58th Tour of Poland - 2.3Poland, September 3-9, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - September 5: Kolobrzeg - Szczecin, 178.0 kmBogdan Bondariew gets first win for MrózBy 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. Results1 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 |