2007 Tour de Pologne explained

The 2007 Tour de Pologne was held from September 9 to 15, 2007 in Poland. The race began with a very short team time trial in the streets of Warsaw, and its toughest stages were in the proximity of Jelenia Góra, as usual. In all, the race comprised seven stages.

Jersey progress chart

Stage (Winner)	General Classification Yellow Jersey	Mountains Classification Green Jersey	Points Classification Navy Blue Jersey	Intermediate Sprints Classification Red Jersey	Team Classification
Stage 1 (TTT) (Lampre–Fondital)	Roberto Longo	no award	no award	no award	Lampre–Fondital
Stage 2 (Graeme Brown)	Graeme Brown	no award	Graeme Brown	Łukasz Bodnar	Gerolsteiner
Stage 3 (David Kopp)	Wouter Weylandt	Nicolas Rousseau	David Kopp
Stage 4 (Danilo Napolitano)	Danilo Napolitano	Murilo Antonio Fischer	José Joaquín Rojas Gil
Stage 5 (Murilo Antonio Fischer)	Danilo Napolitano	Murilo Antonio Fischer	Danilo Napolitano		Lampre–Fondital
Stage 6 (Filippo Pozzato)	Murilo Antonio Fischer	Yoann Le Boulanger	José Joaquín Rojas Gil		Gerolsteiner
Stage 7 (Johan Van Summeren)	Johan Van Summeren	Yoann Le Boulanger	José Joaquín Rojas Gil		Team CSC

Stages

Stage 1 – September 9, 2007: Warsaw, 3 km. (TTT)

Stage 1 result

	Team	Time
1	Lampre–Fondital	3' 36"
2	T-Mobile Team	+ 2"
3	Astana Team	+ 8"
4	Bouygues Télécom	+ 10"
5	Unibet.com Cycling Team	+ 10"

General Classification after Stage 1 (Żółta koszulka)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Roberto Longo	LAM	3' 36"
2	Fabio Baldato	LAM	s.t.
3	Daniele Righi	LAM	s.t.
4	Alessandro Ballan	LAM	s.t.
5	Danilo Napolitano	LAM	s.t.

The race jury ultimately decided that the severe conditions of the weather were unfair, and decided to award Lampre's Fabio Baldato with the leader's jersey but have all riders at the same time in the overall classification.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/sep07/poland07/?id=results/poland071

Stage 2 – September 10, 2007: Płońsk > Olsztyn, 203.6 km.

Stage 2 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Graeme Brown	RAB	4h 50' 46"
2	Wouter Weylandt	QSI	s.t.
3	Saïd Haddou	BTL	s.t.
4	David Kopp	GST	s.t.
5	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 (Żółta koszulka):

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Graeme Brown	RAB	4h 50' 36"
2	Wouter Weylandt	QSI	+ 3"
3	Saïd Haddou	BTL	+ 6"
4	Danilo Napolitano	LAM	+ 6"
5	Fabian Wegmann	GST	+ 8"

Stage 3 – September 11, 2007: Ostróda > Gdańsk, 192.3 km.

Stage 3 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	David Kopp	GST	4h 45' 22"
2	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	s.t.
3	Wouter Weylandt	QST	s.t.
4	Danilo Napolitano	LAM	s.t.
5	Maxim Iglinsky	AST	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 (Żółta koszulka):

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Wouter Weylandt	QST	9h 35' 57"
2	David Kopp	GST	+ 1"
3	Graeme Brown	RAB	+ 1"
4	Nicolas Rousseau	A2R	+ 4"
5	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	+ 5"

Stage 4 – September 12, 2007: Chojnice > Poznań, 242.3 km.

Stage 4 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Danilo Napolitano	LAM	5h 47' 03"
2	Tomas Vaitkus	DSC	s.t.
3	Robert Förster	GST	s.t.
4	Mirco Lorenzetto	MRM	s.t.
5	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 (Żółta koszulka):

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Danilo Napolitano	LAM	15h 22' 57"
2	Wouter Weylandt	QSI	+ 2"
3	Graeme Brown	RAB	+ 4"
4	David Kopp	GST	+ 4"
5	Murilo Antonio Fischer	LIQ	+ 5"

Stage 5 – September 13, 2007: Września > Świdnica, 264.5 km.

Stage 5 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Murilo Antonio Fischer	LIQ	6h 44' 24"
2	Danilo Napolitano	LAM	s.t.
3	Wouter Weylandt	QST	s.t.
4	Mikhaylo Khalilov	FLM	s.t.
5	Koen de Kort	AST	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 (Żółta koszulka):

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Danilo Napolitano	LAM	22h 07' 15"
2	Murilo Antonio Fischer	LIQ	+ 1"
3	Wouter Weylandt	QST	+ 4"
4	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	+ 14"
5	David Kopp	GST	+ 16"

Stage 6 – September 14, 2007: Dzierżoniów > Jelenia Góra, 183.7 km.

Stage 6 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Filippo Pozzato	LIQ	4h 47' 48"
2	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	s.t.
3	Marcus Burghardt	TMO	s.t.
4	David Kopp	GST	s.t.
5	Mikhaylo Khalilov	FLM	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6 (Żółta koszulka):

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Murilo Antonio Fischer	LIQ	26h 55' 04"
2	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	+ 7"
3	David Kopp	GST	+ 9"
4	Filippo Pozzato	LIQ	+ 9"
5	Fabian Wegmann	GST	+ 15"

Stage 7 – September 15, 2007: Jelenia Góra > Karpacz, 147.7 km.

Stage 7 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Johan Vansummeren	PRL	3h 56' 58"
2	Robert Gesink	RAB	+ 23"
3	Kim Kirchen	TMO	+ 32"
4	Danilo Di Luca	LIQ	+ 34"
5	Alessandro Ballan	LAM	+ 34"

General Classification after Stage 7 (Żółta koszulka):

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Johan Van Summeren	PRL	30h 52' 11"
2	Robert Gesink	RAB	+ 27"
3	Kim Kirchen	TMO	+ 38"
4	Fabian Wegmann	GST	+ 39"
5	Alessandro Ballan	LAM	+ 44"

General Standings

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI Points
1	Johan Vansummeren	PRL	30h 52' 11"	50
2	Robert Gesink	RAB	+ 27"	40
3	Kim Kirchen	TMO	+ 38"	35
4	Fabian Wegmann	GST	+ 39"	30
5	Alessandro Ballan	LAM	+ 44"	25
6	Pablo Lastras Garcia	GCE	+ 44"	20
7	Fränk Schleck	CSC	+ 44"	15
8	Danilo Di Luca	LIQ	+ 44"	10
9	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	+ 47"	5
10	Thomas Voeckler	BTL	+ 52"	2

KOM Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Yoann Le Boulanger	BTL	61
2	Marzio Bruseghin	LAM	50
3	Marco Pinotti	TMO	31

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	GCE	91
2	Mikhaylo Khalilov	FLM	42
3	Murilo Antonio Fischer	LIQ	40

Best Team

	Team	Time
1	Team CSC	92h 39' 12"
2	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 23"
3	Rabobank	+ 1' 28"

External links

Race website