2011 Tour de Pologne
The 2011 Tour de Pologne was the 68th running of the Tour de Pologne cycling stage race. It started on 31 July in Pruszków and finished on 6 August in Kraków. It was the 19th race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.
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| Dates | 31 July – 6 August | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,113.3 km (691.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 26h 40' 01" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The lead of the race changed hands in the final stage of the event. Garmin–Cervélo rider, and defending race winner, Dan Martin, who took the overall lead after a stage victory on the penultimate stage, had an advantage of three seconds to his nearest challengers Peter Sagan of Liquigas–Cannondale and Vacansoleil–DCM's Marco Marcato. Sagan had held the lead prior to Martin, having won the fourth and fifth stages, but lost his advantage after losing time in the closing metres of stage six, after an attack by Martin and Wout Poels, another Vacansoleil–DCM rider.
On the final stage, Sagan and Marcato moved closer to Martin at the intermediate sprint – offering time bonuses to the top three riders – by taking second and third behind Martin's team-mate Heinrich Haussler, with the winner of the Tour to be decided at the finish in Kraków. Despite missing out on the stage victory – taken by Skil–Shimano's Marcel Kittel,[2] who took his fourth stage victory of the week – Sagan finished just behind in second place, and with a time bonus of six seconds, he overhauled Martin by five seconds.[2] Marcato finished fifth on the stage to seal his third place in the general classification, two seconds behind Martin and seven behind Sagan.[3]
In the race's other classifications, Vacansoleil–DCM rider Michał Gołaś won the King of the Mountains classification, Sagan won the points classification, Adrian Kurek of Team Poland BGŻ finished clear at the top of the sprints classification, with Vacansoleil–DCM also finishing at the head of the teams classification.
Schedule
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 | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 31 July | Pruszków to Warsaw | 101.5 km[4] |  | Flat stage |  |
| 2 | 1 August | Częstochowa to Dąbrowa Górnicza | 162 km[5] | | Flat stage | |
| 3 | 2 August | Będzin to Katowice | 135.7 km[6] | | Flat stage | |
| 4 | 3 August | Oświęcim to Cieszyn | 176.9 km[7] |  | Medium-mountain stage |  |
| 5 | 4 August | Zakopane to Zakopane | 201.5 km[8] |  | Mountain stage | |
| 6 | 5 August | Terma Bukowina Tatrzańska to Bukowina Tatrzańska | 207.7 km[9] | | Mountain stage |  |
| 7 | 6 August | Kraków to Kraków | 128 km[10] | | Flat stage | |
Teams
The 18 teams from the UCI World Tour were automatically invited to this edition of the Tour de Pologne.[11]
4 teams were also awarded a wildcard place into the event:[11]
Stages
Stage 1
31 July 2011 – Pruszków to Warsaw, 101.5 km (63.1 mi)
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Stage 2
1 August 2011 – Częstochowa to Dąbrowa Górnicza, 162 km (101 mi)
Stage 2 Result
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General Classification after Stage 2
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Stage 3
2 August 2011 – Będzin to Katowice, 135.7 km (84.3 mi)
Stage 3 Result
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General Classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4
3 August 2011 – Oświęcim to Cieszyn, 176.9 km (109.9 mi)
Stage 4 Result
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General Classification after Stage 4
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Stage 5
4 August 2011 – Zakopane to Zakopane, 201.5 km (125.2 mi)
Stage 5 Result
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General Classification after Stage 5
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Stage 6
5 August 2011 – Terma Bukowina Tatrzańska to Bukowina Tatrzańska, 207.7 km (129.1 mi)
Stage 6 Result
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General Classification after Stage 6
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Stage 7
6 August 2011 – Kraków to Kraków, 128.0 km (79.5 mi)
Stage 7 Result
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Final General Classification
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Category leadership table
| Stage | Winner | General classification Żółta koszulka |
Mountains classification Klasyfikacja górska |
Intermediate Sprints Classification Klasyfikacja najaktywniejszych |
Points classification Klasyfikacja punktowa |
Teams classification |
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| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Marcel Kittel | Michał Gołaś | Adrian Kurek | Marcel Kittel | Quick-Step |
| 2 | Bartłomiej Matysiak | |||||
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| 4 | Peter Sagan | Peter Sagan | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil–DCM | ||
| 5 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | |||||
| 6 | Dan Martin | Dan Martin | Michał Gołaś | Peter Sagan | ||
| 7 | Marcel Kittel | Peter Sagan | ||||
| Final | Peter Sagan | Michał Gołaś | Adrian Kurek | Peter Sagan | Vacansoleil–DCM | |
References
- "06.08.2011 Kraków-Kraków 128 km: Komunikat Numer 8" (PDF). Tour de Pologne. Polskiego Związku Kolarskiego. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- "Sagan claims Polish victory". Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- "Sagan denies Martin to win Tour of Poland". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- "1 STAGE MAP". Tour de Pologne. Polskiego Związku Kolarskiego. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- "2 STAGE MAP". Tour de Pologne. Polskiego Związku Kolarskiego. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- "3 STAGE MAP". Tour de Pologne. Polskiego Związku Kolarskiego. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- "4 STAGE MAP". Tour de Pologne. Polskiego Związku Kolarskiego. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- "5 STAGE MAP". Tour de Pologne. Polskiego Związku Kolarskiego. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- "6 STAGE MAP". Tour de Pologne. Polskiego Związku Kolarskiego. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- "7 STAGE MAP". Tour de Pologne. Polskiego Związku Kolarskiego. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- "22 teams announced for the 2011 Tour de Pologne". BikeWorldNews. WordPress. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
