38th Malopolski Wyscig Gorski - NEPoland, August 9-13, 2000Stage list
PreviewAt the moment the most important event going on in Poland is the Malopolski Wyscig Gorski, the 38th edition of this race. At one time it was quite prestigious, possibly the third most important stage race after the Peace Race and the Tour of Poland in this country. Now, despite being occasionally given a 2.5 category rating, at the moment it's only 2.12. It is still a valuable test for all five Polish professional teams before the most important event on the national calendar, the Tour of Poland (Dookola Polski) ranked 2.3. and held in early September. Prologue - August 9: Old Market Criterium, Krakow, 58 kmThe prologue was a criterium in Krakow's Old Market - 77 laps of a 750 metre circuit. The event was dominated by Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy riders, Piotr Wadecki coming out victorious. There was a leader's jersey at stake, but no times for GC taken, as the race was on points only. Results1 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 52 pts 2 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 24 3 Wojciech Pawlak (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra 17 4 Piotr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 16 5 Marek Maciejewski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra 12 6 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) MAT Ceresit-CCC 8 7 Marek Kaminski (Pol) Servisco Warszawa 8 8 Marko Ulbricht (Ger) Thuringer SV Erfurt 8 9 Mariusz Bilewski (Pol) MAT Ceresit-CCC 6 10 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra 5 Stage 1 - August 10: Makow Podhalanski - Jordanow, 195 kmStage 1 on Thursday took some 80 riders from Makow Podhalanski to Jordanow, 195 km with 3 GPM, including twice up the Krowiarki pass (1012m), raced from each side. Early on, eight riders got away, although the group was later split due to the tough terrain. Seven of them managed to take top placings on the day. Best of them was Pawel Niedzwiecki, a 26-years old stagiaire from the Mroz team, who gained more than 2'00 on peloton that contained yesterday's leader Piotr Wadecki. Results1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 4.56.45 2 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra 0.03 3 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 4 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco 0.13 5 Aleksiej Nakaznyj (Ukr) Mikomax-Browar Staropolski 1.00 6 Siergiej Sawieliew (Ukr) Mikomax-Browar Staropolski 1.02 7 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia-Bazyliszek 1.34 8 Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 1.44 9 Krzyf Zasada (Pol) Legia-Bazyliszek 1.45 10 Faat Zakirow (Mda) Lada ... Peloton at 2.24 General classification after stage 1: 1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 4.56.28 2 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra 0.08 3 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 0.16 4 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco 0.13 5 Aleksiej Nakaznyj (Ukr) Mikomax-Browar Staropolski 1.00 6 Siergiej Sawieliew (Ukr) Mikomax-Browar Staropolski 1.02 7 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia-Bazyliszek 1.34 8 Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 1.44 9 Krzyf Zasada (Pol) Legia-Bazyliszek 1.45 10 Faat Zakirow (Mda) Lada Stage 2 - August 11: Myslenice-Myslenice, 127 kmStage 2 was 127 kms around Myslenice with 3 GPMs, including twice up the steep and cobbled ascent in Wieliczka (at 35 and 91 km). It ended in a 29-man group finish, and another win for Pawel Niedzwiecki. Earlier on the stage, MAT Ceresit riders were very aggressive: Tomasz Kloczko won all three mountain sprints, and was in break with Piotr Przydzial (also MAT) and Grzegorz Rosolinski (Servisco) - virtual leader at that time. The three men had maximum lead of nearly 2 minutes, but with 20 kms to go they were joined by another three: Dainis Ozols (Latvia-MAT), Petr Herman (Czech-PSK Unit Expert) and Faat Zakirow (Moldavia-Lada), still having 1'15" on the peloton. But with 4 kilometres to the finish line, the last opportunists (Przydzial & Rosolinski) were caught, and the day ended in a small bunch sprint. Results1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 3.16.39 2 Cezary Zamana (Pol) MAT Ceresit-CCC same time 3 Siergiej Sawieliew (Ukr) Mikomax-Browar Staropolski 4 Marek Kaminski (Pol) Servisco I 5 Petr Herman (Pol) PSK Unit Expert 6 Radek Dite (Pol) PSK 7 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 8 Artur Adamczyk (Pol) Servisco I 9 Aleksiej Bougurow (Mda) Lada 10 Aleksander Efimkine (Mda) Lada General classification after stage 2: 1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 8.12.57 2 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra 0.18 3 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 0.26 4 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco 0.27 5 Aleksiej Nakaznyj (Ukr) Mikomax-Browar Staropolski 1.23 6 Siergiej Sawieliew (Ukr) Mikomax-Browar Staropolski 1.25 7 Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 2.11 8 Krzyf Zasada (Pol) Legia-Bazyliszek 2.12 9 Faat Zakirow (Mda) Lada 10 Lubos Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 2.51 Stage 3 - August 12: Krynica Gorska, 146 km1 Radek Dite (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 3.42.35 2 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco I 4 Cezary Zamana (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 5 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 6 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 7 Lubos Kejval (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 0.07 8 Siergiej Sawieliew (Ukr) Mikomax 9 Jaroslaw Ryszewski (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra 10 Krzysztof Zasada (Pol) Legia-Bazyliszek General classification after stage 3: 1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 2 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Atlas-Lukullus-Ambra 3 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 4 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco Stage 4 - August 13: Grybow - Nowy Sacz ITT, 33 kmStage 4 - August 13: Grybow - Nowy Sacz, ITT, 33km 1 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco I 41.30 (47.710 km/h) 2 Dainis Ozols (Lat) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 0.09 3 Faat Zakirow (Mda) Lada 0.11 4 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 0.32 5 Wojciech Pawlak (Pol) Atlas 0.34 6 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 0.42 7 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia-Bazyliszek 8 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 0.43 9 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 0.56 10 Aleksiej Nakaznyj (Ukr) Mikomax 1.03 Final general classification: 1 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco 12.37.32 (39.523 km/h) 2 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 0.01 (!) 3 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 0.39 4 Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk (Pol) Atlas 0.59 5 Faat Zakirow (Mda) Lada 1.58 6 Aleksiej Nakaznyj (Ukr) Mikomax 2.03 7 Dainis Ozols (Lat) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 2.48 8 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 3.06 9 Siergiej Sawieliew (Ukr) Mikomax 3.07 10 Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 3.16 Climbers: 1 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) MAT-Ceresit-CCC 14 pts 2 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 8 3 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco 6 Points: 1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 32 pts 2 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco 25 3 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 23 Under 23: 1 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Azalia Brzoza Krolewska 12.41.04 2 Radek Dite (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 0.34 3 Aleksiej Bugrow (Mda) Lada 0.44 Teams: 1 MAT-Ceresit-CCC 38.00.20 2 Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 1.36 3 PSK-Unit Expert 3.47 Thanks to Daniel Marszalek for the results Past Winners1995: Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Rotan Spiessens 1996: 1 Andrzej Mierzejewski (Pol) Mroz 2 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) Gornik Weltour 3 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) PZU Joko 1997: 1 Dainis Ozols (Lat) Mroz 2 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) PEKAES 3 Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz 1998: 1 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) PEKAES 2 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) PEKAES 3 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) PEKAES 1999: 1 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Mroz 2 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Sprandi 3 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Servisco Past winners by Mario Stiehl and Daniel Marszalek |