2007 Tour de Pologne

The 2007 Tour de Pologne was held from September 9 to 15, 2007 in Poland. The race began with a very short team time trial in the streets of Warsaw, and its toughest stages were in the proximity of Jelenia Góra, as usual. In all, the race comprised seven stages.

Wouter Weylandt wearing the yellow jersey in Gdańsk

Jersey progress chart

Stage (Winner)	General Classification Yellow Jersey	Mountains Classification Green Jersey	Points Classification Navy Blue Jersey	Intermediate Sprints Classification Red Jersey	Team Classification
0Stage 1 (TTT) (Lampre–Fondital)	Roberto Longo	no award	no award	no award	Lampre–Fondital
0Stage 2 (Graeme Brown)	Graeme Brown		Graeme Brown	Łukasz Bodnar	Gerolsteiner
0Stage 3 (David Kopp)	Wouter Weylandt	Nicolas Rousseau	David Kopp
0Stage 4 (Danilo Napolitano)	Danilo Napolitano	Murilo Antonio Fischer	José Joaquín Rojas Gil
0Stage 5 (Murilo Antonio Fischer)			Danilo Napolitano		Lampre–Fondital
0Stage 6 (Filippo Pozzato)	Murilo Antonio Fischer	Yoann Le Boulanger	José Joaquín Rojas Gil		Gerolsteiner
0Stage 7 (Johan Van Summeren)	Johan Van Summeren				Team CSC

Stages

Stage 1 – September 9, 2007: Warsaw, 3 km. (TTT)

Stage 1 result Team Nation Time 1 Lampre–Fondital  Italy 3' 36" 2 T-Mobile Team  Germany + 2" 3 Astana Team  Kazakhstan + 8" 4 Bouygues Télécom  France + 10" 5 Unibet.com Cycling Team  Sweden + 10"

General Classification after Stage 1 (Żółta koszulka) Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Roberto Longo  Italy LAM 3' 36" 2 Fabio Baldato  Italy LAM s.t. 3 Daniele Righi  Italy LAM s.t. 4 Alessandro Ballan  Italy LAM s.t. 5 Danilo Napolitano  Italy LAM s.t.

• The race jury ultimately decided that the severe conditions of the weather were unfair, and decided to award Lampre's Fabio Baldato with the leader's jersey but have all riders at the same time in the overall classification.

Stage 2 – September 10, 2007: Płońsk > Olsztyn, 203.6 km.

Stage 2 result Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Graeme Brown  Australia RAB 4h 50' 46" 2 Wouter Weylandt  Belgium QSI s.t. 3 Saïd Haddou  France BTL s.t. 4 David Kopp  Germany GST s.t. 5 José Joaquín Rojas Gil  Spain GCE s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 (Żółta koszulka): Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Graeme Brown  Australia RAB 4h 50' 36" 2 Wouter Weylandt  Belgium QSI + 3" 3 Saïd Haddou  France BTL + 6" 4 Danilo Napolitano  Italy LAM + 6" 5 Fabian Wegmann  Germany GST + 8"

Stage 3 – September 11, 2007: Ostróda > Gdańsk, 192.3 km.

Stage 3 result Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 David Kopp  Germany GST 4h 45' 22" 2 José Joaquín Rojas Gil  Spain GCE s.t. 3 Wouter Weylandt  Belgium QST s.t. 4 Danilo Napolitano  Italy LAM s.t. 5 Maxim Iglinsky  Kazakhstan AST s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 (Żółta koszulka): Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Wouter Weylandt  Belgium QST 9h 35' 57" 2 David Kopp  Germany GST + 1" 3 Graeme Brown  Australia RAB + 1" 4 Nicolas Rousseau  France A2R + 4" 5 José Joaquín Rojas Gil  Spain GCE + 5"

Stage 4 – September 12, 2007: Chojnice > Poznań, 242.3 km.

Stage 4 result Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Danilo Napolitano  Italy LAM 5h 47' 03" 2 Tomas Vaitkus  Lithuania DSC s.t. 3 Robert Förster  Germany GST s.t. 4 Mirco Lorenzetto  Italy MRM s.t. 5 José Joaquín Rojas Gil  Spain GCE s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 (Żółta koszulka): Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Danilo Napolitano  Italy LAM 15h 22' 57" 2 Wouter Weylandt  Belgium QSI + 2" 3 Graeme Brown  Australia RAB + 4" 4 David Kopp  Germany GST + 4" 5 Murilo Antonio Fischer  Brazil LIQ + 5"

Stage 5 – September 13, 2007: Września > Świdnica, 264.5 km.

Stage 5 result Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Murilo Antonio Fischer  Brazil LIQ 6h 44' 24" 2 Danilo Napolitano  Italy LAM s.t. 3 Wouter Weylandt  Belgium QST s.t. 4 Mikhaylo Khalilov  Ukraine FLM s.t. 5 Koen de Kort  Netherlands AST s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 (Żółta koszulka): Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Danilo Napolitano  Italy LAM 22h 07' 15" 2 Murilo Antonio Fischer  Brazil LIQ + 1" 3 Wouter Weylandt  Belgium QST + 4" 4 José Joaquín Rojas Gil  Spain GCE + 14" 5 David Kopp  Germany GST + 16"

Stage 6 – September 14, 2007: Dzierżoniów > Jelenia Góra, 183.7 km.

Stage 6 result Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Filippo Pozzato  Italy LIQ 4h 47' 48" 2 José Joaquín Rojas Gil  Spain GCE s.t. 3 Marcus Burghardt  Germany TMO s.t. 4 David Kopp  Germany GST s.t. 5 Mikhaylo Khalilov  Ukraine FLM s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6 (Żółta koszulka): Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Murilo Antonio Fischer  Brazil LIQ 26h 55' 04" 2 José Joaquín Rojas Gil  Spain GCE + 7" 3 David Kopp  Germany GST + 9" 4 Filippo Pozzato  Italy LIQ + 9" 5 Fabian Wegmann  Germany GST + 15"

Stage 7 – September 15, 2007: Jelenia Góra > Karpacz, 147.7 km.

Stage 7 result Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Johan Vansummeren  Belgium PRL 3h 56' 58" 2 Robert Gesink  Netherlands RAB + 23" 3 Kim Kirchen  Luxembourg TMO + 32" 4 Danilo Di Luca  Italy LIQ + 34" 5 Alessandro Ballan  Italy LAM + 34"

General Classification after Stage 7 (Żółta koszulka): Cyclist Nation Team Time 1 Johan Van Summeren  Belgium PRL 30h 52' 11" 2 Robert Gesink  Netherlands RAB + 27" 3 Kim Kirchen  Luxembourg TMO + 38" 4 Fabian Wegmann  Germany GST + 39" 5 Alessandro Ballan  Italy LAM + 44"

General Standings

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Time	UCI Points
1	Johan Vansummeren	Belgium	PRL	30h 52' 11"	50
2	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	RAB	+ 27"	40
3	Kim Kirchen	Luxembourg	TMO	+ 38"	35
4	Fabian Wegmann	Germany	GST	+ 39"	30
5	Alessandro Ballan	Italy	LAM	+ 44"	25
6	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Spain	GCE	+ 44"	20
7	Fränk Schleck	Luxembourg	CSC	+ 44"	15
8	Danilo Di Luca	Italy	LIQ	+ 44"	10
9	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	Spain	GCE	+ 47"	5
10	Thomas Voeckler	France	BTL	+ 52"	2

KOM Classification

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Points
1	Yoann Le Boulanger	France	BTL	61
2	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy	LAM	50
3	Marco Pinotti	Italy	TMO	31

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Points
1	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	Spain	GCE	91
2	Mikhaylo Khalilov	Ukraine	FLM	42
3	Murilo Antonio Fischer	Brazil	LIQ	40

Best Team

	Team	Country	Time
1	Team CSC	Denmark	92h 39' 12"
2	Caisse d'Epargne	Spain	+ 23"
3	Rabobank	Netherlands	+ 1' 28"

External links

• Race website (in Polish)