(Mar. 28th) – Warsaw hosted the gala event of the Tour de Pologne, which will begin in late July, starting from Trentino with the two stages in the Dolomites. To the Trento council member, Tiziano Mellarini, it is “an important opportunity to strengthen ties with Poland and Trentino’s summer proposals”. After the presentation held in Val di Fiemme Cavalese, during the Nordic skiing World Cup, the Tour de Pologne enjoyed its most important moment in the country, with the gala dinner held on Sunday evening in Warsaw. The BG? Arena Pruszkow, in the Polish capital, hosted at the opening of the 70th edition of the famous stage race, which for the very first time will cross the national borders, reaching the streets of Trentino. The evening, accompanied by music and light shows, traced the main stages of the previous editions of the Tour. The highlights of the evening were also televised by the channel TVP Info. The honors of the house has been made by Czeslaw Lang, general manager of the race, which this year is sponsored by President Bronislaw Komorowski, confirming the Tour as the most important sporting event in the nation and the most important race of the whole Eastern Europe. Several guests from the worlds of sport and politics intervened, including Waldemar Pawlak, Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Economy, Beata Stelmach, Deputy Foreign Minister and Katarzyna Sobierajska, representing the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. “To celebrate the seventieth edition, I wanted to give something special to cycling enthusiasts,” said Czeslaw Lang. “Starting from Trentino is a dream come true,” he continued. “The Dolomites are a egendary scenario in the cycling, and I have always wanted to bring the Tour de Pologne on those hill climbs”. (Red)
