With a former British amateur champion for a father and the sister of a Tour de France winner for a mother, there was little question that Daniel Martin would be a cyclist when he grew up.
It's the first ProTour victory for the Garmin-Transitions rider.
Garmin-Transition's Daniel Martin kept the leader's jersey in the Tour of Poland after Friday's sixth and penultimate stage, a 228.5km ride from Oswiecim to Bukowina Tatrzanska.
Garmin-Transition's Daniel Martin won Thursday's fifth stage of the Tour of Poland, taking the overall lead.
Astana's Allan Davis loses 30 seconds and falls out the lead
The FdJ rider beats Haedo by inches. Allan Davis retains the overall lead.
HTC-Columbia's big German powered across the finish line in Dabrowa Gornicza well clear of Australian Allan Davis (Astana) and the remainder of the pack in the bunch sprint that decided the 240km stage.
No rest for the weary, especially when there’s money to be made. The peloton is barely catching its breath following the Tour de France before clicking back into gear with more racing this weekend.
The Tour of Poland will dedicate its third stage to Franco Ballerini, the Italian national team manager and retired pro who died in a rally car accident last month.
Even though the 67th Tour of Poland will be held during the first week of August, organizers want to make sure that both the international cycling community and the world remember January 27th as the international Memorial Day. The day marks the 65th anniversary of the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz, one of the most horrific Nazi concentration camps.
World champion Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) won the 66th edition of the Tour of Poland on Saturday after the seventh and final stage. The 136km stage, from Rabka to Krakow, was won by Germany's André Greipel of the Columbia-HTC squad. Ballan wasn't assured of victory before Saturday's mountainous finale having only an 11-second lead over closest rival Advald Boasson Hagen (Columbia-HTC), who had won the two of the earlier stages of the race.
Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia) won a sprint finish for the sixth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Poland in Zakopane on Friday. Hagen crossed ahead of Italians Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), who holds the overall race leader's yellow jersey, and Marco Marcato after the 162km run between Kroscienko and Zakopane. "The stage was very tough. It wasn't possible to take the yellow jersey from Ballan, but tomorrow I'm going to do everything I can to take it from him and win," warned Hagen.
Frenchman Stephane Auge of Cofidis claimed the 192km fifth stage of the ProTour's Tour of Poland from Legnica to Jelenia Gora on Friday.Auge edged out fellow escapee American AaronOlson (Saunier Duval) with Max van Heeswijk (Discovery) leadinghome the peloton 21 seconds back.Italian Daniele Bennati held on to the leader's yellow jersey after finishing sixth.Auge broke away from the peloton after just 12km and was soon joined by Olson. The pair gradually increased their advantage to over 14 minutes before the peloton put on a serious chase, but the pair just held off the pursuit