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Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques

Course de la Solidarité Olympique
Race details
DateEarly July
RegionPoland
English nameRace of Solidarity and Olympics
Local name(s)Wyścig Solidarności i Olimpijczyków (in Polish)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserNSZZ „Solidarność” Region Łódź
Web sitewww.wyscig.com.pl Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1990 (1990)
Editions35 (as of 2024)
First winner Czeslaw Rajch (POL)
Most wins Tomasz Brożyna (POL) (4 wins)
Most recent Tobiasz Pawlak (POL)

The Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques, also known as the Course de la Solidarité Olympique (Polish: Wyścig Solidarności i Olimpijczyków; English: Race of Solidarity and Olympics) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Poland. From 1991 until 1995, it was a race for amateurs, becoming a professional race in 1996. It was classified as a 2.3 event from 2002 to 2004, a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 to 2013, and since 2014 as a 2.2 event.[1]

Winners

Source:[2]

Year Country Rider Team
1990  Poland Czesław Rajch
1991  Poland Tomasz Brożyna
1992  Russia Evgeni Berzin
1993  Poland Dariusz Baranowski
1994  Lithuania Raimondas Rumšas
1995  Poland Artur Krasiński
1996  Poland Tomasz Brożyna
1997  Poland Piotr Wadecki Mróz
1998  Poland Tomasz Brożyna Mróz
1999  Poland Tomasz Brożyna Mróz
2000  Lithuania Remigijus Lupeikis Mróz–Supradyn Witaminy
2001  Czech Republic Ondřej Sosenka Ceresit–CCC–Mat
2002  Poland Radosław Romanik CCC–Polsat
2003  Russia Oleg Zhukov Moscow City Sport Association
2004  Ukraine Bogdan Bondariew Action
2005  Poland Piotr Wadecki Action–Ati
2006  Poland Robert Radosz DHL–Author
2007  Poland Łukasz Bodnar Intel–Action
2008  Poland Łukasz Bodnar DHL–Author
2009  Poland Artur Król Centri della Calzatura
2010  Poland Jacek Morajko Mróz–Active Jet
2011  Poland Marcin Sapa Polska Szosowa
2012  Poland Mariusz Witecki Bank BGŻ
2013  Ukraine Vitaly Popkov ISD Continental Team
2014  Poland Kamil Zieliński Mexller
2015  Netherlands Johim Ariesen Metec–TKH
2016  Belarus Yauhen Sobal Minsk Cycling Club
2017  Poland Mateusz Komar Voster Uniwheels Team
2018  Poland Sylwester Janiszewski Wibatech Merx 7R
2019  Estonia Norman Vahtra Klubi Cycling Tartu
2020  Poland Stanisław Aniołkowski CCC Development Team
2021[3]  Czech Republic Jan Bárta Elkov–Kasper
2022[4]  Belgium Timo Kielich Alpecin–Fenix Development Team
2023  Estonia Siim Kiskonen Tartu2024 Cycling Team
2024  Poland Tobiasz Pawlak Mazowsze Serce Polski

References

  1. ^ "Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques". UCI. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Course de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympique". www.cyclingarchives.com. Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Czech cyclist wins Poland's Solidarity Race". PolskieRadio.pl. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Timo Kielich eindwinnaar Solidarnosc Champions in Polen". WielerFlits (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.