Today started 73 edition of the cycling race Tour de Pologne. The riders overcame the first stage of Radzymin to Warsaw. First Past the Post reported the Italian Davide Marinelli group Etixx-Quickstep. Michal Kwiatkowski took seventh place with zero loss to the winners.
The Tour de Pologne is played since 1928, initially as an amateur event. Since 1993, when the organization took Czeslaw Lang compete in the professional riders. In 2005, the race was switched to the cycle of the most prestigious cycling events in the UCI Pro Tour, now operating under the name of the UCI World Tour.
At the start of this year stood 216 cyclists from 26 professional groups. The main favorites for victory are Andrey Amador of Movistar team, Bob Jungels of Etixx-Quickstep, Rigoberto Uran of Cannondale, Philippe Glbert with BMC and riding in the colors of Team Sky, Polish champion Michal Kwiatkowski. For the Pole is not the best start to the season and start on Polish roads you will want to rebuild a form before the upcoming Olympic Games. Since the inclusion of the Tour de Pologne cycle UCI Pro Tour, only once in a race won representative of red and white, it was in 2014 Rafal Majka, before Kwiatkowski therefore not an easy task.
This year’s race has traditionally will consist of seven stages, during which the peloton will travel a total of 1,168 kilometers. The first 135 km section from Radzymin to Warsaw riders defeated today. The opening stage sprint had character and was played mainly on the streets of the capital. Struggle won the cyclist group Etixx-Quickstep Davide Marinelli. Italian at the finish with the peloton defeated Australian Caleb Ewan of Orica Bike Exchange and his teammate Czech Zdenek Stybar. Michal Kwiatkowski though still a few hundred meters before the finish led forgive fight for the stage win and eventually finished seventh with zero loss to the winners. Tomorrow collages waiting rivalry on a flat stage from Tarnów Mountains to Katowice.
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