The lead changed hands yet again in the Tour of Poland on Sunday as Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) won the seventh and penultimate stage.
Kirchen edged Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux) to win the stage, a 61km leg from Jelenia Gora to Karpacz.
Results
1. Kim Kirchen (Lux), Fassa Bortolo, 61km in 1:39:00
2. Danilo Di Luca (I), Liquigas-Bianchi), at 0:02
3. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe), Française Des Jeux, at 0:04
4. Jesus Hernandez (Sp), Liberty Seguros, at 0:07
5. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi), Saunier Duval, at 0:09
Overall
1. Kim Kirchen (Lux), Fassa Bortolo, 31.40.33
2. Pieter Weening (Ned), Rabobank, at 0:11
3. Danilo Di Luca (I), Liquigas-Bianchi, at 0:33
4. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe), Française Des Jeux, at 0:41
5 .Thomas Dekker (Ned), Rabobank, at 0:42