Tarnów - Nowy Sącz - Oświęcim - Jabłonka - Veszprém - Pápa 2017 29.04-02.05 MAIN PARTNER OFFICIAL PARTNERS Polish Underground Couriers 1939 - 1945 During the Second World War Poland found itself under German and Soviet occupaon. Polish people, however, did not stop fighng. Already in 1939 conspiratorial groups were formed, that in 1942 adopted the name of the Naonal Army. It was the largest of the conspiratorial European organizaons. Besides armed acons against the occupant equally important were reconnaissance acons, consisted of gaining and transferring materials about locaon, moves and intenons of the enemy, to the headquarters. One of the elements proving the efficiency of the intelligence network of the Polish underground state was the daily efforts by hundreds of people-couriers, who for many days with constant exposure of life, wandered throughout whole of Europe, carrying small but important parcels. This was informaon about the number of German troops transferred to parcular secons of the front line, or reports from the armaments factories, and also relaons of the situaon in concentraon camps. Courier’s acvity of the Polish underground state was twofold. On the one hand they dealt with spread of informaon from occupied territories, useful for conducng the war against the enemies of Poland; on the other hand they helped with transferring people from the Polish territory, threatened with arrest or death, to a safe place. This second form of acvity had a parcularly wide range on pre-war Southern borderland of our homeland. In the wide belt of the Beskydy and the Carpathians connued the movement of people crossing the border, either of life threatening or freedom reasons by the occupying regimes, as well as the desire to fight the occupying forces in the ranks of the regular army in western Europe. One of the centers of courier’s acvity was in Nowy Sącz. From there, couriers set out towards the Slovakian border, and connued through Hungary to Budapest. The most famous couriers were: Zbigniew Ryś, Jan Freisler, Klemens Gucwa, Franciszek Krzyżak, Leopold Kwiatkowski i Roman Stramek. During the war, the intelligence of the underground state gave the Western Allies more than 25,000 reports. These included informaon about the locaon and movement of German units; also the equipment and war materials produced by the Germans in the armaments factories. Many of these reports crossed the route from Nowy Sącz to Budapest. The work of those many anonymous people called by us couriers was very important and courageous, therefore we would like as many people as possible to hear and remember about their heroism. PAMIECI KURIEROW SADECKICH 3 HONORARY COMMITTEE HONORARY PATRONS Witold Waszczykowski - Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland HONORARY COMMITEE HUNGARY Mr. Gyula Porga - Mayor of Veszprém Dr. Tamás Áldozó - Mayor Municipality of Pápa Mr. Polgárdy Imre - President Veszprém County Council General Assembly POLAND Dawid Lasek - Undersecretary of State for the Ministry of Sport and Tourism Roman Ciepiela – Mayor of Tarnów Ryszard Nowak – Mayor of NowySącz Janusz Chwierut – Mayor of Oświęcim Antoni Karlak – Mayor of the Municipality of Jabłonka Józef Krzyworzeka – Krakow's district governor Jan Puchała –Limanowski’s district governor Krzysztof Faber –Nowotarski’s district governor Józef Tomal - Myślenicki’s district governor Marek Pławiak - Nowosądecki’s district governor Zbigniew Starzec - Oświęcimski’s district governor Józef Bałos - Suski’s district governor Bartosz Kaliński - Wadowicki’s district governor Łukasz Łazarewicz – Chairman of the Board of Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z o. o. Tomasz Stępień – Chairman of the Board of OGP Gaz-System S.A. Dariusz Miłek – Chairman of the Board of CCC S.A. Rafał Soja - Chairman of the Board of Tauron Sprzedaż Sp. z o. o. Krzysztof Rodak – Chairman of the Board of MPEC Tarnów Marian Wiatr – Chairman of the Board of Control Process S.A. Tadeusz Rzepecki - Chairman of the Board of Tarnowskie Wodociągi Sp. z o. o. 4 CO-ORGANIZERS Tarnów Veszprém Nowy Sącz Oświęcim Jabłonka Pápa 6 START LIST 1 11-15 POLISH NATIONAL TEAM Poland 2 21-25 SLOVAKIAN NATIONAL TEAM Slovakia 3 31-35 CZECH REPUBLIC NATIONAL TEAM Czech Republic 4 41-45 LITHUANIAN NATIONAL TEAM Lithuania 5 51-55 LATVIAN NATIONAL TEAM Latvia 6 61-65 ESTONIAN NATIONAL TEAM Estonia 7 71-75 UKRAINIAN NATIONAL TEAM Ukraine 8 81-85 RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAM Russia 9 91-95 AGO - AQUA SERVICE Belgium 10 101-105 LKT TEAM BRANDENBURG Germany 11 111-115 TEAM WIGGINS Great Britain 12 121-125 DUKLA BANSKA BYSTRICA Słovakia 13 131-135 DESTIL - JO PIELS CYCLINGTEAM Holand 14 141-146 ROG - LJUBLJANA Slovenia 15 151-155 ISD - JORBI CONTINENTAL TEAM Ukraine 16 161-165 TOPFOREX - LAPIERRE Czech Republic 17 171-175 GUERCIOTTI REDONDELA Spain 18 181-185 GKS CARTUSIA KARTUZY Poland 19 191-195 DT CYCLING TEAM FRIULI Italy 20 201-205 WV DE JONGE RENNER Holand 21 211-215 POGOŃ MOSTOSTAL PUŁAWY Poland 22 221-225 KED – STEVENS TEAM BERLIN Germany 23 231-235 DELIO GALLINA COLOSIO Italy 24 241-245 METEC - TKH Holand 25 251-255 TC CHROBRY SCOTT GŁOGÓW Poland 26 261-265 MUGEN RACE TEAM VELOKI Hungary 27 271-275 PS TEAM THURINGEN Germany 28 281-285 CIPOLLINI ISE SEWETUREC Italy 29 291-295 WIELERPLOEG GROOT AMSTERDAM Holand 30 301-305 TARNOVIA TARNOWO PODGÓRNE Poland 7 GALLERY OF WINNERS Hamish Schreurs - 2016 edion winner Born on January 23rd, 1994 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He caught the eyes of many aer a strong showing last season, with results including 3rd place in the Under 23 Paris – Roubaix and won the naonal U23 championship for the second me in two years. One of his greatest accomplishments was also a victory the GC in Carpathian Couriers Race, in which he also took victories in two stages as well. Aer a successful season he joined Israel Cycling Academy Professional Connental Team. 1975 - 2000 1992 Vladimir Panik, ZTS Dubnica 1975 Kazimierz Mazepa, LZS Ziemia Opolska 1993 Aleksander Cholewa, Krakus Swoszowice 1976 Roman Klamo, Inter Bratysława 1994 Seweryn Kohut, Abpol Tarnów 1977 Henryk Skowronek, Polska 1995 Jacek Szczepanik, Azalia Brzóza Królewska 1978 Ladislav Velics, Spartak Dubnica 1996 Sebasan Skiba, Myszków 1979 Mieczysław Korycki, Polska 1997 Marek Saliński, Polska II 1980 Vladimir Blażek, Czechosłowacja 1998 Denis Mekowski, Sestroretsk St.Petersburg 1981 Fabian Tibor, Czechosłowacja 2000 Piotr Zieliński, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 1982 Jan Posipanka, Czechosłowacja AFTER REACTIVATION 1983 Ondrej Glajza, Lokomov Poprad 2009 Piotr Gawroński, Polish Naonal Team 1984 Ondrej Glajza, Lokomov Poprad 2010 Adrian Honkisz, Polish Naonal Team 1985 Janusz Sambor, Polska 2011 Paweł Bernas, Kellys GKS Cartusia Kartuzy 1986 Victor Orvisky, Inter Bratysława 2012 Maurits Lammernk, Cyclingteam Jo Piels 1987 Tomas Krc, Czechosłowacja 2013 Stefan Poutsma, Cyclingteam Jo Piels 1988 Jan Duplińsky, Czechosłowacja 2014 Gregor Mühlberger, Tirol Cycling Team 1989 Kai Forbrig, NRD 2015 Tim Ariesen, Cycling Jo Piels 1990 Leon Mendierecki, Chmielnicki 2016 Hamish Schreurs, Klein Constana 1991 Piotr Wadecki, Polska 2017 ............................................................... 9 MEMORY OF Gijs Verdick (1994 - 2016) Gijs Verdick raced for Cyclingteam Jo Piels during the 7th edion of Carpathian Couriers Race. 2016 was his first year on the connental level, a huge chance to showcase his abilies and develop. Racing from Hungary to Poland was his first major test in a stage race for espoirs. With the Dutch team dominang the compeon every year and usually trying to fend off myriads of aacks, Gijs was meant to learn and enjoy racing his bike with peers from all over Europe. He did not have the chance to finish the race with his teammates. His heart failed twice on the night before the final stage and, despite all efforts, stopped beang a few days later. In memory of a young rider who passed away much too early, race number 142 has been rered and will be never used again. 11 REGULATION ART. 1. Organization The race “Carpathian Couriers Race U-23” is organized by Małopolska Cycling Federation in Poland (address: 31-971 Kraków, Os. Zielone 25) and Bakony és Balaton Térségi Turisztikai Nonprofit Kft. in Hungary (address: 8200 Veszprém, Óvárostér. 2) under the regulations of the International Cycling Union (UCI). Race director: Tomasz Wójcik, tel.: +48 606 319571, e-mail: [email protected] The race will take place on 29 April – 2 May 2017and will consist of prolog and 3 stages. Web page: www.carpathianrace.eu. Co-organizers of the race are in Poland: MZKOL Sp. z o. o., Municipality of Tarnów, Municipality of Nowy Sącz, Municipality of Oświęcim and Municipality of Jabłonka; in Hungary: Municipality of Veszprem and Municipality of Papa. ART. 2. Race type In the race allowed are competitors in category Under 23 (born in 1995 - 1998). The race is registered in the UCI Calendar as the class ME 2.2U. According to UCI regulations article 2.11.014 competitors will gain points for UCI classification: • 40, 30, 16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 3, points for first 8 competitors in general classification • 8, 5, 2 points for each stage winners • 4 points for the leader of the general classification. ART. 3. Participation Carpathian Couriers Race is open for Continental Pro Teams from organizing countries, Continental Teams, national, regional and club teams according to art. 2.1.005 of UCI regulations. Number of participants in a team is 4-5 according to art. 2.2.003 of UCI regulations. National, regional and club teams need the authorization of their own National Federation for the race. Number of persons accompanying the team can not exceed 3. ART. 4. Race headquarters The race headquarters (Race Office) will be open on 29-th April inHotel Cristal Park (33-101 Tarnów, ul. Traugutta 5) 12.00 – 15.00. Publishing of race numbers will be held in race office 12.00 – 14.45. Team Managers’ Meeting in the presence of the Commissaires Panel will take place according to art.