Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
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The Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour is a cycling race in Poland
that runs between the Baltic Sea
and the Giant Mountains. The first edition was held in 1993 as an amateur race as the Karkonosze Tour with stages in the Wałbrzych Voivodeship and Jelenia Góra Voivodeship
. In 1996, the race became professional. In 1997, it adopted the current North–South route. The race was part of the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 to 2009, but in 2010 it went down to National Event status.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
that runs between the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
and the Giant Mountains. The first edition was held in 1993 as an amateur race as the Karkonosze Tour with stages in the Wałbrzych Voivodeship and Jelenia Góra Voivodeship
Jelenia Góra Voivodeship
Jelenia Gora Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Lower Silesian Voivodeship...
. In 1996, the race became professional. In 1997, it adopted the current North–South route. The race was part of the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 to 2009, but in 2010 it went down to National Event status.