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65th Tour de Pologne - ProT
Poland, September 14-20, 2008
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Stage 4 - September 17: Bielsk Podalski - Lublin, 243.6km
Stage annulled, Davis leads
By Daniel Marszalek in Lublin
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Due to riders protest on the finishing laps in Lublin, the stage results were annulled and therefore there was no winner of stage four in the 65th Tour de Pologne and no changes in the general standings of the race. Riders were to race 204 kilometers leg from Siemiatycze to Lublin, but the day's start was moved from Bielsk Podlaski to Siemiatycze, cutting some 40 kilometers off the stage because of bad weather that has troubled race from the beginning the week.
Some 15 kilomters into the stage Marcin Sapa from Polish National Team - Polska BGZ repeated his move from Tuesday and escaped from the bunch with two other riders: Frenchman Alexander Blain (Cofidis) and Spaniard Raul Alarcon (Scott-American Beef). At 40 kilometers mark they had a 5 minute lead on the peloton. The maximum lead reached 6:10 after the second intermediate sprint in Biala Podlaska. Two of the sprints were won by Blain and one by Sapa, who would have become the new leader in this competition if not for further events.
The breakaway was caught just before Lublin, although Sapa tried to survive at the front for as long possible with a solo effort lasting a few kilometers. Soon after peloton finally caught the Polish road race champion, the peloton dramatically slowed down to some 33 km/h, fearful of the wet roads on a rather technical finishing circuit in the city.
Finally after some discussions with the race jury, the riders decided not to race last of the three scheduled laps since they learned that time wasn't neutralized on the entry to the first finishing lap. Riders came to a stop with 4,5 kms before the planned finish, and the race jury decided to annull all results of the stage, including points gained by breakaways riders on the three intermediate sprints.
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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.
Results
1 Annulled
General classification after stage 3 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 10.41.47 2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 0.04 3 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.07 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 0.09 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 10 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.10 11 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 13 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 14 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.11 15 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12 22 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.13 23 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 26 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 27 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 28 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 29 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 30 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 32 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 33 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 0.14 34 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 36 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 37 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 39 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 40 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia 42 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 43 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 44 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 46 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia 47 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 48 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 0.15 49 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 50 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Polish National Team 52 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.16 54 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 57 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 61 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.17 62 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 64 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Polish National Team 66 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 0.18 69 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 70 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 71 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 72 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.19 73 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 76 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 79 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 82 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 0.20 83 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 86 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 87 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Polish National Team 0.21 91 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Polish National Team 92 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Polish National Team 93 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Polish National Team 94 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Polish National Team 95 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 0.22 96 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 97 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 98 Manuele Mori (Ita) Scott - American Beef 99 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef 100 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Scott - American Beef 0.24 101 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 0.25 102 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 103 Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) Polish National Team 104 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 0.27 105 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 106 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0.28 107 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 108 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 109 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 110 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 111 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 0.29 112 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 0.30 113 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 0.31 114 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.34 116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 0.36 117 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.37 118 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.40 119 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 121 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 122 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 123 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 124 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 125 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 126 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.47 127 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.50 128 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.54 129 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.07 130 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.27 131 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 2.07 132 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.11 133 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 4.31 134 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 5.19 135 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Scott - American Beef 6.09 136 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 6.26 137 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.31 138 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.40 139 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 9.21 140 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 10.55 141 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 19.25 Points clssification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 38 pts 2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 34 3 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 33 4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 26 5 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 25 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 20 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 9 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 19 10 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 11 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Polish National Team 17 12 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 16 13 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Polish National Team 16 14 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 16 15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 16 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 12 17 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 10 18 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 20 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 21 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Polish National Team 7 22 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 23 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 24 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 5 25 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 26 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Polish National Team 4 27 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 28 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 29 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 1 30 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 1 Mountains clssification 1 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Polish National Team 3 pts 2 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 3 3 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Polish National Team 2 4 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 2 5 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 6 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Sprints classification 1 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 pts 2 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Polish National Team 8 3 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 4 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Polish National Team 6 5 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 3 6 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 3 Teams clssification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 32.05.42 2 Liquigas 0.09 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.12 4 Rabobank 0.18 5 Lampre 6 Team Columbia 0.21 7 Team Milram 8 Quick Step - Innergetic 9 Française des Jeux 0.24 10 Gerolsteiner 0.27 11 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.30 12 Astana 0.33 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.36 14 Crédit Agricole 15 Bouygues Telecom 0.39 16 Polish National Team 0.42 17 Scott - American Beef 0.45 18 AG2R - La Mondiale 1.03 19 Silence - Lotto 1.39
