56th Tour de Pologne, Cat 2.4

Poland, September 6-12, 1999


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Report:

Daniel Marzalek, reporting from Poland

Stage 5, Szczawno Zdrój - Walbrzych, 168 kms:

AVS: 

Daniel Marzalek in Poland reports there was a breakaway in the 168km 5th stage of 
Tour of Poland. The first of the mountain stages from Szczawno Zdrój to Walbrzych 
saw the field break up with a group of some 25 riders finishing three minutes 
behind the stage winner, Piotr Wadecki (Mróz) and breakaway companions 
Paolo Bossoni (Cantina Tollo-Alexia) and Zbigniew Piatek (Mróz).
Despite the break, there was no change to the overall lead on the GC, 
with Polish rider Cesary Zamana still in the lead, however, Credit Agricole
rider Jens Voigt has moved from fourth to second place overall.
Tomorrow the riders head into another mountain stage from 
Szklarska Poreba - Karpacz, a distance of 171.5 kms.


1.  Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mróz			4.14.21
2.  Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 
3.  Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mróz 
4.  Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mróz
5.  Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
6.  Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
7.  Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
8.  Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites

GC after Stage 5


1.  Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mróz
2.  Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole
3.  Arturis Kasputis (Lit) Casino
4.  Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Mróz
5.  Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mróz
6.  Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
7.  Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mróz
8.  Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mróz
9.  Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
10. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
 
Leaders of the individual categories are:
Points:    Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
Mountains: Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Sprandi Mat
Sprints:   Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mróz
Teams:     Mróz