2023 Tour de Pologne

The 2023 Tour de Pologne was the 80th edition of the Tour de Pologne road cycling stage race, which was part of the 2023 UCI World Tour. It began on the 29th of July in Poznań and finished on the 4th of August in Kraków.

2023 Tour de Pologne

2023 UCI World Tour, race 27 of 35
Race details
Dates	29 July–4 August 2023
Stages	7
Distance	1,130.5 km (702.5 mi)
Winning time	26h 17' 48"
Results
Winner  Matej Mohorič (SLO) (Team Bahrain Victorious)   Second  João Almeida (POR) (UAE Team Emirates)   Third  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) (Ineos Grenadiers) Mountains  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) (Lidl–Trek) Sprints  Matej Mohorič (SLO) (Team Bahrain Victorious) Combativity  Patryk Stosz (POL) (Poland)   Team UAE Team Emirates
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Teams

All eighteen UCI WorldTeams, five UCI ProTeams, and the Polish national team make up the twenty-four teams that will participate in the race.^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
• Lidl–Trek
• Movistar Team
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team dsm–firmenich
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Human Powered Health
• Lotto–Dstny
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team

National Teams

• Poland

Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	29 July	Poznań to Poznań	183.7 km (114.1 mi)		Flat stage	Tim Merlier (BEL)
2	30 July	Leszno to Karpacz	202.9 km (126.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Matej Mohorič (SLO)
3	31 July	Wałbrzych to Duszniki-Zdrój	163.3 km (101.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Rafał Majka (POL)
4	1 August	Strzelin to Opole	198.6 km (123.4 mi)		Flat stage	Olav Kooij (NED)
5	2 August	Pszczyna to Bielsko-Biała	198.8 km (123.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Marijn van den Berg (NED)
6	3 August	Katowice to Katowice	16.6 km (10.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Mattia Cattaneo (ITA)
7	4 August	Zabrze to Kraków	166.6 km (103.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Tim Merlier (BEL)
Total			1,130.5 km (702.5 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

29 July 2023 – Poznań to Poznań, 183.7 km (114.1 mi)^[2]

Stage 1 Result[3][4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 4h 15' 37" 2  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Fernando Gaviria (COL) Movistar Team + 0" 4  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Max Walscheid (GER) Cofidis + 0" 6  Maciej Paterski (POL) Poland + 0" 7  Stanisław Aniołkowski (POL) Human Powered Health + 0" 8  Jon Aberasturi (ESP) Lidl–Trek + 0" 9  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 10  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[3][4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 4h 15' 27" 2  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Fernando Gaviria (COL) Movistar Team + 0" 4  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Max Walscheid (GER) Cofidis + 0" 6  Maciej Paterski (POL) Poland + 0" 7  Stanisław Aniołkowski (POL) Human Powered Health + 0" 8  Jon Aberasturi (ESP) Lidl–Trek + 0" 9  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 10  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0"

Stage 2

30 July 2023 – Leszno to Karpacz, 202.9 km (126.1 mi)^[5]

Stage 2 Result[6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious 4h 56' 59" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 4" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 4" 4  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 4" 5  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 4" 6  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 4" 7  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 4" 8  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 4" 9  Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 4" 10  Rafał Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates + 4"

General classification after Stage 2[6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious 9h 07' 07" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 4" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 4  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 14" 5  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 14" 6  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 14" 7  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 14" 8  Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 14" 9  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 14" 10  Rafał Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates + 14"

Stage 3

31 July 2023 – Wałbrzych to Duszniki-Zdrój, 163.3 km (101.5 mi)^[8]

Stage 3 Result[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rafał Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates 4h 07' 55" 2  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 4  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 5  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 0" 6  Christian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 7  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 8  Andrea Vendrame (ITA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 9  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 10  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious 13h 14' 56" 2  Rafał Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 3  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 4  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 12" 5  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 20" 6  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 20" 7  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 20" 8  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 20" 9  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 20" 10  Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 20"

Stage 4

1 August 2023 – Strzelin to Opole, 198.6 km (123.4 mi)^[11]

Stage 4 Result[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 23' 15" 2  Marijn van den Berg (NED) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 3  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 4  Max Walscheid (GER) Cofidis + 0" 5  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 6  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 7  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 8  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 9  Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 10  Matyáš Kopecký (CZE) Team Novo Nordisk + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious 17h 38' 11" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 3  Rafał Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 4  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 12" 5  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 20" 6  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 20" 7  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 20" 8  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 20" 9  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 20" 10  Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 20"

Stage 5

2 August 2023 – Pszczyna to Bielsko-Biała, 198.8 km (123.5 mi)^[14]

Stage 5 Result[15][16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marijn van den Berg (NED) EF Education–EasyPost 4h 51' 27" 2  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 3  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 5  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 6  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Dstny + 0" 7  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 8  Lewis Askey (GBR) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 9  Cristian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 10  Marcin Budziński (POL) Poland + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[15][16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious 22h 29' 32" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 12" 3  Rafał Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 4  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 18" 5  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 26" 6  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 26" 7  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 26" 8  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 26" 9  Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 26" 10  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 26"

Stage 6

3 August 2023 – Katowice to Katowice, 16.6 km (10.3 mi) (ITT)^[17]

Stage 6 Result[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step 19' 10" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 13" 3  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 14" 4  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 5  Tim Wellens (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 17" 6  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 18" 7  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 18" 8  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 21" 9  Tobias Foss (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 21" 10  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 24"

General classification after Stage 6[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious 22h 49' 07" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 14" 4  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 19" 5  Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step + 38" 6  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 39" 7  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 52" 8  Rafał Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates + 55" 9  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 57" 10  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 1' 04"

Stage 7

4 August 2023 – Zabrze to Kraków, 166.6 km (103.5 mi)^[20]

Stage 7 Result[21][22] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 3h 28' 44" 2  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 3  Fernando Gaviria (COL) Movistar Team + 0" 4  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0" 5  Paul Penhoët (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 6  Stanisław Aniołkowski (POL) Human Powered Health + 0" 7  Pierre Gautherat (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 8  Rüdiger Selig (GER) Lotto–Dstny + 0" 9  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 10  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0"

General classification after Stage 7[21][22] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious 26h 17' 48" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 1" 3  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Ineos Grenadiers + 17" 4  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 22" 5  Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step + 41" 6  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 42" 7  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 55" 8  Rafał Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates + 58" 9  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 1' 00" 10  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team dsm–firmenich + 1' 07"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification (Polish: Żółta koszulka)	Sprints classification (Polish: Klasyfikacja sprinterska)	Mountains classification (Polish: Klasyfikacja górska)	Active rider classification (Polish: Klasyfikacja najaktywniejszych)	Polish rider classification (Polish: Najlepszy Polak)	Team classification (Polish: Klasyfikacja drużynowa)
1	Tim Merlier	Tim Merlier	Tim Merlier	Norbert Banaszek	Patryk Stosz	Maciej Paterski	Team Jumbo–Visma
2	Matej Mohorič	Matej Mohorič	Matej Mohorič	Lucas Hamilton		Michał Kwiatkowski	UAE Team Emirates
3	Rafał Majka			Jacopo Mosca		Rafał Majka
4	Olav Kooij
5	Marijn van den Berg			Markus Hoelgaard
6	Mattia Cattaneo					Michał Kwiatkowski
7	Tim Merlier
Final		Matej Mohorič	Matej Mohorič	Markus Hoelgaard	Patryk Stosz	Michał Kwiatkowski	UAE Team Emirates

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the sprints classification		Denotes the winner of the active rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[21][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Matej Mohorič (SLO)	Team Bahrain Victorious	26h 17' 48"
2	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1"
3	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 17"
4	Ilan Van Wilder (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 22"
5	Mattia Cattaneo (ITA)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 41"
6	Brandon McNulty (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 42"
7	Eddie Dunbar (IRL)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 55"
8	Rafał Majka (POL)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 58"
9	Samuele Battistella (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 1' 00"
10	Oscar Onley (GBR)	Team dsm–firmenich	+ 1' 07"

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)^[21][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Matej Mohorič (SLO)	Team Bahrain Victorious	68
2	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	68
3	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Ineos Grenadiers	66
4	Marijn van den Berg (NED)	EF Education–EasyPost	61
5	Tim Merlier (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	54
6	Ilan Van Wilder (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	48
7	Oscar Onley (GBR)	Team dsm–firmenich	43
8	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Movistar Team	43
9	Stanisław Aniołkowski (POL)	Human Powered Health	38
10	Matteo Moschetti (ITA)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	38

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[21][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)	Lidl–Trek	25
2	Jacopo Mosca (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	18
3	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	17
4	Bert van Lerberghe (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	8
5	Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN)	Team dsm–firmenich	6
6	Damiano Caruso (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	5
7	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Team Jayco–AlUla	5
8	Christian Scaroni (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	5
9	Dorian Godon (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	4
10	Andreas Kron (DEN)	Lotto–Dstny	4

Active rider classification

Final active rider classification (1–10)^[21][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Patryk Stosz (POL)	Poland	18
2	Bert van Lerberghe (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	6
3	Sebastian Schönberger (AUT)	Human Powered Health	6
4	Filippo Ridolfo (ITA)	Team Novo Nordisk	6
5	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)	Lidl–Trek	5
6	Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN)	Team dsm–firmenich	4
7	Norbert Banaszek (POL)	Poland	4
8	Matej Mohorič (SLO)	Team Bahrain Victorious	3
9	Sam Brand (GBR)	Team Novo Nordisk	3
10	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	2

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[21][22]

Rank	Team	Time
1	UAE Team Emirates	78h 54' 32"
2	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 1' 33"
3	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 5' 43"
4	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 5' 45"
5	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 6' 29"
6	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 8' 28"
7	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 9' 03"
8	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 10' 40"
9	Team dsm–firmenich	+ 11' 27"
10	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 11' 40"