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65th Tour de Pologne - ProT

Poland, September 14-20, 2008

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

Davis sprints to win in Poland

By Daniel Marszalek in Olsztyn

Australian Allan Davis (Quick Step) wins the seconds stage of the Tour de Pologne
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Australian sprinter Allan Davis from Team Quick Step has won second stage of the Tour de Pologne over Brazilian Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) and Italian Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre). Fischer became new race leader since his team was four seconds faster on yesterday's time trial.

"There was a three-man break in front of the pack but in the final Team CSC and Team Liquigas picked up the pace, and with 20km to go, my team went into action," said Davis.

"The final was three laps around a circuit. The team did a great job and in the last kilometre Steven De Jongh, as always, guided me perfectly towards the finish-line."

This is first victory for the Australian rider while in Quick Step colors - he brought his new team its 47th win of the season. Davis recently finished third in the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg.

"It was fantastic to win for the first time wearing this jersey," said Davis, who previously won a stage at the Tour de Pologne in 2004. "The organization of this team in the stage finals is amazing."

Second stage of the race began from early breakaway of three riders: Basque Andoni Lafuente (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Italian Roberto Longo (Lampre) and Polish time trial champion Lukasz Bodnar (Polska BGZ). One year ago Longo was first leader of the race, while Bodnar winner of intermediate sprints competition after he made series of solo breakaways in the flatter part of the race.

They quickly gained substantial lead over a sleepy bunch. In the feed zone, with some 113 kilometres to the line, they had a margin of 12:30 on the peloton. With the occasional headwind, the race was behind it slowest time schedule.

The real chase began only after some fours hours of racing. Lafuente won all three intermediate sprints.

Brazilian Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) take the race lead
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Their lead though was shrinking fast as the race was coming ever closer to Olsztyn. Just before riders reached finishing laps on streets of Warmia's capital, Bodnar managed to win the only category three mountain premium of the day and secure an early lead in this competition. Soon after they were all caught by the fast moving bunch led by CSC-Saxo Bank.

In Olsztyn there were three crucifix-like shaped laps, each with four 180 degrees turns and counting 5700 metres. Spaniard Iván Gutiérrez made longest standing solo effort from Caisse d'Epargne, recent winner of the Eneco Tour. However, even Gutiérrez, such strong time trialist, was soon caught.

In the final lap it was down to one team. Quick Step gave a great lead-out from Dutchman Steven De Jongh, which prepared the way for Davis to win. Four years earlier he won Tour de Pologne stage to Bydgoszcz, plus was the best in points and combined competitions.

David is a new man in the Quick Step roster, signing for them just couple of weeks ago. With just one day in the mountains and with plenty of bonus-seconds to gain, riders like Davis or Fischer, who can sprint and also climb in the medium size hills, might win the race.

Photography

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Results

1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                    6.10.53
2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                          
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                          
4 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
5 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                            
6 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
8 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                     
9 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Polish National Team                                
10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                           
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
12 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
14 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Polish National Team                           
15 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
16 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                        
17 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
18 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Polish National Team                         
19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                      
20 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
21 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                        
22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             
23 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    
24 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef         
25 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
26 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   
27 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef                             
28 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                         
29 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
30 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
31 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
32 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                        
33 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                        
35 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    
36 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                    
37 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
38 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
39 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
40 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
41 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
42 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                   
43 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                   
44 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Polish National Team                         
45 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
46 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
47 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Polish National Team                              
48 Manuele Mori (Ita) Scott - American Beef                              
49 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                          
50 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
51 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                             
52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               
53 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                     
54 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
55 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                    
56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                          
57 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
58 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
59 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                        
60 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                          
61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                  
62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               
63 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
64 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                       
65 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               
66 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
67 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                            
68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
70 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
71 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef                              
72 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                                    
73 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
74 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                    
75 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                          
76 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
77 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
78 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     
79 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                                     
80 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                            
81 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
82 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                              
83 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef                           
84 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             
85 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Polish National Team                                
86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
87 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
88 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
89 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         
90 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
91 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                             
92 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia                                      
93 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                              
94 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Polish National Team                        
95 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                          
96 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia                                    
97 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
98 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                                    
99 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
100 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  
101 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                       
102 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                          
103 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                   
104 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                          
105 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre                                         
106 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
107 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
108 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                    
109 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                             
110 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
111 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                              
112 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
113 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
114 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                
115 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
116 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                            
117 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
118 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Scott - American Beef                
119 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         
120 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                  
121 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
122 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                              
123 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                      
124 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
125 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
126 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                    
127 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                              
128 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
129 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
130 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                         1.12
131 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                       1.18
132 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
133 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                    
134 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    3.14
135 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                                  3.27
136 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                               4.15
137 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Scott - American Beef                       
138 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                7.21
139 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef                      
140 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
141 Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) Polish National Team                            
142 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                   6.14.55
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                           
3 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         0.03
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
8 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
9 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                      0.05
10 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    0.06
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
12 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
13 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                          
14 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.07
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 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                0.08
22 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                       0.09
23 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                        
24 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             
25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                         
26 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                        
27 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                          
28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         
29 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                           
30 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                           
31 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre                                          
32 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                              
33 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          
34 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                  0.10
35 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                        
36 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                   
38 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                   
39 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                  
40 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                    
41 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               
42 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                                    
43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                       
44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                          
45 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                                     
46 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia                                      
47 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia                                    
48 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                                    
49 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                    
50 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                     
51 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                   
52 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                     
53 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                       0.11
54 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
55 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                              
56 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Polish National Team                              
57 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   
58 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  0.12
59 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
60 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
62 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                        
63 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
64 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
65 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           0.13
66 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
67 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
68 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
69 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
70 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
71 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                         0.14
72 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                    
73 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                             
74 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                            
75 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                              
76 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         0.15
77 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   
78 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
79 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
80 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
81 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
82 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
83 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               
84 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
85 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             
86 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
87 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                               
88 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                0.16
89 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
90 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
91 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
92 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
93 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                            
94 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
95 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                             
96 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
97 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Polish National Team                           0.17
98 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Polish National Team                           
99 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Polish National Team                         
100 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Polish National Team                        
101 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) Polish National Team                       
102 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef    0.18
103 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef                            
104 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                   
105 Manuele Mori (Ita) Scott - American Beef                             
106 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef                             
107 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef                          
108 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Scott - American Beef            0.20
109 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Polish National Team                           0.21
110 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                         
111 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                      
112 Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) Polish National Team                            
113 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                   0.23
114 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                              
115 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                            0.24
116 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                
117 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
118 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                            
119 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                
120 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            0.29
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     0.30
122 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     0.33
123 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                     0.35
124 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           0.36
125 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             
126 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
127 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    
128 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
129 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
130 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
131 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                              
132 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                0.42
133 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        0.46
134 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                         1.23
135 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                       2.03
136 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    3.27
137 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                                  3.37
138 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Scott - American Beef                   5.01
139 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                               5.15
140 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        7.27
141 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                7.36
142 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef                  8.07
 
Points classification
 
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                         20 pts
2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                        19
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                        18
4 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           17
5 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                          16
6 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               15
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     14
8 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                   13
9 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Polish National Team                              12
10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                         11
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       10
12 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          9
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    8
14 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Polish National Team                          7
15 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            6
16 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                       5
17 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                4
18 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Polish National Team                        3
19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                     2
20 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                            1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Polish National Team                              3 pts
2 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                            2
3 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             1

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