30.07.2023 Stage 2 – Leszno – Karpacz / 202,9 km

The second stage is the only one with a distance of over 200 kilometres. The start is in Leszno in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, which the riders will leave after a few kilometres to fight for the only LOTTO Intermediate Sprint in this stage, located in Góra in Lower Silesia Voivodeship. After a relatively flat half of the distance a demanding climb will start, with two climbs of PZU KOM of 2nd cat. to be competed in Przełęcz pod Średnicą and in Sosnówka. The grand finale of the stage will take place in Karpacz, and the winner will be the rider who first conquers the final 11-kilometre climb up Orlinek, called the “Wailing Wall”. There are two more Special Sprints to be won in the stage: The Special Sprint SOUDAL – 95 years of the Tour de Pologne and the Special Sprint Lake Hill.