These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Tour de Pologne

Tour de Pologne

The Tour de Pologne is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km in length. The race was first held in 1928. Until 1952 the race was held sporadically, but since then it has been an annual race...

 cycling race. Despite getting four cyclists in the decisive break, didn't manage to take the overall win from Kim Kirchen

Kim Kirchen

Kim Kirchen is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.-Career:Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join in 2001...

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12-09-2005: Gdańsk-Elbląg, 149.6 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Baden Cooke Baden Cooke Baden Cooke is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Cooke began competitive cycling at 11. He completed secondary school at Galen College in Wangaratta, Victoria....		3h 21' 23"
2	Luca Paolini Luca Paolini Luca Paolini is an Italian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam . Paolini's home was searched in a doping investigation which was called Operazione Athena - however it appears that no evidence was found that led to any conviction of involvement in doping.- Major achievements...		s.t.
3	Francesco Chicchi Francesco Chicchi Francesco Chicchi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Pro Tour team .- Major results :200220052006...		s.t.

13-09-2005: Tczew-Olsztyn, 226.5 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini’s leadout train...		5h 54' 37"
2	Luca Paolini Luca Paolini Luca Paolini is an Italian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam . Paolini's home was searched in a doping investigation which was called Operazione Athena - however it appears that no evidence was found that led to any conviction of involvement in doping.- Major achievements...		s.t.
3	Francesco Chicchi Francesco Chicchi Francesco Chicchi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Pro Tour team .- Major results :200220052006...		s.t.

14-09-2005: Ostróda-Bydgoszcz, 212 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Jaan Kirsipuu Jaan Kirsipuu Jaan Kirsipuu is an Estonian road bicycle racer, living in Estonia. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time. In 2008 he was the manager of Latvian UCI Continental cycling team Rietumu...		3h 38' 09"
2	Luca Paolini Luca Paolini Luca Paolini is an Italian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam . Paolini's home was searched in a doping investigation which was called Operazione Athena - however it appears that no evidence was found that led to any conviction of involvement in doping.- Major achievements...		s.t.
3	Max van Heeswijk Max van Heeswijk Max Lambert Peter van Heeswijk is a Dutch retired professional road racing cyclist.- Major achievements :2000...		s.t.

15-09-2005: Inowrocław-Leszno, 213 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini’s leadout train...		5h 22' 52"
2	Luca Paolini Luca Paolini Luca Paolini is an Italian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam . Paolini's home was searched in a doping investigation which was called Operazione Athena - however it appears that no evidence was found that led to any conviction of involvement in doping.- Major achievements...		s.t.
3	Angelo Furlan Angelo Furlan Angelo Furlan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for Christina Watches-Onfone who he joined in March 2011.- Palmarès :2001...	Domina Vacanze Domina Vacanze Domina Vacanze is a hotel group based in Italy. They are best known for the professional cycling team they sponsored. For the 2005 season the team competed in the 2005 UCI ProTour however they didn't have the budget of the other teams and produced very few wins...	s.t.

16-09-2005: Wrocław-Szklarska Poręba, 212 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Fabian Wegmann Fabian Wegmann Fabian Wegmann is a German road racing cyclist, known as a climbing specialist. He is currently riding for UCI ProTeam ....		5h 28' 01"
2	Filippo Pozzato Filippo Pozzato Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato is an Italian road racing cyclist with UCI ProTour Team Katusha.-Career:...		s.t.
3	Uroš Murn Uroš Murn Uroš Murn was a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer, most recently for UCI ProTour team Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Murn joined Discovery Channel having previously ridden on the ProTour for Phonak Hearing Systems...		s.t.

17-09-2005: Piechowice-Karpacz, 153 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Pieter Weening Pieter Weening Pieter Weening is a road bicycle racer from Harkema, Friesland, the Netherlands, currently riding for .-2005:In 2005 Weening won a stage in the Tour de France. As of today, Weening is the last Dutch stage winner in the Tour de France. After one of the closest finishes in the Tour ever, Weening won...		4h 16' 37"
2	Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.-Career:Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join in 2001...		+ 4"
3	Thomas Dekker Thomas Dekker (cyclist) Thomas Dekker is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for Garmin-Cervélo’s development team, Chipotle Development Team. His career highlights include winning Tirreno-Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007...		+ 25"

18-09-2005: Jelenia Góra-Karpacz, 61 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.-Career:Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join in 2001...		1h 39' 00"
2	Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring...		+ 2"
3	Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004...		+ 4"

18-09-2005: Jelenia Góra-Karpacz, 19 km. (ITT)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thomas Dekker Thomas Dekker (cyclist) Thomas Dekker is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for Garmin-Cervélo’s development team, Chipotle Development Team. His career highlights include winning Tirreno-Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007...		30' 54"
2	Bobby Julich Bobby Julich Robert Julich, most commonly referred to as Bobby Julich, is an American former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC in the UCI ProTour racing series. He got his international breakthrough when he finished 3rd overall in the 1998 Tour de France race, but has since ridden...		+ 8"
3	Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004...		+ 8"

General Standings

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.-Career:Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join in 2001...		32h 11' 58"
2	Pieter Weening Pieter Weening Pieter Weening is a road bicycle racer from Harkema, Friesland, the Netherlands, currently riding for .-2005:In 2005 Weening won a stage in the Tour de France. As of today, Weening is the last Dutch stage winner in the Tour de France. After one of the closest finishes in the Tour ever, Weening won...		+ 5"
3	Thomas Dekker Thomas Dekker (cyclist) Thomas Dekker is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for Garmin-Cervélo’s development team, Chipotle Development Team. His career highlights include winning Tirreno-Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007...		+ 11"
4	Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004...		+ 18"
5	Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring...	Liquigas Liquigas Liquigas-Cannondale is an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. The current title sponsor is Liquigas, a provider of liquified gas products in Italy. The second sponsor, Cannondale, is an American bicycle manufacturing company, whose sponsorship has led to a small...	+ 34"
6	Michael Boogerd Michael Boogerd Michael Boogerd is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the leaders of a generation of Dutch cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, together with teammate Erik Dekker, even inspiring Dutch authors to write a book called "Michael & Erik" about this generation, and the...		+ 1' 04"
7	Jan Hruška Jan Hruška Jan Hruška is a former professional road bicycle racer from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1996. Hruska entered the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was removed after testing for a doping product.-Teams:...		+ 2' 14"
8	Marek Rutkiewicz Marek Rutkiewicz Marek Rutkiewicz is a Polish road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team . Rutkiewicz's strength lies in climbing and his victories have come in hilly races, including the mountains classification at the 2009 Tour de Pologne.- Palmarès :- External links :...	Intel Action	+ 2' 43"
9	Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003...		+ 2' 52"
10	José Luis Rubiera José Luis Rubiera José Luis Rubiera Vigil is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He last rode for the UCI ProTour team .Rubiera won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19...		+ 3' 03"

KOM Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Country
1	Bartosz Huzarski Bartosz Huzarski Bartosz Huzarski is a Polish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Team NetApp.- Palmarès :20032005...	Intel Action

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Country
1	Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.-Career:Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join in 2001...	Fassa Bortolo

Sprints Classification

The sprints classification jersey is awarded to the rider with the most points awarded in the intermediate sprints.

	Cyclist	Team	Country
1	Robert Förster Robert Förster Robert Förster is a German professional road racing cyclist, specialising in bunch sprints, currently riding for .He turned professional in 2001, initially riding for Team Nürnberger...	Team Gerolsteiner Team Gerolsteiner Gerolsteiner was a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It was sponsored by the mineral water company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and Specialized....

Best Team

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External links

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