2022 Tour de Pologne-Tour of Poland (WT)

79th edition: July 30 - August 5, 2022

Tour of Poland historical results | 2021 edition | 2023 edition | Start list | Introduction to race & list of stages
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7

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Here's the map of the 2022 Tour of Poland. 1,209.4 kilometers

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Friday, August 5: 7th & final stage, Valsir - Krakow, 177.8 km

Stage 7 map & profile

Arnaud Démare wins stage seven.

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Weather at the finish city of Krakow at 1:50 PM, local time: 32C (90F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Ethan Hayter's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Ethan Hayter made sure of victory at the Tour of Poland to claim his first overall stage race success at the World Tour level.

The 23-year old became the first Brit to win the race overall after finishing safely on stage seven, with an eventual margin of 11 seconds over Thymen Arensman (Team DSM).

Hayter was well supported by his team on the final run into Krakow, just needing to cross the line amongst the bunch sprint to make sure of victory.

The Grenadiers also wrapped up the team prize for the race, with Ben Tulett also putting in an impressive GC performance to claim fifth place overall.

It was also a good day for the team at Vuelta a Burgos as Pavel Sivakov retained the overall lead.

The team did a great job of controlling the penultimate stage, placing Brandon Rivera up the road to monitor the 14-man break, and then riding behind via Omar Fraile to ensure the move didn’t become a threat to the GC

With the break securing the top placings Sivakov finished in the peloton behind, with Tao Geoghegan amongst the leading riders to finish. The Brit remains fourth overall ahead of the final day, which poses the traditional summit finish atop Lagunas de Neila.

Sivakov retained his 23-second margin, with Geoghegan Hart another three seconds back heading into what should be a grandstand finish.

Complete results:

177.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.574 km/hr.

1	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 59min 20sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
5	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
6	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
11	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
12	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	s.t.
14	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
15	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
16	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
19	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
21	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
22	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
24	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
29	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	s.t.
30	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
33	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
34	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
36	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
39	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
40	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
42	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
43	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
45	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
47	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	s.t.
51	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
57	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
58	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
62	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
64	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
65	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
67	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
68	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
69	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	s.t.
70	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
71	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
73	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
75	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
78	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
79	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
89	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
95	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	s.t.
96	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
98	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
99	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	@ 20sec
100	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	0:32
102	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	0:38
103	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:43
104	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
105	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	0:53
106	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	0:58
108	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:21
110	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
111	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	1:27
112	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	1:46
113	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	s.t.
114	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	s.t.
115	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
118	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:54
119	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
120	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:04
121	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
122	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	2:14
123	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	3:16
124	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:26
125	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	3:37
126	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	4:01
127	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	6:14

 

Final GC after stage 7:

• Final GC leader: Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Jarrad Drizners (Lotto Soudal)
• Points classification winner: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ)
• Teams classification winner: INEOS Grenadiers

1,209.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.525 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	28hr 26min 23sec
2	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	@ 11sec
3	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:18
4	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:23
5	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	0:25
6	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:31
7	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:32
8	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:45
10	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	0:50
11	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	0:51
12	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
13	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:52
14	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	0:53
15	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:56
16	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	1:01
17	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:07
18	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
19	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:08
21	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	1:10
22	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	1:12
23	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:14
24	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23
25	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	1:26
26	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:30
27	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	1:34
28	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	1:38
29	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:55
30	Abner González	Movistar	1:57
31	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	2:04
32	William Barta	Movistar	2:16
33	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	2:28
34	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
35	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:31
36	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:32
37	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:36
38	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	2:40
39	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:52
41	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	2:55
42	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	3:05
43	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	3:13
44	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:15
45	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	3:18
46	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	3:33
47	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	3:52
48	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	3:55
49	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	4:09
50	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	4:14
51	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	5:03
52	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	5:04
53	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	5:13
54	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	5:16
55	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	5:19
56	Max Kanter	Movistar	6:02
57	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:11
58	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	6:20
59	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	6:24
60	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	6:25
61	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	6:38
62	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:56
63	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	7:10
64	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	7:13
65	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	7:23
66	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	7:38
67	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	7:40
68	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	8:06
69	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	8:08
70	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:13
71	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	8:17
72	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	8:30
73	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	9:08
74	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	9:53
75	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	10:00
76	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	10:28
77	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	11:14
78	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	12:35
79	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	12:53
80	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	12:58
81	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	13:04
82	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	13:16
83	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	13:18
84	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	13:56
85	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	14:00
86	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	14:21
87	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	15:29
88	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	16:38
89	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	18:25
90	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	18:45
91	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	19:07
92	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	21:14
93	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	21:23
94	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	21:56
95	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	22:00
96	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	22:20
97	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	22:37
98	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	22:54
99	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	23:25
100	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	24:02
101	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	24:47
102	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	24:51
103	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	24:58
104	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	25:22
105	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	26:01
106	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	26:08
107	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	26:28
108	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	26:34
109	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	26:54
111	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	27:28
112	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	28:10
113	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	28:25
114	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	28:58
115	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	29:36
116	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	29:41
117	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	29:50
118	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	30:05
119	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:10
120	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	30:20
121	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	30:28
122	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	30:47
123	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	31:19
124	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	32:51
125	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	33:34
126	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	33:40
127	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	36:43

 

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

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Thursday, August 4: Stage 6, Nowy Targ, Gronkow - Rusinski, 11.8 km individual time trial

Stage 6 map & profile

British time trial champion Ethan Hayter on his way to taking the GC lead with one stage to go.

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Weather at the start city of Nowy Targ at 1:15 PM, local time: 27C (80F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Mark Cavendish quit the Tour of Poland to ride the road race for The Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

Here's the report from new GC leader Ethan Hayter's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Ethan Hayter powered his way into the overall lead in Poland following a strong time trial effort on the penultimate stage.

The British champion set the third fastest time across the 11.8-kilometre course, moving into an 11-second lead with one day to go.

With a sprint in Krakow expected to conclude the race, Hayter holds the small but significant advantage over stage winner Thymen Arensman (Team DSM). Magnus Sheffield set the second fastest time on the day, just seven seconds off the Dutchman.

Also impressing was Ben Tulett. Sixth on the stage saw the young Brit jump up to fifth overall, 25 seconds back on his team-mate.

Thursday also saw more time trial action at the Commonwealth Games.

Geraint Thomas battled back from an early crash to finish in third place in Wolverhampton. Proudly representing Wales, Thomas was caught out by a tightening left-hander early into the 37km effort. In the end the Grenadier was just two seconds off a silver medal.

Rohan Dennis took gold on the day, with Fred Wright taking silver. Luke Plapp set a strong early time in the colours of Australia before a mechanical issue and bike change saw him lose time. Despite that he was able to finish fifth.

Complete results:

11.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.075 km/hr.

1	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	17min 40sec
2	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
3	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	0:08
4	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:20
5	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:26
6	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
7	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:30
8	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:31
9	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:32
10	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:35
11	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	0:36
12	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	0:42
13	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
14	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:49
15	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
16	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	0:50
17	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:53
18	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	0:57
19	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:00
20	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:01
21	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	1:02
22	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	1:03
23	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	1:04
24	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	1:06
25	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:08
26	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	1:09
27	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	1:13
28	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:14
29	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:15
30	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16
31	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	1:20
32	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
34	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	1:21
35	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:22
36	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:23
37	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:24
39	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:28
40	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:29
42	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	1:30
43	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:33
44	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	1:34
45	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
46	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	1:36
47	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:37
49	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	1:39
50	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	1:40
52	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	1:44
53	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:46
54	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:48
55	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	1:50
56	Abner González	Movistar	1:51
57	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:53
58	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	1:56
59	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	s.t.
60	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	1:59
61	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:01
63	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:03
64	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	s.t.
65	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	2:04
66	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	2:06
68	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	2:07
69	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:08
70	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	2:11
72	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	2:12
74	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	2:13
75	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	2:14
76	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
77	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	2:18
79	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:19
81	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:22
82	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:28
83	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	2:31
84	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:34
85	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	2:35
86	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:38
87	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	2:39
88	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	2:40
90	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	2:41
91	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
92	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:46
94	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	2:47
95	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	2:49
97	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	2:52
98	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	2:53
101	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
102	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	2:56
103	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	2:58
104	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:00
105	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	3:01
106	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	3:02
107	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:03
108	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	3:04
109	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:05
110	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	3:07
111	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	3:08
112	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:09
113	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	3:11
114	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	3:12
115	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	3:14
116	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	3:17
117	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	3:22
118	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
119	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:24
120	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
121	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	3:28
122	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	3:31
123	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	3:34
124	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	3:36
125	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	3:43
126	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	3:48
127	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	3:54
128	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	4:07

 

GC after stage 6:

1,031.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.191 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	24hr 27min 3sec
2	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	@ 11sec
3	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:18
4	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:23
5	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	0:25
6	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:31
7	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:32
8	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:45
10	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	0:50
11	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:51
12	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:52
14	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	0:53
15	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:56
16	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	1:01
17	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:07
18	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
20	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:08
21	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	1:10
22	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	1:12
23	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:14
24	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23
25	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	1:26
26	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:30
27	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	1:34
28	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	1:38
29	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	1:48
30	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:55
31	Abner González	Movistar	1:57
32	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	2:04
33	William Barta	Movistar	2:16
34	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:28
35	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:31
38	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:32
39	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:36
40	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	2:40
41	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	2:43
43	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:52
44	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	2:55
45	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	3:05
46	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	3:13
47	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:15
48	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	3:18
49	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	3:33
50	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:42
51	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	3:55
52	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	4:09
53	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	5:04
54	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	5:13
55	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	5:16
56	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	5:19
57	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:28
58	Max Kanter	Movistar	6:02
59	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	6:24
60	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	6:25
61	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	6:30
62	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:56
63	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	7:03
64	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	7:10
65	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	7:13
66	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	7:18
67	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	7:37
68	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	7:38
69	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	7:40
70	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	8:06
71	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:13
72	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	8:17
73	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	8:30
74	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	9:07
75	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	9:08
76	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	9:22
77	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	9:53
78	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	10:41
79	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	12:53
80	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	12:58
81	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	13:04
82	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	13:16
83	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	13:23
84	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	13:24
85	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	13:56
86	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	14:00
87	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	15:09
88	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	16:38
90	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	18:45
91	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	19:07
92	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	19:28
93	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	20:36
94	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	21:08
95	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	21:23
96	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	21:56
97	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	22:00
98	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	22:20
99	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	22:32
100	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	22:37
101	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	24:14
102	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	24:24
103	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	24:47
104	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	24:51
105	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	24:58
106	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	26:01
107	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	26:32
108	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	26:34
109	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	26:54
111	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	26:56
112	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	27:20
113	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	27:31
114	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	28:01
115	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	28:10
116	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	28:25
117	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	28:42
118	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	29:07
119	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	29:36
120	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
121	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	29:41
122	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:10
123	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	30:20
124	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	30:47
125	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	31:26
126	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	32:51
127	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	33:38
128	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	34:05

 

Stage 6 map & profile:

Tour of Poland stage 6 map

Tour of Poland stage 6 profile

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Wednesday, August 3: Stage 5, Lancut - Rzeszow, 178.1 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Phil Bauhaus wins stage five. Szymon Gruchalski photo

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Weather at the finish city of Rzeszow at 1:45 PM, local time: 27C (81F), fair, with the wind from the east at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is foecast.

The race: Mauro Schmid (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) & Matyas Kopecky (Novo Nordisk) did not start today's stage.

Here's the report from stage winner Phil Bauhaus' Team Bahrain Victorious:

After top 3 results for Bahrain Victorious in each and every stage so far, Phil Bauhaus capped off an extraordinary day and week of teamwork at the Tour de Pologne, raising his arms in triumph in Rzeszów.

Behind him, Jonathan Milan, who had led him into the perfect position to launch his sprint, roared with delight as the German crossed the line ahead of Arnaud Démare (GFC) & Nikias Ardnt (DSM). It is the 28-year-old’s 19th career win and a 2nd at this race after stage 1 last year. After the stage, he acknowledged his strong form and paid tribute to his teammates.

“I had Jonny for the final leadout and I’m super happy I could finish it off. He’s proved these last few days (and this year on the track) that he’s super strong, and he left me in 1st position in the last 150m, and I’m super happy I could win.

"In a bunch sprint, it’s not always about having the best legs; it’s also about the team, tactics, and timing. I was 2nd on day 1, and I’ve proved this year I’m one of the best sprinters in the world, so the team and I have always been confident that I can win a lot of races at WorldTour level. It was just a matter of time before I won again.

Bahrain had ridden at the head of the peloton all day, calmly bringing back an 8-man breakaway over the 178 westbound kilometres from Lańcut, as the race heads back towards Kraków. And once all the riders were back together with 3k left, Bahrain were still 4-strong.

Under the ‘flamme rouge’ it was Bauhaus & Milan vs Démare & Guarnieri. The Groupama-FDJ pair pulled for as long as they could before our red & orange jerseys left them behind. The Italian looked over his shoulder to check his teammate was on his wheel, then pulled off, leaving our sprint king to finish the job in style. He led from the front and finished in front.

Victory in Poland is ours at last, but as Phil reminded us after receiving his trophy on the podium, this race isn’t over yet …

“Now we hope our GC guys can do a good time trial tomorrow, and then on the last day, we expect another bunch sprint. My legs are good, I’m in great condition & I’m in one of the best teams in the world; we’ve proved that together as a team, we can win a lot of races, so I’ll hope to get another result in Krakow.“

Meanwhile in Spain, the team came through a crash-marred finish -n stage 2 of Vuelta a Burgos, and Santiago Buitrago defended his lead in General Classification.

Complete results:

178.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.691 km/hr

1	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 16min 19sec
2	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
4	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
5	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
8	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	s.t.
11	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
12	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
19	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
22	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
23	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
24	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
25	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
26	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
28	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	s.t.
29	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
33	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
35	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	s.t.
37	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
41	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
45	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
49	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
50	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
51	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
52	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
55	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
58	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
60	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
62	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
63	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
64	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
65	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
70	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
71	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
72	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
73	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
75	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
85	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	@ 1min 46sec
91	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	@ 0sec
92	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	1:46
93	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	@ 0sec
94	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
96	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:46
97	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	@ 0sec
98	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:46
99	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:54
101	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
102	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:03
103	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	@ 0sec
104	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	2:03
105	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	s.t.
108	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
109	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 0sec
110	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
111	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
112	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	2:14
113	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:21
114	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 0sec
115	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
116	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
117	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
118	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	2:32
119	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	@ 0sec
121	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
122	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	2:55
123	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	2:59
124	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	@ 0sec
125	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
126	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
127	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
128	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
129	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	3:50
130	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
131	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
132	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
133	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	s.t.
134	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
135	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
136	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
137	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	4:27

 

GC after stage 5:

1,019.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.225 km/hr

1	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	24hr 9min 5sec
2	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	@ 4sec
3	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:06
4	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	10
5	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
6	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
10	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
11	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
12	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
14	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	0:19
15	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:20
16	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
17	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
18	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	0:24
19	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
20	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:26
23	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:29
24	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	0:32
27	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
28	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:35
30	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
31	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:43
34	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	0:44
36	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	0:45
37	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	0:50
39	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:00
41	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
42	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:13
44	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:17
45	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:25
46	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
47	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
48	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:34
49	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	2:12
50	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	2:20
51	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	2:34
52	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:43
53	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	2:47
54	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:52
55	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:58
56	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	3:00
57	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
58	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
59	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:38
60	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:53
61	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	4:01
62	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	4:38
63	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:46
65	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	4:48
66	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	5:05
67	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	5:12
68	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	5:30
69	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	5:38
70	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	6:28
72	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
73	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	6:45
76	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	6:55
77	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	7:11
78	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	7:24
79	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	7:50
80	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	8:27
81	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	10:10
82	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	10:50
83	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	10:55
85	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	11:00
86	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	11:13
87	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	11:29
88	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	11:33
89	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	11:43
90	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	13:09
91	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	13:15
93	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	14:04
94	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	14:46
95	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	14:56
96	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	16:38
97	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	16:39
98	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	17:34
99	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	19:04
100	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	19:05
101	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	19:06
102	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
103	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	19:18
104	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	19:31
105	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	20:25
106	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	21:13
107	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	21:44
108	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	22:05
109	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	22:24
110	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	22:31
111	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	22:46
112	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	23:17
113	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	23:22
114	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:28
115	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	23:38
116	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
117	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
118	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
119	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	24:20
120	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	24:41
121	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	25:32
122	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	25:41
123	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
124	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	26:09
125	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	26:44
126	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	26:56
127	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:28
129	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
130	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	27:34
131	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	27:51
132	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	28:11
133	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	28:42
134	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	30:02
135	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	30:34
136	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	32:31
137	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	32:34

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Tuesday, August 2: Stage 4, Lesko - Sanok, 179.4 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Pascal Ackermann takes the fourth stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Sanok at 1:15 PM, local time: 21C (70F), mostly cloudy, with the wnd from the northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 16% chance of rain.

The race: The Alpencin-Deceuninck team withdrew from the race after five Covid-19 cases were found within the the team's staff. None of the riders were positive. In addition to the seven Alpecin-Deceuninck withdrawals, former race leader Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X) also did not start. That should leave 142 starters.

Here's the report from stage winner Pascal Ackermann's UAE Team Emirates:

Pascal Ackermann showed a fine pair of sprinting legs, powering to victory on Stage 4 of the Tour de Pologne from Lesko to Sanok (179.4km).

Sebastian Molano provided the perfect lead-out to launch Ackermann on the uphill finish as they brought back a late attack from Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step Alpha Vinyl) inside the last 150 metres to the line.

It’s the 5th career stage win in Poland for Ackermann and his second win of 2022 after his early season triumph at the Bredene Koksijde in Belgium.

Diego Ulissi now sits 4th overall in the General Classification as Sergio Higuita (Bora-hansgrohe) keeps the lead.

Ackermann: “It’s amazing after the injury I had and I finally feel back and have power in the legs again so it’s really important for the next races and the rest of the season. The stage was really amazing, we had many climbs but they were not too steep so perfect for myself. I said to myself let’s try today and go and get the victory. I had a brilliant lead-out from Molano and I must thank the team for believing in me today.”

Complete Results:

179.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.121 km/hr

1	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 21min 46sec
2	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
5	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	s.t.
10	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
11	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
12	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
15	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
21	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
22	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
24	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
27	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
29	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	s.t.
32	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
33	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
35	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
36	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
37	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
44	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
45	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
46	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
52	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
53	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
55	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
57	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
58	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
59	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
60	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
66	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	@ 1min 24sec
70	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 0sec
71	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	s.t.
72	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	2:06
76	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
77	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
78	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:06
79	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
80	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	2:15
81	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
83	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	2:30
84	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	@ 0sec
86	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
88	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	2:47
89	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	2:58
90	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
91	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	@ 0sec
92	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	3:28
93	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
94	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	3:32
95	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
96	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
97	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	4:09
99	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	6:41
100	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
101	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	s.t.
104	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	11:47
105	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	12:38
106	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
107	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
108	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
110	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
111	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	s.t.
115	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
116	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	s.t.
117	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
118	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
120	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
121	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
122	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
123	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
125	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	s.t.
127	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
128	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
129	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
130	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
131	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
133	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
134	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
135	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
136	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
138	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
139	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
140	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	16:49

 

GC after stage 4:

841.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.340 km/hr

1	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	19hr 52min 46sec
2	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	@ 4sec
3	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:06
4	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:10
5	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
6	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
8	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
14	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	0:19
15	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:20
16	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
17	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
18	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	0:24
19	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
20	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:29
23	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
24	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
25	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	0:32
27	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
28	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:35
30	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
32	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:43
34	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	0:44
36	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	0:45
37	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	0:50
39	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:00
41	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
42	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:13
44	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:17
45	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
46	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
47	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
48	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:34
49	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	2:12
50	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:16
51	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	2:20
52	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	2:34
53	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:43
54	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	2:47
55	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:52
56	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:58
57	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:00
58	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
60	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	3:06
61	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:35
62	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:38
63	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	3:44
64	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:53
65	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	4:01
66	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	4:38
67	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	4:48
69	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	5:05
70	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	5:12
71	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	5:30
72	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	5:47
73	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	6:24
74	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	6:28
75	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
76	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	6:45
79	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	6:55
80	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	7:06
81	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	7:11
82	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	7:24
83	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	8:24
84	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	10:50
85	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	10:55
87	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	10:56
88	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	11:00
89	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	11:13
90	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	11:29
91	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	11:43
92	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	13:09
93	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	13:15
95	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	14:04
96	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	14:06
97	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	14:56
98	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	16:35
99	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	16:39
100	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	17:34
101	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	19:06
102	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
103	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
104	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	s.t.
105	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
106	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	19:18
107	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	19:31
108	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	19:58
109	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	20:43
110	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	20:45
111	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	21:13
112	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	22:24
113	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	23:17
114	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:28
115	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	23:32
116	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	23:37
117	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	23:38
118	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
119	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
120	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
121	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
122	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
124	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
125	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
126	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	24:20
128	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	24:41
129	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	25:50
130	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	26:12
131	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	26:44
132	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
133	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	26:56
134	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
135	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	27:34
137	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	27:51
138	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	29:02
139	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	29:36
140	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	32:34

 

Stage 4 map & profile

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Monday, August 1: Stage 3, Krasnik - Przemysl, 237.9 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Sergio Higuita wins stage three.

Les Woodland's book Cycling's World Championships: The Inside Story is available in print, Kindle eBook & audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the finish city of Przemysl at 1:50 PM, local time: 23C (73F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Sergio Higuita's Team Bora-hansgrohe.

On the longest stage of the Tour of Poland, which covered 237 km between Kraśnik and Przemyśl, the GC riders came to the fore for the first time in the race. After the first flat 190km, several climbs in quick succession had to be contended with before the race concluded with an uphill finish.

From the get-go, a small breakaway group was able to distance itself, but the peloton, led interchangeably by BORA - hansgrohe, was sure to pull them back in due time. Several attacks came from the reduced field on the last climb of the day at around 1.5 km before the finish, yet they remained unsuccessful. When Quinten Pacher picked up the pace, Sergio Higuita immediately took his wheel before launching a decisive attack with around 200 metres remaining. The Colombian champion wasn't able to be brought back and thereby secured not only the stage victory but also the GC lead.

"What a nice victory, really a great birthday present! The last climb was very hard and super steep. I train on similar climbs in Colombia and ascents like that suit me quite a lot. When I started the climb, I made sure to save a bit of energy for the final 200 metres so I could still have the kick I needed at the end. I waited and waited and then sprinted to the line with 200m to go. After the line, I was completely empty. Thanks to my teammates for their amazing support today, they really protected me well and I'm very grateful for that." - Sergio Higuita

"It was a mainly flat stage, which concluded with a series of final climbs. We wanted to bring our climbers Sergio and Giovanni into a good position ahead of those ascents. We knew that Sergio could have a good chance on the final steep climb, because he's been performing well on these types of climbs this year. That's why we took responsibility for controlling the race.

"The team showed great commitment to Sergio and our plan, and in the end it paid off. Particular mention goes to Shane Archbold, who pulled for a very long time today. In the finale, Sergio had everything under control and showed himself to be the strongest without doubt. We're very happy with the team's performance today." - Enrico Gasparotto, Sports Director

Complete Results:

Stage 3 photos

237.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.817 km/hr

1	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	5hr 25min 46sec
2	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
4	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
5	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
7	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
8	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
10	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 5sec
15	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	0:09
16	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:10
17	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
18	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
20	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
21	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
24	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:19
25	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	0:22
29	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	s.t.
30	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
31	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:25
32	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
34	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	0:33
36	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
37	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	0:35
38	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	0:40
40	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	0:50
43	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
45	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:59
46	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	1:03
47	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:07
49	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	1:19
50	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:24
53	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	2:02
54	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	2:10
55	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	2:24
56	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
58	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	2:27
59	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:33
60	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	2:37
61	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:48
62	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:50
63	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
65	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
67	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
68	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
69	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	2:56
72	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	3:16
74	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:25
75	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	3:33
76	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:43
77	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	3:51
78	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	4:28
79	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:42
80	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:58
81	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:02
82	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	6:18
83	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	s.t.
84	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
86	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
87	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	s.t.
88	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
90	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
94	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
95	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
96	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
97	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	6:31
98	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	6:43
99	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	6:45
102	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	6:56
103	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	7:12
104	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:59
105	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	10:50
106	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
107	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
108	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
109	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
110	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	s.t.
111	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
112	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
114	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
115	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
117	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
118	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
119	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
121	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
122	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
123	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
124	David Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
125	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
126	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
127	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	s.t.
129	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
131	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	11:19
133	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
135	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	11:28
136	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
137	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	s.t.
138	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
139	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	11:32
140	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	12:09
141	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	14:08
142	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
143	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
144	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
145	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
146	Gerd De Keijzer	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
147	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
148	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	15:33
149	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	21:00
150	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

662.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.683 km/hr

1	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	15hr 31min 0sec
2	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	@ 4sec
3	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:06
4	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	0:10
5	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
7	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
9	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
11	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
15	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	0:19
16	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:20
17	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
18	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
20	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	0:24
21	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
22	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:29
25	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
27	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
28	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:32
29	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	s.t.
30	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:35
32	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
33	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	0:43
36	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	0:45
38	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	0:50
40	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	William Barta	Movistar	1:00
43	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:09
46	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:13
47	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:17
48	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
49	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
50	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
51	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:34
52	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	1:50
53	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	2:12
54	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	2:20
55	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	2:34
56	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	2:37
58	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:43
59	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	2:47
60	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:52
61	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:58
62	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	3:00
63	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
65	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
66	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
69	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	3:06
70	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	3:26
71	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:35
72	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:38
73	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	3:43
74	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	3:44
75	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:53
76	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:01
77	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	4:38
78	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:52
79	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:08
80	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:12
81	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	6:28
82	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
84	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
85	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
87	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	s.t.
90	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
92	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	6:40
95	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	6:49
96	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	6:53
97	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	6:55
98	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	7:06
99	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	7:24
100	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	8:35
101	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	8:58
102	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	10:50
103	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
104	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	10:54
105	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	10:55
106	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	10:56
107	De Buyst Jasper	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
108	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	10:59
109	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	11:00
110	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
112	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
114	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
116	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
117	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
118	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
120	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
122	David Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	11:23
124	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	11:29
125	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	11:34
126	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:38
127	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	11:42
128	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	11:43
129	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	12:03
130	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	13:12
131	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	13:17
132	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	13:25
133	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	13:34
134	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	14:06
135	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
136	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
137	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	14:18
138	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
139	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
140	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	14:56
141	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
142	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	15:43
143	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	16:24
144	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	16:35
145	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	16:58
146	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	17:11
147	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	19:56
148	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	20:58
149	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	21:10
150	Gerd De Keijzer	Team Novo Nordisk	25:02

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotorepotter Sirotti:

Arnaud Démare before the stage start

GC leader Jonas Abrahamsen struggled today and finished second-to-last.

Matthias Brandle leads a late break.

Sergio Higuita beats Pello Bilbao for the stage win.

Ben Tulett was 14th

Mark Cavendish's group came in at 11 minutes.

The stage & GC podium, from left: Pello Bilbao (2nd), Sergio Higuita (1st) & Quinten Hermans (3rd)

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Sunday, July 31: Stage 2, Chelm - Zamosc, 205.6 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Gerben Thijssen wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Zamosc at 1:30 PM, local time: 16C (61F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 14% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Gerben Thijssen's Team Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert.

Belgian sprinter Gerben Thijssen of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux rewarded the work of his teammates in the Tour de Pologne in the nicest way by winning the second stage this Sunday, his first success at World Tour level.
His teammates protected him during the 205 kilometer stage, for example by guiding him through the crosswinds in the first race half on wet roads.

The seven riders directed by Pieter Vanspeybrouck and Bart Wellens stayed united in the front of the peloton while the survivors of the early breakaway were caught one by one.

The teammates of Gerben Thijssen were present in the lead of the peloton at the first crossing of the finish line with 8 kilometer to go and then perfectly managed the final though the streets of Zamość.

Gerben Thijssen was dropped off by Boy van Poppel with 400 meters to go. He passed Pascal Ackermann to win with authority. He takes his second success this season, less than three months after his winning sprint at the Dunkirk Four Day which was his first professional victory.

“I promised myself to offer the team a new victory. But obtaining my first World Tour victory here in Poland, that’s unbelievable! In addition, I precede several sprinters I admired when I was young, like Mark Cavendish. Roger Kluge launched the sprint quite early, around 300 meter before the finish. Pascal Ackermann came with high speed from the back, I could follow him and I immediately felt that I could overtake him to take the victory. Actually, I didn’t feel great in the beginning, but seeing the pulls of Laurens, Hugo, Julius, Quinten and Boy all day long gave me more and more adrenaline when approaching the finish. I really wanted to finish on the podium to reward the work of my teammates, because once more they gave everything to make this scenario possible. I’m very grateful for their confidence since the start of the season and the opportunities I receive from the team. I’m looking to the future with confidence. In this Tour de Pologne I want to do what I can to help Quinten Hermans as close as possible to the victory in the general classification before sprinting in the streets of Cracow on the final day.” - Gerben Thijssen

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

205.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.925 km/hr

1	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4hr 47min 23sec
2	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
9	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
11	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	s.t.
12	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
17	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
18	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
20	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
21	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	s.t.
24	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
27	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
29	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
33	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
34	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
36	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
37	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
40	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
41	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	s.t.
44	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
46	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
49	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
51	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
55	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
57	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
62	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
63	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
64	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
66	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
68	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
69	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
70	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
73	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
74	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
75	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
77	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
78	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
80	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
83	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	s.t.
86	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
87	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
88	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
89	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
92	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
94	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
95	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
96	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
98	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
99	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
103	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
104	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
106	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
107	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	s.t.
108	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
109	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	s.t.
111	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
112	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
113	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
115	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
118	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
119	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
120	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
121	David Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
122	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
123	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
124	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
126	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 34sec
129	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
130	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	0:38
131	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
132	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
133	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
134	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
135	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	1:15
136	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:36
137	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	2:17
138	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
139	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
140	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	3:06
141	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
142	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
143	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	4:05
144	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
145	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	4:50
146	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
147	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:03
148	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	5:37
149	Gerd De Keijzer	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
150	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	6:33

 

GC after stage 2:

424.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.075 km/hr

1	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	10hr 5min 12sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	@ 2sec
3	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
4	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	0:06
5	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	0:08
7	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
9	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	0:11
10	Max Kanter	Movistar	0:12
11	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
13	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
18	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
20	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Poland National Team	s.t.
21	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
26	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
30	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
34	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
35	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
37	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
40	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
41	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
43	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
44	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
45	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
46	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
47	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
50	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
53	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
55	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
56	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
57	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
58	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
61	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
62	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
63	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
66	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
69	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
71	Marcin Budzinski	Poland National Team	s.t.
72	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
73	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
74	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
77	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
80	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Zdenek Stybar	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
83	Idar Andersen	Uno-X	s.t.
84	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
85	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland National Team	s.t.
89	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
90	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
92	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
93	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
95	Syver Waersted	Uno-X	s.t.
96	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
97	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
99	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
102	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
103	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
104	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
105	Jakub Murias	Poland National Team	s.t.
106	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
109	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
111	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
112	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
115	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
116	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
117	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
119	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
121	Jonas Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
122	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
123	David Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
124	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
125	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
126	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	46
127	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
128	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	50
129	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
130	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
131	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
133	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	1:27
134	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:48
135	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	2:19
136	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	2:29
137	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
138	Mateusz Grabis	Poland National Team	2:46
139	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	3:18
140	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
141	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
142	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	4:17
143	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
144	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	5:02
145	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
146	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:15
147	Piotr Brozyna	Poland National Team	5:48
148	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	7:09
149	Patryk Stosz	Poland National Team	8:30
150	Gerd De Keijzer	Team Novo Nordisk	10:56

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Tour of Poland stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Arnaud Demare signs in.

Lotto Soudal is presented as part of the starting ceremonies.

GC leader Olav Kooij before the stage start.

Looks like a nice day for a bike race in Poland.

This is a close one.

Gerben Thijssen wins stage two.

Gerben Thijssen enjoys his win.

Mark Cavendish after the stage. Will he find a good team to race for in 2023? Quick-Step has said he won't be riding for them next year.

Stage winner Gerben Thijssen

New GC leader Jonas Abrahamsen