , dans sa capital annihilée ,(Varsovie ; l’autre Paris de l’époque) Comment oublier le tribut à la Guerre de ses six camps de concentration : Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau

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le 01/05/2024 à 19:53

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