This is a really interesting one, as there are no proper sprinters, but lots of hyprid riders with solid sprint and acceleration. Add the fact that only Europcar (3) and eBuddy (2) have more than one rider, and you have a wide open race. On paper, Wisniowski is the favorite with his elite flat and good acceleration stats, but really, anything can happen here.
Startlist
Spoiler
Marchewka
Krzysztof
Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling
Banaszek
Alan
Aegon - Peroni
Kwiatkowski
Michal
Aker - MOT
Kaczmarek
Jakub
eBuddy
Majka
Rafel
eBuddy
Malecki
Kamil
Gazelle
Wisniowski
Lukasz
Grieg-Maersk
Warchol
Bartosz
Indosat Ooredoo
Gradek
Kamil
Isostar - Specialized
Kasperkiewicz
Przemyslaw
King Power
Sajnok
Szymon
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
Rekita
Szymon
Minions
Domagalski
Karol Andrzej
MOL
Brozyna
Piotr
Rakuten Pro Cycling
Sowinski
Artur
Swisslion Cycling Team
Honkisz
Adrian
Team Europcar
Zielinski
Kamil
Team Europcar
Aniolkowski
Stanislaw
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
Pszczolarski
Wojciech
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
If you’d bet on anything with this field, it’d be attacks in the final kilometers and that’s exactly what we get. Gradek accelerates, followed by Kwiatkowski, Marchewka, Warchol and Kasperkiewicz. A solid group!
They enter the last 2 kilometers with a decent gap over the amateur-led peloton. Kwiatkowski is the favorite in this situation if he times it right.
Gradek opens the sprint, Warchol and Kasperkiewicz immediately flank him.
Kwiatkowski waits a long time to leave Gradek’s wheel, maybe too long? Warchol has a decent lead!
Kwiatkowski makes up some ground but he’s running out of road …
Warchol celebrates …
… and almost gets Zabel’d, but it’s enough. Kwiatkowski went too late and blunders a great opportunity to take the Polish championship. Instead, that jersey goes to Bartosz Warchol, a surprise on this course but a worthy winner nonetheless.
Result
1
Bartosz Warchol
Indosat Ooredoo
1h30'54
2
Michal Kwiatkowski
Aker - MOT
s.t.
3
Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz
King Power
s.t.
4
Krzysztof Marchewka
Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling
s.t.
5
Kamil Gradek
Isostar - Specialized
s.t.
6
Szymon Sajnok
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
s.t.
7
Alan Banaszek
Aegon - Peroni
s.t.
8
Szymon Rekita
Minions
s.t.
9
Wojciech Pszczolarski
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
s.t.
10
Kamil Malecki
Gazelle
s.t.
11
Rafel Majka
eBuddy
s.t.
12
Karol Andrzej Domagalski
MOL
s.t.
13
Piotr Brozyna
Rakuten Pro Cycling
s.t.
14
Kamil Zielinski
Team Europcar
s.t.
15
Artur Sowinski
Swisslion Cycling Team
s.t.
16
Jakub Kaczmarek
eBuddy
s.t.
17
Lukasz Wisniowski
Grieg-Maersk
s.t.
18
Adrian Honkisz
Team Europcar
+ 5'56
19
Stanislaw Aniolkowski
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
s.t.
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Polish Championships - ITT
A lot of good time trialists on this list, Marchewka and Rekita are the favorites.
Wisniowski rides a good race and takes the best time, but it won’t be enough for a medal. According to intermediate times, three riders are going to fight for those, and they’re within a single second of each other at the 2nd time check!
The first of them is Kaczmarek. His time at the finish: 1h05’18. He added 8 seconds to his lead on Wisniowski from the second checkpoint, maybe an indication of a good final sector.
Then it’s Rekita. He held the best time at the intermediate check, but only by a single second. And … he adds another, taking the lead by just 2 seconds! One man left.
And that’s Marchewka. In the pouring rain, he gets through the final sector one second slower, which means he’s two seconds short of the title! Szymon Rekita is the Polish ITT Champion!
Polish Championships - RR 
