It’s no secret that bike races everywhere have an exceptional knack for building their way into a nation’s collective social and cultural fabric. The Tour de France has always been part of France’s summer holidays, after all, and the devotion of the Giro d’Italia’s tifosi to Italy’s biggest two-wheeled event is well-known far beyond the country’s frontiers..
However, while not all week-long stage races manage to achieve such deep connections with their local fans and history, the Tour de Pologne is clearly an exception to that unwritten rule.
