Czwartek,   5 Sierpnia 2010

LIVE: 5th stage of Tour de Pologne

Follow complete live report from 5th stage of 67. Tour de Pologne UCI ProTour. On Thursday riders will face 149 kilometers from Jastrzebie Zdroj to Ustron with five KOM of 1st category and finish on the top. Join tdp2010.s24.pl at 14:40.

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19:44 - Thank you for following live coverage from 5th stage. See you tommorow.

19:20 - Peleton crossed the finish line right now.

19:07 - Brief general classification:
1. Martin 20:52:11
2. Bole +14s
3. Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing +21s
4. Sylwester Szmyd (Liquigas) +26
5. Michael Albasini (HTC-Columbia) +28s

19:02 - Brief results of 5th stage:
1. Martin 3:51:13
2. Bole +20s
3. Szmyd +20s
4. Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racing) +20s
5. Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Farnese Vivi) +20s

19:01 - Martin gets yellow jersey.

18:59 - 2nd is Grega Bole (Lampre), 3rd Sylwester Szmyd (Liquigas).

18:58 - 24 year old Martin won 5th stage of 67. Tour de Pologne!

18:57 - Behind him group of about 10 riders.

18:56 - 1 km to go: Martin pushing very hard.

18:54 - Martin works extremely hard and the gap is a little bit more. No attacks in the bunch.

18:52 - He has a gap of 150 meters on the main bunch.

18:48 - Attack of Daniel Martin (Garmin-Transitions).

18:45 - Riders start final climb.

18:39 - We are approaching to the decesive moment of the 5th stage. Rownica summit in Ustron is 5 kilometers up of average more than 5%

18:34 - 133 km/16 to go: 2nd sprint in Wisla; 1. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Caisse d`Epargne), 2. Manuele Mori (Lampre), 3. Xabier Zandio (Lampre).

18:30 - The group of 50 riders in the front of the race.

18:28 - Szmyd is in the bunch. The main group ride together. Now the riders descending from Zameczek to Wisla.

18:25 - We are approaching to last today`s sprint in Wisla. From this point we have only 16 kilometers to go.

18:20 - Attack of polish rider Sylwester Szmyd from Liquigas.

18:19 - 119 km/30 to go: Attack from peleton of Tom Stubbe (Omega Pharma-Lotto)

18:15 - The riders are on the last climb on Zameczek.

18:13 - The breakawy is over now. All riders are together.

18:11 - Hoogerland, Taciak, Bozic, Swift <0:15> The bunch.

18:05 - The last descent from Zameczek and the last climbing. From the 5th mountain sprint we will have 25 kilometers to the finish line and 20 kilometers to beginning of final climb.

18:04 - 4 rider in the front of the race: Hoogerland, Taciak, Bozic and Swift. The advantage is 30 seconds.

18:01 - 108 km/41 to go: 3rd KOM 1. Hoogerland, 2. Taciak, 3. Bozic, 4. Swift, 5. Jacek Morajko (Poland BGZ).

17:58 - About 30 riders in the main bunch, but the yellow jersey was not there. He starts losing the time and probably can not be able to defend general classification.

17:57 - Swift, Bozic, Bodnar, Taciak, Hoogerland <0:15> Reimer <0:10> Bunch

17:56 - The bunch is divided into lots of groups.

17:55 - Lorenzetto is losing the ground.

17:53 - Bunch is closing the gap in very high speed.

17:53 - Group 1 <0:20> Group 2 <1:50> Bunch

17:51 - lots of attacks from field.

17:50 - Chasers are working very hard and now are very small gap to leading group.

17:47 - After the 4th KOM, we will have one more lap. Than riders will go to Ustron and start final 5-kilometer climb of 5% average.

17:43 - We are on the 4th climbing. The present situation on the stage: Bodnar, Swift, Bozic <1:20> Hoogerland, Taciak, Reimer <1:20> Bunch

17:41 - Bodnar, Swift, Bozic <2:15> Hoogerland, Taciak, Reimer <0:50> Bunch

17:37 - We have 3 riders on the front at present with advanatge 2:15 of group of 3 chasers: Hoogerland, Taciak and Reimer. The gap of the leading group to the bunch is 3 minutes.

17:33 - 90 km/59 to go: Results of 3rd KOM: 1. Bodnar, 2. Bozic, 3. Swift 4. Hoogerland, 5. Taciak

17:31 - Bodnar, Swift, Bozic <2:00> Hoogerland <0:30> Reimer <0:15> Taciak <0:20> Bunch.

17:29 - Hoogerland is aiming to mountain points to hold leader jersey of mountain classification.

17:26 - Another attack from the bunch: Martin Reimer (Cervelo Test Team) and Mateusz Taciak (Poland).

17:23 - Attack of Johnny Hoogerland from Vacansoleil.

17:20 - Acceleration in the front of the bunch. The gap is still going down. We have now 3:05 and we are approaching the 3rd KOM. M. Bodnar, Bozic and Swift still on the front.

17:19 - It starts raining at present.

17:16 - The advantage is falling down and is 3:20.

17:13 - "Zameczek" is the name of the summer residence of polish president.

17:11 - One more time we are on the descent from Zameczek. The speed of the riders is about 80km/h. The field has 3:45 to the leading group.

17:09 - Peter Sagan of Liquigas is abandoned.

17:06 - 74 km/76 to go: Results of the 2nd KOM: 1.Bozic 2. Swift 3. Bodnar 4. Sapa 5. Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil). The advantage of the trio 3:40.

17:02 - The trio - Bodnar, Bozic, Swift are working well together. They approaching KOM in Zameczek.

16:58 - The advantage is 3:40.

16:51 - Lampre is leading the peloton for Lorenzetto. The advantage is stable at the moment and is 3:45. The leading group is climbing Zameczek 2nd time.

16:47 - The gap is rising again. It is now 3:50.

16:45 - The descent is fast and difficult so riders must be very careful.

16:42 - Rick Flens from Rabobank after the crash back to the bunch.

16:40 - 57 km/92 to go: Still 3:45. Riders are on downhill from Zameczek.

16:37 - Bodnar, Bozic and Swift still on the breakawy. The advantage is 3:45. The results of the 1st KOM in Zameczek: Bozic, Swift, Bodnar, Marcin Sapa (Lampre Farnese Vini), Frederic Guesdon (FDJ).

16:34 - The advantage is falling down and is 3:30. First riders from the bunch have problems with the pace and start dropping out.

16:27 - Riders from Lampre is leading the chase in the bunch but the pace is not high.

16:22 - 52 km/97 to go: The gap to the field is reaching 4 minutes. The riders in the front and the bunch is climbing first time Zameczek.

16:20 - The advantage of 3 riders is 3:45.

16:18 - We have 5 laps of 17,2 kilometers with 5 times KOM in Zameczek. After laps riders will downhill to Ustron, than start climbing to the final summit. 16:15 - 48 km/101 to go: At present we are on the laps in Zameczek. The leading start climbing.

16:07 - The gap of the three escapers is still growing as the Zameczek climb approaches.

16:05 - 42 km/107 to go: The gap is 3 minutes.

16:03 - The riders are crossing city of Wisla, the place of birth and living of Adam Malysz.

16:00 - 39 km/110 to go: At the head of the race 3 riders. The trio has 2:00 advantage.

15:59 - The advantage is raising and at present is 1:40.

15:57 - The Zameczek is 9km long and climbs at an average of 3,6%. However it includes sections at 15%, especially early on.

15:50 - 50 seconds advantage of leading group consisting of 3 riders. Quick Step rider is back to the bunch.

15:49 - The man from Quick Step is trying to closing the gap to the trio. The advantage of 3 riders is 20 seconds.

15:47 - 7 riders back to the bunch, but in the front we still have three riders: Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas), Ben Swift (Team Sky) and Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil).

15:44 - About 10 riders jumped away.

15:44 - Attack from the bunch.

15:43 - 26 km /123 to go: We have already passed 1st sprint finish in Skoczow. The results: 1. Alexander Kristoff (BMC Racing), 2. Manuele Mori (Lampre Farnese Vini), 3. Dominique Rollin (Cervelo Test Team).

15:40 - All riders together. We are approaching the 1st sprint finish Fiat in Skoczow.

15:38 - It is Alberto Ongarato who attacked.

15:35 - 23 km/126 km to go: The riders back to the bunch, but we have next jump away from the peleton.

15:32 - 8 riders on attack. The gap is about 200 meters.

15:30 - On 46 kilometer riders will face 5 laps of 17,2 km.

15:26 - The riders are together at present.

15:24 - The 1st KOM in Zameczek is located on 56 kilometer.

15:22 - The peleton is divided on 3 groups. On the front about 25 riders.

15:19 - 10 km/139 to go: All riders together.

15:16 - 15 riders on the front of the race. The advantage is very small.

15:15 - A lots of attacks in the front of the bunch, but still all riders ride together.

15:13 - 5 km/144 to go: All riders together. The pace is very high.

15:10 - Offical start of the stage.

15:09 - In the yellow jersey we have yesterday stage winner, Mirco Lorenzetto from Lampre. Leader of sprint classification is Blazej Janiaczyk (Poland). Johnny Hoogerland is the best climber.

15:05 - Tommorow, before the start of the stage, 40 people from the race inlucing riders, sport directors and organizers, will go Auschwitz to memorize the victims of II World Wars Holocaust.

15:01 - 178 riders on the start. Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R La Mondiale) and Xavier Tondo (Cervelo Test Team) are out of the race.

14:56 - Ustron can be decisive climb of the race but earlier on the stage riders will cover Zameczek five times.

14:52 - 5 KOM on 5th stage. Hiily route and finish on the 5-kilometer summit in Ustron.

14:46 - Official start of today`s stage is after 11,5 km.

14:45 - Start of the 5th stage.

14:44 - Today riders will ride 149 kilometers.

14:42 - 3 minutes to the start.

14:40 - Hello and welcome to the tdp2010s.24.pl coverage of 5th stage of 67. Tour de Pologne.

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