Wadecki sprints to early lead

Adam Wadecki (Aktio Group Mostostal Puławy) was the fastest men in the field and won the first stage of Wyscig Solidarnosci i Olimpijczykow (Course de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques). He outsprinted Andre Schulze from PSK Whirlpool and Steffen Radochla from Nutrixxion Sparkasse.

“I noticed that CCC Polsat Polkowice riders are leading out their sprinter and I took advantage of it,” said Wadecki afterwards.”At the end it was very close and I managed to win only by few centimeters. I’m glad that I beat Schulze, who outsprinted me in the beginning of May in Memorial Andrzeja Trochanowskiego. It was a sweet revenge.”

Over the first two hours of racing the bunch maintained very high pace, with the average speed of 50 km/h. It was very hard to launch a breakaway, since the bunch didn’t want to let anybody go too far. The biggest advantage of the day was only 55 seconds and it belonged to Eugenio Loria (CDC Cavaliere) and Timona Seuberta (NetApp) who escaped at the 68 kilometer mark.

Later they were joined by a group of 21 riders. Among them there was Marek Rutkiewicz and Mariusz Witecki (both Mroz ActiveJet ), Tomasz Smoleń and Dariusz Batek (both CCC Polsat Polkowice), Gustavo Rodriguez (Xacobeo Galicia) and Wladimir Duma (Romet Weltour Dębica).

15 kilometers later the peloton was back together and the next move was made by the 23-men group with Lukasz Bodnar (CCC Polsat Polkowice), Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia), Radoslaw Romanik (DHL Author), Mateusz Taciak, Jacek Morajko (both Mroz Active Jet) and Daniele Callegarin (CDC Cavaliere) among others. They were reeled in by the bunch, 12 kilometers from the finish.

The final part of the stage in Kleszczow was long and wide. CCC Polsat Polkowice was setting up the pace for their sprinter Krzysztof Jezowski, but it was Adam Wadecki who had the best timing. He crossed the line first, with a very small gap over Andre Schulze, who took second.

Wadecki, the younger brother of Piotr Wadecki, who is the directeur sportif of CCC Polsat Polkowice and coach of Polish National Team, is the first leader of the 6-stage race.

The second stage, from Radomsko to Belchatow will take place the same day in the afternoon and will be 78 kilometers long.

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