PTP - Tour of Poland

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited August 2010 in Pro race
36 billion pedal revolutions... 58 gazillion heartbeats... the 67th Tour de Pologne, in association with Skandia and presented by Czesław Lang... after that silly warm-up race last month, the main event is finally here!

Begins Sunday. 7 stages, no time trials. Looks like a mixed bag in terms of the route. Some stages are extremely long, others are extremely short. Most have hills. Details here:

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?o ... 78&lang=en

Alessandro Ballan is back to defend his title. Start list:

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html ... d=MTk2NDk=

Past winners:

2009 BALLAN Alessandro
2008 VOIGT Jens
2007 VAN SUMMEREN Johan
2006 SCHUMACHER Stefan
2005 KIRCHEN Kim
2004 SOSENKA Ondrej
2003 ZAMANA Cezary
2002 BROCHARD Laurent
2001 SOSENKA Ondrej
2000 PRZYDZIAL Piotr

And it's live on Eurosport.
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Comments

  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,137
    What a bland startlist. It's hard to pick anyone out of that. I almost went for Kennaugh.

    Gc: Fred Kessiakoff

    Stage 1: Peter Sagan
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,210
    Really tricky this one. Hard to work out what the climbs are like from those profiles! So completely random picks.

    GC Tom Danielson
    1 Henderson
    2 Greipel
    3 Vasil Kiryienka
    4 Ben Swift
    5 Tom Danielson
    6 Dan Martin
    7 Jaroslaw Marycz
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    GC: SAGEN, Peter
    stg 1: Greipel
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,645
    gc Marek Rutkiewicz

    s1 sagan
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,598
    Difficult GC to predict

    I'm expecting something from Bauke Mollema, Tiago Machado and Marco Marcato

    Gona go for Michael Albasini please, he's got a track record.

    Stages to follow
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    GC: Sagan
    1: Bennati
  • StefanP
    StefanP Posts: 429
    GC: SZMYD
    1: Cameron Meyer
    2: Voss
    3: GREIPEL
    4: GREIPEL
    5: Marek Rutkiewicz
    6: SZMYD
    7: GREIPEL

    Yay!
  • Jokull
    Jokull Posts: 248
    GC: Sagan
    Stage 1: Greipel
  • Woosha
    Woosha Posts: 150
    GC - Ballan
    Stage 1 - Graeme Brown
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    GC: Sagan
    Stage 1: Greipel
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    GC : Peter Sagan

    Stage 1 : Daniele Bennati

    Cheers!
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,598
    S1 - Bennati please
  • jp1985
    jp1985 Posts: 434
    GC: Sagan
    Stage 1: Greipel
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Cripes, who knows?

    GC: Stijn

    Stage 1: him out of the Go Betweens. Forster. I still can't believe he rides for Milram now.

    OT but i had no idea Grant McLennan was dead... RIP, best Ozzie band ever...
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  • Greggyr
    Greggyr Posts: 1,075
    GC Sagan
    1 Benna
  • GC Sagan
    st1 - Sagan
    Music and Bikes and Alligators
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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    edited July 2010
    GC: Sagan
    Stage 1: Sagan
    Stage 2: Sagan


    Edited 15:52 20/07/10
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • HenryS
    HenryS Posts: 104
    GC: Machado
    Stage 1: Sagan
  • Peter_K
    Peter_K Posts: 193
    GC: Sagan
    St 1: Greipel
  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    Overall: Michael Albasini
    Stage Juan: Juan José Haedo
    Winner: PTP Vuelta 2007 :wink:
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Overall: Sylvester Szmyd
    St.1: Andre Greipel
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    GC: Szszszmyd

    S1: Greipel
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Yeah, Tour of Poland, I'm so excited!

    GC: Pereiro
    Stage 1: Greipel
    Stage 2: Greipel
    Stage 3: Sagan
    Stage 4: Pereiro
    Stage 5: Pereiro
    Stage 6: Sagan
    Stage 7: Bole
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    GC: Machado
    St1: Sagan
  • stfc1
    stfc1 Posts: 505
    GC: Peter Sagen
    Stage 1: Grega Bole

    Cheers.
  • eh
    eh Posts: 4,854
    GC: Sagan
    Stage 1: Griepel
    Stage 2: Napolitano
  • Cheshire_Cat
    Cheshire_Cat Posts: 464
    Hi,

    GC: Sagan

    Stage 1: Bennati
    Stage 2: Greipel
    Stage 3: Greipel

    Thanks! :D
  • Ash_
    Ash_ Posts: 385
    GC: IMPEY Daryl
    1: SWIFT Ben
    2: PEREIRO SIO Oscar
    3: SAGAN Peter
    4:SAGAN Peter
    5:BODROGI Laszlo
    6:HAEDO Juan José
    7:SAGAN Peter

    I can actually see a haul of 0 points from that lot - but it's pretty hard to guess anything when most of these guys have been riding races no bigger than the GP Ordizia or somesuch this summer...
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,170
    GC: Sylvester Szmyd
    Stage 1: Andre Greipel

    8)
    Mañana
  • Richrd2205
    Richrd2205 Posts: 1,267
    GC: Sagan
    St 1: Bennati