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The 2010 Tour de Pologne winner, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo), is back to defend his title. (photo w/ permission Tour de Pologne)

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News and Updates for Tour of Poland 2011

August 3-7 update: Also going on this week, the Vuelta a Burgos (2.HC), the warm up race for the Vuelta a Espana with five stages/days of live video, highlights and photos from northern Spain.


Stage 7 results: Marcel Kittel wins his fourth stage while Peter Sagan places second to claim the overall win on bonus seconds



Stage 7 Photostourdepologne
Stage 7 results
1  Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano            2:50:00   
2  Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale      
3  Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad      
4  Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Cervelo      
5  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM    
6  Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard      
7  Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha      
8  Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky      
9  Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto      
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM

Final general classification
1  Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale        26:40:01   
2  Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Cervelo             + 0:05   
3  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM            + 0:07    
Full/Official Stage 7 Resultstourdepologne
Peter Sagan grabs victory in Tour of Poland, Kittel takes final stage velonation
Kittel claims fourth stage cyclingnews
Video: Dan Martin upbeat despite his Tour of Poland defeat cyclingnews
Stage 7 Photostourdepologne
August 5 update: See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve

Stage 6 results: Dan Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) takes the win and gaps Peter Sagan by 13s to take the overall lead with one stage remaining


Stage 6 Photostourdepologne
Stage 6 results
1  Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Cervelo       5:41:05   
2  Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM          + 0:01   
3  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM       + 0:04   
4  Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD      
5  Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack            + 0:06   
6  Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana      
7  Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky      
8  Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland      
9  Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha      
10 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  

General Classification after Stage 6
1  Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Cervelo         23:50:06   
2  Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale        + 0:03   
3  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM    
4  Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM             + 0:17   
5  Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky                     + 0:19   
6  Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale     + 0:22   
7  Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland      
8  Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale      
9  Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky      
10 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice  + 0:26  
Full/Official Stage 6 Resultstourdepologne
Dan Martin seizes stage win and overall lead in Tour of Poland velonation
Martin takes stage win, race lead with summit finish cyclingnews
Fenomenalny Martin Zwyciężył I Objął Prowadzenietourdepologne.pl
Stage 6 Photostourdepologne
August 4 update: See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve

Stage 5 results: Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) gets his second stage win and extends his overall lead


Stage 5 results
1  Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale      4:52:26   
2  Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank     
3  Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Cervelo      
4  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM     
5  Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky       
6  Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM     
7  David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard      
8  John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad      
9  Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha      
10 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale    + 0:03   

General Classification after Stage 5
1  Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale      18:08:51   
2  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM          + 0:15   
3  Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM          + 0:17   
4  Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Cervelo           + 0:20   
5  Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha                   + 0:23   
6  Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky      
7  Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice + 0:26   
8  Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto      
9  Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek      
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM
Full/Official Stage 5 Resultstourdepologne
Sagan makes it two in Zakopane cyclingnews
Sagan Potwierdza Klasę! tourdepologne.pl
Stage 5 Photostourdepologne
August 3 update: See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve

Stage 4 results: Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) wins the most mountainous stage of this year's race


Big Photos from Stage 4 (coming) — tourdepologne
Stage 4 results
1  Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale         4:21:15   
2  Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Cervelo             + 0:03   
3  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro   
4  Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank      
5  Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek      
6  Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) RadioShack      
7  Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto      
8  Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana      
9  Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM      
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM

General Classification after Stage 4
1  Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale        13:16:35   
2  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM            + 0:05   
3  Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM            + 0:07   
4  Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Cervelo      
5  Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) RadioShack   + 0:13   
Full/Official Stage 4 Resultstourdepologne
Sagan strikes in Cieszyn cyclingnews
Stage 4 Photostourdepologne
August 2 update: See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve

Stage 3 results: Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) makes it a natural hat-trick with another dominating sprint finish win


Big Photos from Stage 3 (coming) — tourdepologne
Stage 3 results
1  Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano  3:09:29   
2  Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM      
3  Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard      
4  Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek      
5  Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto      
6  Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing   
7  Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep  
8  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM     
9  John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad      
10 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank

General Classification after Stage 3
1  Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano    
Full/Official Stage 3 Resultstourdepologne
Kittel continues win streakcyclingnews
Kittel seals unprecedented hat-trick in Poland eurosport
Stage 3 Photostourdepologne
August 1 update: See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve

Stage 2 results: Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) wins again, this time by an even larger margin; starts his victory salute 20m from the line


Big Photos from Stage 2 (coming) — tourdepologne
Stage 2 results
1  Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano      
2  Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Cervelo      
3  Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 
4  Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad      
5  John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad      
6  Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale      
7  Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard      
8  Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad      
9  Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto      
10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep

General Classification after Stage 2
1  Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano      
2  Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Cervelo  + 0:14
3  Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep       + 0:16
4  Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank      
Full/Official Stage 2 Resultstourdepologne
Kittel doubles up on stage 2cyclingnews
Stage 2 Photostourdepologne
Ballan out of Tour of Polandcyclingnews
August 1 update: See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map and timetable. — Steve

Stage 1 results: Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) wins the sprint finish in Warsaw to open the 2011 Tour of Poland


Big Photos from Stage 1 (coming) — tourdepologne
Stage 1 results
1  Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano             2:07:26   
2  Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing      
3  Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep      
4  Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Cervelo      
5  Michele Merlo (Ita) De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia      
6  Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek      
7  Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM  
8  Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha       
9  Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard      
10 Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto

General Classificatin after Stage 1
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Full/Official Stage 1 Resultstourdepologne
Kittel romps to victory in Warsaw cyclingnews
Stage 1 Photostourdepologne

2011 Tour de Pologne Race Preview

July 31 update: The Tour de Pologne (English: Tour of Poland) (Polish = Wyścig Dookoła Polski) is flat to hilly stage race held in mostly southern Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages (seven this year). It was first held in 1928. Until 1952 the race was organised sporadically, but since then it has been held annually. Before 1993, the race was open to amateur cyclists only and most of its winners came from Poland. The event became a ProTour race in 2005 and now draws an excellent international field.
About Tour de Pologne en.wikipedia.org
Martin, Haussler, Nibali and Boonen head Tour of Poland start list cyclingnews
Video: Boonen returns to racing at Tour of Polandcyclingnews
Filippo Pozzato returns to racing in Katusha’s Tour of Poland team velonation
Marc De Maar wears first ever Curaçao champion's jersey cyclingnews
Chicchi, Devenyns, Stauff helping Quick Step rebound from difficult Tour de France velonation

Apr 21 update:
2011 Tour of Poland route unveiled cyclingnews

Live Streaming Video, Text Updates and TV Coverage

August 1 update: Listed below are the media outlets for the 2011 Tour of Poland along with links to their tv guide and live coverage. Let me know if you see new options. Please report (email) new links and incorrect or missing information. We'll also have big photos every day. — Steve
VERSUS Tour of Qatar Eurosport Versus live cycling

media source tv or internet comments/restrictions
eurosport    live video (english)
   live video (english)
   live audio (english)
  tv schedule (british)
  tv schedule (int'l/cet)
English; daily live coverage starting with stage 2
   live video (polish)
Live Ticker (polish)
  tv schedule
Polish; daily coverage on Poland's National TV
 steephill txt updates
 #tourdepologne
short text updates from any and everyone
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2011 Tour de Pologne Route Map