65th Tour de Pologne - ProT

Poland, September 14-20, 2008

Photography

Stage 6 - September 19: Krynica Gorska - Zakopane, 201.7km

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• Jens Voigt (CSC Saxo-Bank) solos to victory on the Tour of Poland's sixth stage.
• Jens Voigt (CSC Saxo-Bank) wins the shortened sixth stage. It was originally to cover 201km, but was reduced to 118km due to wintry weather.
• Jens Voigt (CSC Saxo-Bank) had an innovative waterproof helmet: a plastic bag over the vents.
• Allan Davis (Quick Step) kept the points leader's jersey.
• Jens Voigt seems happy with the day's result: stage win and the overall lead.
• Jens Voigt takes the podium after drying off and getting warm after a cold, rainy stage.
• The Tour of Poland is Jens Voigt's last race of the season and he's going out in style.
• Jens Voigt has enough strength to hoist the huge stuffed bear overhead.
• Jens Voigt (CSC Saxo-Bank) takes over the leader's jersey in the Tour of Poland.
• Voigt is dwarfed by the gigantic stuffed bear.
• Tony Martin (Columbia) took over the mountains classification.

Stage 4 - September 17: Bielsk Podalski - Lublin, 243.6km

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• Leader Allan Davis (Quick Step) and a very miserable looking peloton.
• Are we having fun yet?
• Riders protest the dangerous circuits which were to take place on a wet, technical city circuit.
• This Milram rider looks ready to go.
• The Bouygues Telecom riders wonder why they became professional bike racers.
• Chris Horner (Astana) can't decide to laugh or cry over the race.
• The motorcade gets ready to move.
• The Scott-American Beef riders were putting on every item of clothing they had for the cold, rainy stage.
• The Tour of Poland peloton has been battling lousy weather since the start of the Tour.
• An air of "we're not excited about this" hung over the peloton after the start was moved due to bad weather.
• The race jury decided to annull the stage results after a protest from the riders.

Stage 3 - September 16: Mikolajki - Bialystok, 184.8km

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• Shoes of Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• The special painted Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) Olympic bike.
• Liquigas drives the pace with Fabian Cancellara (CSC-Saxo Bank), l.
• Liquigas riders signal danger.
• Italian Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole), 31, wins stage three of the Tour de Pologne.
• Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole), 31, spreads his wings while winning stage three of the Tour de Pologne.
• It's all Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) in stage three of the Tour de Pologne.
• Stage three winner Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) on the podium.
• Australian Allan Davis (Quick Step) takes over the race lead after finishing third.

Stage 2 - September 15: Plock - Olsztyn, 231.2km

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• Riders on the road in stage two.
• Allan Davis takes his first for Team Quick Step.
• Allan Davis (Quick Step) wins stage two of the Tour de Pologne.
• Australian Allan Davis (Quick Step) wins the seconds stage of the Tour de Pologne.
• Allan Davis (Quick Step) takes to the podium as stage winner.
• Andoni Lafuente (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Lukasz Bodnar (Polska BGZ)
• Brazilian Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) takes the lead after stage two of the Tour de Pologne.

Stage 1 - September 14: Warszawa - Warszawa, 4.0km

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• Euskaltel-Euskadi
• Crédit Agricole
• Team Columbia give it full power.
• Cofidis
• Quick Step line up.
• Liquigas rode the fastest of the day, until CSC-Saxo Bank came along.
• Liquigas ready to roll.
• Liquigas goes in the opening stage of Tour de Pologne.
• Lampre
• Lampre on the start ramp.
• Scott-American Beef ready.
• Scott-American Beef hits the road.
• France's AG2R La Mondiale.
• Rabobank gives it the juice.
• Dutch power: Rabobank
• Rabobank lines up.
• Rabobank on the ramp
• Rabobank presented.
• Astana lines up.
• Astana is presented.
• Astana on the start ramp.
• Chris Horner leads Astana.
• Caisse d'Epargne fires.
• Spain's Caisse d'Epargne
• Germany's Gerolsteiner
• Gerolsteiner rolls.
• Danish outfit CSC-Saxo Bank line up.
• Olympic Champion Fabian Cancellara leads CSC-Saxo Bank on its winning run.
• CSC-Saxo Bank ready to rock.
• Team CSC-Saxo Bank wins the opening day of the Tour de Pologne.
• Team CSC-Saxo Bank on the podium after its winning effort in the Tour de Pologne.
• Lars Bak takes the leader's jersey after the win by CSC-Saxo Bank.
• Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) in the leader's yellow jersey of the Tour de Pologne.