Tour De Pologne 2011 by Eastern Daily News - Dailymotion

Name: Tour de Pologne 2011 - Etape 6;207,7Km (3)
Uploaded: 2011-08-05T16:27:41+00:00
Duration: 11 min 14 s
Channel: Eastern Daily News
Description: Tour de Pologne 2011 - Etape 6;207,7Km (3) 05.08.2011 | Bukovina Terma Hotel Spa - Bukowina Tatrza&nacute;ska |

Eastern Daily News

Tour de Pologne 31.Aug./06.Sept.2011 http://tourdepologne.pl Road cycling race Tour de Pologne is the most prestigious Polish sports event, the 80-year tradition. Tour de Pologne first was played in September 1928. Then stood at the start of 71 riders. The first edition of the race was organized by Society of Cyclists in Warsaw and the newspaper "Sport Review". The race from the outset has become one of the biggest sporting events of interwar Polish. The tradition of the race was revived in the year after World War II, in 1947. Until 1992 it was organized as an amateur race. In 1993, in the history of the Tour de Pologne has opened a new chapter. Olympic silver medalist in 1980, a precursor of Polish professional cycling - Czeslaw Lang, invested in the failing party's own financial resources. In a short time it became a world-class event. In a race among teams of professional who participated in Tourze started appearing on the international cycling stars like Maurizio Fondriest, Paul Tonkow, Peter Lutenberger, Adriano Baffie, Andy Hampsten, Marco Pantani, Yevgeny Bierzin, Dmitry Konyszew, Marcus Zberg, Jens Voigt Peter van Petegem, Tom Steels, Jaan Kirsipuu, Alexander Vinokourov, Chris Boardman, Stuart O'Grady, Danilo Di Luca, as well as the best Polish players - Zbigniew Spruch, Zenon and Dariusz Baranowski Jaskuła. In subsequent years, the race was promoted in the hierarchy of the UCI, with the 2004 class 2.2. In the 2005 season the Tour de Pologne was in the ProTour series, the only such event in Central European countries Wschodniej.W 2011 years Tour de Pologne was added to the calendar of the UCI World Tour, which brings together 14 major stage races in the world. Right, and also off duty at the World Tour, has 18 best teams in the world.

Tour de Pologne 2011 - Etape 6;207,7Km (3)

Tour De Pologne 2011

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