Jacopo Guarnieri won the 1st stage of 67. Tour de Pologne

Jacopo Guarnieri of Liquigas-Doimo team won the first stage. of the race

It seemed whole peleton is going to cross the finish ling but a crash occured roughly 2 km before it. Almost all cyclists were stopped, except for 20 riders.

Good start of Polish national team. Błażej Janiaczyk took part in four-men break and won Intermediate Sprints Classification. Near the end of the race Łukasz Bodnar tried his luck and won Mountains classification.

Tomorrow the longest stage, from Rawa Mazowiecka to Dąbrowa Górnicza - 240.0 km (149.1 mi).

67. Tour de Pologne starts tomorrow

Tour de Pologne was held first time in 1928. Since 1952 is organised annualy. Until the early 1993 was open for amateur cyclists only. Since 2005 the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) made TdP part of the UCI ProTour. Since 2009 it become the part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. It's one of the best sport events in Poland.

For 7 days the page about goalkeepers is going to change into a page about cyclist.

Happy because my favorite cyclist, Marek Rutkiewicz, is going to be the leader of the Polish national team. A year ago he was 6th in General classification and won Mountains classification.

The route consists of 7 stages and the main part of the race is going to take place on Silesia.

1. 1st August - Sochaczew to Warsaw, 175.1 km (108.8 mi)
2. 2nd August - Rawa Mazowiecka to Dąbrowa Górnicza, 240.0 km (149.1 mi)
3. 3th August - Sosnowiec to Katowice, 122.1 km (75.9 mi)
4. 4th August - Tychy to Cieszyn,, 177.9 km (110.5 mi)
5. 5th August - Jastrzębie-Zdrój to Ustroń 149.0 km (92.6 mi)
6. 6th August - Oświęcim to Bukowina Tatrzańska, 228.5 km (142.0 mi)
7. 7th August - Nowy Targ to Kraków, 163.9 km (101.8 mi)



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