2015 Tour de Pologne

Cycling race November 2015 January 2015 2015 Tour de Pologne 2015 UCI World Tour 20 28 2–8 August 2015 7 1076 km 26h 04' 38" Jon Izagirre MOV 2015 ESP yellow Bart De Clercq LTS 2015 BEL Ben Hermans BMC 2015 BEL Maciej Paterski POL CCC 2015 violet Marcel Kittel GER TGA 2015 white Kamil Gradek POL Poland blue Lotto–Soudal 2014 2016 The 2015 Tour de Pologne was the 72nd edition of the Tour de Pologne stage race. It took place from 2 to 8 August and was the twentieth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-confirm-worldtour-calendar-2015 UCI confirm WorldTour Calendar 2015 4 January 2015 Cycling Newshttp://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/detail#date=20150801&view=list&categ=257&country=0&classc=0 2015 UCI Calendar 4 January 2015 UCI It was won by the Spanish cyclist Jon Izagirre. Schedule StageDateRouteDistanceTypeWinner 1 2 AugustWarsaw to Warsaw 122 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Marcel Kittel GER 2 3 AugustCzęstochowa to Dabrowa Górnicza 146 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stageMatteo Pelucchi ITA 3 4 AugustZawiercie to Katowice 166 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stageMatteo Pelucchi ITA 4 5 AugustJaworzno to Nowy Sącz 220 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stageMaciej Bodnar POL 5 6 AugustNowy Sącz to Zakopane 223 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Bart De Clercq BEL 6 7 AugustTerma Bukowina Tatrzańska to Bukowina Tatrzańska 174 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Sergio Henao COL 7 8 AugustKraków to Kraków 25 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trialMarcin Białobłocki POL Participating teams As the Tour de Pologne is a UCI World Tour event, all seventeen UCI Pro Teams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team into the race. Two wildcard teams were also given places: CCC 2015 and a Polish national team. Tour de Pologne Lang Team Sp. z o.o. 2015 Warsaw 12–13 Lang Team 2015 http://tourdepologne.pl/download/72-tdp-folder-2/?wpdmdl=3916 PDF 10 September 2015 30 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910081755/http://tourdepologne.pl/download/72-tdp-folder-2/?wpdmdl=3916 dead ALM AST BMC OPQ FDJ IAM LAM LTB MOV OGE GRS GIA KAT BEL SKY TTS TFR UCI WorldTeams 2015 CCC UCI Professional Continental teams 2015 Poland (national team) National teams 2015 Stages Stage 1 2 August 2015 — Warsaw to Warsaw, 122 km 1 on The 2015 Tour de Pologne begins in Warsaw, with the shortest road stage of the entire race. After starting at the National Stadium, to make up the parcours of 122 km 1 on, the peloton will complete ten laps of a circuit 12.2 km 1 on. On the ninth lap, there will be an intermediate sprint at the Krasiński Square, whilst the sole categorised climb will be a third category ascent on the seventh lap, on the Karowa Street. Then, a sprint finish is expected, largely due to the very flat profile of the stage. Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1Marcel Kittel GER TGA 2015 2h 43' 13" 2Caleb Ewan AUS OGE 2015 + 0" 3Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 + 0" 4 Dennis Van Winden NED TLJ 2015 + 0" 5 Sébastien Turgot FRA ALM 2015 + 0" 6 Kris Boeckmans BEL LTS 2015 + 0" 7 Andrea Guardini ITA AST 2015 + 0" 8 Lorenzo Manzin FRA FDJ 2015 + 0" 9 Michał Kwiatkowski POL EQS 2015 + 0" 10 Jon Izaguirre ESP MOV 2015 + 0"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1Marcel Kittel GER TGA 2015 2h 43' 13" 2Caleb Ewan AUS OGE 2015 + 4" 3Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 + 6" 4 Dennis Van Winden NED TLJ 2015 + 10" 5 Sébastien Turgot FRA ALM 2015 + 10" 6 Kris Boeckmans BEL LTS 2015 + 10" 7 Andrea Guardini ITA AST 2015 + 10" 8 Lorenzo Manzin FRA FDJ 2015 + 10" 9 Michał Kwiatkowski POL EQS 2015 + 10" 10 Jon Izaguirre ESP MOV 2015 + 10" Stage 2 3 August 2015 — Częstochowa to Dąbrowa Górnicza, 146 km 1 on The second stage will take the riders into Silesian Voivodeship. After the start in Częstochowa, the peloton will head southwards towards the Metropolis GZM. The intermediate sprints of the day will be in Siewierz and Będzin. There will also be two categorised climbs, again in Będzin but also in Dąbrowa Górnicza, where five laps of a 10 km 1 on circuit will be held. Again, it is predicted that the sprinters will dominate. Stage 2 result RiderTeamTime 1Matteo Pelucchi ITA IAM 2015 3h 20' 12" 2Marcel Kittel GER TGA 2015 + 0" 3Giacomo Nizzolo ITA TFR 2015 + 0" 4 Kris Boeckmans BEL LTS 2015 + 0" 5 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2015 + 0" 6 Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 + 0" 7 Salvatore Puccio ITA SKY 2015 + 0" 8 Lasse Norman Hansen DEN TCG 2015 + 0" 9 Mitchell Docker AUS OGE 2015 + 0" 10 Sébastien Turgot FRA ALM 2015 + 0"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1Marcel Kittel GER TGA 2015 6h 03' 09" 2Caleb Ewan AUS OGE 2015 + 10" 3Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 + 12" 4Giacomo Nizzolo ITA TFR 2015 + 12" 5 Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2015 + 13" 6 Kris Boeckmans BEL LTS 2015 + 16" 7 Sébastien Turgot FRA ALM 2015 + 16" 8 Salvatore Puccio ITA SKY 2015 + 16" 9 Nikias Arndt GER TGA 2015 + 16" 10 Lorenzo Manzin FRA FDJ 2015 + 16" Stage 3 4 August 2015 — Zawiercie to Katowice, 166 km 1 on The last stage designed for the sprinters is held within the Metropolis GZM. After the start in Zawiercie, the peloton will head east towards Tarnowskie Góry, where a special sprint will take place. Then, the riders will turn south-east and pass through Piekary Śląskie, Chorzów and Siemanowice Śląskie, each of which will host an intermediate sprint, before entering a finishing circuit 14.7 km 1 on in length, to be completed four times. On the second lap, there will be a third-category mountains sprint at the Korfantego street, and then on the fourth lap there will be a third-category mountains sprint at the Góreckiego street. The final 1 km 1 on is downhill, and speeds there reach 80 km/h. The road is being used continuously since 2010 and saw victories for Yauheni Hutarovich, Marcel Kittel in 2011, Aidis Kruopis in 2012, Taylor Phinney in 2013 and Jonas Vangenechten the year before. Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1Matteo Pelucchi ITA IAM 2015 3h 48' 41" 2Giacomo Nizzolo ITA TFR 2015 + 0" 3 Tom Van Asbroeck BEL TLJ 2015 + 0" 4 Roberto Ferrari ITA LAM 2015 + 0" 5 Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 + 0" 6 Gianni Meersman BEL EQS 2015 + 0" 7Marcel Kittel GER TGA 2015 + 0" 8 Paweł Franczak POL Polish National Team + 0" 9 Andrea Guardini ITA AST 2015 + 0" 10 Roger Kluge GER IAM 2015 + 0"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1Marcel Kittel GER TGA 2015 9h 51' 50" 2Giacomo Nizzolo ITA TFR 2015 + 6" 3Caleb Ewan AUS OGE 2015 + 10" 4 Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2015 + 10" 5Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 + 12" 6 Tom Van Asbroeck BEL TLJ 2015 + 12" 7 Sébastien Turgot FRA ALM 2015 + 16" 8 Salvatore Puccio ITA SKY 2015 + 16" 9 Lorenzo Manzin FRA FDJ 2015 + 16" 10 Nikias Arndt GER TGA 2015 + 16" Stage 4 5 August 2015 — Jaworzno to Nowy Sącz, 220 km 1 on The first stage which is not due to finish in a sprint. On the long parcours of 220 km 1 on, there will be three categorised mountains – a second-category affair in Gruszowice, a first-category climb in Wysokie and an imposing first-category climb to Trzetrzewina. The maximum gradient there is 18%. The sole intermediate sprint is located in Wadowice, prior to the climbing. After the descent from Trzetrzewina, the peloton will complete three loops of a 7.6 km 1 on circuit in Nowy Sącz, to conclude the day's running. Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1Maciej Bodnar POL Tinkoff–Saxo 5h 14' 29" 2Kamil Zieliński POL Polish National Team + 0" 3Gatis Smukulis LAT KAT 2015 + 0" 4Caleb Ewan AUS OGE 2015 + 20" 5 Luka Mezgec SLO TGA 2015 + 20" 6 Tom Van Asbroeck BEL TLJ 2015 + 20" 7 Lasse Norman Hansen DEN TCG 2015 + 20" 8 Silvan Dillier SUI BMC 2015 + 20" 9 Lorenzo Manzin FRA FDJ 2015 + 20" 10 Sébastien Turgot FRA ALM 2015 + 20"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1Kamil Zieliński POL Polish National Team 15h 6' 27" 2Maciej Bodnar POL Tinkoff–Saxo + 3" 3Caleb Ewan AUS OGE 2015 + 22" 4 Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2015 + 22" 5 Tom Van Asbroeck BEL TLJ 2015 + 24" 6 Sébastien Turgot FRA ALM 2015 + 28" 7 Lorenzo Manzin FRA FDJ 2015 + 28" 8 Salvatore Puccio ITA SKY 2015 + 28" 9 Michał Kwiatkowski POL EQS 2015 + 28" 10 Alexey Lutsenko KAZ AST 2015 + 28" Stage 5 6 August 2015 — Nowy Sącz to Zakopane, 223 km 1 on The longest stage of the race is also the first mountainous stage, featuring eight categorised climbs. After starting from the previous day's finish site, Nowy Sącz, the peloton will firstly head south to get to Zakopane and will enter the finishing circuit half-way through it. They will pass through the first-category ascents of Ząb and Gubałówka (used for the first time) before passing through the finish line for the first time. From then, the riders will complete two laps of a circuit 54.4 km 1 on in length. This includes the first-category Głodówka and the previously mentioned Ząb and Gubałówka ascents. On the last lap, there are two intermediate sprints, held in Poronin and Koscielisko. Stage 5 result RiderTeamTime 1 Bart De Clercq BEL Lotto Soudal 05h 48' 49" 2Diego Ulissi ITA Lampre–Merida +3" 3Sébastien Reichenbach SUI IAM Cycling +3" 4Sergio Henao COL Team Sky +7" 5Ben Hermans BEL BMC Racing Team +7" 6Davide Rebellin ITA CCC Sprandi Polkowice +7" 7Fabio Aru ITA Astana +7" 8Christophe Riblon FRA AG2R La Mondiale +7" 9Jon Izagirre ESP Movistar Team +7" 10Ilnur Zakarin RUS Team Katusha +7" General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Bart De Clercq BEL Lotto Soudal 20h 55' 42" 2Diego Ulissi ITA Lampre–Merida +4" 3Davide Formolo ITA Cannondale–Garmin +6" 4Ben Hermans BEL BMC Racing Team +9" 5Jon Izagirre ESP Movistar Team +9" 6Sébastien Reichenbach SUI IAM Cycling +9" 7Fabio Aru ITA Astana +15" 8Sergio Henao COL Team Sky +16" 9Christophe Riblon FRA AG2R La Mondiale +17" 10Ilnur Zakarin RUS Team Katusha +17" Stage 6 7 August 2015 — Terma Bukowina Tatrzańska to Bukowina Tatrzańska, 174 km 1 on The queen stage of the 2014 Tour de Pologne is, since 2011, a circuit race around Bukowina Tatrzańska (although the village was visited in 2010). To make up the parcours of 174 km, the peloton will firstly completed a 5 km ride to Zakopane, three 5.3 km loops around Zakopane on which were two special sprints, a return 5 km ride before entering a 38.4 km loop to be completed four times. Each loop featured three climbs – a first category ascent to Ząb, with gradients reaching 11.5%, a first category ascent to Gliczarów Górny, with gradients reaching a huge 21.5% and the final, uncategorised ascent to Bukowina Tatrzańska. In total, the riders completed nearly 4000m of climbing during the stage. This stage should be the most decisive in the general classification. Stage 6 result RiderTeamTime 1 Sergio Henao COL Team Sky 04h 38' 27" 2 Diego Ulissi ITA Lampre–Merida +8" 3 Lawson Craddock USA Team Giant-Alpecin +8" 4 Christophe Riblon FRA AG2R La Mondiale +8" 5 Fabio Aru ITA Astana +8" 6 Mikel Nieve ESP Team Sky +11" 7 Ben Hermans BEL BMC Racing Team +11" 8 Jon Izagirre ESP Movistar Team +11" 9 Davide Formolo ITA Cannondale–Garmin +11" 10 Bart De Clercq BEL Lotto Soudal +16" General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Sergio Henao COL Team Sky 25h 34' 15" 2 Diego Ulissi ITA Lampre–Merida +0" 3 Bart De Clercq BEL Lotto Soudal +10" 4 Davide Formolo ITA Cannondale–Garmin +11" 5 Ben Hermans BEL BMC Racing Team +14" 6 Jon Izagirre ESP Movistar Team +14" 7 Fabio Aru ITA Astana +17" 8 Christophe Riblon FRA AG2R La Mondiale +19" 9 Mikel Nieve ESP Team Sky +22" 10 Ilnur Zakarin RUS Team Katusha +27" Stage 7 8 August 2015 — Kraków to Kraków, 25 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT) The last stage will be a time trial starting and finishing at the Main Square in Kraków. The route was identical to that of last year, and had the riders head south-east towards Wieliczka, before completing a U-turn in Wieliczka and heading north-west back to Kraków. Despite being virtually pan-flat, this stage is also scheduled to have a large impact on the general classification. As is customary of time trial stages, cyclists will set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the general classification at the end of the previous stage. Stage 7 result RiderTeamTime 1 Marcin Białobłocki POL Polish National Team 28' 45" 2 Vasil Kiryienka BLR Team Sky +2" 3 Rick Flens NED LottoNL–Jumbo +59" 4 Damien Howson AUS Orica–GreenEDGE +1' 09" 5 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL Lotto–Soudal +1' 16" 6 Patrick Gretsch GER AG2R La Mondiale +1' 23" 7 Jon Izagirre ESP Movistar Team +1' 24" 8 Ilnur Zakarin RUS Team Katusha +1' 25" 9 Riccardo Zoidl AUT Trek Factory Racing +1' 26" 10 Maciej Bodnar POL Tinkoff–Saxo +1' 26"General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Jon Izagirre ESP Movistar Team 26h 04' 38" 2 Bart De Clercq BEL Lotto–Soudal +2" 3 Ben Hermans BEL BMC Racing Team +3" 4 Ilnur Zakarin RUS Team Katusha +14" 5 Fabio Aru ITA Astana +15" 6 Diego Ulissi ITA Lampre–Merida +19" 7 Christophe Riblon FRA AG2R La Mondiale +40" 8 Sergio Henao COL Team Sky +54" 9 Davide Formolo ITA Cannondale–Garmin +1' 23" 10 Mikel Nieve ESP Team Sky +1' 32" Category leadership table Stage Winner General classification25pxŻółta koszulkaSkandia Points classification25pxKlasyfikacja punktowaLang Team Mountains classification25pxKlasyfikacja górskaTauron Intermediate Sprints Classification25pxKlasyfikacja najaktywniejszychLotto Teams classificationKlasyfikacja drużynowa Best Polish riderNajlepszy PolakLotos 1 Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Adrian Kurek Matej Mohorič BEL 2015 Michał Kwiatkowski 2 Matteo Pelucchi Kamil Gradek 3 Marcin Białobłocki 4 Maciej Bodnar Kamil Zieliński Kamil Zieliński Kamil Gradek TTS 2015 Kamil Zieliński 5 Bart De Clercq Bart De Clercq Grega Bole BMC 2015 Tomasz Marczyński 6 Sergio Henao Sergio Henao Maciej Paterski LTS 2015 7 Marcin Białobłocki Jon Izagirre Final Jon Izagirre Marcel Kittel Maciej Paterski Kamil Gradek Lotto–Soudal Tomasz Marczyński Notes In stage two, Caleb Ewan, who was second in the points classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Marcel Kittel wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. Also, in stages three and four, Niccolò Bonifazio wore the white jersey for the same reason. In stage five, Gatis Smukulis, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the fuchsia jersey, because first placed Kamil Zieliński wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. References External links Category:Tour de Pologne Tour de Pologne Category:August 2015 sports events in Poland