The big one: Tour of Poland, Aug 1st -7th

[roundabout]

Tour de Pologne 01.-07.08

Starters

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=395&Itemid=337&lang=en

Stages

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132&Itemid=178&lang=en

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138&Itemid=181&lang=en

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137&Itemid=182&lang=en

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136&Itemid=183&lang=en

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135&Itemid=184&lang=en

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=134&Itemid=185&lang=en

http://www.tourdepologne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=186&lang=en

Eurosport with 90 minutes live coverage for every stage, last 2 stages on Eurosport 2

Greipel to win some more ****ty races, Sagan for the overall

 

[auscyclefan94]

The big one is about to begin, the tour of poland!

Will Ballan be able to defend his title? the bigger question is, who is riding?

It would be great is somebody could post up the startlist, if there is one around!

 

[screaming fist]

Posted by someone @ the saxobank forum:

Bmc racing team
1 ballan alessandro
2 schar michael
3 wyss danilo
4 kristoff alexander
5 stewart jackson
6 stalder florian
7 santambrogio mauro
8 butler christopher

lampre - farnese vini
11 bole grega
12 bono matteo
13 buts vitalij
14 furlan angelo
15 lorenzetto mirco
16 mori manuele
17 sapa marcin
18 spezialetti alessandro

liquigas - doimo
21 bennati daniele
22 bodnar maciej
23 guarnieri jacopo
24 paterski maciej
25 sabatini fabio
26 sagan peter
27 szmyd sylwester
28 vanotti alessandro

team katusha
31 trusov nikolay
32 napolitano danilo
33 gusev vladimir
34 eskov nikita
35 khalilov mykhaylo
36 bodrogi laszlo
37 silin egor
38 vandenbergh stijn

team htc - columbia
41 albasini michael
42 greipel andre
43 lewis craig
44 rabon frantisek
45 reynes mimo vicente
46 sieberg marcel
47 velits martin
48 velits peter

rabobank
51 brown graeme
52 van emden jos
53 flens rick
54 leezer thomas
55 posthuma joost
56 stamsnijder tom
57 weening pieter
58 van winden dennis

quick - step
61 kunitski andrei
62 cataldo dana
63 devolder stijn
64 malacarne davide
65 samoilau branislau
66 vedel kvist thomas
67 velo marco
68 weylandt wouter

garmin transitions
71 danielson thomas
72 fischer murilo
73 kessiakoff fredrick
74 martin daniel
75 meier christian
76 meyer cameron
77 peterson thomas
78 stetina peter

omega pharma - lotto
81 de haes kenny
82 elijzen michiel
83 hoste leif
84 ljungblad jonas
85 lowik gerben
86 peraud jean christophe
87 stubbe tom
88 scheirlinckx staf

team saxo bank
91 lund anders
92 klemme domenik
93 hoj frank
94 marycz jaros£aw
95 klostergaard larsen kasper
96 haedo juan jose
97 haedo lucas sebastian
98 cooke baden

ag2r la mondiale
101 efimkin alexander
102 hinault sebastien
103 krivtsov yuriy
104 mandri rene
105 ravard anthony
106 bonnafond guillaume
107 smukulis gatis
108 kadri blel

team milram
111 fothen markus
112 forster robert
113 nerz dominique
114 roels dominik
115 schroder bjorn
116 sentjens roy
117 voss paul
118 eichler markus

sky professional cycling team
121 carlstrom kjell
122 hayman mathew
123 henderson gregory
124 kennaugh peter
125 nordhaug lars petter
126 stannard ian
127 sutton christopher
128 swift ben

euskaltel - euskadi
131 galdos alonso aitor
132 aramendia lorente javier
133 castroviejo nicolas jonathan
134 izagirre insauti gorka
135 minguez ayala miguel
136 azanza soto jorge
137 sesma daniel
138 intxausti elorriaga benat

footon- servetto
141 brandle matthias
142 corti marco
143 felline fabio
144 gianetti noe
145 merlo michele
146 pedersen martin
147 walker johnnie
148 capelli ermanno

francaise des jeux
151 bonnaire olivier
152 gerard armand
153 gudsell timothy
154 guesdon frederic
155 hutarovich yauheni
156 meersman gianni
157 mourey francis
158 veikkanen jussi

team radioshack
161 beppu fumiyuki
162 hermans ben
163 impey daryl
164 machado tiago
165 rosseler sebastien
166 rovny ivan
167 selander bjorn
168 vaitkus tomas

astana
171 bazayev assan
172 davis allan
173 dyachenko alexandr
174 selvaggi mirko
175 gourov maxim
176 pereiro sio oscar
177 fofonov dmitriy
178 zeits andrey

caisse d#8217;epargne
181 amador bikkazakova andrey
182 cobo acebo juan jose
183 kiryienka vasili
184 lastras garcia pablo
185 losada alguacil alberto
186 madrazo ruiz angel
187 plaza molina ruben
188 zandio echaide xabier

vacansoleil pro cycling team
191 bozic borut
192 carrara matteo
193 golas micha£
194 hoogerland johnny
195 lagutin sergey
196 marcato marco
197 ongarato alberto
198 poels wout

cervelo test team
201 appollonio davide
202 correia joao
203 king ted
204 lloyd daniel
205 novoa menedez joagquin
206 rasch gabriel
207 reimer martin
208 tondo volpini xavier

skil shimano
211 houanard steve
212 veelers tom
213 geschke simon
214 wagner robert
215 docker mitchell
216 curvers roy
217 timmer albert
218 cornu dominique

polska bgz
221 rutkiewicz marek
222 morajko jacek
223 witecki mariusz
224 taciak mateusz
225 marczynski tomasz
226 janiaczyk blazej
227 bodnar lukasz
228 matysiak bartlomiej

 

[theyoungest]

That startlist is incomplete. The winner isn't on it: Bauke Mollema

 

[craig1985]

Szmyd must be some sort of marathon man, he's done the Giro, the Dauphine, the Tour, and now the Tour of Poland Give the man a break!

Oh yeah, Peter Sagan to win everything IMO

 

[53 x 11]

Oh yeah, Peter Sagan to win everything IMO

Yes defiantly. It's hard not to pick the wonderkid for everything now.

I see Daniele Bennati picking up a stage or two or Borut Bozic (I love that name).

Will it go as usual, bad weather, lots of bunch kicks and a break getting clear one day and deciding the race?

 

[hrotha]

Grega Bole, baby!

Nice to see Danilo Wyss.

 

[Ferminal]

Anyone got the profiles? I can't seem to get on to the website atm.

 

[craig1985]

Best I can do:

 

[happychappy]

Greipel will overshadow cav's 50000 tour stage wins in this all important tour!

 

[53 x 11]

Im just hopping that it ends up creating a ****storm on this forum again.

Last years Poland V Australia yelling match was awesome.

I'm going for Poland.

 

[craig1985]

Im just hopping that it ends up creating a ****storm on this forum again.

Last years Poland V Australia yelling match was awesome.

I'm going for Poland.

And Poland has some incredibly beautiful looking women as well. I so really want to go back there.

 

[The Hitch]

Wow, 9 comments already. And here i thought i was going to discuss this all by myslef.

I dont want to hype it up too much but this is the biggest race outside cyclings heartland (western europe ) (other than the odd wc in us, australia like this year)

The tdu is like 10 years old
the tdc is like 5 years old
the vac is like 60 years old
the tdp is 67 years old and is worth 100 points on that uci rankings system.

I have no idea who will win. Think sagan will get a few stages though.

 

[The Hitch]

Im just hopping that it ends up creating a ****storm on this forum again.

Last years Poland V Australia yelling match was awesome.

I'm going for Poland.

There were polish people on this forum?

From what ive seen this forum is about
25% netherlands
25 % USA
20% Australia
20% Britain
5% Spain
5% elsewhere

 

[53 x 11]

And Poland has some incredibly beautiful looking women as well. I so really want to go back there.

If I remember correctly my argument went something like this

Beer + A thousand kinds of Sausage + Hot women = Winner.

Weather is a bit ****.

I would like so see some good bunch gallops. Cooke, JJ, Bennati, Bozic, Andre the Giant should be a good last few K's.

 

[Ferminal]

Got the profiles

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[Ferminal]

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[53 x 11]

There were polish people on this forum?

From what ive seen this forum is about
25% netherlands
25 % USA
20% Australia
20% Britain
5% Spain
5% elsewhere

No. It was more a "Is the Tour of Poland better than the TDU" argument.

I believe it was Auscycle V Everyone else

 

[The Hitch]

Weather is a bit ****.

How so? Cold and snow during winter. Boiling hot during the summer. Rain either falls heavy or not at all. Beats the usual English- rain during winter rain during summer.

 

[The Hitch]

No. It was more a "Is the Tour of Poland better than the TDU" argument.

I believe it was Auscycle V Everyone else

Lol.
Well he might just have conceded because even acf is getting excited about this tour de pologne – 1st post in the thread.

As I said. Biggest race outside cycling heartland of western Europe.

 

[theyoungest]

There were polish people on this forum?

From what ive seen this forum is about
25% netherlands
25 % USA
20% Australia
20% Britain
5% Spain
5% elsewhere

You're forgetting Belgium.

Stage 5 looks like a good one, BTW. Probably should eliminate Sagan for the overall win.

 

[craig1985]

Is stage 5 the stage they start outside/near Auschwitz?

 

[53 x 11]

How so? Cold and snow during winter. Boiling hot during the summer. Rain either falls heavy or not at all. Beats the usual English- rain during winter rain during summer.

Hey, you want me to say it's got everything?

Defiantly kicks Englands a$$ on the sausages alone.

 

[The Hitch]

You're forgetting Belgium.

Stage 5 looks like a good one, BTW. Probably should eliminate Sagan for the overall win.

I thought about Belgium, but a lot of the people I thought were Belgian, were just dutch who watch sporza. Perhaps they make up the bulk of elsewhere.

 

[The Hitch]

Is stage 5 the stage they start outside/near Auschwitz?

Well one of them they start in the town Auschwitz. (Oswiecim – Bulkowina Tatrzanska). I think its stage 5 but I cant see for sure because my internet is badly messed up atm.

edit: nope its stage 6