| 2016 UCI World Tour, race 19 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 12–18 July 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,190 km (739.4 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 23h 47' 23" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Tour de Pologne was the 73rd edition of the Tour de Pologne cycling stage race. It was scheduled from 12 to 18 July as the nineteenth event of the 2016 UCI World Tour [1] .
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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| 1 | 12 July | Radzymin to Warsaw | 138 km (86 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Davide Martinelli (ITA) | |
| 2 | 13 July | Tarnowskie Góry to Katowice | 128 km (80 mi) | | Flat stage |  Fernando Gaviria (COL) | |
| 3 | 14 July | Zawiercie to Nowy Sącz | 240 km (149 mi) |  | Intermediate stage | Niccolo Bonifazio (ITA) | |
| 4 | 15 July | Nowy Sącz to Rzeszów | 218 km (135 mi) |  | Hilly stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | |
| 5 | 16 July | Wieliczka to Zakopane | 225 km (140 mi) |  | Mountain stage |  Tim Wellens (BEL) | |
| 6 | 17 July | Terma Bukowina Tatrzańska to Bukowina Tatrzańska | 72 km (45 mi) | | Mountain stage | Stage cancelled due to weather conditions. | |
| 7 | 18 July | Kraków to Kraków | 25 km (16 mi) |  | Individual time trial |  Alex Dowsett (GBR) | |
| Total | 1,190 km (739.4 mi) | ||||||
As the Tour de Pologne is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI Pro Teams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team into the race. Along with Team Poland – the Polish national team – six other squads were given wildcard places into the race, [2] [3] and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton. The number of riders allowed per squad will be eight, therefore the start list will contain a total of 200 riders.
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| Stage | Winner | General classification  Żółta koszulka Skandia | Sprinters classification  Klasyfikacja sprinterska Hyundai | Mountains classification  Klasyfikacja górska Tauron | Most active rider classification Klasyfikacja najaktywniejszych | Best Polish rider Najlepszy Polak | Teams classification Klasyfikacja drużynowa |
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| 1 | Davide Martinelli | Davide Martinelli | Davide Martinelli | Jarosław Marycz | Marc Fournier | Michał Kwiatkowski | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 2 | Fernando Gaviria | Fernando Gaviria | Fernando Gaviria | Jonas Koch | Team Sky | ||
| 3 | Niccolò Bonifazio | Moreno Hofland | Kamil Gradek | ||||
| 4 | Fernando Gaviria | Fernando Gaviria | Alessandro Tonelli | ||||
| 5 | Tim Wellens | Tim Wellens | Moreno Hofland | Tim Wellens | Tim Wellens | Paweł Cieślik | Lotto–Soudal |
| 6 | Stage cancelled | ||||||
| 7 | Alex Dowsett | Alberto Bettiol | |||||
| Final | Tim Wellens | Alberto Bettiol | Tim Wellens | Tim Wellens | Paweł Cieślik | Lotto–Soudal | |
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