Tour of Poland 2008
| Tour of Poland 2008 | |
| Racing series | UCI ProTour |
| Host country |
 Poland
|
| Competition period | September 14-20, 2008 |
| Stages | 7 stages |
| overall length | 1076.4 km |
| winner | |
| Scoring jerseys | |
 Overall rating
|
 Jens Voigt (CSC)
|
 Intermediate sprint ranking
|
Marcin Sapa (DHL)
|
 Mountain scoring
|
Jens Voigt (CSC)
|
 Scoring
|
 Allan Davis ( QST )
|
 Team ranking
|
 Team Saxo Bank
|
| ← 2007 | 2009 → |
The 65th Tour of Poland was held from September 14th to 20th, 2008 in seven stages over a distance of 1076.4 km. A length of 1258.6 km was planned, but various stages had to be shortened due to bad weather. The cycle stage race was part of the UCI ProTour 2008 .
Overall winner was Jens Voigt . The last year's winner was Johan Vansummeren .
The Tour of Poland 2008 started, just like 2007, with a short team time trial in the capital Warsaw . The next stages led through north-east Poland. Then it went south, there are the low mountain ranges of Poland. The tour ended in Krakow for the first time. In previous events, Karpacz was the final point of the tour nine times in a row. Three stages covered a distance of more than 230 kilometers.
The Tour of Poland celebrated its 80th anniversary.
The tour was affected by constant storms: The sixth stage, the king's stage, had to be shortened by almost half of the planned route to 118 km. The last stage was shortened by around a third to 95.4 km. The fourth stage, which was shortened by 40 km anyway due to heavy rain, was ended prematurely by the drivers. The stage ended on a circuit in Lublin , which had to be passed several times and which was classified as too risky.
All 18 ProTeams and a selection of drivers from the Polish Continental Teams DHL-Author , CCC Polsat-Polkowice , Legia and Kalev Sport took part.
Stages
| stage | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | September 14th | Warsaw | 4.0 |
Team CSC-Saxo Bank
|
Lars Bak
|
| 2nd stage | September 15th | Plock - Olsztyn | 231.2 |
 Allan Davis
|
 Murilo Fischer
|
| 3rd stage | 16th September | Mikołajki - Białystok | 184.8 |
 Angelo Furlan
|
Allan Davis
|
| 4th stage | 17th of September |
|
|
ended prematurely | |
| 5th stage | September 18 | Nałęczów - Rzeszów | 239.7 |
Jürgen Roelandts
|
 José Joaquín Rojas Gil
|
| 6th stage | September 19th |
|
|
Jens Voigt
|
Jens Voigt
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| 7th stage | September 20th |
|
|
Robert Forster
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Ratings in the course of the tour
The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.
| stage |
Overall rating |
Intermediate sprint ranking |
Mountain scoring |
Scoring |
Team evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Lars Bak (SAX)
|
Paul Martens (RAB)
|
José Joaquín Rojas Gil (CEP)
|
Franco Pellizotti (LIQ)
|
Team CSC-Saxo Bank
|
| 2. |
Murilo Fischer (LIQ)
|
Andoni Lafuente (EUS)
|
Łukasz Bodnar (DHL)
|
Allan Davis (QST)
|
|
| 3. |
Allan Davis (QST)
|
Marcin Sapa (DHL)
|
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| 4th | |||||
| 5. |
José Joaquín Rojas Gil (CEP)
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Marcin Sapa (DHL)
|
Marco Bandiera (LAM)
|
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| 6th |
Jens Voigt (CSC)
|
Tony Martin (HTC)
|
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| 7th |
Jens Voigt (CSC)
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rad-net.de: Voigt on the Tour of Poland before overall success , from September 19, 2008.
- ↑ rad-net.de: Results of the Tour of Poland - 7th stage , from September 20, 2008.
- ↑ rad-net.de: Tour of Poland: Peloton ends stage early , from September 17, 2008.
- ↑ live-radsport.ch: Peloton ends 4th stage of the Tour de Pologne early , from September 17th, 2008.