{"id":22426,"date":"2025-08-09T14:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/?p=22426"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:20:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:20:01","slug":"over-2000-participants-and-a-unique-atmosphere-at-the-orlen-tour-de-pologne-amateurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/over-2000-participants-and-a-unique-atmosphere-at-the-orlen-tour-de-pologne-amateurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 2000 Participants and a Unique Atmosphere at the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A record turnout, plenty of excitement, and the presence of sporting stars \u2013 that\u2019s how this year\u2019s edition of the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs \u2013 Ryszard Szurkowski Memorial looked. In the OPEN category, Dawid Nytko and Sandra Adamczyk-St\u0119pie\u0144 took the victory. Over 2000 cyclist took part in the race.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The great cycling celebration in Bukowina Tatrza\u0144ska and BUKOVINA Resort is linked not only to the 82nd Tour de Pologne UCI WorldTour but also to the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs \u2013 Ryszard Szurkowski Memorial, honoring the outstanding Polish cyclist, four-time Peace Race winner, three-time world champion, and double Olympic medalist.<\/p>\n

Once again, the event attracted many cycling enthusiasts to the route. Riders had the chance to tackle a demanding 49-kilometer loop featuring climbs up the Harna\u015b Wall and the BUKOVINA Wall. The finish line was located at the Rusin-Ski ski station. Additionally, on the climb to the BUKOVINA Wall, participants could test themselves in the Decathlon Mountain Prime segment.<\/p>\n

In the OPEN category, Dawid Nytko proved the strongest, followed by Marcin Karbowy and Wojciech Szczepanik. Among the women, Sandra Adamczyk-St\u0119pie\u0144 took the win, ahead of Kamila W\u00f3jcikiewicz-P\u0142otkowiak and Sonia Ci\u0119ciel. Riders were also classified in their respective age groups, as well as in special rankings \u2013 the ORLEN Team classification, the Polish Police Road Cycling Mountain Championships for the Chief of Police Cup, and the 11th Polish State Fire Service Road Cycling Championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is another edition of the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs. Over 16 years, the race has grown alongside the Tour de Pologne. When we started, there were 600 people on the start line \u2013 today, over 2000 took part. It was beautiful racing and also a chance to tackle the same course that the professionals will later face. I\u2019m glad that once again the Police and Fire Service were involved in our races, supporting us in securing the route, and in the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs, police officers and firefighters competed in special categories\u201d<\/em> emphasized El\u017cbieta Lang<\/strong>, Director of the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs.<\/p>\n

The event attracts both cycling enthusiasts and well-known athletes from other disciplines every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year, athletes and stars come to ride with us, and this year we were honored to have Robert Kubica at the start. We\u2019re very happy he competed in our race and we hope to see him again next year at the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs\u201d<\/em> added El\u017cbieta Lang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Robert Kubica after the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs: \u201cShort, intense, and with passion\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Kubica took part in the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs for the first time. He spoke very positively about the event and his participation in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ride was short but intense. I lacked form, and swapping my bike two days before the start wasn\u2019t the best idea \u2013 I got cramps. Still, it was great to spend the day with so many cycling enthusiasts and feel the positive atmosphere. Congratulations to the organizers \u2013 it was my first time here, and the ride was really enjoyable\u201d <\/em>said Kubica.<\/p>\n

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The former F1 driver does not rule out returning to the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs course.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf my professional racing commitments allow it, I\u2019ll be happy to come back next year, better prepared this time\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Today, participants of the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs could not only compete on the route but also cheer for their favorites at the start of Stage 6 of the Tour de Pologne UCI WorldTour. The peloton of the world\u2019s best teams is racing from BUKOVINA Resort to the summit finish in Bukowina Tatrza\u0144ska, tackling the climbs of the Harna\u015b Wall and BUKOVINA Wall \u2013 well-known to the amateurs \u2013 three times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A record turnout, plenty of excitement, and the presence of sporting stars \u2013 that\u2019s how this year\u2019s edition of the ORLEN Tour de Pologne Amateurs \u2013 Ryszard Szurkowski Memorial looked. In the OPEN category, Dawid Nytko and Sandra Adamczyk-St\u0119pie\u0144 took the victory. Over 2000 cyclist took part in the race. The great cycling celebration in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22431,"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426\/revisions\/22431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langteamrace.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}