The most important facts in brief
- Date: 4 to 10 August
- Distance: ~ 1076 kilometres
- Start: Wroclaw, Target: Wieliczka
- Profile: one flat stage, five hilly stages, one individual time trial
- UCI category: World Tour
- Premiere: 1928, 82nd edition
The Tour of Poland, officially the Tour de Pologne, is held annually in July or August and, alongside the Clásica San Sebastián, is the first highlight after the Tour de France in the UCI World Tour calendar. The record winners of the Tour of Poland are the Poles Dariusz Baranowski, Andrzej Mierzejewski and Marian Wieckowski with three overall victories each. Two Germans have also won the Tour of Poland: Stefan Schumacher and Jens Voigt in 2006 and 2008.
The field of favourites for the Tour of Poland 2025
The runner-up of the Tour of Poland 2024, Diego Ulissi, will be at the start again. However, overall victory could be difficult for him again this year. Because there are numerous other top riders at the start: Jan Christen, Brandon McNulty, Rafał Majka (all three UAE Team Emirates - XRG), Antonio Tiberi, Pello Bilbao (both Bahrain - Victorious), Max Poole (Team Picnic PostNL), Mathias Vacek (Lidl - Trek), Finn Fisher-Black, Daniel Felipe Martínez, Maxim Van Gils (all three Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe), Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step), Michal Kwiatkowski or Magnus Sheffield (both INEOS Grenadiers).
Tour de Pologne 2025: The route with all stages and elevation profiles at a glance
The Tour of Poland 2025 leads over mostly hilly terrain, which is why not only cyclists but also classic specialists have a chance of winning the Tour of Poland. The Slovenian Matej Mohoric (Bahrain - Victorious) has therefore already won the 2023 Tour. His successor last year was the two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), an absolute Tour specialist.
In 2025, the 6th stage could decide the classification. It will take the riders into the mountains of the High Tatras, where they will have to tackle six 1st category climbs. A challenging time trial with one climb also awaits the riders on the final stage. This year, a rider who is able to keep up with the pace could come out on top, which should make the tour interesting for some athletes.
Stage 1 | Monday, 4 August | Wroclaw - Legnica | 199.7 kilometres - 1050 vertical metres
The sprinters are likely to play an important role at the start of the Tour of Poland 2025 in Wroclaw. With just 1050 metres of climbing, the peloton should be able to control the breakaway group. But the chances of a group are not ruled out, as the metres in altitude are mainly spread over the second half of the race.
Stage 2 | Tuesday, 5 August | Hotel Golebiewski Karpacz - Karpacz | 149.4 kilometres - 2322 vertical metres
The second stage of the Tour de Pologne 2025 is already much hillier. With four category 2 climbs and the final climb, the second day could be one for the bunch. However, there are unlikely to be any significant changes in the overall classification as the gradients of the climbs are not sufficient for that. This terrain will definitely suit a classics rider.
Stage 3 | Wednesday, 6 August | Walbrzych - Walbrzych | 159.3 kilometres - 3540 vertical metres
Stage 3 is the stage with the most metres in altitude. The peloton will face a total of seven categorised climbs - all of them 2nd category climbs apart from one in the 1st category. The race will be extremely difficult to control and the favourites for the classification will probably be at the front.
Stage 4 | Thursday, 7 August | Rybnik - Cieszyn | 201.4 kilometres - 2428 vertical metres
The sprinters could strike again on stage 4. Although a leading group will break away in the first half of the race on hilly terrain, it is likely to be caught by the peloton after the last climb. From then on, there are just under 70 kilometres to the finish, which should be enough for the sprinters.
Stage 5 | Friday, 8 August | Katowice - Zakopane | 206.1 kilometres - 2949 vertical metres
The 5th stage is for the riders who are ready for the mountains. With two 1st categories and an uncategorised climb shortly before the finish, even the classic riders are unlikely to stand a chance here. At 4.1 kilometres and 5.4 per cent, the last, uncategorised climb is really tough. The descent and a short finish ramp could therefore ensure a solo arrival for the strongest rider.
Stage 6 | Saturday, 9 August | Bukowina Tatrzanska - Bukowina Tatrzanska | 147.5 kilometres - 2879 vertical metres
Stage 6 is the queen stage, which could decide the battle for overall victory. The riders have to tackle no fewer than six 1st category climbs. The classification riders will try to pull away by the final crossing over the Sciana Bukowina at the latest. This will require both climbing skills and explosiveness, as the climbs are not particularly long. The riders have to tackle the circuit in the mountains three times, which is why they will get to know the climbs during the first half of the race and can memorise points to attack.
Stage 7 | Sunday, 10 August | Wieliczka - Krakow | 12.5 kilometres - 184 vertical metres (individual time trial)
The final stage of the Tour of Poland is an individual time trial with a hill at the start. After that it is almost constantly downhill to the finish. With a tightly bunched overall classification, it could be exciting once again for the victory.
Tour de Pologne 2025: TV broadcast & live stream of the Tour of Poland
In Germany, the Tour of Poland 2025 will be shown on free-to-air TV on Eurosport 1. The tour can also be followed in a paid live stream on Discovery Plus.
The TV broadcast times on Eurosport 1
| Stage/date | Transmission time |
| 1st stage, 04.08. | 12:20-17:00 |
| 2nd stage, 05.08. | 12:35-16:45 |
| 3rd stage, 06.08. | 12:05-16:45 |
| 4th stage, 07.08. | 11:30-16:45 |
| 5th stage, 08.08. | 11:30-16:45 |
| 6th stage, 09.08. | 14:15-16:45 |
| 7th stage, 10.08. | 13:20-16:45 |
The previous winners of the Tour de Pologne
- 1928 Feliks Wiecek (Poland)
- 1929 Jozef Stefanski (Poland)
- 1933 Jerzy Lipinski (Poland)
- 1937 Boleslaw Napierala (Poland)
- 1939 Boleslaw Napierala (Poland)
- 1947 Stanislaw Grzelak (Poland)
- 1948 Waclaw Wojcik (Poland)
- 1949 Francesco Locatelli (Italy)
- 1952 Waclaw Wojcik (Poland)
- 1953 Mieczyslaw Wilczewski (Poland)
- 1954 Marian Wieckowski (Poland)
- 1955 Marian Wieckowski (Poland)
- 1956 Marian Wieckowski (Poland)
- 1957 Henryk Kowalski (Poland)
- 1958 Boguslaw Fornalczyk (Poland)
- 1959 Wiesław Podobas (Poland)
- 1960 Roger Diercken (Belgium)
- 1961 Henryk Kowalski (Poland)
- 1962 Jan Kudra (Poland)
- 1963 Stanislaw Gazda (Poland)
- 1964 Rajmund Zielinski (Poland)
- 1965 Jozef Beker (Poland)
- 1966 Jozef Gawliczek (Poland)
- 1967 Andrzej Blawdzin (Poland)
- 1968 Jan Kudra (Poland)
- 1969 Wojciech Matusiak (Poland)
- 1970 Jan Stachura (Poland)
- 1971 Stanislaw Szozda (Poland)
- 1972 Jose Luis Viejo (Spain)
- 1973 Lucjan Lis (Poland)
- 1974 Andre Delcroix (Belgium)
- 1975 Tadeusz Mytnik (Poland)
- 1976 Janusz Kowalski (Poland)
- 1977 Lechoslaw Michalak (Poland)
- 1978 Jan Brzezny (Poland)
- 1979 Henryk Charucki (Poland)
- 1980 Czeslaw Lang (Poland)
- 1981 Jan Brzezny (Poland)
- 1982 Andrzej Mierzejewski (Poland)
- 1983 Tadeusz Krawczyk (Poland)
- 1984 Andrzej Mierzejewski (Poland)
- 1985 Marek Lesniewski (Poland)
- 1986 Marek Kulas (Poland)
- 1987 Zbigniew Piatek (Poland)
- 1988 Andrzej Mierzejewski (Poland)
- 1989 Marek Wrona (Poland)
- 1990 Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (Poland)
- 1991 Dariusz Baranowski (Poland)
- 1992 Dariusz Baranowski (Poland)
- 1993 Dariusz Baranowski (Poland)
- 1994 Maurizio Fondriest (Italy)
- 1995 Zbigniew Spruch (Poland)
- 1996 Viatcheslav Djavanian (Russia)
- 1997 Rolf Järmann (Switzerland)
- 1998 Serguei Ivanov (Russia)
- 1999 Tomasz Brozyna (Poland)
- 2000 Piotr Przydzial (Poland)
- 2001 Ondrej Sosenka (Czech Republic)
- 2002 Laurent Brochard (France)
- 2003 Cezary Zamana (Poland)
- 2004 Ondrej Sosenka (Czech Republic)
- 2005 Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
- 2006 Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
- 2007 Johan Vansummeren (Belgium)
- 2008 Jens Voigt (Germany)
- 2009 Alessandro Ballan (Italy)
- 2010 Daniel Martin (Ireland)
- 2011 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
- 2012 Moreno Moser (Italy)
- 2013 Pieter Weening (Netherlands)
- 2014 Rafał Majka (Poland)
- 2015 Ion Izagirre (Spain)
- 2016 Tim Wellens (Belgium)
- 2017 Dylan Teuns (Belgium)
- 2018 Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland)
- 2019 Pavel Sivakov (France)
- 2020 Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)
- 2021 Joao Almeida (Portugal)
- 2022 Ethan Hayter (Great Britain)
- 2023 Matej Mohoric (Slovenia)
- 2024 Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark)
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