// There’s a Tour of Poland!
Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2009
I’ve always been proud to be Polish, but now I can wave my red and white flag even more proudly: there’s a Tour of Poland! VeloNews says that this year is the 66th Tour of Poland, but then goes on to say that it was “created as part of the ProTour calendar back in 2005.”
At any rate, I just heard about it, and I’m glad it’s getting a little bit of press. Apparently UCI is trying to get Eastern Europe more excited about bike racing. One of the biggest names at the Tour of Poland is Ivan Basso, who VeloNews says is warming up for the Vuelta , which happens later this month.
Wikipedia has some info on the history of the race, but it’s pretty clearly written by a non-native English speaker, so I didn’t get much out of it. And Versus, the cable television channel that brings America coverage of the TDF only has one article in its archives about the Tour of Poland, and it dates from 2008.
If anyone finds decent coverage of the race, please leave a comment letting me know, I’d love to get my Polish pride on with a viewing party or 5.
obviously it is over with now, but next year you should be able to watch the race online. there were a few websites showing live and pre-recorded video of the race. i just searched google to find them.