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62nd Tour of Poland - ProT

Poland, September 12-18, 2005

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Stage 7 - September 18: Jelenia Góra – Karpacz, 61 km

New leader in TdP

By Daniel Marszalek in Karpacz Orlinek

Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo)
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Luxembourgois Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) won the morning's seventh stage of the 62nd Tour de Pologne, disputed on a short 61 kilometres course from Jelenia Góra to Karpacz Orlinek. Kirchen beat Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) in a tough uphill finish, getting his revenge for this year's Flèche Wallonne, where he was outsprinted by the Italian on the Mur de Huy. Third place went to young Swede Thomas Lövkvist (Francaise des Jeux). Overnight race leader Pieter Weening (Rabobank) came just 8th, losing nine seconds to the stage winner. Therefore Kim Kirchen became the new race leader before this afternoon's deciding time trial.

How it unfolded

After two tough days with awful weather, the remaining riders must have welcomed Sunday's chilly, but sunny morning in Jelenia Góra with great relief. The first mountain sprint at Karpacz Górny, which was named after Joachim Halupczok (amateur world champion in 1989, who died prematurely in February 1994), was won by Swiss Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval), who at this moment was in a breakaway with his compatriot Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Spaniards Jesus Hernandez, Daniel Navarro (both Liberty Seguros) and Frank Schleck (Team CSC) from Luxembourg. On a descent to Sosnówka, there was some regoupment with a new five man group now at the front, among them Navarro and Schleck plus TdP 2002 winner Frenchman Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom), Ukrainian Volodymir Gustov (Fassa Bortolo) and the leader in the mountains competition, Bartosz Huzarski (Intel-Action).

Laurent Brochard (Bouygues)
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The only intermediate sprint in this stage was in the centre of Karpacz centre (km 36,5), and was won by Navarro ahead of Huzarski and Schleck. They were all caught on the second ascent to Karpacz Górny with Spaniard Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) taking first place on the line situated near the wooden Wang church, which was specially brought to Karpacz from Norway in the 19th century. On the second descent to Sosnówka, Slovenian Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) attacked from the still 50 strong peloton and was allowed a couple kilometres of freedom. Still, he was swallowed by the bunch just before the entrance to Karpacz. Croatian Vladimir Miholjevic and Italian Andrea Noè' were doing great work for Di Luca at the front with five Dutchmen from Rabobank including race leader Pieter Weening sitting just behind the Liquigas riders.

When Noè's turn on the front was over, Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) - working for Weening - upped the pace. Spaniard Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) made a jump from the melting group but his action was short lived. With 1500 metres to the finish, Lobato's compatriot David Arroyo (Illes Balears) tried his luck but he also was soon caught. With 600 metres to go, it was Marek Rutkiewicz who accelerated from the leading group, but he was quickly followed by Weening and Di Luca. At the hardest part of the final kilometre with 300 metres before Orlinek, he started his dash for the line, immediately making a gap over all his opponents. Still, Kim Kirchen (who already was fourth overall in the TdP 2001) chose the best place to start the sprint. He went very strongly from fifth or sixth position and came around Di Luca with less than 150 metres before the end. Kirchen managed to reach the finish line with a few seconds advantage on Di Luca and Lövkvist, and most importantly, with clear gap to Weening.

Before this afternoon's 19 kilometre long time trial, Kirchen now leads the race with an 11 second advantage on Weening and 0'33 on Di Luca. Lövkvist fourth at 0'41, Dekker is fifth at 0'42, and Boogerd sixth at 1'01. The best Polish rider Marek Rutkiewicz is still 11th with a 2'34 deficit to Kirchen.

Photography

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Results

1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                         1.39.00
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      0.02
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                   0.04
4 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           0.07
5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir              0.09
6 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
7 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action                            
8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  
9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                      
10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                              0.15
11 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         0.19
12 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                      0.22
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  
14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        
15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       
17 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                
18 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        0.28
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
20 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                    
21 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action                             
22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   
23 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears                              
24 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                 0.51
26 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    1.01
27 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           1.11
28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                   1.13
29 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                   1.22
30 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action                              
31 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone      1.30
32 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         1.33
33 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.37
34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
35 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
36 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action                          
37 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
38 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                          
39 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
40 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             1.46
41 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action                           
42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                             2.06
43 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                   3.26
44 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
45 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                      3.51
46 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                           4.19
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 
49 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                    
50 Janes Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                       
51 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel                    
52 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                             
53 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                 5.45
55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                          
56 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                      5.54
57 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                             6.35
58 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears                         6.25
59 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
60 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                           
61 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                         
62 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          
63 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          6.32
64 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears                        8.22
65 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 10.07
66 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action                           
67 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
68 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche                                     
69 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      11.40
70 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux                  11.42
71 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                  
72 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                              
73 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                  
DNF Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           
DNF Gustav E. Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                        
DNF Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                       
DNF Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
DNF Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears                             
DNS Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           
 
Points
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                              20 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        19
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     18
4 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             17
5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                16
6 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  15
7 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action                          14
8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                13
9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                    12
10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                11
11 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           10
12 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                         9
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 8
14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       7
15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      6
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone      5
17 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                               4
18 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              2
20 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                   1
 
Mountains
 
Climb 1 - Cat. 1, 20,1 km
 
1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                12 pts
2 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              8
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  6
4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 4
5 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               2
 
Climb 2 - Cat. 1, 41,8 km
 
1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               6 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     4
3 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            3
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         2
5 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                1
 
Sprints
 
Karpacz 36,5 km                                                  
 
1 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               3 pts
2 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action                           2
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  1
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                        31.40.33
2 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                              0.11
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      0.33
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                   0.41
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                               0.42
6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                             1.01
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone    1.55
8 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                2.07
9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                      
10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                      2.29
11 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action                       2.34
12 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action                         3.24
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                               4.18
14 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            4.27
15 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         4.49
16 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears                          4.51
17 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           5.08
18 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           5.29
19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         6.03
20 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action                          6.34
21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        6.55
22 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                             7.18
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   8.06
24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                             8.29
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                 9.28
26 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                14.25
27 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    15.42
28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                             15.47
29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                            16.19
30 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                       16.45
31 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     18.16
32 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi               18.27
33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                  19.12
34 Janes Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                  19.39
35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                          19.53
36 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        21.45
37 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          23.39
38 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                  23.51
39 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   24.09
40 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears                        24.29
41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                26.58
42 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action                      27.07
43 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel               28.34
44 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    29.13
45 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                  29.18
46 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears                       29.37
47 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                     31.23
48 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         31.52
49 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                               33.08
50 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir            33.58
51 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                    36.56
52 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                      36.59
53 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action                     37.58
54 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                     38.19
55 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems             39.25
56 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                     42.20
57 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        43.11
58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                     43.50
59 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     44.10
60 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                             47.34
61 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            48.04
62 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         51.40
63 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action                      52.02
64 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                             54.09
65 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  57.42
66 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     59.43
67 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   59.50
68 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                       1.09.40
69 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                      1.11.23
70 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                    1.11.55
71 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux                1.13.27
72 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche                              1.16.18
73 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir               1.19.27
 
Points classification
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                              55 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        53
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                 43
4 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action                         41
5 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action                          40
6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            36
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                35
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     35
9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                               34
10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                        33
11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     33
12 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 27
13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                   25
14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                     23
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                 21
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     19
17 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            17
18 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action                           16
19 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir               16
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                15
21 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       15
22 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           13
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                               11
24 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                  11
25 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      11
26 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           10
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              9
28 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              7
29 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                        7
30 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               6
31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                5
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                    5
33 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears                             4
34 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action                             3
35 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3
36 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action                          34 pts
2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                26
3 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             12
4 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              11
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         9
6 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action                             8
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                 8
8 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            8
9 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action                           7
10 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        7
11 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action                          7
12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                              6
13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                    6
14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    6
15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 6
16 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                   6
17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone      5
18 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                4
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     3
20 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                3
21 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            3
22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                 2
23 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                         2
24 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              2
25 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               1
26 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                      1
27 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            21 pts
2 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action                           4
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       3
4 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               3
5 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                       3
6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        3
7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                  2
8 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action                             1
9 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                1
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 1
11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                    1
12 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        1
13 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                 1
14 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Rabobank                                               95.03.49
2 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                 9.30
3 Intel-Action                                              10.23
4 Team CSC                                                  21.42
5 Liquigas-Bianchi                                          33.39
6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        34.02
7 Bouygues Telecom                                          35.17
8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                          47.30
9 Gerolsteiner                                              47.34
10 Française Des Jeux                                       53.34
11 Fassa Bortolo                                            55.34
12 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                           56.47
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   1.06.28
14 Credit Agricole                                        1.23.54
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      1.46.06

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