Tour de Pologne, a balance sheet that goes beyond racing

The balance of the Tour de Pologne

The 79th edition of the Tour de Pologne, which ended a few days ago with Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers) leading the General Classification, was particularly important, not only for the undoubted technical aspects related to a course with several new features, compared to what Team Lang has proposed in recent years, but also an important moment for the message of peace it wanted to convey in order not to forget the conflict in Ukraine.

“The claim of our race was ‘RaceforPeace,'” Czeslaw Lang recalls. The first three stages were ideally run along the border with Ukraine. We wanted to make our closeness to the Ukrainian people felt at a difficult time and to raise awareness among cycling fans about a topic that is unfortunately still highly topical. It is a small contribution but we felt we had to do it. The arrival of refugees in Poland during the conflict is something that touched us very much.”