Tour of Poland - Stage 3 Results: Kittel kills 'em again

Skil-Shimano's Marcel Kittel won Stage 3, making him the winner of all the stages so far this year. Yesterday, we were discussing whether the 23-year-old German might one day be as good as Mark Cavendish - however, now that he's won more races this season than the Manx Missile, we have to ask ourselves if he might not in fact be even better.

Adam Blythe. It might be a good idea to keep an
eye on this rider's progress.

Meanwhile, British 21-year-old Adam Blythe continues to climb up the General Classification. Having come 10th in Stage 1 and 9th yesterday, he achieved 5th place today and now stands in 13th place overall.

Stage 3 Results:

1 Kittel Marcel 03h 09' 29''  
2 Feillu Romain  
3 Jörgensen Jonas Aaen  
4 Nizzolo Giacomo  
5 Blythe Adam  
6 Kristoff Alexander  
7 Boonen Tom  
8 Marcato Marco  
9 Degenkolb John  
10 Matthews Michael (all same time)


General Classification results following Stage 3:

1 Kittel Marcel 08h 55' 00''  
2 Kurek Adrian + 00' 17''
3 Maggiore Gianluca + 00' 22''
4 Feillu Romain + 00' 24''
5 Haussler Heinrich + 00' 24''
6 Kristoff Alexander + 00' 24''
7 Matysiak Bartłomiej + 00' 25''
8 Chicchi Francesco + 00' 26''
9 Jörgensen Jonas Aaen + 00' 26''
10 Piscopiello Fabio + 00' 26''


Climber: Matysiak Bartłomiej (6pts); Sprints: Kurek Adrian (13pts); Points: Kittel Marcel (60pts).

Tour of Poland - Stage 2 Results: Kittel kills 'em

Skil-Shimano

Marcel Kittel has won Stage 2 of the Tour of Poland - the second success for the German rider in the race since he also won yesterday and the second UCI Pro Tour victory for his Skil-Shimano team.

A multi-bike pile-up 2km from the finish line took down several riders and forced BMC's Alessandro Ballan to abandon.

Stage 2 results:

1  Marcel Kittel, Skil - Shimano, 3h 38' 35"
2  Heinrich Haussler, Garmin-Cervelo      
3  Graeme Brown, Rabobank 
4  Caleb Fairly, HTC-Highroad      
5  John Degenkolb, HTC-Highroad      
6  Peter Sagan, Liquigas-Cannondale      
7  Juan José Haedo, Saxo Bank Sungard      
8  Leigh Howard, HTC-Highroad      
9  Adam Blythe, Omega Pharma-Lotto      
10 Francesco Chicchi,QuickStep (all same time)

Britain's Adam Blythe was 10th
in Stage 1, 9th in Stage 2.

Overall General Classification results following Stage 2:

1 KITTEL Marcel, 05h 45' 41''  
2 KUREK Adrian, + 00' 07''
3 HAUSSLER Heinrich, + 00' 14''
4 KRISTOFF Alexander, + 00' 14''
5 MATYSIAK Bartłomiej, + 00' 15''
6 CAZAUX Pierre, + 00' 15''
7 CHICCHI Francesco, + 00' 16''
8 BROWN Graeme, + 00' 16''
9 PISCOPIELLO Fabio, + 00' 16''
10 BAILETTI Paolo, + 00' 18''


Climber: MATYSIAK Bartłomiej (6pts); Sprinter: KUREK Adrian (13pts); Points: KITTEL Marcel (40pts).

Tour of Poland - Stage 1 Results

Marcel Kittel

23-year-old Marcel Kittel achieved more than a stage victory in the opening day of the Tour of Poland - it's also the first UCI World Tour triumph for his Skil-Shimano team. Manager Iwan Spekenbrink was the first to laud the German rider's achievement, saying that if Kittel continues developing in the way he has been, "he will be able one day to challenge the best sprinters in the world like Mark Cavendish."

1. Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) 2:07:26"
2. Alexander Kristoff (BMC)
3. Francesco Chicchi (QuickStep)
4. Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo)
5. Michele Merlo (De Rosa)
6. Giacomo Nizzolo (LeopardTrek)
7. Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM)
8. Luca Paolini (Katusha)
9. Juan Jose Haedo (SaxoBank-Sungard)
10. Adam Blythe (Omega Pharma-Lotto) all same time