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Tour Of Małopolska
Tour of Malopolska ( Polish: ''Małopolski Wyścig Górski'') is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage cycling race in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI Europe Tour. History The race was first held in 1961 and is one of the oldest bicycle races in Poland. Zbigniew Piątek holds the record for the most victories with three, in 1989, 1998 and 2001. The race usually consists of three or four stages as well as a prologue. The prologue is usually organized at the Main Market Square in Kraków and the points won are included in the general classification. Most of the race consists of hilly or mountain stages. Since 2015, the first stage of Tour of Małopolska has been taking place on the Alwernia – Trzebinia route. The most recent winner is Márton Dina of Hungary. Past winners Source: See also *Tour de Pologne *Sport in Poland *Road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing i ...
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Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region, Lesser Poland, or in Polish: . The current Lesser Poland Voivodeship, however, covers only a small part of the broader ancient Małopolska region, which stretched far north, to Radom and Siedlce, also including such cities as Lublin, Kielce, Częstochowa, and Sosnowiec. The province is bounded on the north by the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (), on the west by ''Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska'' (a broad range of hills stretching from Kraków to Częstochowa), and on the south by the Tatra mountains, Tatra, Pieniny Mountains, Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains. Politically, it is bordered by Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north, Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the east, and Slovakia (Prešo ...
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Alwernia
Alwernia is a town situated some west of Kraków in the Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The town has an area of , and as of June 2022 it has a population of 3,284. History The name of the town is taken from that of the Franciscan hermitage of La Verna () in Tuscany, Italy. It was bestowed on the locality in 1616 by the castellan Krzysztof Koryciński. A monastery of the order of the Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi was built on high ground between 1625 and 1656. The church dates from the period between 1630 and 1676. Below the monastery a settlement developed which in 1776 received the right to hold a market. In 1796 Alwernia is mentioned as being a small commercial and administrative centre. After the Third Partition of Poland, the town became a part of the Austrian Empire, and since 1867 of Austria-Hungary. In the newly-reborn Poland, Alwernia administratively belonged to Kraków Voivodeship. After World War II, the town once again became a part of ...
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Sport In Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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Recurring Sporting Events Established In 1961
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Cycle Races In Poland
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Sport In Poland
Poland's sports encompass almost all sporting disciplines, in particular: football (the most popular sport), volleyball, motorcycle speedway, ski jumping, track and field, handball, basketball, tennis, and combat sport. The first Polish Formula One driver, Robert Kubica, has brought awareness of Formula One Racing to Poland. Volleyball is one of the country's most popular sports, with a rich history of international competition. Poland has made a distinctive mark in motorcycle speedway racing thanks to Tomasz Gollob, Jaroslaw Hampel, Bartosz Zmarzlik, Maciej Janowski and Rune Holta. Speedway is very popular in Poland. They won the world cup (2014), and the Polish Extraleague has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland. The Polish mountains are an ideal venue for hiking, skiing and mountain biking and attract millions of tourists every year from all over the world. Cross country skiing and ski jumping are popular TV sports, gathering 4–5 million viewers each c ...
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Tour De Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km in length. The race was first held in 1928 and is considered the oldest and most important bicycle race in Poland. Until 1952 the race was held sporadically, but since then it has been an annual race. Until early 1993 the race was open to Amateur sports, amateur cyclists only and most of its winners came from Poland. Since 2009, the race has been taking place between July and August. The international cycling association, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), made TdP part of the UCI ProTour in 2005, and part of the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest level of professional men's races, in 2009. In 2016, the three-stage women's competition ''Tour de Pologne kobiet'' was organised one day after the last men's stage. Three riders, Dariusz B ...
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Gwardia Katowice
Gwardia Katowice is a Polish sports club from Upper Silesia, sponsored by the Katowice police department. It was founded in 1924 in the Second Polish Republic under the name Policyjny Klub Sportowy Katowice (Police Sports Club Katowice) which was changed into the current name after World War II. In the interwar period the club was famous for its swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...s (numerous champions of Poland) and fencers. The club adopted its current name Gwardia Katowice in 1949. References External links * * * * * Sports clubs and teams in Katowice Police sports clubs and teams {{Poland-sport-team-stub ...
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Polish Cycling Federation
The Polish Cycling Federation or PZKol (in Polish: ''Polski Związek Kolarski'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in Poland. The PZK is a member of the UCI and the UEC. It is based at the BGŻ Arena in Pruszków. See also * Polish records in track cycling External links Polish Cycling Federation official website Pruszków County National members of the European Cycling Union Cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ... Cycle racing in Poland {{Poland-sport-stub ...
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Legia Warsaw (sports Club)
Legia Warszawa (), known in English as Legia Warsaw, is a Polish multi-sports club based in Warsaw, Poland. History and overview Legia was formed between 5 and 15 March 1916 during military operations in World War I on the Eastern Front in the neighborhood of Maniewicze in Volhynia, as the main football club of the Polish Legions. The team had started its first training earlier in the spring of 1915, in the city of Piotrków Trybunalski. In July 1916, due to the Brusilov Offensive, Legia permanently moved to the capital city of Warsaw. The "Legia" has several teams in many sports, the most famous of which are: the football club and its reserve team; the ice hockey club; the basketball club and the volleyball club. Other sections include: RC Legia Warszawa rugby union club, futsal, horse riding, gymnastics, judo, athletics, weightlifting, cycling, tennis, wrestling, waterpolo, squash, swimming, fencing, amputee football, badminton and windsurfing. There used to be (but n ...
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Márton Dina
Márton Dina (born 11 April 1996) is a Hungarian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2016 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2018 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race : 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2019 : 2nd Overall Tour de Hongrie : 3rd Grand Prix Gazipaşa : 5th Time trial, National Road Championships : 8th Overall Tour of Rhodes : 9th GP Adria Mobil ;2020 : 9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana ;2022 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::5th Time trial ;2023 : 1st Overall Tour of Małopolska ::1st Prologue & Stage 3 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::4th Time trial : 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud : 3rd GP Czech Republic : 3rd Memoriał Jana Magiery : 6th GP Polski : 9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour : 9th Overall Tour de la Mirabelle ;2024 : 2nd Overall Tour of Małopolska ::1st Prologue & Stage 1 : 3rd Road race, National Road Cham ...
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