2022 ETHAN HAYTER
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A DECISIVE MOMENT IN THE MOUNTAIN INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL

The 79th edition of the Tour de Pologne UCI World Tour, took place between 30 July to 5 August 2022, mainly among beautiful landscapes of eastern and southern Poland. The peloton set off from Kielce and arrived in Krakow, passing through Lublin, Chelm, Zamosc, Kraśnik, Przemyśl, Lesko, Sanok, Łańcut, Rzeszów, Bukowina Tatrzańska and Valsir, Skawina. Demanding route was a possibility for riders to prove how well they were prepared. During the sixth stage, they rode an individual time trial. For the first time since 2005 the time trial returned to the mountain region. As it turned out later, almost 12-kilometre-long route from Nowy Targ, Gronków to RUSIŃSKI Ski-Station was a decisive stage for the victory in the whole race. Again the 2022 edition was a race full of cycling stars and big names including Mark Cavendish, Pascal Ackermann, Sam Bennett, Elia Viviani, Arnaud Demare and Richard Carapaz, who fought for stage wins and for general classification victory. There were 11 Poles in the 160 group of riders. The classification of the most active rider was won by Pole Patryk Stosz.

TRIUMPH OF THE OLYMPIC VICE-CHAMPION

The winner of the 79th Tour de Pologne UCI World Tour was 24-year-old British Ethan Hayter, who combines road and track cycling with equal success. In 2021, he won Olympic silver-medal in the track madison competition. Hayter, in the colours of the Ineos Grenadiers group, rode in the 79th TdP alongside Richard Carapaz, the Tokyo Olympic champion in the road mass start race. It was not the Ecuadorian, however, but his younger and still lesser-known colleague who left Poland with the yellow winner jersey. It was certain that if Hayter remained at the top of the general classification until stage 6, his chances of a final triumph would increase significantly. After all, Hayter is a very successful 'time trialist', having been his country's champion in this speciality in 2021 and 2022. After five stages, the British was in seventh place, with a loss of 10 seconds to leader Sergio Higuita. He was third in the time trial, losing eight seconds to that stage's winner Dutch Thymen Arensman and leaving the other riders far behind. Before the final stage he was the leader, with an 11-second lead over Arensman. The final stage with the finish in Krakow changed nothing.

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„RACE FOR PEACE”

- this was the slogan for the 79th edition of the Tour de Pologne UCI World Tour. It was an expression of support for the Ukrainian people. No wonder. Some of the towns along the route of the race were dozens of kilometres away from a country engulfed in war caused by Russia. There was one Ukrainian in the peloton. Mark Padun of the EF Education-EasyPoint group finished in 13th place.

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"We have the greatest fans in the world. I met thousands of them on the route. At the starts, the bonuses, along the road and at the finish. And I know there were millions more in front of the TVs. This is the energy that gives you the strength and the will to keep going and to keep developing the race. Thank you all, you are wonderful and I am glad that we were able to experience this week together, crossing the beautiful corners of our country under the slogan of 'Race for Peace'. Sport provides opportunities to go to the world with a message of important values and issues. And it was very good that we were able to take advantage of it." - Czesław Lang

2021 JOÃO ALMEIDA
2020 Remco Evenepoel
2019 Paweł Siwakow
2018 MICHAŁ KWIATKOWSKI
2017 DYLAN TEUNS
2016 TIM WELLENS
2015 Ion Izagirre
2014 Rafał Majka
2013 Pieter Weening
2012 Moreno Moser
2011 Peter Sagan
2010 Daniel Martin
2009 Allesandro Ballan
2008 Jens Voigt
2007 JOHAN VANSUMMEREN
2006 STEFAN SCHUMACHER
2005 KIM KIRCHEN
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