Course de la Solidarité Olympique

Course de la Solidarité Olympique
Race details
Date	Early July
Region	Poland
English name	Race of Solidarity and Olympics
Local name(s)	Wyścig Solidarności i Olimpijczyków (Polish)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Organiser	NSZZ „Solidarność” Region Łódź
History
First edition	1990
Editions	24 (as of 2013)
First winner	Czeslaw Rajch (POL)
Most wins	Tomasz Brożyna (POL) (4 wins)
Most recent	Vitaliy Popkov (UKR)

The Course de la Solidarité Olympique (Polish: Wyścig Solidarności i Olimpijczyków; English: Race of Solidarity and Olympics) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Poland. From 1991 until 1995, it was a race for amateurs, becoming a professional race in 1996. It was classified as a 2.3 event in 2003 and since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

File:23rd Race of Solidarity and Olympics (Poland, July 2012) - view from behind.jpg

23rd edition, the last stage via Dynów

Palmarès

	Rider	Team
1990	Czesław Rajch (POL)
1991	Tomasz Brożyna (POL)
1992	Eugeni Berzin (RUS)
1993	Dariusz Baranowski (POL)
1994	Raimondas Rumšas (LTU)
1995	Artur Krasiński (POL)
1996	Tomasz Brożyna (POL)
1997	Piotr Wadecki (POL)	Mróz
1998	Tomasz Brożyna (POL)	Mróz
1999	Tomasz Brożyna (POL)	Mróz
2000	Remigius Lupeikis (LTU)	Mróz-Supradyn Witaminy
2001	Ondřej Sosenka (CZE)	CCC Mat
2002	Radosław Romanik (POL)	CCC Polsat
2003	Oleg Joukov (RUS)	Moscow City Sport Association
2004	Bogdan Bondariew (UKR)	Action-ATI
2005	Piotr Wadecki (POL)	Intel-Action
2006	Robert Radosz (POL)	DHL-Author
2007	Łukasz Bodnar (POL)	Intel-Action
2008	Łukasz Bodnar (POL)	DHL-Author
2009	Artur Król (POL)	Centri della Calzatura
2010	Jacek Morajko (POL)	Mróz-Active Jet
2011	Marcin Sapa (POL)	Polska Szosowa
2012	Mariusz Witecki (POL)	Bank BGŻ
2013	Vitaliy Popkov (UKR)	ISD Continental Team