This year's Tour de Pologne, Poland’s largest cycling race, will be 1,076 km long and take place from August 4 to 10.
Two leading Polish cyclists, Rafał Majka and Michał Kwiatkowski, are among those set to compete.
The seven-stage race will start in the southwestern city of Wrocław and end in the historic town of Wieliczka.
The first leg of the annual race will see cyclists cover a 199.7 km route starting in Wrocław and ending in Legnica, about 100 km from the German border.
The remaining stages of the 82nd Tour de Pologne will take riders through picturesque towns in the south of Poland, including the popular mountain resorts of Karpacz and Zakopane.
The race will also pass through the industrial city of Katowice, the coal mining city of Rybnik and the town of Cieszyn on the border with the Czech Republic, before it concludes in Wieliczka near the historic city of Kraków.
Stage six, starting and finishing in Bukowina Tatrzańska, is expected to be a pivotal part of the race, featuring a series of challenging mountain climbs.
The final stage will be a 12.5-kilometre individual time trial in and around Wieliczka.
The biggest names among this year's riders include Antonio Tiberi of Italy, Britain's Ethan Hayter, American Brandon McNulty and Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez, organizers have said.
Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard won last year's Tour de Pologne, which attracted more than 150 cyclists from various countries.
This year's Tour de Pologne will also feature a women's race for the third time, according to race director Czesław Lang, a former professional cyclist.
The three-stage women's event will take place in Poland’s southeastern Lubelskie region, beginning on August 12 in the picturesque Renaissance town of Zamość.
The 333-km-long route includes stops in the historic city of Chełm and the spa town of Nałęczów, before concluding on August 14 in Kraśnik, about 50 km southwest of the regional capital Lublin.
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Source: IAR, TVP Sport