28. International Cycling Race of „Solidarity” and the Olympians is finished!

On 28 June – 1 July 2017 the Race of „Solidarity” and the Olympians took place for the 28th time. Petecki company has been contributing to this unique event for many years, supporting and assisting during the preparation stage and during the competition. We are pleased that once again we had a possibility to find ourselves among the few chosen companies contributing to the organization of the race.

Race of „Solidarity” and the Olympians – what is it?
The International Cycling Race of „Solidarity” and the Olympics, as the full name of the event is, is a Polish cycling stage race held since 1990 (since 2001 at the turn of the last decade of June and the first decade of July). The competition is a part of the Polish ProLoga racing cycle and of the continental UCI Europe Tour racing cycle. Since 2015 it has been classified as UCI 2.2. The race is attended by Polish and foreign cycling groups from the UCI Continental Teams division. The competition is organized by NSZZ „Solidarność” of the Lodz Region in cooperation with the Polish Olympic Society and the authorities of the cities through which the race passes. It is held under the auspices of the Polish Olympic Committee.
During the race different classifications of competitors are held. The best cyclist in a given category receives the leader’s jersey in which he continues that stage of the competition.

• Yellow jersey – the leader of the general classification of the race
• Orange jersey (in some seasons navy blue) – the leader of the points classification of the race
• Green jersey – the leader of the mountain classification of the race
• White jersey – the leader of the youth classification of the race
• Grey jersey – the leaders of the team classification of the race

The 28th race
The route of this year’s edition of the race led from Lodz to Lublin. The competition began on June 28th at Piotrkowska Street and ended on July 1st at Krakowskie Przedmieście Street. During the race the cyclists passed five stages in five provinces – Łódzkie, Świętokrzyskie, Mazowieckie, Podkarpackie and Lubelskie. The total length of the route amounted to 738.8 km. The winner of the general classification of the 28th Race of „Solidarity” and the Olympics was Mateusz Komar (Voster Uniwheels group), who defended a ten-second lead over Paweł Cieślik (Elkov Author). The third place was taken by Komar’s club mate Adam Stachowiak. Alan Banaszek (CCC Sprandi Polsowice) won the points classification, Andris Vosekalns (representative of Latvia) – the mountain classification, Stefan Kreder (Netherlands/Metec) – the youth classification, while the team classification was won by Voster Uniwheels.
Congratulations to the winners and we hope that next year we will also be able to be part of this special event.