2010 Tour de Pologne explained

2010 Tour de Pologne
Series:	2010 UCI World Ranking
Race No:	19
Season No:	26
Date:	1 - 7 August
Stages:	7
Distance:	1256.5
Unit:	km
Time:	30h 38' 48"
Speed:	41.140
First:	Dan Martin
First Nat:	IRL
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Grega Bole
Second Nat:	SVN
Third:	Bauke Mollema
Third Nat:	NED
Points:	Allan Davis
Points Nat:	AUS
Points Color:	blue
Mountains:	Johnny Hoogerland
Mountains Nat:	NED
Mountains Color:	violet
Sprints:	Johnny Hoogerland
Sprints Nat:	NED
Sprints Color:	red
Previous:	2009
Next:	2011

The 2010 Tour de Pologne was the 67th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 82nd year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2010 UCI ProTour and the World Calendar. It ran from 1 to 7 August and commenced in Sochaczew and finished in Kraków.

Teams

Twenty three teams have been invited to the 2010 Tour de Pologne.^[1]

Teams from the UCI Pro Tour

Teams awarded a wildcard invitation

Team Poland

Stages

Aside from entering the Czech Republic (to the city of Český Těšín on the border with Poland) during the fourth stage, the race stages started and ended in Polish locations.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance
1	1 August	Sochaczew to Warsaw	175.1km (108.8miles)	Flat stage
2	2 August	Rawa Mazowiecka to Dąbrowa Górnicza	240km (150miles)	Flat stage
3	3 August	Sosnowiec to Katowice	122.1km (75.9miles)	Flat stage
4	4 August	Tychy to Cieszyn	177.9km (110.5miles)	Medium-mountain stage
5	5 August	Jastrzębie-Zdrój to Ustroń	149km (93miles)	Mountain stage
6	6 August	Oświęcim to Bukowina Tatrzańska	228.5km (142miles)	Mountain stage
7	7 August	Nowy Targ to Kraków	163.9km (101.8miles)	Medium-mountain stage

Stage 1

1 August 2010 – Sochaczew to Warsaw, 175.1km (108.8miles)

Stage 1 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1			4h 05' 32"
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 1

	Team	Time
1		4h 05' 22"
2		+ 4"
3	Team Poland	+ 4"
4		+ 5"
5		+ 5"
6		+ 6"
7		+ 8"
8		+ 10"
9		+ 10"
10		+ 10"

Stage 2

2 August 2010 – Rawa Mazowiecka to Dąbrowa Górnicza, 240km (150miles)

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1			6h 02' 52"
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 2

	Team	Time
1		10h 08' 14"
2		+ 0"
3		+ 0"
4		+ 4"
5	Team Poland	+ 4"
6		+ 5"
7	Team Poland	+ 5"
8		+ 5"
9		+ 6"
10		+ 6"

Stage 3

3 August 2010 – Sosnowiec to Katowice, 122.1km (75.9miles)

Stage 3 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1			2h 45' 04"
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 3

	Team	Time
1		12h 53' 14"
2		+ 3"
3		+ 4"
4		+ 4"
5		+ 8"
6		+ 8"
7	Team Poland	+ 8"
8		+ 9"
9	Team Poland	+ 9"
10		+ 9"

Stage 4

4 August 2010 – Tychy to Cieszyn, 177.9km (110.5miles)

Stage 4 Result

	Team	Time
1		4h 07' 36"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		+ 2"
6		+ 2"
7		+ 2"
8		+ 4"
9		+ 4"
10	Team Poland	+ 4"

General Classification after Stage 4

	Rider	Team	Time
1			17h 00' 51"
2			+ 7"
3			+ 8"
4			+ 10"
5			+ 14"
6			+ 15"
7			+ 15"
8			+ 15"
9			+ 15"
10			+ 15"

Stage 5

5 August 2010 – Jastrzębie-Zdrój to Ustroń, 149km (93miles)

Stage 5 Result

	Team	Time
1		3h 51' 13"
2		+ 20"
3		+ 20"
4		+ 20"
5		+ 20"
6		+ 20"
7		+ 20"
8	Team Poland	+ 20"
9		+ 20"
10		+ 20"

General Classification after Stage 5

	Team	Time
1		20h 52' 11"
2		+ 14"
3		+ 21"
4		+ 26"
5		+ 28"
6		+ 29"
7	Team Poland	+ 30"
8		+ 30"
9		+ 30"
10		+ 30"

Stage 6

6 August 2010 – Oświęcim to Bukowina Tatrzańska, 228.5km (142miles)

Stage 6 Result

	Team	Time
1		5h 54' 30"
2		+ 7"
3		+ 7"
4		+ 7"
5		+ 9"
6		+ 9"
7		+ 9"
8		+ 9"
9		+ 9"
10	Team Poland	+ 9"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Team	Time
1		26h 46' 50"
2		+ 8"
3		+ 10"
4		+ 20"
5		+ 21"
6		+ 26"
7		+ 28"
8	Team Poland	+ 30"
9		+ 30"
10		+ 33"

Stage 7

7 August 2010 – Nowy Targ to Kraków, 163.9km (101.8miles)

Stage 7 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1			3h 51' 58"
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.

Final General Classification

	Team	Time
1		30h 38' 48"
2		+ 8"
3		+ 10"
4		+ 20"
5		+ 21"
6		+ 26"
7	Team Poland	+ 30"
8		+ 30"
9		+ 33"
10		+ 41"

Category leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification Żółta koszulka	Mountains classification Klasyfikacja górska	Intermediate Sprints Classification Klasyfikacja najaktywniejszych	Points classification Klasyfikacja punktowa
1	Jacopo Guarnieri	Jacopo Guarnieri	Łukasz Bodnar	Błażej Janiaczyk	Jacopo Guarnieri
2	André Greipel	Allan Davis	Marcin Sapa	Allan Davis
3	Yauheni Hutarovich	Dominique Rollin
4	Mirco Lorenzetto	Mirco Lorenzetto	Johnny Hoogerland
5	Dan Martin	Dan Martin
6	Bauke Mollema	Johnny Hoogerland	Grega Bole
7	André Greipel	Allan Davis
Final		Dan Martin	Johnny Hoogerland	Johnny Hoogerland	Allan Davis

Notes and References

Web site: 23 Teams announced for 67th Tour of Poland . Velonation . 9 July 2010. 29 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100712052946/http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/4827/23-Teams-announced-for-67th-Tour-of-Poland.aspx. 12 July 2010. live.