Europe - [2.1] Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques

DinZ · « **on:** July 03, 2012, 06:55 »

While most people seem to think the only race in July is that annoyingly loud and crass event in France, cycling does live on in other countries and in some countries there is more than one event. While the organisers are yet to confirm it, there are rumours that a second Polish race had to be organised just to accommodate the shear number of beautiful podium girls that are found there

Hitch may try and point to the history of cycling in poland or come up with another reason but will be defeated as that means he would need to argue that Polish women are not that sexy

Anyway, the race starts on the 4th of July in Lodz and this will be the 23rd edition of the International Cycling Race of Solidarity and the Olympians or Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques or Wyścig Solidarności i Olimpijczyków. The tour has 6 stages totally 900 km's split over 5 days ending at the finish in Yaroslavl.

While the first 3 stages are for the sprinters but the second half of the race features a number tougher stages that should decide the overall winner. The race includes 21 teams including all of the polish teams and a number of foreign teams from Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia, Italy and Morocco.

Christina Watches will start with Stefan Schumacher for the overall and Angelo Furlan for the sprints. Marco Adria Mobil have Marko Kump, NetApp team bring Andre Schulze and Whirlpool-Author who dominated in the Czech cycling tour bring Thomas Buchackiem and Dukla Trencin. The Polish teams include BDC Marcin Sapa MarcPol and Robert Radosz. BGZ Bank includes ProLigi 2011 winner Luke Bodnar,Tomasz Smolen and Mariusz Witecki. The leader of CCC Polsat will be Marek Rutkiewicz and successful young sprinter Greg Stepniak.

DinZ · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:56 »

Stage 1. Lodz - Belchatow

a short opening stage, flat and only 76 kms long, very unlikely to be anything other than a flat out bunch sprint

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Lodz is the third-largest city in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, it had a population of 742,387 in December 2009. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canting: depicting a boat, it alludes to the city's name which translates literally as "boat".

Piotrkowska Street is the main artery and attraction stretching north to south for a little over five kilometres, making it (one of) the longest commercial streets in the world. A few of the building fronts have been renovated and date back to the 19th century.

It is also home to the national film school

the finish town of Bełchatów has the largest coal fuelled thermal power plant in Europe

Stage 2 Sieradz - Tuszyn

Second stage on the first day of the tour. longer than the first stage at 140km but just as flat and very likely to end the same way as the first stage and another bunch kick.

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Sieradz is one of the oldest towns in Poland, thrice being a location for the coronation of the Polish monarchs. The town was attacked by the Tartars, Bohemians and Teutonic Knights. Polish Kings chaired six assemblies from here.

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The Nazis destroyed traces of Polish culture, destroying historical records, monuments, and buildings. Street names were changed in an effort to wipe out any connection with a Polish identity. Bombed by the Soviets, more than 100 residents were killed. After an assault lasting three days, the Red Army arrived on January 23, 1945.

Stage 3

last of the initial sprint stages.

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Łęczyca is one of the oldest Polish cities, mentioned in the 12th century. It was the place of the first recorded meeting of Sejm, the Polish parliament in 1182

DinZ · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:56 »

Stage 4 Tomaszow Mazowiecki - Kielce

The start of the more interesting stages with 3 classified climbs in the final 50 kms. Although none of the climbs are huge they should be enough to shake things up. With 17 kms from the final climb to the finish line i am not sure this is the stage that will decide the overall but it should result in a much reduced bunch at the finish

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Kielce is located in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), at the banks of Silnica river, in northern part of the historical Polish province of Lesser Poland. Once an important centre of limestone mining, Kielce is now a centre of trade and commerce, with Kielce Trade Fairs (Targi Kieleckie) ranking third among Central and Eastern Europe trade fairs centres

Stage 4 nowy sacz - krosno

This looks to be the stage that will decide the race. 6 classified climbs spread throughout the stage, including several steep climbs. 2 trips over the climb to Zamek Kamieniec the second just 7 kms from the finish means we should see either one rider or a very select group fighting for the stage

Stage 6 Jasło - Jarosław

The final stage and while there are 3 classified climbs they look to be too far from the finish to be truly decisive. However if GC is close we may see someone make a bid on this stage

DinZ · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:56 »

DinZ · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2012, 23:59 »

Unsurprisingly given it was 70kms long and dead flat the first stage ended in a full bunch sprint

there was time for some riders to get away with a Haba from Team Poland able to pick up some bonus seconds on the course, but on the line it was Jeff Vermeulen from Metec Continental who took the win from Matzka. Those really paying attention will of course know that Jeff won stage 3 of the recent Olympias tour and took a couple of podiums as well. as i cannot find any photos from Poland yet here he is winning in Holland instead

1	103	NED19881007	VERMEULEN Jeff	MET	METEC CONTINENTAL Cyclingteam	1h 36' 12"
2	100	GER19890824	MATZKA Ralf	TET	THURINGER ENERGIE TEAM	+ 00'00"
3	123	GER19741121	SCHULZE Andre	APP	TEAM NETAPP	+ 00'00"
4	41	POL19880124	JANISZEWSKI Sylwester	CCC	CCC POLSAT Polkowice	+ 00'00"
5	96	UKR19890830	KULYK Andriy	KLS	KOLSS CYCLING TEAM	+ 00'00"
6	6	POL19771223	WADECKI Adam	BDC	BDC - MARCPOL TEAM	+ 00'00"
7	29	GER19880606	THOMEL Tino	NSP	TEAM NSP - GHOST	+ 00'00"
8	114	ITA19890616	PALINI Andrea	IDE	TEAM IDEA	+ 00'00"
9	21	POL19830127	JANIACZYK Blazej	BGZ	BANK BGŻ	+ 00'00"
10	7	RUS19850702	TRUSOV Nikolay	RVL	RUSVELO	+ 00'00"

DinZ · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2012, 00:10 »

Again no shocks, the short dead flat afternoon stage also finished in a bunch sprint. This time it was Net App's Andre Schulze who improved from his third place in the morning with top step on the podium. With the top two from the morning failing to feature Schulze also takes over the overall lead in the race. This is the second win of the year for Schulze and also had 5th behind Greips in berlin recently. Randomly he also had two wins last year in the same two races as he was the winner of stage 2 of this race in 2011 as well.

1	123	GER19741121	SCHULZE Andre	APP	TEAM NETAPP	3h 19' 45"
2	120	SLO19880527	KUMP Marko	ADR	ADRIA MOBIL	+ 00'00"
3	70	GER19831216	SCHWEIZER Michael	TSP	NUTRIXXION ABUS	+ 00'00"
4	30	GER19870313	FORKE Sebastian	NSP	TEAM NSP - GHOST	+ 00'00"
5	7	RUS19850702	TRUSOV Nikolay	RVL	RUSVELO	+ 00'00"
6	53	MAR19910202	HADDI Soufiane	MAR	National Team MAROCCO	+ 00'00"
7	119	SLO19810617	MUGERLI Matej	ADR	ADRIA MOBIL	+ 00'00"
8	41	POL19880124	JANISZEWSKI Sylwester	CCC	CCC POLSAT Polkowice	+ 00'00"
9	100	GER19890824	MATZKA Ralf	TET	THURINGER ENERGIE TEAM	+ 00'00"
10	114	ITA19890616	PALINI Andrea	IDE	TEAM IDEA	+ 00'00"

1	123	GER19741121	SCHULZE Andre	APP	TEAM NETAPP	4h 55' 49''
2	103	NED19881007	VERMEULEN Jeff	MET	METEC CONTINENTAL Cyclingteam	+ 0h 00' 02"
3	100	GER19890824	MATZKA Ralf	TET	THURINGER ENERGIE TEAM	+ 0h 00' 04"
4	120	SLO19880527	KUMP Marko	ADR	ADRIA MOBIL	+ 0h 00' 04"
5	70	GER19831216	SCHWEIZER Michael	TSP	NUTRIXXION ABUS	+ 0h 00' 06"
6	78	* SVK19921221	KOLAR Michael	DUK	DUKLA TRENCIN TREK	+ 0h 00' 06"
7	41	POL19880124	JANISZEWSKI Sylwester	CCC	CCC POLSAT Polkowice	+ 0h 00' 08"
8	7	RUS19850702	TRUSOV Nikolay	RVL	RUSVELO	+ 0h 00' 08"
9	53	* MAR19910202	HADDI Soufiane	MAR	National Team MAROCCO	+ 0h 00' 08"
10	114	ITA19890616	PALINI Andrea	IDE	TEAM IDEA	+ 0h 00' 08"

DinZ · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2012, 00:30 »

Another flat stage, another sprint, another win for Schulze. Only other interesting (but disappointing) thing i noticed was the withdrawal of Moroccan rider Jelloul who has been in good form leading into the race. Hopefully things will start to get more interesting tomorrow. still cannot find any photos or video.

Also just noticed the

is riding. how did i miss that

1.	123	GER19741121	SCHULZE Andre	APP	TEAM NETAPP	4h 06' 28"
2.	114	ITA19890616	PALINI Andrea	IDE	TEAM IDEA	+ 00'00"
3.	120	SLO19880527	KUMP Marko	ADR	ADRIA MOBIL	+ 00'00"
4.	100	GER19890824	MATZKA Ralf	TET	THURINGER ENERGIE TEAM	+ 00'00"
5.	45	* GER19911015	KOCH Michael	LKT	LKT TEAM BRANDENBURG	+ 00'00"
6.	41	POL19880124	JANISZEWSKI Sylwester	CCC	CCC POLSAT Polkowice	+ 00'00"
7.	13	GER19810721	SCHUMACHER Stefan	TST	CHRISTINA WATCHES - ONFONE	+ 00'00"
8.	22	POL19830203	SMOLEN Tomasz	BGZ	BANK BGŻ	+ 00'00"
9.	7	RUS19850702	TRUSOV Nikolay	RVL	RUSVELO	+ 00'00"
10.	53	* MAR19910202	HADDI Soufiane	MAR	National Team MAROCCO	+ 00'00"

1.	123	GER19741121	SCHULZE Andre	APP	TEAM NETAPP	9h 02' 07''
2.	120	SLO19880527	KUMP Marko	ADR	ADRIA MOBIL	10"
3.	114	ITA19890616	PALINI Andrea	IDE	TEAM IDEA	12"
4.	103	NED19881007	VERMEULEN Jeff	MET	METEC CONTINENTAL Cyclingteam	12"
5.	100	GER19890824	MATZKA Ralf	TET	THURINGER ENERGIE TEAM	14"
6.	41	POL19880124	JANISZEWSKI Sylwester	CCC	CCC POLSAT Polkowice	16"
7.	70	GER19831216	SCHWEIZER Michael	TSP	NUTRIXXION ABUS	16"
8.	21	POL19830127	JANIACZYK Blazej	BGZ	BANK BGŻ	16"
9.	7	RUS19850702	TRUSOV Nikolay	RVL	RUSVELO	18"
10.	53	* MAR19910202	HADDI Soufiane	MAR	National Team MAROCCO	18"

ram · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2012, 18:42 »

Position	Number	UCI Code	name	Team	Team	Time	Bonus	Points
1	42	POL19880227	HONKISZ Adrian	CCC	CCC POLSAT Polkowice	3:51:44	- 00:10	10 p.
2	119	SLO19810617	MUGERLI Matej	ADR	ADRIA MOBIL	+ 00:00	- 00:06	8 p.
3	108	NED19870727	HAGENAARS Luc	MET	METEC CONTINENTAL Cyclingteam	+ 00:00	- 00:04	6 p.
4	53	MAR19910202	HADDI Soufiane	MAR	National Team MAROCCO	+ 00:00		5 p.
5	68	GER19850705	GOTTFRIED Alexander	TSP	NUTRIXXION ABUS	+ 00:00		4 p.
6	57	POL19920312	FOLTYN Jakub	WIB	WIBATECH - LMGK Ziemia Brzeska	+ 00:00		3 p.
7	112	ITA19870929	BARLA Luca	IDE	TEAM IDEA	+ 00:00		2 p.
8	22	POL19830203	SMOLEN Tomasz	BGZ	BANK BGŻ	+ 00:00		1 p.
9	124	POL19801027	HUZARSKI Bartosz	APP	TEAM NETAPP	+ 00:00
10	92	UKR19870829	VASYLYUK Andriy	KLS	KOLSS CYCLING TEAM	+ 00:00
11	34	AUS19910817	PRETE Joshua	WHI	WHIRLPOOL – AUTHOR	+ 00:00

Marko Kump now leads the GC ahead of Palini. What's the worry? Stefan Schumacher in 10th just 8 seconds behind.

ram · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2012, 19:05 »

Honkisz said post race that if the race was on a flat finish, he'd have no chance but the ramp gave him an opportunity.

A crash in the final kilometre, just over 200 metres to go, put paid to Janiszewski's chances of a birthday gift.

is that his skin or is he wearing a rubber brown thing.

They all got credited with the same time, maybe the crash? But there's at least a second or two's gap there.

Some photographs from the race
http://kolarstwo.s24.pl/galerie/wsio-schulze-po-raz-drugi,g1540/

ram · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2012, 03:16 »

It was a hot day and the decisive break took place on the climb with around 20km to go, the first time up on the cobbled section of the Zamek Kamieniec. The break consisted of the Polish trio, Bartosz Huzarski, Mariusz Witecki and Adam Pierzga. Pierzga later dropped off and finished half a minute behind.

Post the race, Huzarski stated that he likes it hot (good taste, don't we all?) and that he wanted another win for the team.

Witecki later said that he was waiting for this stage, it was going to be the decisive stage and that he felt well. He also stated that they were on the limit as they pushed when the gap had reached 50".

Pierzga stated that the break was too strong on the flat between the two climbs and that he didn't have anything to offer on the final climb of the day, the second time up the Zamek Kamieniec.

The early break consisted of Piotr Gawronski and Głuszak Dariusz (Polish National), Valery Kaykov and Argueles rodriges (RusVelo), Thomas Frei (Christina Watches), Joshua Prete (Whirpool Author), Mouhcine Lahssaini (Morocco), Mykhaylo Kononenko (Kolss Cyclingteam) and Tomaz Nose (Adria Mobil).

The lead had grown to maximum of 5 minutes when the main group accelerated

Image from the decisive attack.

Position	Number	UCI Code	Name	Team	Team	Time	Bonus	points
1	124	POL19801027	HUZARSKI Bartosz	APP	TEAM NETAPP	4:44:02	- 00:10	10 p
2	23	POL19810510	WITECKI Mariusz	BGZ	BANK BGŻ	+ 00:00	- 00:06	8 p
3	62	POL19841114	PIERZGA Adam	POL	Team National POLAND	+ 00:33	- 00:04	6 p
4	120	SLO19880527	KUMP Marko	ADR	ADRIA MOBIL	+ 01:20		5 p
5	73	SVK19770411	KOVAC Maros	DUK	DUKLA TRENCIN TREK	+ 01:20		4 p
6	80	UKR19850417	PAKHTUSOV Anatoliy	ISD	ISD - LAMPRE CONTINENTAL	+ 01:20		3 p
7	112	ITA19870929	BARLA Luca	IDE	TEAM IDEA	+ 01:20		2 p
8	100	GER19890824	MATZKA Ralf	TET	THURINGER ENERGIE TEAM	+ 01:20		1 p
9	21	POL19830127	JANIACZYK Blazej	BGZ	BANK BGŻ	+ 01:20
10	5	POL19890527	KIRPSZA Piotr	BDC	BDC - MARCPOL TEAM	+ 01:20

In the GC-
Witecki now leads the GC over Huzarski and Pierzga is half a minute down. In fourth is Kump 59" down and Palini is fifth 1'01" down.

ram · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2012, 05:20 »

Position	Number	UCI Code	Name	Team	Time	Bonus	Points
1	79	UKR19830616	POPKOV Vitaliy	ISD ISD - LAMPRE CONTINENTAL	3:53:47	- 00:10	10 p.
2	7	RUS19850702	TRUSOV Nikolay	RVL RUSVELO	+ 00:06	- 00:06	8 p.
3	114	ITA19890616	PALINI Andrea	IDE TEAM IDEA	+ 00:06	- 00:04	6 p.
4	29	GER19880606	THOMEL Tino	NSP TEAM NSP – GHOST	+ 00:06		5 p.
5	124	POL19801027	HUZARSKI Bartosz	APP TEAM NETAPP	+ 00:06	- 00:03	4 p.
6	70	GER19831216	SCHWEIZER Michael	TSP NUTRIXXION ABUS	+ 00:06		3 p.
7	96	UKR19890830	KULYK Andriy	KLS KOLSS CYCLING TEAM	+ 00:06		2 p.
8	78 *	SVK19921221	KOLAR Michael	DUK DUKLA TRENCIN TREK	+ 00:06		1 p.
9	57 *	POL19920312	FOLTYN Jakub	WIB WIBATEC:- LMGK Ziemia Brzeska	+ 00:06
10	45*	GER19911015	KOC:Michael	LKT LKT TEAM BRANDENBURG	+ 00:06

The main bunch finished 20 seeconds behind Popkov.
Vitecki won the race by five seconds.

Vitecki, post race-
In June, I felt that I was in good shape. The focus of this race was to fight for a place in the top three. I'm glad because I won the race for the first time. I defended the first position in spite of attacks rivals. I was helped by the team, thank you.

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