Speaking at the presentation of a new agreement between the Tour de Pologne and Polish TV station TVP, Rafal Majka and Michal Kwiatkowski have looked ahead to the coming season. While none of them wants to say anything about their schedules, they have both revealed that they are already back in training.

For the next five years the Tour de Pologne will be broadcast on Polish Television.Lang Team and TVP signed an agreement on Tuesday afternoon, during an official meeting after the 71st Tour de Pologne. It took place at the TVP station and was attended by many distinguished guests, including the 71st TdP winner Rafal Majka, the World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski, Czeslaw Lang, Minister of Sport and TourismAndrzej Biernat and many more. It was a great opportunity to relive the emotions from the Tour de Pologne with short movie clips of the race. Sponsor representatives and media partners were also present. As a token of appreciation for their cooperation, the Lang Team gave them each a yellow jersey from the Tour de Pologne. The highlight of this meeting was when Lang Team and Polish Television signed this new deal. According to the agreement the Tour de Pologne will be broadcast by TVP for the next five years. 

“There were two most important moments for me this season – the Tour de France and the Tour de Pologne," Majka said. "I came to Poland highly motivated, confident after a great performance in France. I came to win, but not only for me, for Polish fans, too.

"Climbing to the top of Kilimanjaro was exciting but it was a tough experience. I would rather ride three tours than do that again.

"I am back on a bike for over a week. Honestly, not only bike, but also fitness and gym to be perfect for new season. Now I stay in Poland, but at the end of November I fly to Gran Canaria for three weeks. The first start will be in warm place I hope, I have not scheduled the whole calendar but I know it will be long and difficult."

“I had a 5-week break in training," Kwiatkowski said. "I needed it very much to clear my head and decompress. The cycling season is very long and now it is time to see family and friends.

"I started training on the 10th of November; short, but intensive workouts to prepare for the new year. I will start the next season in Argentina in January.That will be a great moment to show myself in the World Champion jersey. Now I have to prepare to show my best in the new season. In the near future there will be decisions about my race calendar for 2015. Now I cannot say anything about it because I first need to analyze this season and then we will think with the team how the new season should be for me as a world champion."

“I am very happy with the new agreement," Lang said about the new deal with TVP. "I would like to thank all of you, especially the cyclists. You have made my dreams come true. 21 years ago we started with the Tour de Pologne in a new format. We built a great theatre and waited a long time for the actors; now we have spectacular, great actors. That is something amazing”.