Two stages in the Italian Dolomites, small 6-rider rosters and rule changes that include substantial bonuss seconds for the riders with most points in the intermediate and KOM points, make this year's Tour de Pologne a unique experience. As usual, the 7-stage race is the first step on the long road towards the Vuelta for those riders that didn't race the Tour, and this year is no exception as riders like Vincenzo Nibali, Sergio Henao and Rigoberto Uran are just some of the riders tat kick start the second half of their season in Poland. At the same time, a certain Sir Bradley Wiggins has started his journey towards the world TT championships with 7 days of racing in the Polish national tour. Starting at 15.00, you can follow today's final flat stage on CyclingQuotes.com/live.

The sprinters had their first chance yesterday and now only have one more opportunity in what is an unusually hilly version of the Polish stage race. That one comes today which offers the riders an even longer stage than yesterday's. The travel from Tarnow to Katowice is no less than 231,5km long and the opening part is almost completely flat. At the midpoint the riders face a long gradual ascent and a gradual descent that brings the riders to the finishing city of Katowice. Here the riders tackle 4 laps on a 12,3km finishing circuit and unlike the previous day's circuit, this one is not totally flat. The two small hills are, however, not steep at all and should do very little to challenge the sprinters who will make a U-turn at the flamme rouge to enter the slightly descending finishing straight.

Yesterday Thor Hushovd proved that he is back to his best when he finished off a perfect lead-out from Taylor Phinney. As expected Belkin showed that they have the strongest train of the race but Mark Renshaw ended up doing a too long sprint into the headwind and was passed by his Norwegian rival. The Norwegian-Australian duo could very well end up as protagonists in today's stage as well but can expected to be challenged by Luka Mezgec and the duo Aidis Kruopis/Leigh Howard who all have dedicated sprint teams to support them. First of all, the peloton needs to bring it back together for a sprint and that was a tougher affair than expected yesterday when the 6-rider teams only succeeded in their mission with 1,5km to go. It will be no easier in today's very long stage.

Starting at 15.00 you can follow the stage here.