Warsaw will host the PZU Gran Fondo cycling event on August 22\u201323, featuring world-class stars alongside amateurs, while bringing significant traffic restrictions and transit changes to the capital. <\/p>\n
On the weekend of August 22\u201323, Warsaw will become the capital of amateur cycling thanks to events from the PZU Gran Fondo series. The start and finish of all races will be located on the \u015awi\u0119tokrzyski Bridge, while the competition village will be set up at Kahla Square.<\/p>\n
This year’s edition will feature an exceptionally strong lineup, as titled global cycling stars ride side by side with amateurs at the start. The peloton will include Rafa\u0142 Majka, an Olympic medalist from Rio de Janeiro, former teammate of Tadej Poga\u010dar, and stage winner in the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, as well as famous names such as Philippe Gilbert, Przemys\u0142aw Niemiec, Jaros\u0142aw Marycz, and Anna Szafraniec. Fans and participants will have the opportunity to meet the athletes in person on Saturday during the Gran Fondo Talks series at the competition village from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n
The sporting event will kick off on Saturday at 12:00 PM with the PZU Gran Fondo Kids race for the youngest participants on the boulevards near the Copernicus Science Centre. Meanwhile, Sunday will feature the main rides: starting at 7:30 AM, amateurs will compete in the Medio Fondo (approx. 85 km) and Gran Fondo (approx. 109 km) distances, while the Family Fondo 25 km family race will set off at 8:00 AM.<\/p>\n
The organization of the competition involves temporary disruptions on streets leading towards Sulej\u00f3wek, including in Praga-Po\u0142udnie, Wawer, and Weso\u0142a. The roadway of the \u015awi\u0119tokrzyski Bridge towards Praga will be closed on Sunday from 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM, while other streets along the route, including sections of Wa\u0142 Miedzeszy\u0144ski, Bora-Komorowskiego, and Ostrobramska streets, will be closed in stages between 6:30 AM and 13:30 PM. Additionally, parking bans will take effect on designated sections starting Friday evening, and nearly 20 WTP bus lines will alter their routes, returning to their permanent paths from 12:30 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warsaw will host the PZU Gran Fondo cycling event on August 22\u201323, featuring world-class stars alongside amateurs, while bringing significant traffic restrictions and transit changes to the capital. PZU Gran Fondo weekend in Warsaw On the weekend of August 22\u201323, Warsaw will become the capital of amateur cycling thanks to events from the PZU Gran […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}