2008 Tour de Pologne explained

2008 Tour of Poland
Series:	2008 UCI ProTour
Race No:	15
Season No:	15
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009
Date:	14 to 20 September
Stages:	7
Unit:	km
Time:	26h 27' 07"
First:	Jens Voigt
First Nat:	GER
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Lars Bak
Second Nat:	DEN
Third:	Franco Pellizotti
Third Nat:	ITA
Points:	Allan Davis
Points Nat:	AUS
Points Color:	blue
Mountains:	Jens Voigt
Mountains Nat:	GER
Mountains Color:	white
Sprints:	Marcin Sapa
Sprints Nat:	POL
Sprints Team:	Polish national team
Sprints Color:	red

The 2008 Tour of Poland cycling road race took place from 14 to 20 September 2008.

Stages

Stage 1

14 September 2008 — Warsaw – 4 km (TTT)

Stage 1 result

	Team	Time
1		4' 05"
2		+ 3"
3		+ 4"
4		+ 6"
5		s.t.
6		+ 7"
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		+ 8"
10		+ 9"

General classification after Stage 1

	Rider	Team	Time
1			4' 05"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			+ 3"
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 2

15 September 2008 — Płock > Olsztyn – 231.2 km

Stage 2 result

	Team	Time
1		6h 10' 53"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Polish national team	s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 2

	Rider	Team	Time
1			6h 14' 55"
2			s.t.
3			+ 3"
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 3

16 September 2008 — Mikołajki > Białystok – 184.8 km

Stage 3 result

	Team	Time
1		4h 26' 56"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8	Polish national team	s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 3

	Rider	Team	Time
1			10h 41' 47"
2			+ 4"
3			+ 7"
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			+ 9"
9			s.t.
10			+ 10"

Stage 4

September 17: Bielsk Podlaski > Lublin
The results of Stage 4 were annulled due to a protest on the finishing laps. The riders stopped riding within the wet and technical finishing circuit when they learned that time gap were counted within the last circuit lap. All results, including intermediate sprints during the stage, were annulled.^[1]

Stage 4 result

General classification after Stage 4

	Rider	Team	Time
1			10h 41' 47"
2			+ 4"
3			+ 7"
4			+ 7"
5			+ 7"
6			+ 7"
7			+ 7"
8			+ 9"
9			+ 9"
10			+ 10"

Stage 5

September 18: Nałęczów > Rzeszów

Stage 5 result

	Rider	Team	Time
1			5h 18' 59"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Stage 5

	Rider	Team	Time
1			16h 00' 51"
2			+ 2"
3			+ 5"
4			+ 7"
5			+ 8"
6			+ 9"
7			+ 10"
8			+ 11"
9			+ 11"
10			+ 11"

Stage 6

September 19: Krynica-Zdrój > Zakopane

Stage 6 result

	Team	Time
1		3h 05' 55"
2		+ 47"
3		+ 1' 15"
4	Polish National Team	s.t.
5		+ 1' 24"
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 6

	Rider	Team	Time
1			19h 06' 50"
2			+ 1' 22"
3			+ 1' 24"
4			+ 1' 27"
5			+ 1' 28"
6			+ 1' 33"
7			+ 1' 34"
8			+ 1' 36"
9			+ 1' 37"
10			+ 1' 37"

Stage 7

September 20: Rabka Zdrój > Kraków

Stage 7 result

	Team	Time
1		2h 06' 28"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7	Polish National Team	s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Stage 7

	Team	Time
1		21h 13' 18"
2		+ 1' 22"
3		+ 1' 24"
4		+ 1' 27"
5		+ 1' 28"
6		+ 1' 33"
7		+ 1' 36"
8		+ 1' 37"
9		+ 1' 37"
10	Polish National Team	+ 1' 37"

Category leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification Żółta koszulka	Mountains classification Klasyfikacja górska	Points classification Klasyfikacja punktowa	Intermediate Sprints Classification Klasyfikacja najaktywniejszych
1 (TTT)		Lars Bak
2	Allan Davis	Murilo Fischer	Łukasz Bodnar	Allan Davis
3	Angelo Furlan	Allan Davis	Łukasz Bodnar	Allan Davis	Andoni Lafuente
4	Annulled
5	Jürgen Roelandts	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	Marcin Sapa	Allan Davis	Marcin Sapa
6	Jens Voigt	Jens Voigt	Tony Martin
7	Robert Förster	Jens Voigt	Jens Voigt
Final		Jens Voigt	Jens Voigt	Allan Davis	Marcin Sapa

Standings

General classification

	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1		21h 13' 18"	50
2		+ 1' 22"	40
3		+ 1' 24"	35
4		+ 1' 27"	30
5		+ 1' 28"	25
6		+ 1' 33"	20
7		+ 1' 36"	15
8		+ 1' 37"	10
9		s.t.	5
10	Polish national team	s.t.	2

King of the Mountains Classification

	Team	Points
1		29
2	Polish national team	18
3		11
4		10
5	Polish national team	10
6		8
7		7
8		5
9		5
10		5

Notes and References

Web site: Stage annulled, Davis leads . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018033914/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/sep08/poland08/?id=results/poland084 . 2012-10-18 . live . 2009-08-07 .