Stage 1 ;2 August 2015 —
Warsaw to
Warsaw, The 2015 Tour de Pologne begins in Warsaw, with the shortest road stage of the entire race. After starting at the
National Stadium, to make up the parcours of , the peloton will complete ten laps of a circuit . On the ninth lap, there will be an intermediate sprint at the
Krasiński Square, whilst the sole categorised climb will be a third category ascent on the seventh lap, on the Karowa Street. Then, a sprint finish is expected, largely due to the very flat profile of the stage.
Stage 2 ;3 August 2015 —
Częstochowa to
Dąbrowa Górnicza, The second stage will take the riders into
Silesian Voivodeship. After the start in Częstochowa, the peloton will head southwards towards the
Metropolis GZM. The intermediate sprints of the day will be in
Siewierz and
Będzin. There will also be two categorised climbs, again in Będzin but also in
Dąbrowa Górnicza, where five laps of a circuit will be held. Again, it is predicted that the sprinters will dominate.
Stage 3 ;4 August 2015 —
Zawiercie to
Katowice, The last stage designed for the sprinters is held within the
Metropolis GZM. After the start in Zawiercie, the peloton will head east towards
Tarnowskie Góry, where a special sprint will take place. Then, the riders will turn south-east and pass through
Piekary Śląskie,
Chorzów and
Siemanowice Śląskie, each of which will host an intermediate sprint, before entering a finishing circuit in length, to be completed four times. On the second lap, there will be a third-category mountains sprint at the Korfantego street, and then on the fourth lap there will be a third-category mountains sprint at the Góreckiego street. The final is downhill, and speeds there reach . The road is being used continuously since
2010 and saw victories for
Yauheni Hutarovich,
Marcel Kittel in
2011,
Aidis Kruopis in
2012,
Taylor Phinney in
2013 and
Jonas Vangenechten the year before.
Stage 4 ;5 August 2015 —
Jaworzno to
Nowy Sącz, The first stage which is not due to finish in a sprint. On the long parcours of , there will be three categorised mountains – a second-category affair in Gruszowice, a first-category climb in Wysokie and an imposing first-category climb to Trzetrzewina. The maximum gradient there is 18%. The sole intermediate sprint is located in
Wadowice, prior to the climbing. After the descent from Trzetrzewina, the peloton will complete three loops of a circuit in
Nowy Sącz, to conclude the day's running.
Stage 5 ;6 August 2015 —
Nowy Sącz to
Zakopane, The longest stage of the race is also the first mountainous stage, featuring eight categorised climbs. After starting from the previous day's finish site,
Nowy Sącz, the peloton will firstly head south to get to
Zakopane and will enter the finishing circuit half-way through it. They will pass through the first-category ascents of
Ząb and
Gubałówka (used for the first time) before passing through the finish line for the first time. From then, the riders will complete two laps of a circuit in length. This includes the first-category Głodówka and the previously mentioned Ząb and Gubałówka ascents. On the last lap, there are two intermediate sprints, held in
Poronin and
Koscielisko.
Stage 6 ;7 August 2015 —
Terma Bukowina Tatrzańska to
Bukowina Tatrzańska, The queen stage of the 2014 Tour de Pologne is, since
2011, a circuit race around Bukowina Tatrzańska (although the village was visited in
2010). To make up the parcours of 174 km, the peloton will firstly completed a 5 km ride to Zakopane, three 5.3 km loops around Zakopane on which were two special sprints, a return 5 km ride before entering a 38.4 km loop to be completed four times. Each loop featured three climbs – a first category ascent to Ząb, with gradients reaching 11.5%, a first category ascent to Gliczarów Górny, with gradients reaching a huge 21.5% and the final, uncategorised ascent to Bukowina Tatrzańska. In total, the riders completed nearly 4000m of climbing during the stage. This stage should be the most decisive in the general classification.
Stage 7 ;8 August 2015 —
Kraków to
Kraków, ,
individual time trial (ITT) The last stage will be a time trial starting and finishing at the
Main Square in
Kraków. The route was identical to that of
last year, and had the riders head south-east towards
Wieliczka, before completing a U-turn in Wieliczka and heading north-west back to Kraków. Despite being virtually pan-flat, this stage is also scheduled to have a large impact on the general classification. As is customary of time trial stages, cyclists will set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the general classification at the end of the previous stage. ==Category leadership table==