The UCI World Tour resumes on August 1 at Strade Bianche, with the Tour de Pollogne taking place August 5-9.

Like many top-level competitions that are held over a limited 71-day period between now and early November, the Tour de Pollogne has a star-studded start list, including overall contenders Jacob Fuglsang (Astana) and Wout Poels (Bahrain McLaren) Sprinters Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo Visma), Mark Cavendish (Bahrain McLaren) and Fabio Jacobsen (Deceuninck-Quickstep) will also be looking to win the five-day flat stage.

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This is one of the few events on the calendar that has retained its pre-reorganization calendar slot, albeit shortened from seven to five days due to COVID-19, and other important races at the end of summer, including the Tour de France at the end of August. It is an important build-up race for riders targeting other important races at the end of the summer, including the Tour de France at the end of August.

Last year's champion Pavel Sivakov (Team Ineos) will not be back to defend his title, as he competed in this week's Tour de Occitanie with teammates Egan Bernal and Chris Froome. Sivakov, who raced in the Team Sky jersey last year, was able to outpace Sunweb's Jai Hindley and UAE Team Emirates' Diego Ulissi, who have already won the Herald Sun Tour in Australia this season in February, but the difference between the three on the podium was only 12 seconds.

Instead, Ineos will be led in Poland by 2019 Giro d'Italia winner Carapas. Behind the Ecuadorian Carapas is a strong team that includes time trial world champion Rohan Dennis and Irishman Eddie Dunbar, who is in good form.

For more information on how to watch all the action from this week's Tour de Pollogne, read on.

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The men's Tour de Pollogne race will be broadcast comprehensively on many networks and live in Europe, Asia and Australia via Eurosport (opens in new tab) and Eurosport Player.

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The GCN Race Pass (opens in new tab), available on the GCN app, also broadcasts races in the UK and North America. Access costs £39.99 for a year, but currently a special offer allows you to subscribe for £19.99. [TVP in Poland, Rai Sport in Italy (opens in new tab), Sporza in Belgium (opens in new tab), EITB in the Basque Country (opens in new tab), etc.

If you live outside the broadcast area or are out of the country on vacation and the live stream is regionally restricted, you can access it via a "virtual private network" for your laptop, tablet, or mobile, or via VPN to simulate being in your home country. workaround.

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Stage 1: Silesian Stadium, Chorzów - Katowice, 195.8 km - Wednesday, August 5

13:45 - 18:30 CET

07:45 - 12:30 EST

Stage 2: Opole - Zabrze, 151.5 km - Thursday, August 6 )

15:05 - 18:10 CET

09:05 - 12:10 EST

Stage 3: Wadowice - Bielsko Biala, 203.1 km - Friday, August 7

11:15 - 16:30 CET

05:15 - 10: 00 30 EST

Stage 4: Bukovina Resort - Bukovina Tatrzanska, 173 km - Saturday, August 8

14:45 - 18:50 CET

08:45 - 12:50 EST

Stage 5: Zakopane - Krakow, 188 km - Sunday, August 9

14:10 - 18:50 CET

08:10 - 12:50 EST