The Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour is a
cycling race
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...
in West
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
that runs between the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
and the
Karkonosze. The first edition was held in 1993 as an amateur race as the Karkonosze Tour with stages in the
Wałbrzych Voivodeship
Walbrzych Voivodeship ( pl, województwo wałbrzyskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
Major cities and towns (population in 1995)
...
and
Jelenia Góra Voivodeship
Jelenia Gora Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Jelenia Gora.
Major cities and towns (population i ...
. In 1996, the race became professional. In 1997, it adopted the current North–South route. The race was part of the
UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
from
2005 to
2009, went down to National Event status from 2010 to 2014, before returning to the UCI Europe Tour in
2015.
Past winners
References
External links
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Recurring sporting events established in 1993
Cycle races in Poland
UCI Europe Tour races
1993 establishments in Poland
Spring (season) events in Poland
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