HTC-Columbia's André Greipel has stormed through the rain to clinch a second stage victory in the 2010 Tour of Poland, a win which he dedicated to his new baby niece, born to his sister on Friday.  Already the winner of stage two, the German rider was the fastest again on the final day's 163.9 kilometre stage from Nowy Targ to Krakow, the same city where he took a victory last year in the Tour of Poland.

Greipel's sixteenth win of the season came  when he moved out of the pack late on ahead of Yauheni Hutarovich of Belarus, while Germany's Robert Forster was third.
"I knew the finish from last year, which was a help, and that it was better to wait as long as possible to start my last acceleration because my back wheel could have slipped a bit in the wet conditions," Greipel said afterwards.  "But my teammates did a great job, too, getting me right up there so I was in the perfect position to go for the win.  It's a wonderful victory to have today as well, my sister has just had a daughter and I want to dedicate it to them."

On a great day's racing for HTC-Columbia, Greipel's win was preceded by a victory for  teammate Mark Renshaw in the Tour of Denmark.