Sobota,   7 Sierpnia 2010

LIVE: 7th stage of Tour de Pologne

Last stage of this year Tour de Pologne edition and 164 kilometers from Nowy Targ to Krakow. Route is not so hilly as it was during last two days and we can expect bunch sprint. 2 KOM and 2 finish sprints on stage. Join LIVE at 14:20 CET.

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19:02 - Thank you for following LIVE coverage from 67. Tour de Pologne. Bye and see you next year.

18:52 - Brief general race classification:
1. Daniel Martin (Garmin-Transitions)
2. Grega Bole (Lampre-Farnese Vini)
3. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank)
4. Michael Albasini (HTC Columbia)
5. Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing)

18:39 - 7th stage brief classification:
1. Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia)
2. Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ)
3. Robert Forster (Team Milram)
4. Daniele Bennati (Liquigas)
5. Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step)

18:37 - Martin won 67. Tour de Pologne!

18:35 - Greipel won for second time in Tour de Pologne this year! This is his 16th win of the 2010 season.

18:34 - 500 meters!

18:33 - 1 to go: Sky and HTC work.

18:32 - At present Team Sky is working very hard in the front. 2 km to go.

18:31 - All riders together.

18:30 - Brave attack of Spanish Madrazo is over. Final lap, only 4 km to go.

18:28 - 5 km to go for Madrazo. Only 100 meters left him over the bunch.

18:27 - It seems that Greipel is keen to finish.

18:26 - HTC Columbia riders in the front of the bunch.

18:25 - It is exactly 33 seconds with two laps to go.

18:24 - 8 km to go for Madrazo. The bunch is 500 meters behind him.

18:22 - Morajko looks back. He is very tired. Madrazo still pushing hard.

18:20 - Madrazo starts 1st lap. Morajko still in chase with 20 seconds down. Bunch is very close. Only one minute left.

18:18 - Madrazo of Caisse has 3 laps to go. Morajko is still in chase and the gap beetwen them is 30 second. The bunch is also very close.

18:16 - Madrazo has 14 km to go but the bunch is chasing very hard. One minute left only.

18:14 - Madrazo is only on the front and the advantage is 1:20.

18:07 - Madrazo solo attack.

18:03 - The advantage is still about 2 minutes.

17:59 - Laps are not very demanding but the rain can damage the bunch. The most dangerous will be turns and zebra crossing sections.

15:56 - Terrible weather conditions in Cracow. It is pouring right now!.

17:54 - The bunch is going very fast and after the sprint the gap is closed to 1:40. Riders approaching city of Cracow.

17:52 - 132 km/32 km to go: 1st sprint finish in Wieliczka: 1. Morajko, 2. Madrazo, 3. Curviers

17:50 - Morajko, Curviers and Madrazo are still in the front. Their advantage is 2:40. The bunch is controlling the situation.

17:46 - After the rain it can be very slippy on the cobblestone sections in Cracow, so it will be little bit dangerous for the riders. Lets hope nothing serious happens.

17:42 - As we can expect it starts raining.

17:41 - Ups and downs with the gap. At present it is 2:30.

17:36 - Bad news for riders. Weather is changing and we can expect raining. More and more dark clouds on the sky.

17:30 - Morajko, Curviers and Madrazo have 2:10 advantage over the bunch. They already have covered 100 kilometers in the front of the race.

17:27 - 50 kilometers to go.

17:26 - Only 2 minutes left from the maximum gap over 6 minutes.

17:23 - The gap is 2:30. No chance for escapers to get to the finish before main group.

17:21 - In Cracow riders traditionally will cover laps. This time 4 times of 4 kilometer each lap.

17:18 - The peloton started reducing the deficit. 2:50 now and still going down.

17:15 - Very fast accelerating in the bunch. Riders pushing hard pace in peleton and close the gap to the 3 minutes.

17:10 - Riders from the front crossing feeding zone. 57 kilometers to the finish line in Cracow and the gap is the same.

17:08 - The situation of the race is still the same. 3 riders on the front, Morajko, Curviers and Madrazo. The advantage is stable and is 5 minutes.

17:06 - Laszlo Bodrogi (Katusha) needs medical help.

16:55 - We are after the last KOM of the race. The route of the second part of the stage is going to be much easier. Before riders only 2 finish sprints and finish line in Cracow.

16:53 - The advantage of leading group is 5 minutes.

16:52 - Mikhaylo Khalilov (Katusha) is abandoned.

16:46 - In an early stage crash medical help was serviced to Bauke Mollema. Dutch is fine at now and is riding in the bunch.

16:43 - Speedy descent from the top. Riders go above 90km/h.

16:40 - 80 km/84 km to go: 2nd KOM after the riders: 1. Morajko, 2. Madrazo, 3. Curvers. The advantage is 5:05.

16:35 - Very beautiful weather today. Lots of sun and blue sky above. After yesterday stage riders was little bit affraid about weather conditions. We have very narrow roads with lots of turns today, so in case of raining would be very dangerous.

16:34 - The advantage is raising again and now is 4:30.

16:30 - In breakaway the highest in GC is Madrazo who is nearly 5 minutes down from Martin.

16:26 - Leading group is coming to 2nd mountain sprint in Rozdziele. From the summit we will have 80 kilometers to the finish line in Krakow.

16:22 - So in the front of the race only Morajko, Curvers and Madrazo. No chasing group behind them, only the bunch. The advantage is 3 minutes.

16:19 - We get clear right now. The chasing group is in the bunch. And the advantage of leading is not 9 minutes but only 3 minutes.

16:16 - In chase we have also Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racig).

16:10 - In the front we still have 3 rider: Morajko, Curvers and Madrazo. Then with the gap 4:40 chasing group with 7 riders: Ballan, Maciej Paterski, Dario Cataldo, Ivan Rovny, Hoogerland and Marcato. We still miss one rider in chase. The advantage over the bunch of leading group is 9 minutes.

16:08 - The gap of the chase over the bunch is about 30 seconds now.

16:06 - 54 km/110 to go: 1st KOM in Stara Wies: 1. Morajko, 2. Curvers, 3. Madrazo, 4.Marcato

16:03 - Ivan Rovny (Team RadfioShack), Marco Marcato and Johnny Hoogerland (both Vacansoleil) also with Ballan.

16:01 - Contrattack from the buch with Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing).

15:58 - The leading group of 3 riders crossed mountain sprint in Stara Wies.

15:52 - The riders approaching 1st KOM in Stara Wies.

15:45 - So situation is clearly right now. We have 3 riders in the front of the race: Morajko of Team Poland, Madrazo (Caisse d`Epargne) and Curvers (Skil) and the bunch behind them with 6 minutes down.

15:43 - Bunch rolls very slowly and the gap is raising very fast. Now is 5 minutes.

15:34 - We have 3 riders in the breakaway. Morajko, Madrazo and Roy Curvers (Skil Shimano). The advantage at present is 2 minutes.

15:32 - Cervelo and Rabobank rider need medical service.

15:30 - Massive crash in the peleton. Anyone suffer, riders continue riding.

15:27 - Another two riders launched from the bunch and are chasing the lead.

15:24 - Attack of two riders: Jacek Morajko (Team Poland) and Angel Madrazo (Vacansoleil).

15:23 - The breakaway is over. All riders together.

15:17 - Ballan, Bennati, Paterski, Szmyd, Albasini, P. Velits, Stamsnijder, Kvist, Peterson, Danielson, Hoste, Klostergaard, Stannard, Pedersen, Machado, Zeits, Kiryienka, Lastras, Madrazo, Marcato, Rutkiewicz, Morajko on the front but the gap is falling down.

15:14 - The advantage of leading group of about 30 riders is 20 seconds.

15:12 - 22 km/142 km to go: Marek Rutkiewicz won special sprint in Kroscienko.

15:08 - After yesterday stage Hoogerland secured general win in KOM. He has 88 points and advantage more than 50 points over second Borut Bozic.

15:07 - Riders approaching special sprint in Kroscienko.

15:06 - It is about 10 seconds.

15:05 - About 30 riders in the front. No leader there. The advantage is 200 meters.

15:02 - The attack is over. Bunch on the front. Pace is high now. Group is very stretch.

14:59 - First launch from the bunch. Two riders is trying to escape.

14:57 - 10 km/154 to go: No attacks in the front. Riders cover route very smoothly at present.

14:56 - On the front all riders together.

14:55 - "It's a great feeling to win a stage in a ProTour race," said the 23-year-old Mollema. "It's a special day for me because it's the first victory in my professional career. The course was really hard, with a few very steep hills. It was definitely not easy to be the first one to cross the line today."

14:51 - Great attack of Mollema on 6th stage. Dutch was very strong and as he said after the finish he was super motivated to win the stage.

14:49 - Mountain leader is Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil). He is also sprint leader. Point jersey for Bole on today`s stage.

14:46 - 2 km/144 to go: All riders together.

14:44 - 26 Celsius degree and sunny weather.

14:43 - Depart "reel" of the last stage.

14:42 - First occasion for Lampre and Bole to close the gap to Martin. Does he make it? 14:40 - After the start cyclist will fight in Kroscienko (22th kilometer) on finish sprint for 3, 2, 1 seconds.

14:36 - Riders face 2 KOM om Saturday: km 54 in Stara Wies and km 84 in Rozdziele.

14:34 - With sum of 16 seconds to gain on today`s stage, on sprints and finish in Krakow, he is very dangerous for Martin.

14:32 Bole can still win Tour.

14:28 - Daniel Martin (Garmin-Transitions) is GC leader. Second is Grega Bole with only 8 seconds down. Third place for yesterday winner Dutch Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) - 10 second down.

14:25 - Today`s stage has 164 kilometers. First part of the is quite hilly, while the second is much easier. We can expect bunch sprint in Krakow.

14:22 - Official start of the stage. Riders starts from Nowy Targ.

14:21 - We have one minute to the start.

14:20 - Welcome on the last 7th stage of 67. Tour de Pologne UCI ProTour.

Dodano przez: Fabian Florek
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