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.

Tour of Malopolska
Race details
DateVaries
RegionLesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
English nameTour of Lesser Poland
Local name(s)Małopolski Wyścig Górski
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserGazeta Krakowska
Web sitetourofmalopolska.eu Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1961 (1961)
Editions62 (as of 2024)
First winner Roman Chtiej (POL)
Most wins Zbigniew Piątek (POL) (3 wins)
Most recent Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)
Tour of Małopolska in 2007

History

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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 AlwerniaTrzebinia route.

The most recent winner is Márton Dina of Hungary.

Past winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1961   Poland Roman Chtiej Opole
1962   Poland Antoni Pałka Kraków I
1963   Poland Franciszek Surmiński OZKol. Opole
1964   Poland Józef Dylik LZS Łowicz
1965   Poland Marian Forma SHL Kielce
1966   Poland Czesław Polewiak LZS Szczecin
1967   Poland Henryk Woźniak Legia Warsaw
1968   Poland Marian Forma SHL Kielce
1969   Poland Bogdan Langiewicz Dolnoślązak Jelenia Góra
1970   Poland Jan Backowski SHL Kielce
1971   Poland Zbigniew Krzeszowiec Piast Gliwice
1972   Poland Edward Barcik Kadra Olimpijska
1973   Poland Jerzy Rzepka Unia Oświęcim
1974   Poland Ryszard Szurkowski Dolmel Wrocław
1975   Poland Janusz Kowalski LZS Wielkopolska
1976   Poland Stanisław Szozda LZS Ziemia Opolska
1977   Poland Ryszard Szurkowski Dolmel Wrocław
1978   Poland Tadeusz Mytnik Flota Gdynia
1979   Poland Krzysztof Sujka Społem Łódź
1980   Poland Roman Cieślak Poland (national team)
1981   Poland Czesław Lang Legia Warsaw
1982   Poland Jan Muzyka Tęcza Plon Rzeszów
1983   Poland Roman Cieślak Start Piotrków Trybunalski
1984   Poland Tadeusz Krawczyk Stomil Poznań
1985   Poland Zbigniew Albin Start Piotrków Trybunalski
1986   Poland Paweł Bartkowiak Unia Leszno
1987   Poland Andrzej Sypytkowski GKS Krupiński-Suszec
1988   Poland Zdzisław Krudysz Gwardia Katowice
1989   Poland Zbigniew Piątek Legia Warsaw
1990   Poland Andrzej Mąkowski Romet Bydgoszcz
1991   Poland Jacek Bodyk VC Aulnat Sayat
1992–
1993
No race
1994   Poland Piotr Przydział Krupiński-Abpol ICC Suszec
1995   Poland Tomasz Brożyna Delta-Meble Korona Kielce
1996   Poland Andrzej Mierzejewski Mróz
1997   Latvia Dainis Ozols Mróz
1998   Poland Zbigniew Piątek Mróz
1999   Poland Tomasz Brożyna Mróz
2000   Poland Grzegorz Rosoliński Servisco
2001   Poland Zbigniew Piątek Mróz–Supradyn Witaminy
2002   Poland Radosław Romanik CCC–Polsat
2003   Poland Cezary Zamana Action Nvidia–Mróz
2004   Czech Republic Ondřej Fadrny PSK Whirlpool
2005   Poland Cezary Zamana Action–Ati
2006   Poland Marek Rutkiewicz Intel–Action
2007   Poland Mateusz Komar DHL–Author
2008   Poland Marcin Sapa DHL–Author
2009   Poland Artur Detko DHL–Author
2010   Poland Jacek Morajko Mróz–Active Jet
2011   Poland Tomasz Marczyński CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
2012   Poland Marek Rutkiewicz CCC–Polkowice
2013   Poland Łukasz Bodnar Bank BGŻ
2014   Germany Maximilian Werda Team Stölting
2015   Slovenia Marko Kump Adria Mobil
2016   Poland Mateusz Taciak CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2017   Poland Maciej Paterski CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2018   Portugal Amaro Antunes CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2019   Poland Adam Stachowiak Voster ATS Team
2020   Czech Republic Vojtěch Řepa Topforex–Lapierre
2021   Czech Republic Michal Schlegel Elkov–Kasper
2022[2]   Germany Jonas Rapp Hrinkow Advarics
2023[3]   Hungary Márton Dina ATT Investments
2024   Austria Riccardo Zoidl Team Felt–Felbermayr

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Results Archiwum" [Results Archive]. Tour of Małopolska (in Polish). Małopolski Związek Kolarski. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ^ Krawczyk, Kacper (5 June 2022). "Małopolski Wyścig Górski 2022: Jonas Rapp wygrywa etap i "generalkę", Artur Sowiński czwarty" [Małopolski Wyścig Górski 2022: Jonas Rapp wins the stage and the "general", Artur Sowiński fourth]. Naszosie.pl (in Polish). ADO. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ Vlasák, Jiří (4 June 2023). "Márton Dina zvládl v poslední etapě bezkonkurenčně náročný cílový výjezd a stal se celkovým vítězem Tour of Malopolska" [Márton Dina mastered an unrivalledly challenging finish line in the last stage and became the overall winner of the Tour of Malopolska]. roadcycling.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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