Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques

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]

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)

Winners

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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

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  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.
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