58th Tour of Poland - 2.3

Poland, September 3-9, 2001

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Stage 3 - September 5: Kolobrzeg - Szczecin, 178.0 km

Bogdan Bondariew gets first win for Mróz

By Daniel Marszalek, cyclingnews.com correspondent

The final day of the race along the Baltic coast began with the news of another great sprinter's retirement. Stuart O'Grady had to pull out of the TdP due to three broken ribs he sustained in a fall the day before. So from 159 original starters, just 143 remained after only 2 days into the competition.

The first aggressive move on the stage came from Latvian Raivis Belohvosciks (Lampre), who attacked just after 20 km, and thanks to this solo effort won the first intermediate sprint in Trzebiatów at 26 km. Marcin Gebka (CCC-Mat) was the fastest from the bunch to collect his two points for both the combative and active rider's classification, third was Mikomax sprinter Krzysztof Jezowski. Soon after, the lonely breakaway rider was caught.

The next sprint in Gryfino at 44 km belonged to local rider Pawel Zugaj, who won ahead of Daniel Czajkowski (Servisco) and Gebka again. A couple of kilometers before the last one at 77 km in Nowogard, again Belohvosciks attacked, this time taking Moldavian Igor Bonczukow (Atlas) for company. They crossed the sprint line in this order, while Kazimierz Stafiej (Mróz) sprinted for third place in the peloton.

In the last hour of racing (around 135 km), a group of six was formed, including breakaway king Andrea Tafi (Mapei) and the very active this year Stafiej. But this action was also to be short lived, and on the entry to Szczecin there were more attacks, including one from third overall Raimondas Vilcinskas (Mróz), who was closely marked by race leader Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2R) himself.

On the streets of Szczecin for every one of four laps, riders had to tackle a short, but cobbled hill, which with its 3rd category status was very important for the KOM competition. The first two GPMs were won by Robert Radosz (Atlas), the third one by Ruggero Marzoli (Cantina Tollo) who secured his lead in the standings, while fourth went to Alessandro Bertolini (Alessio). Kirsipuu and race hot favorite Raimondas Rumsas (Fassa Bortolo) were seen active at the front.

With 2 kilometers to go, a crash occurred further back, and the worst involved were Frenchman Frederic Bessy from Credit Agricole (which had already lost Magnus Backstedt who retired earlier in this stage) and young Pawel Sendal from the Poland Under-23 squad (8th on stage 2).

The finish was rather specific, first 150 or 200 meters of steep descent from a bridge before the final straight, which was flat and around 400 meters long. The remaining peloton entered at great speed, easily reaching 70 km/h. Nicola Loda (Fassa Bortolo) tried a long one, built a gap but was eventually caught with just 100 meters to go to the line. The big Ukrainian (195 cm and 88 kg) Bogdan Bondariew used all his power in this kind of sprint to win ahead of Grzegorz Gronkiewicz (Mikomax) and the fast trio from the Tacconi Sport squadra: Minali, Klemencic and Apollonio.

Kirsipuu was 10th, and kept his leader's jersey.

Results

1 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Mróz Supradyn Witaminy         3.53.27  (45.75 km/h)
2 Grzegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) Mikomax Browar Staropolski
3 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport
4 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport
5 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport
6 Eugen Wacker (Ger) Mróz Supradyn Witaminy
7 Mariusz Kaminski (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek
8 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
9 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
10 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance
11 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
12 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio
13 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
14 Fred Rodriguez (USA Domo-Farm Frites
15 Corrado Serina (Ita) Alexia
16 Marek Kaminski (Pol) Servisco
17 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo
18 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Mikomax
19 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo
20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
21 Serguei Lelekin (Rus) Mobilvetta
22 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
23 Oleksij Nakazny (Ukr) Mikomax
24 Aleksiej Markow (Rus) Itera
25 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Mróz Supradyn Witaminy
26 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Legia
27 Wojciech Pawlak, Atlas Ambra
28 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
29 Serguei Iwanow (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
30 Dmitrij Gainitdinow (Rus) Tacconi Sport
31 Aleksander Boczarow (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance
32 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco
33 Martin Prazdnovsky (Slo) Atlas
34 Wladimir Karpiec (Rus) Itera
35 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia
36 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
37 Oleksandr Klymienko (Ukr) Mikomax
38 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
39 Raimondas Vilcynskas (Ltu) Mróz Supradyn Witaminy
40 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
41 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
42 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
43 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia
44 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo
45 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites
46 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
47 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Mat Mat
48 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
49 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites
50 Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas Ambra
51 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
52 Serguei Sawielew (Ukr) Mikomax
53 J Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
54 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mróz Supradyn Witaminy
55 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Mat
56 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
57 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mróz Supradyn Witaminy
58 Marcin Gebka (Pol) CCC-Mat
59 Wolodymir Gustow (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
60 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
61 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
62 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport Sport
63 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio
64 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Mobilvetta
65 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
66 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Mróz Supradyn Witaminy
67 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco
68 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport Sport
69 Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) CCC-Mat
70 Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
71 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Atlas
72 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
73 Jaroslaw Ryszewski (Pol) Atlas
74 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Polish U23 Team
75 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
76 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
77 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia
78 Krzysztof Ciesielski (Pol) Servisco
79 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo
80 Felice Puttini (Swi) CCC-Mat
81 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Polish U23 Team
82 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) Polish U23 Team
83 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mróz Supradyn Witaminy
84 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
85 Aleksander Sierow (Rus) Itera
86 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
87 Pawel Brutt (Rus) Itera
88 Denis Smyslow (Rus) Itera
89 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio
90 Pawel Zugaj (Pol) Polish U23 Team
91 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Mat
92 Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) Mikomax
93 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
94 Serguei Jakowlew (Kaz) Cantina Tollo
95 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia
96 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia
97 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
98 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia
99 Serguei Klimow (Rus) Itera
100 Guido Trombetta (Ita) Mobilvetta
101 Kurt van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
102 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
103 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
104 Rafal Kazmierczak (Pol) Servisco
105 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
106 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Atlas
107 Robert Koj (Pol) Legia
108 Konstantin Siwcow (Rus) Itera
109 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
110 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Polish U23 Team
111 Dominique Perras (Kan) Servisco
112 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
113 Wiktor Ulanowski (Pol) Servisco
114 Wladislaw Borisow (Rus) Itera
115 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Polish U23 Team
116 Igor Bonczukow (Mda) Atlas
117 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance
118 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio
119 Slawomir Chrzanowski (Pol) Atlas                        0.26
120 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                    0.33
121 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio
122 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta
123 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance
124 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) CCC-Mat
125 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Legia
126 Rubens Bertogliati (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
127 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                       0.58
128 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta                        1.05
129 Pawel Szaniawski (Pol) Servisco                         1.21
130 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
131 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                         1.45
132 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina                          2.25
133 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina
134 Daniele Galli (Ita) Alessio
135 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
136 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Tacconi Sport Sport                3.51
137 Stephane Couge (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                    4.32
138 Raffaele Bosi (Ita) Mobilvetta
139 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Cantina Tollo                     7.34
140 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta                      10.45
141 Dariusz Kapidura (Pol) Mikomax                         14.24
DNS Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
DNF Magnus Backstedt (Swi) Credit Agricole
DNF Pawel Sendal (Pol) Polish U23 Team
 
Sprints
 
Trzebiatów 26 km
 
1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                      3 pts
2 Marcin Gebka (Pol) CCC-Mat                                   2
3 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Mikomax                             1
 
Gryfice 44 km
 
1 Pawel Zugaj (Pol) Polish Under 23 Team                       3 pts
2 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco                             2
3 Marcin Gebka (Pol) CCC-Mat                                   1
 
Nowogard 77 km
 
1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                      3 pts
2 Igor Bonczukow (Mol) Atlas                                   2
3 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy               1
 
Mountains
 
Szczecin Cat. 3, 159 km
 
1 Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas                                    4 pts
2 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                          3
3 Oleksandr Klymienko (Ukr) Mikomax                            2
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      1
5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites                        1
 
Szczecin Cat. 3, 164 km
 
1 Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas                                    4 pts
2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy               3
3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                          2
4 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Cantina Tollo                          1
5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                       1
 
Szczecin Cat. 3, 170 km
 
1 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                          4 pts
2 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Mat                                3
3 Mariusz Kaminski (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek                      2
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                     1
5 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                          1
 
Szczecin Cat. 3, 175 km
 
1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio                           4 pts
2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                          3
3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo                         2
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Aricole                              1
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      1
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                   13.52.48
2 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia                              0.19
3 Raimondas Vilcynskas (Ltu) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy         0.21
4 Marcin Gebka (Pol) CCC-Mat                                1.06
5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                               1.08
6 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy
7 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco                          1.10
8 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy
9 Grzegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) Mikomax Browar Staropolski     1.12
10 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                     1.15
11 Remigius Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy
12 Pawel Zugaj (Pol) Polish Under 23 Team
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Aricole                          1.16
14 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Mikomax                         1.17
15 Mariusz Kaminski (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek
16 Serhij Sawielew (Ukr) Mikomax
17 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo                     1.18
18 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
20 Corrado Serina (Ita) Alexia
21 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
22 Oleksij Nakazny (Ukr) Mikomax
23 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera
24 Marek Kaminski (Pol) Servisco
25 Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol) Servisco
26 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
27 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites
28 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo
29 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Atlas Ambra
30 Eugen Wacker (Ger) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy
31 Aleksander Boczarow (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance
32 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Legia
33 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
34 Kim Kirchen (Luk) Fassa Bortolo
35 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo
36 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
37 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
38 Oleksandr Klymienko (Ukr) Mikomax
39 Dmitrij Gainitdinow (Rus) Tacconi Sport
40 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
41 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia
42 Lukasz Podolski (Pol) Polish Under 23 Team
43 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Mat
44 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy
45 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport
46 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
47 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Polish Under 23 Team
48 Pawel Brutt (Rus) Itera
49 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
50 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
51 Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
52 Wojciech Pawlak (Pol) Atlas
53 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
54 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
55 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy
56 Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) CCC-Mat Mat
57 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Mat
58 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport
59 Wladimir Karpiec (Rus) Itera
60 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia
61 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Mat
62 Wolodymir Gustow (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
63 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Mobilvetta
64 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
65 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance
66 Wladislaw Borisow (Rus) Itera
67 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
68 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio
69 Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) Mikomax
70 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo
71 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Atlas
72 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera
73 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia
74 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport
75 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
76 Krzysztof Ciesielski (Pol) Servisco
77 Dominique Perras (Kan) Servisco
78 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Polish Under 23 Team
79 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
80 Felice Puttini (Swi) CCC-Mat
81 Wiktor Ulanowski (Pol) Servisco
82 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
83 Serguei Jakovlev (Kaz) Cantina Tollo
84 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
85 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
86 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio
87 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport                        1.41
88 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                        1.45
89 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio
90 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                      1.51
91 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
92 Slawomir Chrzanowski (Pol) Atlas                         2.07
93 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                          3.01
94 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport                      3.15
95 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                     3.43
96 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                          4.17
97 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Polish Under 23 Team                   4.43
98 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                          5.01
99 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Tacconi Sport                       5.09
100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                 5.29
101 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       5.33
102 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                  6.06
103 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites                   6.19
104 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                     6.34
105 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                12.00
106 Igor Bonczukow (Mol) Atlas                             12.11
107 Serguei Lelekin (Rus) Mobilvetta                       12.13
108 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Polish Under 23 Team
109 Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas
110 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
111 Jaroslaw Ryszewski (Pol) Atlas
112 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
113 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy
114 Rafal Kazmierczak (Pol) Servisco
115 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia
116 Kurt van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
117 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
118 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
119 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Legia                               12.46
120 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      13.11
121 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia                           13.43
122 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) CCC-Mat                           14.22
123 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo                   14.38
124 Raffaele Bosi (Ita) Mobilvetta                         16.45
125 Stephane Couge (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
126 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Cantina Tollo                    19.47
127 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                 20.43
128 Konstantin Sivkov (Rus) Itera
129 Aleksander Sierov (Rus) Itera
130 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera
131 Moreno di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta                       21.48
132 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo               23.08
133 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                 24.27
134 Dariusz Kapidura (Pol) Mikomax                         26.37
135 Pawel Szaniawski (Pol) Servisco                        26.47
136 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta                      30.57
137 Robert Koj (Pol) Legia                                 33.14
138 Daniele Galli (Ita) Alexia                             38.46
139 Guido Trombetta (Ita) Mobilvetta                       39.37
140 Martin Prazdnovsky (Slo) Atlas                         44.51
141 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta                       45.24

Points classification
 
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                       50 pts
2 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                               45
3 Grzegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) Mikomax Browar Staropolski     34
 
Climber's classification
 
1 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       14 pts
2 Robert Radosz (Pol) Atlas                                  8
3 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy             7
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Marcin Gebka (Pol) CCC-Mat                                15 pts
2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy            15
3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       14
 
Intermediate sprints classification
 
1 Marcin Gebka (Pol) CCC-Mat                                12 pts
2 Daniel Czajkowski (Pol) Servisco                           8
3 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz Supradyn Witaminy             8
 
Teams classification
 
1 AG2R                                                41.41.00
2 Mróz                                                    0.03
3 Alexia                                                  0.19
4 CCC                                                     1.06
5 Alessio                                                 1.08

Courtesy of Daniel Marszalek/Marcin Karda