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Dzień dobry Tour de Pologne! – stage #4

01.08.2023 STAGE 4 – STRZELIN – OPOLE / 199,1 KM

In the 199-kilometre-long stage, the peloton will return to slightly flatter terrain, allowing the sprinters to prove themselves again. The riders will start from the Lower Silesian town of Strzelin first westwards, to Sobótka, and then turn around and head towards the Opole region, to the capital of that voivodeship. The Tour de Pologne last visited Opole in 2020, when stage 2 started here. There is planned one PZU KOM 3rd cat. in Strzegomiany, as well as three LOTTO Intermediate Sprints: Sobótka, Strzelin and Grodków.

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STAGE FEATURES

LOTTO Intermediate Sprint #3

  • Sobótka (km 34,5)
  • Strzelin (km 71,6)
  • Grodków (km 100,4)

PZU: #1

  • Strzegomiany (GP III cat – km 36,7)

Special Price #1

  • Premia specialna 30 lat TVP Polonia, Moszna (km 156,6)

POINTS OF INTEREST

Strzelin market square

Strzelin was granted town rights in 1292 by Duke Bolko I the Strict of the Piast dynasty. He also built defensive walls. The market square has all the features of a late medieval colonial city. The town flourished in the 15th and 16th century. Its wealth came from clothmaking, shoemaking, tanning, brewing and metalworking. During the 700 years of its history Strzelin suffered from a few major fires which burnt almost all buildings in the city. During the Thirty Years’ War it was plundered many times by troops from various countries. In 1633 a deadly plague killed 4 000 inhabitants of Strzelin. Only ten families survived.

Robot factory in Moszna

Museum of scrap sculpture. The only place in Poland and in whole Europe where giant steel robots inpired by Sci-fi movies are produced. All of them were built manually by Sebastian Kucharski. Main material is scrap metal coming from cars and other steel waste destined for recycling. The biggest robots required 700 hours of work, weigh even 900 kg and reach the height of 3.5 m.

WYNIKI PO 3 ETAPIE

  • ORLEN GC – Matej Mohorič (Bahrain – Victorious)
  • KOM PZU – Jacopo Mosca (Lidl-Trek)
  • SPRINT ENERGA – Matej Mohorič (Bahrain – Victorious)
  • MOST ACTIVE RIDER LOTTO – Patryk Stosz (Poland National Team)
  • STAGE WINNER DRUTEX – Rafał Majka (UAE Team Emirates)
  • BEST POLISH RIDER energa – Rafał Majka (UAE Team Emirates)
  • BEST TEAM KGHM – UAE Team Emirates