Klub Kolarski Lechia Gdańsk ( en, Cycling Club Lechia Gdańsk) is a Polish cycling club based in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

, Poland. For the most part of its history the club was not successful and has been seen as more of a cycling club for the residents of Gdańsk to join. The team however did have some success in its early days, with the tour wins at the

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

in 1957 and 1961 being the most notable in the team's history. Henryk Kowalski, the rider for Lechia was the winning rider on both occasions. In the club's recent years the only notable success since the turn of the century has been at the Polish Mountain Biking Championships where Michał Bogdziewicz won the marathon classification and finished runner-up in the elite classification.

Honours

Road racing

Tour de Pologne : Jersey yellow

Overall 1957 Tour de Pologne, Henryk Kowalski : Jersey yellow

Overall 1961 Tour de Pologne, Henryk Kowalski ::1959 – Stage 1, Henryk Kowalski

Mountain bike racing

Polish Mountain Biking Championship :Marathon classification ::Winner – 2003, Michał Bogdziewicz :Elite classification ::Runner-up – 2003, Michał Bogdziewicz

References

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