Last year Yuri Metlushenko (Amore & Vita Conad) kicked off the Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich with a win and he repeated the feat on Thursday. The Ukrainian rider outsprinted his rivals in the 32km criterium in Legnica and will wear the gold leader's jersey on tomorrow's stage from Jawor to Zlotoryja.
Over 120 riders began what would be for most of them their biggest goal of the first part of the season. Polish riders are very motivated to perform well, since it's the most important Polish race after the Tour de Pologne. The strongest domestic teams were present along with some Polish riders from ProTour and Pro Continental teams including Marcin Sapa (Lampre-Farnese Vini), Michal Kwiatkowski (Caja Rural) and Bartosz Huzarski (ISD-Neri). They were placed on the Polish National Team and the Polish National Track Team.
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Conad | 21 | pts |
| 2 | Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) Ccc Polsat Polkowice | 10 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | 9 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) Ccc Polsat Polkowice | 7 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Wojciech Kaczmarski (Pol) Legia - Felt | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Marek Cichosz (Pol) Legia - Felt | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Aktio Group Mostostal Pulawy | 5 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Amore & Vita - Conad | 4 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Mateusz Komar (Pol) Mróz Active Jet | 4 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Adam Wadecki (Pol) Aktio Group Mostostal Pulawy | 3 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Dariusz Batek (Pol) Ccc Polsat Polkowice | 3 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Pawel Charucki (Pol) Polish National Team Track | 3 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Timon Seubert (Ger) Team Netapp | 2 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Blasej Janiaczyk (Pol) Mróz Active Jet | 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Davide Bonuccelli (Ita) Cdc - Cavaliere | 2 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Franz Schiewer (Ger) Lkt Team Brandenburg | 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Artur Detko (Pol) Aktio Group Mostostal Pulawy | 1 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Ccc Polsat Polkowice | 1 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - Conad | 1 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Kim Lachmann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | 1 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
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