Tour de Pologne 2023: Route, stages & regulations of the Tour of Poland at a glance
Thomas Huber
· 28.07.2023
Tour of Poland 2023
The Tour de Pologne takes place annually and consists of seven or eight stages. It is usually around 1200 kilometres long and takes place between July and August. The race was first organised in 1928 and is considered the oldest and most important cycling race in Poland. Dariusz Baranowski, Andrzej Mierzejewski and Marian Wieckowski share the record for the most overall victories with three each. Two Germans have also won the Tour of Poland: Stefan Schumacher in 2006 and Jens Voigt in 2008.
Tour of Poland - Tour de Pologne 2023: The stages at a glance
In 2023, the Tour of Poland will start on 29 July in Poznan with a flat stage and finish on 4 August in Krakow. The route at a glance.
Stage 1 (Saturday, 29 July): Poznan - Poznan (183.7 kilometres - 936 vertical metres)
Stage 2 (Sunday, 30 July): Leszno - Karpacz (202.9 kilometres - 2490 vertical metres)
Stage 3 (Monday, 31 July): Walbrzych - Duszniki-Zdroj (163.3 kilometres - 3257 vertical metres)
Stage 4 (Tuesday, 1 August): Strzelin - Opole (199.1 kilometres - 1076 vertical metres)
Stage 5 (Wednesday, 2 August): Pszczyna - Bielsko-Biala (198.8 kilometres - 3040 vertical metres)
Stage 6 (Thursday, 3 August): Katowice - Katowice (16.6 kilometres, individual time trial, 131 vertical metres)
Stage 7 (Friday, 4 August): Zabrze - Krakow (166.6 kilometres - 1137 vertical metres)
Tour of Poland - Tour de Pologne 2023 - on the map
Tour de Pologne: TV coverage & live stream of the Tour of Poland
Unfortunately, the Tour of Poland 2023 cannot be seen on television in Germany. There is also no live stream available in Germany. If you are in Poland, you can watch the race on TVP Sport or TVP 1.
Participating teams
AG2R-Citroën Team, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Astana Qazaqstan Team, Bahrain-Victorious, Bora-Hansgrohe, Cofidis, EF Education EasyPost, Groupama-FDJ, Ineos Grenadiers, Intermarche-Circus-Wanty, Jumbo-Visma, Movistar, Soudal - Quick Step, Arkea-Samsic, Team DSM, Team Jayco-AlUla, Trek-Segafredo, UAE Team Emirates, Lotto-Dstny, Human Powered Health, Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, Team Novo Nordisk, Tudor Pro Cycling Team, Team Poland
The jerseys of the Tour of Poland - Tour de Pologne
The yellow jersey - the overall standings
In the Tour of Poland, the rider who has the lowest overall time after adding up the times of all stages - including time bonuses and penalties - sits on the shoulders of the overall leader.
The white jersey - the points classification
Is worn by the leader in the points classification of the Tour of Poland. Points are awarded at the finish of each stage.
The points key for stage arrivals 1-7: 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points for the first twenty riders.
The blue dotted jersey - the mountain classification
Determined by adding up the points scored on all climbs of each of the 7 stages - with the exception of the individual time trial on stage 6.
The points key for the mountain rankings
- Category 3: 3-2-1 points
- Category 2: 5-3-2-1 points
- Category 1: 10-7-5-3-2 points
The blue jersey - the most active rider
In the "LOTTO INTERMEDIATE SPRINT" classifications, the first three riders in the Tour of Poland receive the following number of points: 3, 2 and 1 point.
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)
