The 2012 Tour of Poland will host the most competitive professional field in the history of the race, with many top names choosing to use the event to tune up for the 2012 Olympic Games, rather than compete in the Tour de France, which finishes just five days before the men's road race in London.
Top of the list of big names is Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quickstep), the newly crowned Belgian champion and winner of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.
While defending champion Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) is busy chasing the green jersey in the Tour, BMC's Alessandro Ballan, winner here in 2009, will look to add a second title to his tally.
Stage 2 - Swift quickest on stage 2 of Tour of Poland | Walbrzych - Opole2012-07-11 239.4km
Stage 3 - Stybar wins stage three at Tour of Poland | Kedzierzyn - Cieszyn2012-07-12 201.7km
Stage 4 - Kruopis captures stage 4 in Katowice | Bedzin - Katowice2012-07-13 127.8km
