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2024 Tour de Pologne-Tour of Poland (WT)

81st edition: August 12 - 18, 2024

Here's the map of the 2024 Tour of Poland. Seven stages totalling 1,036.2 kilometers

Sunday, August 18: 7th & Final Stage, Wieliczka – Kraków, 142.1 km

Stage 7 map & profile

Olav Kooij wins the final stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Kraków at 2:10 PM, local time: 29C (84F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The stage: Here's the race organizer's stage 7 description.

It’s no secret that Kraków is to the Tour de Pologne what Paris is to the Tour de France. The 81st edition of the race traditionally concludes at the Kraków Błonia, where sprinters are expected to compete for the victory once again. Recent history remembers a successful breakaway on the relatively flat stage finishing in Kraków, so any scenario cannot be ruled out here.

Riders will start the final stage from the Wieliczka Salt Mine, then head towards Myślenice, where the first LOTTO intermediate sprint will be located. Later in the race they will compete for special prizes sponsored by Decathlon and Soudal, respectively in Czernichów and Kaszów.

Everything will conclude with three laps around Błonia. In recent years, sprinters from the peloton have won there, such as Arnaud Demare, Davide Ballerini, Pascal Ackermann, and Peter Sagan.

“On the last day, we will start from the Wieliczka Salt Mine. The stage will pass through beautiful terrain, and traditionally, the finish will be at Błonia. We say that Kraków is to the Tour de Pologne what Paris is to the Tour de France, and we want to maintain this tradition,” said Czesław Lang.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Tim Merlier racked up his 18th podium since the beginning of the year after a hectic bunch sprint in Krakow, where the 81st edition of the Tour de Pologne came to an end Sunday afternoon. One of the fastest riders in the world, victorious in more than a dozen races this season, the Belgian had the speed to fight for the win on stage seven, but unfortunately ran out of road, as Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) took the victory.

The general classification remained unchanged after what had been a pretty straightforward day, meaning that Jonas Vingegaard kept the yellow jersey following this stage that had in the spotlight the sprinters’ teams, all keen on having a mass gallop.

Following the week spent in Poland, Soudal Quick-Step sits on 27 wins scored by seven different riders since the start of the season, and cemented its place just outside the podium of the UCI World Team Classification.

Complete results:

142.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.303 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3hr 4min 8sec
2	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
4	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
5	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
6	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
8	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
13	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
20	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
22	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
28	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	s.t.
29	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
31	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Piotr Pekala	Poland	s.t.
33	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
35	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
37	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
40	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
42	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
43	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
46	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
48	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
49	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
58	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
60	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
63	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
65	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	s.t.
67	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
70	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	s.t.
74	Michal Paluta	Poland	s.t.
75	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
77	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Davide Formolo	Movistar	s.t.
79	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
84	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
85	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
87	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
88	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
89	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
90	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
93	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	s.t.
99	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
103	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
106	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
108	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
109	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
110	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
111	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
112	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
113	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	@ 26sec
115	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
116	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
117	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	0:43
118	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
119	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
121	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
122	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	1:01
123	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
124	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:25
125	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	2:50
126	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	4:59
127	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	28:47

Final GC after stage 7:

GC winner: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification winner: Michal Paluta (Poland)
Points classification winner: Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification winner: UAE team Emirates

1,036.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.399 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	24hr 26min 22sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 13sec
3	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:20
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
5	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
6	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:44
7	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	0:49
9	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:53
11	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:15
12	William Barta	Movistar	1:26
13	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:38
14	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	1:40
15	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	1:51
16	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:00
17	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	2:06
18	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	2:14
19	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:49
20	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:53
21	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	2:55
22	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:13
23	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	4:06
24	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	4:16
25	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	4:23
26	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:32
27	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	4:34
28	Piotr Pekala	Poland	4:54
29	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	5:52
30	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:37
31	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	7:37
32	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	7:56
33	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:58
34	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	9:19
35	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	10:31
36	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	10:34
37	Davide Formolo	Movistar	11:30
38	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	11:44
39	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	12:02
40	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	13:00
41	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	13:02
42	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	13:10
43	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	13:57
44	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	14:15
45	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	15:07
46	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	15:13
47	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	15:34
48	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	17:26
49	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	17:45
50	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	17:48
51	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:10
52	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	19:11
53	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	21:25
54	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	21:59
55	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	22:07
56	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	22:09
57	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	22:15
58	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	23:43
59	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	24:49
60	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	25:25
61	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	26:11
62	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	26:30
63	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	27:11
64	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	27:12
66	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	27:56
67	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	28:48
68	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	29:09
69	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	29:27
70	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	29:58
71	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	30:57
72	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	31:39
73	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	31:56
74	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	33:07
75	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	36:16
76	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	36:24
77	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	36:54
78	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	37:26
79	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	39:57
80	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	39:59
81	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	40:04
82	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	40:45
83	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:17
84	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	41:53
85	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	42:07
86	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	42:14
87	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	42:19
88	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	43:40
90	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	43:44
91	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	44:02
92	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	44:15
93	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	44:28
94	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	44:34
95	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	44:45
96	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	44:54
97	Michal Paluta	Poland	s.t.
98	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	46:30
99	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	46:48
100	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	46:52
101	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	46:55
102	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	47:43
103	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	48:34
104	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	50:00
105	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	50:01
106	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	50:58
107	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	51:33
108	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	51:52
109	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	52:13
110	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	52:38
111	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	52:43
112	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	52:58
113	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	52:59
114	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	53:22
115	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	54:04
116	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	54:12
117	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	54:40
118	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	54:41
119	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	54:48
120	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	55:22
121	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	55:33
122	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	55:39
123	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	58:45
124	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	59:56
125	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:03:49
126	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	1:04:51
127	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	1:33:42

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile:

Saturday, August 17: Stage 6, Wadowice - Bukovina Resort, 183.2 km

Stage 6 map & profile

Thibau Nys wins stage 6.

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Weather at the finish city of Bukovina at 1:50 PM, local time: 32C (89F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 3% chance of rain.

The stage: Here's the race organizer's stage 6 description.

The penultimate stage of the 81st Tour de Pologne will be considered the queen stage. The peloton will cover 183 kilometers over the climbs of Małopolska, starting in Wadowice, the birthplace of Pope John Paul II. After commencing the race in this city, the riders will head towards the famous route near Bukowina Tatrzańska and BUKOVINA Resort.

Along the route, there will be two intermediate sprints sponsored by LOTTO – in Jabłonka and Szaflary. Points towards the PZU mountain classification will be contested on Category I climbs in Gliczarów Górny and Rzepiska, including the renowned and challenging Harnaś and Bukovina Walls.

The finish line at BUKOVINA Resort will test all riders, with the victory being sought after by pure climbers. Previous winners at Bukowina Tatrzańska include Rafał Majka, Remco Evenepoel, Joao Almeida, Simon Yates, and Matej Mohorič.

“We start in Wadowice – we want to honor the city where the great Pole, Pope John Paul II, was born. We will pass through Przełęcz Krowiarki and Szaflary, and then enter the well-known circuit that cycling enthusiasts are very familiar with. The finish will be at BUKOVINA Resort, after passing climbs such as Gliczarów, Ściana Harnaś, the same place where Rafał Majka and Remco Evenepoel have won before. This stage will be dedicated to those who may not be completely satisfied with their general classification. It will be a queen stage that can change everything," said Czesław Lang, General Director of the Tour de Pologne.

The race: After crashing yesterday Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) did not start today's stage.

Here's the report from third-place Oscar Onley's Team dsm-firmenich PostNL:

The penultimate day of racing at the Tour de Pologne saw the peloton take on a staple of the race with the uphill finish at Bukovina Resort, and it’s punchy gradients. Setting out with a plan, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL wanted to help take control of the day and make the race hard in the finale with a view of going for a top stage result with Oscar Onley and potentially moving up on GC through that.

Riding well as a group throughout the day, the team stayed safe in the bunch and protected Onley while the peloton kept the break in check. Coming into the final 40 kilometres the team then came towards the front and alongside other teams upped the pace, thinning things out as the chase behind the break continued. On the penultimate ascent of the day Onley attacked but was quickly shut down by the other GC contenders and things regrouped, with the last man standing from the break caught.

Coming onto the final three kilometre climb to the line Romain Bardet moved Onley up expertly and increased the tempo, stringing the peloton out. Once again Onley attacked from his wheel but he just couldn’t get separation from the other GC riders. In the end the stage came down to a reduced uphill sprint where Onley showed great legs, alongside some grit and determination to fight to third place on the day moving up to tenth place on GC.

Onley expressed: “The guys did another good job to hold me in position coming into all the key sections today. I really have to thank Romain for the work he did to try and make the last two climbs hard enough hoping to reduce the group. In the end it came down to a sprint again where I managed to pick up third place.”

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Matt Winston continued: “I think it was a really good and solid team performance from the guys today. We wanted to make the race as hard as possible to give Oscar the best possible chance to go for a result on the stage and try and move up on the GC. I think the guys did that really well. Oscar gave everything to get third on the stage and he even tried to go on the attack to take time but he wasn’t given any leeway from the GC group. I think we can say it was a really nice result for him and the team.”

Complete results:

183.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.308 km/hr

1	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	4hr 26min 6sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
4	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
5	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
15	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	@ 15sec
20	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	0:44
26	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	1:08
27	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	1:16
29	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:21
30	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
31	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
32	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
33	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
34	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	1:46
35	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Piotr Pekala	Poland	s.t.
37	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	s.t.
39	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	2:14
44	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	2:19
45	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	2:33
46	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	2:45
47	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	2:54
48	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	3:50
50	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	4:23
51	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:08
52	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:54
53	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:24
54	Davide Formolo	Movistar	7:12
55	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
56	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	8:02
57	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
58	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
59	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:55
61	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	10:35
62	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
68	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
70	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	12:47
71	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
76	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
78	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	15:01
79	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	19:10
80	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
83	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	19:35
84	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	s.t.
88	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
89	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
92	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	s.t.
93	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Michal Paluta	Poland	s.t.
97	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
98	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
99	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
102	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
105	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
107	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
108	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
110	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	s.t.
111	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
112	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
113	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
114	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	s.t.
115	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
116	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
118	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
119	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
120	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
121	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
123	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
124	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
126	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
129	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
131	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
132	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Michal Pallita (Poland)
Points classification leader: Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

894.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.838 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	21hr 22min 14sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 13sec
3	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:20
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
5	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
6	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:44
7	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	0:49
9	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:53
11	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:15
12	William Barta	Movistar	1:26
13	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:38
14	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	1:40
15	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	1:51
16	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:00
17	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	2:06
18	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	2:14
19	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:49
20	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:53
21	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	2:55
22	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	3:09
23	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:13
24	David Peña Jesus	Jayco-AlUla	4:06
25	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
26	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	4:13
27	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:32
28	Piotr Pekala	Poland	4:54
29	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	5:52
30	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:37
31	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	6:54
32	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	7:56
33	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:58
34	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	9:19
35	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	9:51
36	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	10:31
37	Davide Formolo	Movistar	11:30
38	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	11:44
39	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	12:02
40	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	13:00
41	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	13:02
42	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	13:10
43	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	13:57
44	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	14:18
45	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	15:07
46	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	15:13
47	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	15:34
48	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	17:26
49	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	17:45
50	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	17:48
51	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:10
52	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	19:11
53	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	21:25
54	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	21:28
55	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	21:59
56	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	22:07
57	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	22:15
58	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	23:43
59	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	24:49
60	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	25:25
61	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	26:11
62	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	26:30
63	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	27:11
64	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	27:12
66	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	27:28
67	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	27:56
68	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	28:38
69	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	29:09
70	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	29:27
71	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	29:58
72	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	30:57
73	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	31:30
74	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	31:39
75	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	31:46
76	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	33:07
77	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	35:14
78	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	36:16
79	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	36:24
80	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	36:54
81	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	37:26
82	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	38:56
83	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	39:59
84	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	40:04
85	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	40:45
86	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:17
87	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	41:53
88	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	42:07
89	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	42:14
90	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	42:19
91	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	43:01
93	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	43:40
94	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	44:02
95	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	44:15
96	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	44:28
97	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	44:34
98	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	44:45
99	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	44:54
100	Michal Paluta	Poland	s.t.
101	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	46:04
102	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	46:52
103	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	46:54
104	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	46:55
105	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	46:58
106	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	47:43
107	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	48:04
108	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	48:34
109	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	48:46
110	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	50:00
111	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	50:01
112	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	50:58
113	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	51:33
114	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	52:12
115	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	52:13
116	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	52:43
117	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	52:59
118	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	53:04
119	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	53:21
120	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	53:22
121	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	54:12
122	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	54:40
123	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	54:41
124	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	54:48
125	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	55:26
126	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	55:33
127	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	55:39
128	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	58:45
129	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	58:55
130	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:00:59
131	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	1:04:51
132	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	1:04:55

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

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Friday, August 16: Stage 5, Katowice - Katowice, 187.6 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Tim Merlier wins stage 5. Getty Sport photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Katowice at 1:55 PM, local time: 31C (87F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain, growing to 19% at 4:00 PM.

The stage: Here's the race organizer's stage 5 description.

The Tour de Pologne regularly visits Katowice, and this time will be no different. The capital of the Silesian Voivodeship will host both the start and finish of the 5th stage of the race. The 187-kilometer route will be varied and feature many climbs, amounting to over 1500 meters of elevation gain. Although the stage will favor sprinters, it will not be an easy passage.

Twenty-one kilometers after the start, in Jaworzno, the first LOTTO sprint bonus will be located. Riders will then enter the Kraków-Częstochowa Jura and showcase the beauty and charm of the Trail of the Eagles’ Nests. The peloton will visit well-known places such as Ojców, where riders can compete for the PZU III category KOM. They will then return to Silesia, passing through the Decathlon special bonus in Bukowno and the LOTTO sprint bonus in Mysłowice.

Soon after, they will enter Katowice, stopping at the famous Nikiszowiec district, from where only 11 kilometers remain to the finish. The finish will be located under the Katowice Spodek, on Walenty Roździeński Avenue.

“The fifth stage will start and finish in Katowice, but it will also be a unique stage. We will ride the ‘Trail of the Eagles’ Nests’ – passing through Mysłowice, Jaworzno, we want to present the Kraków-Częstochowa Jura to viewers and riders. It won’t be an easy stage, as the elevation gain will be about 1500 meters. From a tourist point of view, it will be a beautiful stage, similar to those in Lower Silesia,” said Czesław Lang, highlighting the charm of the Kraków-Częstochowa Jura and the castles built on it, known as the “Eagles’ Nests.”

Katowice has a rich history in the Tour de Pologne, and in recent years, winners there have included Mattia Cattaneo, Remi Cavagna, Fabio Jakobsen, Pascal Ackermann, and Fernando Gaviria. Who will join this group this year?

The race: Here's the report from third-place Olav Kooij's & GC leader Jonas Vingegaard's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Olav Kooij finished third in the fifth stage of the Tour de Pologne. In another hectic final, the 22-year-old Dutchman only had Jordi Meeus and stage winner Tim Merlier in front of him after the finish.

For the second day in a row a sprinting opportunity awaited in the Tour de Pologne. Today the riders rode 188 kilometres on relatively flat roads. After the start in Katowice, three riders formed the breakaway of the day, but the sprinters' teams kept the trio under control. They were caught at ten kilometres from the line.

With four kilometres to go, the peloton was startled by a crash. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike riders remained unscathed. After the crash, a depleted peloton rode towards the finish line. Kooij was led to the front at the right moment by teammate Mick van Dijke. After a strong launch, Kooij was eventually passed by Meeus and stage winner Merlier.

Classification leader Jonas Vingegaard looks back on the hectic final kilometres. “It was even more nervous than yesterday”, the Dane said. “We are racing without earpieces and that causes more stress in the peloton. It's supposed to make the sport safer, but I think it has the opposite effect. The battle to be at the front of the bunch creates unnecessary risks.”

“Tomorrow's stage is one that should suit me. The climbs and hot weather conditions will make it extra tough. We will do everything we can to defend my position in the general classification. My feeling is getting better and better.”

Complete results:

187.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.943 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 5min 0sec
2	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
4	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
5	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
7	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
11	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
21	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
30	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
31	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
35	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
37	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
40	Piotr Pekala	Poland	s.t.
41	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
43	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
44	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
45	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
47	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
48	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	s.t.
55	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
59	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
62	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
63	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
65	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Davide Formolo	Movistar	s.t.
67	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
68	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
69	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
70	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
71	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	@ 29sec
72	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
73	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
74	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:45
75	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
76	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	s.t.
77	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	s.t.
78	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
81	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
82	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	0:53
86	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
88	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:00
90	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	1:16
92	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
95	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
99	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
100	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
102	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
103	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
104	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
107	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
108	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
109	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:51
112	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
113	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	2:08
114	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
115	Michal Paluta	Poland	s.t.
116	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
118	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	s.t.
120	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
121	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	2:47
122	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
123	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
124	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:35
125	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	3:43
126	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	4:06
127	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
128	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	4:13
129	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	4:22
131	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
132	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	4:48
133	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
134	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	6:08

GC after stage 5:

GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Michal Paluta (Poland)
Points classification leader: Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

710.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.977 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	16hr 56min 8sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 19sec
3	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:20
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
5	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
6	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:44
7	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	0:49
8	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	0:50
11	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:57
12	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:07
13	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:15
14	William Barta	Movistar	1:26
15	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	1:34
16	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:38
17	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	1:40
18	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:43
19	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:50
20	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:59
21	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:32
22	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	2:45
23	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	2:53
24	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	2:55
25	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:56
26	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	3:07
27	Piotr Pekala	Poland	3:08
28	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	3:22
29	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	4:00
30	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:15
31	Davide Formolo	Movistar	4:21
32	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	6:10
33	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:12
34	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:37
35	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	6:52
36	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	6:57
37	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	7:04
38	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:08
39	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	7:58
40	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	8:01
41	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	8:18
42	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:53
43	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	9:19
44	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	9:20
45	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	10:21
46	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	10:23
47	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	10:53
48	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	10:56
49	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	11:43
50	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	11:52
51	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	11:59
52	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	12:32
53	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:04
54	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	13:21
55	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:26
56	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	13:27
57	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	13:48
58	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	15:09
59	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	15:26
60	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	15:36
61	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	15:39
62	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	16:36
63	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	16:37
64	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	16:41
65	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	17:44
66	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	18:28
67	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:34
68	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	18:43
69	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	18:52
70	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	18:52
71	Haylu Abreha Negasi	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	19:01
72	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	19:21
73	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	19:23
74	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	19:46
75	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	20:20
76	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	20:22
77	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	20:24
78	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	20:29
79	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	20:51
80	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	21:10
81	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:42
82	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	22:18
83	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	22:32
84	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	22:39
85	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	22:44
86	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	23:03
88	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	23:26
89	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	23:37
90	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	23:44
91	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	24:05
92	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:07
93	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:27
94	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	24:39
95	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	24:40
96	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	24:53
97	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	24:59
98	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	25:10
99	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	25:19
100	Michal Paluta	Poland	s.t.
101	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	26:29
102	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	27:17
103	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	27:19
104	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:20
105	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	27:23
106	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	27:42
107	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	28:08
108	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	28:29
109	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	28:59
110	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	29:11
111	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	30:25
112	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	30:26
113	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	31:58
114	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	32:37
115	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	32:38
116	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	33:08
117	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	33:24
118	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	33:29
119	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	33:46
120	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	33:47
121	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	34:37
122	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	35:05
123	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	35:06
124	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	35:13
125	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	35:51
126	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	35:57
127	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	35:58
128	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	36:04
129	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	37:50
130	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	39:10
131	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	39:20
132	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	41:24
133	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	45:16
134	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	45:20

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Thursday, August 15: Stage 4, Kudowa-Zdrój - Prudnik, 195.3 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Olav Kooij wins stage four.

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Weather at the finish city of Prudnik at 2:10 PM, local time: 28C (82F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 14% chance of rain, growing to 36% at 4:00 PM.

The stage: Here's the race organizer's stage four description.

It appears that only on the fourth day of the 81st Tour de Pologne will sprinters get their chance for a stage win. The stage from Park Zdrojowy in Kudowa-Zdrój to Prudnik will be flat, although it will paradoxically start with a few kilometers of an uncategorized climb.

On the 195-kilometer route, there will be three LOTTO sprint bonuses – in Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Ząbkowice Śląskie, and Otmuchów – which will certainly attract riders competing for the blue jersey of the active rider. Points for the PZU mountain classification will also be up for grabs, thanks to the II category KOM at Jaworowa Pass. In the later part of the stage, there will be no climbs capable of splitting the peloton, so we can expect the fastest riders in the field to battle for the win in Prudnik.

“The fourth stage will be dedicated to the great cyclist and my dear friend Stasiek Szozda, as we will finish in Prudnik, where he lived. We start from Kudowa-Zdrój, over 200 kilometers – I think it will be a more sprinter-oriented stage, and the entire peloton will arrive together,” said Czesław Lang, General Director of the Tour de Pologne.

The stage and finish in Prudnik will be dedicated to the memory of Stanisław Szozda. The outstanding Polish cyclist, Olympic and World Championship medalist, winner of the Tour de Pologne and the Peace Race.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Olav Kooij's Team Vicma | Lease a Bike.

Olav Kooij has won the fourth stage of the Tour de Pologne. In an exciting bunch sprint, the 22-year-old Dutchman beat Sam Bennett and Mads Pedersen. Jonas Vingegaard remains GC leader.

The fourth stage in the Tour de Pologne took the peloton from Kudowa-Zdrój to Prudnik, where a first chance for the sprinters awaited. Along the way, Team Visma | Lease a Bike's riders took control in the peloton. Entering the final kilometres, Kooij was in an excellent position. The young Dutchman sprinted convincing to his third stage victory in as many editions in Poland.

“I already had great memories from my previous participations here, so I am very happy to add another win”, Kooij said afterwards. “After several hard stages, we knew there was a chance for me today. It was a nervous final, but I was perfectly placed going into the final kilometer. I'm happy I could finish it off for the team today.”

“The previous stages already went extremely well for us”, Kooij added. “With Jonas and Wilco Kelderman, we are in an excellent position in the general classification. Today we went for the stage win and we succeeded. Tomorrow it could turn into a sprint again. I'm looking forward to that.”

Complete results:

195.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.924 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4hr 46min 20sec
2	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
4	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
8	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
12	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	s.t.
13	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
16	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	s.t.
17	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
20	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
26	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
30	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
35	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
36	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
37	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Piotr Pekala	Poland	s.t.
39	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
40	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
42	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
47	Davide Formolo	Movistar	s.t.
48	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
52	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
53	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
56	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
59	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
60	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
62	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
63	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
68	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
72	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
73	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
74	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
83	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
87	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
88	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
89	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
90	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
93	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
96	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
97	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	s.t.
104	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
105	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
109	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
110	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
111	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
113	Michal Paluta	Poland	s.t.
114	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	s.t.
115	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
117	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
119	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	s.t.
120	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
121	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
123	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
126	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
127	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
128	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
129	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
131	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
132	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
133	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
134	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
135	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 29sec
136	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
137	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
138	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:50
139	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	1:24

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Michal Paluta (Poland)
Points classification leader: Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: UAE team Emirates

523.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.717 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	12hr 51min 8sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 19sec
3	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:20
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
5	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
6	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:44
7	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	0:49
9	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	0:50
11	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:57
12	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:07
14	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:15
15	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:23
16	William Barta	Movistar	1:26
17	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:38
18	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	1:40
19	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:43
20	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:50
21	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:59
22	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	2:09
23	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	2:16
24	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:32
25	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	2:53
26	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	2:55
27	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:56
28	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	2:58
29	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	3:07
30	Piotr Pekala	Poland	3:08
31	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	3:22
32	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:28
33	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	4:00
34	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:15
35	Davide Formolo	Movistar	4:21
36	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:29
37	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	5:11
38	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:12
39	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	5:36
40	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	5:59
41	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	6:10
42	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	6:32
43	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:08
44	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:00
45	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	8:01
46	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	8:04
47	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	8:18
48	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	9:07
49	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	10:46
50	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	10:53
51	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	10:56
52	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	10:58
53	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	11:03
54	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	11:40
55	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	11:52
56	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	12:05
57	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:19
58	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	12:32
59	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:26
60	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	13:27
61	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	13:53
62	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	14:10
63	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	14:23
64	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	14:33
65	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	14:45
66	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	15:21
67	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	15:36
68	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	16:38
69	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	17:12
70	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	17:44
71	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	18:16
72	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:34
73	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	18:43
74	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	18:52
75	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	18:53
77	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	19:04
78	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	19:06
79	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	19:21
80	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	19:23
81	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	20:12
82	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	20:24
83	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	20:29
84	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	21:10
85	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	21:16
86	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	21:23
87	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:28
88	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	21:33
90	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:42
91	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	22:10
92	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	22:18
93	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	22:31
94	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	22:49
95	Michal Paluta	Poland	23:11
96	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	23:22
97	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	23:36
98	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	23:37
99	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	24:25
100	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:27
101	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	24:39
102	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	24:40
103	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	24:53
104	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	24:59
105	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	25:19
106	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	25:28
107	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	25:32
108	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	26:01
109	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	26:21
110	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	26:29
111	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:51
112	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	27:27
113	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	27:45
114	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	28:08
115	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	28:14
116	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	29:40
117	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	30:26
118	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	30:29
119	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	30:59
120	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	31:05
121	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	32:29
122	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	32:38
123	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	33:08
124	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	33:24
125	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	33:37
126	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	33:39
127	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	34:00
128	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	34:13
129	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	34:48
130	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	35:05
131	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	35:06
132	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	35:57
133	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	36:04
134	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	36:26
135	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	37:02
136	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	38:25
137	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	38:27
138	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	43:08
139	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	44:35

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Wednesday, August 14: Stage 3, Wałbrzych - Duszniki-Zdrój, Cos, 156.5 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Thibau Nys wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Duszniki-Zdrój at 2:00 PM, local time: 30C (86F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 14 km/hr (9mph). There is a 7% chance of rain.

The stage: Here's the race organizer's stage three description.

The third stage of the 81st Tour de Pologne will take riders and fans on a journey through the climbs of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The peloton will touch most of the significant climbs in the region, and the entire stage will start at the Old Mine in Wałbrzych.

After less than 30 kilometers, riders will tackle the first PZU II category KOM – the famous Walim Pass. They will then compete for points at the LOTTO sprint bonus in Pieszyce, followed by more climbs. The fast-moving peloton will face the Jugowska Pass, Saint Anne Mountain, and the categorized climb in Karłów.

The peloton will pass through this climb twice, but only once will they compete for points in the PZU mountain classification. After the second climb and covering about 150 kilometers, the riders will enter Duszniki-Zdrój, where – like last year – they will race for victory on the demanding climb to COS Jamrozowa Polana.

In last year’s Tour de Pologne, we experienced many Polish emotions on this climb. The stage winner was Rafał Majka from UAE Team Emirates, and Michał Kwiatkowski, representing INEOS Grenadiers, took third place. We hope for a repeat and more Polish victories!

“We are still in Lower Silesia – starting from Wałbrzych, followed by many tough climbs. The finish will be at Jamrozowa Polana in Duszniki-Zdrój, where last year Rafał Majka won ahead of Michał Kwiatkowski. Before that, the riders will have to tackle very difficult climbs, totaling over 3000 meters of elevation gain. Among others, Walim, Silver Mountain, and practically all the climbs in the area,” described Czesław Lang.

The race: Wilco Kelderman (Visma | Lease a Bike) crashed during the neutral start, so the race was delayed a bit.

Here's the organizer's stage 3 summary.

The series of difficult, mountainous stages at the start of the 81st Tour de Pologne concluded with a segment from the Old Mine in Wałbrzych to the climb up to COS Jamrozowa Polana in Duszniki-Zdrój. Despite many aggressive moves, the favorites finished in contention for the victory, with the fastest being Thibau Nys, who secured his second stage win in this year’s race. Jonas Vingegaard from Team Visma | Lease a Bike retained the ORLEN leader’s yellow jersey.

Jonas Vingegaard remains the GC leader.

The stage, filled with climbs, from the Old Mine in Wałbrzych to the ascent up to COS Jamrozowa Polana in Duszniki-Zdrój, promised great excitement. At the start, a 3-man breakaway took off, including PZU Mountain Classification leader Michał Paluta (Poland National Team), Jan Maas (Team Jayco AlUla), and Nicolas Debeaumarche (Cofidis).

The riders gained a few minutes on the peloton and competed in the PZU KOM sprints at Walimska Pass, Jugowska Pass, and St. Anne’s Mountain. On each of these climbs, Michał Paluta, wearing the polka-dot jersey, was the best, motivated by the cheers of Polish fans along the route. Nicolas Debeaumarche from Cofidis won the LOTTO intermediate sprint in Pieszyce.

On the last of the mentioned climbs, the peloton accelerated, after which the breakaway grew by several riders. Passing along the Stołowe Mountains, the riders climbed towards Karłów, the last PZU KOM prime. Once again, Michał Paluta was the best there.

“We pulled away quite easily, immediately setting a high pace to gain at least a minute’s lead, and it worked. Midway through the stage, another group of riders joined us, and the pace increased significantly. I focused on the mountain sprints, which was my goal from the start,” Michał Paluta recounted.

However, the breakaway didn’t manage to reach the finish line in Duszniki-Zdrój before the main group. Diego Ulissi from UAE Team Emirates was the first to start the sprint, but the finale at Jamrozowa Polana in Duszniki-Zdrój belonged to the young Thibau Nys from Lidl-Trek, who claimed his second stage victory in the 81st Tour de Pologne.

“I knew this was a route that suited my characteristics and the type of rider I am. I knew I could get close. Today I found the legs to try again and it went well. Before coming to the Tour de Pologne, I focused on my strengths and worked very hard. I have to thank my team for believing in me and putting me in the right position. It was a bit difficult for me after losing Ryan in the crash, it made me lose focus for a few moments. It’s never nice to know that one of your team mates has crashed and I hope he’s OK now. This win is for him,” said Thibau Nys.

Diego Ulissi and Wilco Kelderman, second in the ORLEN general classification, completed the podium. The leader remained his teammate from Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Jonas Vingegaard, a two-time Tour de France winner who reached the finish line with the first group. At the finish, he was happy to defend the leader’s jersey and recalled 2019, when he couldn’t keep the lead after a stage win.

“It was a very demanding stage with descents and climbs. We had a few dangerous moments. The finale was very beautiful. Thibau Nys showed that he is a rider suited for this type of finish, but all those fighting for the general classification were at the front and finished—Vingegaard, Ulissi, Kelderman.” said Czesław Lang, General Director of the Tour de Pologne.

Tomorrow, the riders will fight on a stage from Kudowa-Zdrój to Prudnik, where sprinters are expected to compete for the victory.

Complete results:

156.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.586 km/hr

1	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	4hr 3min 21sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
4	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
5	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
10	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
12	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
20	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	@ 13sec
23	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:19
24	Max Schachmann	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
26	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:27
27	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
28	Piotr Pekala	Poland	0:34
29	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:36
30	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	0:44
32	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:00
33	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	1:04
34	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
35	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Davide Formolo	Movistar	s.t.
37	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:15
38	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:27
39	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:30
40	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	1:41
41	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	2:08
43	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	2:24
44	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	2:42
45	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:45
46	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:53
47	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	3:16
48	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:32
49	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
53	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:03
56	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	8:10
57	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	8:11
58	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
59	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	8:15
60	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	8:19
63	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
67	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
69	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	s.t.
70	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
72	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	10:03
74	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	11:05
76	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
78	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
84	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
86	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Michal Paluta	Poland	11:24
90	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	11:45
91	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	12:26
92	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	13:37
93	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
95	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
96	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
99	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	s.t.
100	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
102	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
106	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
109	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
110	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
112	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
115	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	13:54
116	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	17:54
117	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
118	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
119	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
120	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
121	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	20:38
122	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	s.t.
123	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	22:16
124	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
125	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
126	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
127	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
128	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
129	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
130	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
134	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
135	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
136	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
137	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
138	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
139	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
140	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
141	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	28:10
143	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	30:55
144	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	s.t.
145	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Michal Paluta (Poland)
Points classification leader: Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

328 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.594 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	8hr 4min 48sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 19sec
3	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:20
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
5	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
6	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	0:45
7	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:49
8	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	0:50
11	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	0:57
12	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
13	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:07
14	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:15
15	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:23
16	William Barta	Movistar	1:26
17	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:38
18	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:39
19	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	1:40
20	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:43
21	Max Schachmann	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:49
22	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:50
23	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:59
24	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	2:09
25	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	2:16
26	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:32
27	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	2:53
28	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	2:55
29	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:56
30	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	2:58
31	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	3:07
32	Piotr Pekala	Poland	3:08
33	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	3:22
34	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:28
35	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	4:00
36	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:15
37	Davide Formolo	Movistar	4:21
38	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:29
39	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	5:11
40	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:12
41	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	5:36
42	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	6:03
43	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	6:10
44	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	6:32
45	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:08
46	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:00
47	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	8:01
48	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	8:04
49	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	8:17
50	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	8:18
51	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	10:46
52	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	10:53
53	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	10:56
54	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	10:58
55	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	11:03
56	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	11:40
57	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	11:52
58	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	12:05
59	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:19
60	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	12:32
61	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:26
62	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	13:27
63	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	13:53
64	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	14:10
65	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	14:23
66	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	14:33
67	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	14:45
68	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	15:09
69	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	15:21
70	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	15:36
71	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	16:38
72	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	17:12
73	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	17:44
74	NegasiHaylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	18:16
75	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:34
76	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	18:43
77	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	18:52
78	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	18:53
80	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	19:04
81	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	19:06
82	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	19:21
83	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	19:23
84	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	20:12
85	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	20:24
86	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	20:29
87	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	21:10
88	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	21:16
89	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	21:23
90	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:28
91	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	21:33
93	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:42
94	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	22:10
95	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	22:18
96	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	22:31
97	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	22:49
98	Michal Paluta	Poland	23:13
99	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	23:22
100	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	23:36
101	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	23:37
102	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
103	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	24:25
104	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:27
105	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	24:39
106	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	24:40
107	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	24:53
108	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	24:59
109	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
110	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	25:19
111	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	25:28
112	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	25:56
113	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	26:01
114	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	26:27
115	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	26:29
116	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:51
117	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	27:35
118	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	27:37
119	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	27:46
120	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	28:14
121	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	29:40
122	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	30:26
123	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	30:29
124	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	30:59
125	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	31:05
126	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	32:13
127	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	32:35
128	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	32:38
129	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	33:08
130	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	33:24
131	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	33:39
132	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	34:00
133	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	34:13
134	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	34:19
135	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	35:05
136	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	35:06
137	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	35:57
138	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	36:04
139	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	36:29
140	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	37:02
141	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	38:25
142	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	38:27
143	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	43:08
144	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	44:35
145	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	44:52

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, August 13: Stage 2, Mysłakowice - Karpacz 15.4 km individual time trial

Stage 2 map & profile

Tim Wellens on his way to winning stage two.

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The stage: Here's the race organizer's stage two description.

The second stage of the 81st Tour de Pologne will be an opportunity for a rematch after the first segment of the national tour. The colorful race caravan will remain around Karpacz and Orlinek, where the finish line will again be located – this time for an individual time trial.

This iconic time trial stage returns to the Tour de Pologne. In the past, the stage with the finish on Orlinek was won by, among others, Alberto Contador, for whom it was his first professional victory. Later, the Spaniard triumphed in the general classifications of all the grand tours.

The 15-kilometer time trial route will be demanding – riders will start in Mysłakowice, then face a flat section followed by a climb up Orlinek. It will be a treat for fans who will be able to cheer on their favorite riders up close.

The time trial stage will be tailored for cyclists specializing in this discipline but also for those who feel good in mountainous terrain.

“We stay in Karpacz, on Orlinek. The time trial will be on a 15-kilometer route. We will start in Mysłakowice, not entering Karpacz directly but going around it. It will be a nice climb, a cronoscalata (from Italian: ‘climb against the clock’). We remember that Alberto Contador started his career here, winning such an individual time trial,” said Czesław Lang.

Riders will start the individual time trial every minute, and the top ten in the general classification will compete in two-minute intervals.

The race: Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) did not start. Alex Kirsch (Lidl-Trek) was the first rider off.

Here's the race organizer's stage two summary.

The Tour de Pologne stopped in Karpacz, where the second stage also finished – an individual time trial starting in Mysłakowice. The best on the 15-kilometer route was Tim Wellens of UAE Team Emirates, with Jonas Vingegaard – now the new ORLEN general classification leader – taking second place.

Big stars battled today for victory in the individual time trial on the second stage of the 81st Tour de Pologne. The competition took place on a 15-kilometer route from Mysłakowice to the climb to Orlinek in Karpacz and favored time trial specialists who perform well in mountain rides.

“Individual time trials are a completely different competition from road racing. More and more often, in stage races, it is the individual time trial that decides the overall classification victory. Riders prepare for this competition in a completely different way. The same goes for the bikes, which have a full wheel known as a ‘disc,’ an aerodynamic water bottle, and a handlebar extension known as an ‘aero bar,’ which allows the cyclists to position themselves on the bike to have the least air resistance. The cyclists also compete in a special helmet and a one-piece suit that allows them to ride very fast while conserving energy at such high speeds. The warm-up is also crucial. The riders must be warmed up at the start because they need to exert maximum effort from the very beginning of the race,” said Tomasz Marczyński, a former professional cyclist, including with Lotto Soudal, and now a television expert.

After yesterday’s victory – also on Orlinek – he leader of the ORLEN general classification and the last rider to start was Thibau Nys from Lidl-Trek, but he had already said yesterday that it would be hard for him to compete with the best. In the first part of the time trial, the Poles showed themselves well, including national representative Kacper Gieryk and the current Polish elite champion Filip Maciejuk, racing with Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe. Both riders took the lead after their runs, but later others took over.

Experienced Romain Bardet from Team dsm-firmenich PostNL performed well but was overtaken by more than a minute by Tim Wellens, the Belgian champion from UAE Team Emirates, who already has a general classification victory in the race. Now, winning the jersey will be tough, as he suffered significant losses yesterday, but he took full advantage of today’s opportunity.

“This victory was different from my last one in Poland. I knew the time trial would be very important for the general classification, as I lost a lot of time yesterday. Today, I didn’t expect to win because there are many good riders here, including Jonas, but I’m very happy that I won,” said Tim Wellens.

Jonas Vingegaard will start stage three in the leader's yellow jersey.

The aforementioned Jonas Vingegaard, the main favorite of today’s time trial and the stage winner of the Tour de Pologne in 2019, finished second, just 9 seconds behind the winner. After the race, however, he was satisfied – he became the new leader of the ORLEN general classification, leading his teammate from Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Wilco Kelderman, by 24 seconds, who fell on one of the turns. “I wanted to win today’s stage, but Tim rode a very good time trial. I also did well, and I’m happy with the jersey. I hope today’s stage was crucial for the entire race. I was counting on doing well in the individual time trial and also on taking the ORLEN general classification leader’s jersey. I think the most challenging stages will be tomorrow’s and the sixth one. Of course, you also have to be very careful on the sprint stages so as not to lose time or have an accident,” said Jonas Vingegaard.

Diego Ulissi from UAE Team Emirates completes the podium of the GC and Felix Grossschartner, another rider from Rafał Majka’s team, took third place in today’s stage. The Pole finished in 37th place today, and in the general classification, he is 19th. The best-placed Pole today was Piotr Pękala, who took 25th place.

“I didn’t really know what to expect today because I hadn’t started in an individual time trial for a long time. But such a long, steady, and strong climb has always been my strength. Although I didn’t really know what I was capable of today, I tried to do my best. I may have started a little too cautiously, but when the climb began, I felt I was in my environment. The result is satisfactory, especially since the mechanics of the Polish national team were assembling my bike last night, and I wanted to thank them very much for that. I didn’t think at all that I could be the best of the Poles today. I just focused on my effort and tried to do my best to make up for yesterday’s stage, which was very tough for me,” said Piotr Pękala after today’s stage.

Tomorrow, the third stage of the 81st Tour de Pologne. The cyclists face a mountain challenge from Wałbrzych to Duszniki-Zdrój.

Complete results:

15.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.527 km/hr

1	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	23min 59sec
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 9sec
3	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	0:15
4	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
5	Max Schachmann	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:21
6	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:34
7	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:39
8	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:40
9	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	0:41
10	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:42
11	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:46
13	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	0:51
14	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:54
15	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	0:55
16	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:58
17	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
18	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:00
19	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	1:01
20	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:02
21	William Barta	Movistar	1:04
22	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:08
23	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:09
25	Piotr Pekala	Poland	1:15
26	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:16
27	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	1:18
28	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	1:22
29	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
30	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:23
31	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	1:25
34	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	1:26
35	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	1:27
37	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:29
38	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:30
39	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	1:32
40	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	1:36
41	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	1:41
42	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:45
44	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:49
45	Ryan Gibbons	Lidl-Trek	1:53
46	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	1:57
47	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	1:58
48	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	2:00
49	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	2:03
50	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:08
51	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	2:09
53	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:15
54	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:16
55	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	s.t.
57	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:21
58	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:23
59	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	2:26
60	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	2:28
61	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:31
62	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	2:32
63	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	2:33
64	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:37
65	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	2:41
66	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:47
67	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	2:49
69	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	2:50
70	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	2:52
72	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:53
73	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
74	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:56
75	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:57
76	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:00
77	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	3:01
78	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Davide Formolo	Movistar	s.t.
80	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	3:02
81	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:04
82	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:05
83	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
84	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:08
85	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	3:13
86	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:16
88	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:17
89	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:19
90	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:20
93	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	3:23
94	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	3:28
95	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	3:32
96	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:33
97	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
98	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:35
99	Michal Paluta	Poland	3:36
100	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	3:37
101	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
102	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	3:39
103	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
104	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	3:41
105	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	3:42
106	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	3:47
107	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	3:48
108	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
109	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	3:49
110	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
111	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	3:50
112	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	3:51
113	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
114	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:55
115	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:56
116	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	3:57
117	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:00
118	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	4:01
119	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
120	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	4:02
121	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
122	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	4:03
123	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	4:04
125	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	4:05
126	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
127	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	4:09
128	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:10
129	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	4:13
130	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
131	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:14
132	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	4:16
133	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:24
134	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	4:26
135	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:29
137	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	4:30
138	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:35
139	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4:36
140	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	4:37
142	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	4:38
143	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:49
144	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	4:50
145	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	5:05
146	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	5:09
147	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	5:11
148	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
149	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
150	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:16
151	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	5:27
152	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	5:34
153	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	5:39

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Michael Paluta (Poland)
Points classification leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

171.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.618 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4hr 1min 27sec
2	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 24sec
3	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:25
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
5	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
6	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	0:45
7	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:49
8	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	0:50
11	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:56
12	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
13	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	0:57
14	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
15	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:07
16	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	1:12
17	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	1:14
18	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:16
19	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:23
20	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	1:25
21	William Barta	Movistar	1:26
22	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	1:27
23	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:28
24	Max Schachmann	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:30
25	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	1:36
26	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:38
27	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:39
28	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:50
29	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	2:16
30	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	2:18
31	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	2:20
32	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	2:31
33	Piotr Pekala	Poland	2:34
34	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
35	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:37
36	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	2:38
37	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	2:39
38	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	2:45
39	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	2:53
40	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:00
41	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	3:08
42	Davide Formolo	Movistar	3:17
43	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	3:28
44	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	3:33
46	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	3:40
47	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:42
48	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	3:45
49	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	3:47
50	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	3:55
51	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	4:11
52	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	4:12
53	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	4:13
54	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:16
55	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	4:28
56	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:29
57	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:31
59	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	4:42
60	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:45
61	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	4:46
62	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	5:08
63	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	5:22
64	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:28
65	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	5:34
66	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:41
67	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	5:51
68	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	6:08
69	Ryan Gibbons	Lidl-Trek	6:16
70	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:35
71	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	6:43
72	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	6:47
73	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	6:54
74	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	7:06
75	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	7:11
76	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	7:14
77	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:29
78	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	7:33
79	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	7:36
80	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:38
81	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:39
82	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	7:42
83	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:46
84	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	7:47
85	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	7:48
86	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:51
87	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	7:59
88	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:05
89	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	8:18
90	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	8:33
91	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	8:41
92	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	8:43
93	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	8:49
94	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	8:54
95	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:57
96	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	9:01
97	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	9:02
98	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	9:12
99	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	9:23
100	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	9:25
101	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:32
102	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	9:57
103	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	10:00
104	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	10:15
105	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	10:20
106	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	10:22
107	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	10:23
108	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	10:26
109	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	10:28
110	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	10:33
111	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	10:33
112	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	10:38
113	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	10:47
114	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:50
115	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	10:51
116	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	10:52
117	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	11:02
118	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	11:03
119	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	11:05
120	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:08
121	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	11:16
122	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	11:22
123	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	11:22
124	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	11:23
125	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11:42
126	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	11:44
127	Michal Paluta	Poland	11:50
128	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	11:51
129	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	11:57
130	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	11:57
131	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	12:03
132	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	12:13
133	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	12:32
134	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:32
135	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:33
136	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	12:35
137	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	12:42
138	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:49
139	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	12:50
140	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	12:52
141	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	13:20
142	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	13:40
143	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	13:41
144	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:48
145	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	13:57
146	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	13:58
147	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	14:00
148	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	14:09
149	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	14:13
150	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	14:46
151	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	15:17
152	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	15:30
153	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	16:11

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Monday, August 12: Stage 1, Wrocław - Karpacz, 156.1 kilometers

Stage 1 map & profile

Thibau Nys wins stage one.

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Weather at the finish city of Karpacz at 2:00 PM, local time: 24C (75F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: Here's the race organizer's stage description.

The 81st edition of the Tour de Pologne will start with a demanding stage from Wrocław to Karpacz on August 12. Riders will set off from the famous Centennial Hall, which will host the presentation of all teams and riders the day before. After a ceremonial section on the roads of Wrocław, the competitors will begin the proper race.

The first part of the stage, measuring just under 160 kilometers, will be flat, but that doesn’t mean it will lack excitement. Riders will compete for the LOTTO sprint bonus in Sobótka, and then – as the terrain begins to rise – for the PZU III category KOM, located at Tąpadła Pass.

Heading towards Karpacz, cyclists will pass through the special Soudal bonus in Świdnica, the Lotto sprint bonus in Czarny Bór, the PZU II category KOM at Kowarska Pass, and the special Lake Hill bonus in Karpacz. The pace will be very high there, as riders will climb the iconic Orlinek, where Tour de Pologne stages have often ended. Last year, Slovenian Matej Mohorič from the Bahrain Victorious team triumphed there and went on to win the overall classification of the entire race.

The tough finish should provide fans with a lot of excitement and lead to the first selection in the fight for the yellow jersey of the general classification leader.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Thibau Nys' Team Lidl-Trek.

Belgian talent Thibau Nys wins the first stage of Tour de Pologne and continues his personal streak of wins in stage race: one (at least) in every multi-day event he participated in this year!

Race after race, Thibau Nys is confirming his style, an almost unique mix of strength and talent. Few in the peloton can boast his explosiveness, timing and strength in races that end with a short kick. Today, in the first stage of the Tour de Pologne, the young Belgian proved it again, crossing the finish line alone after a sprint that proved impossible for the peloton to match.

In his comeback race after a long break, Nys didn’t hesitate to take his seventh win of the season.

“I think it’s pretty hard when you know it could be a good chance but you are coming back to racing after a break of many weeks. So, today’s win is even more nice. I went into the last 300 meters today with the confidence that I could make it. The last meters before crossing the finish line, when I was in control, I could really enjoy and taste the victory.” - Thibau

Everything happened on the final, decisive kick. A couple of attempts broke the balance in the last five kilometers, but it was Thibau’s move that made the difference with about 300 meters to go. “It was a long sprint, but I didn’t want to take any risks,” he explained. His attack left no room for response by Kelderman (Visma) and Nerurkar (EF), who finished second and third at 3″. At 6″ was the group of the GC contenders, led by Vingegaard (Visma).

Nys will start tomorrow (15km uphill TT) with the leader’s jersey, but by his own admission, with these small gaps, it will be hard to keep it. “I believe that in the future I can compete for the GC in races like the Tour de Pologne, but it’s not time yet,” he said.

More words from Thibau on today’s win:
“I think I proved in the last couple of months how much this kind of finish suits me. I got more and more confident and now I know I can be among the most competitive riders in the peloton, at the moment, on days like this. I’ve learned what it takes to win on this finish, but this also brings a kind of nervousness because I know how hard it is to make it happen.

“I’m really happy I made it today. If you had told me I would take a win in every stage race I started, I would have laughed. It’s like a dream. I’m really proud about this because it’s the result of constant effort, hard work and a strong mindset. Without this and the support of Lidl-Trek, on and off the bike, this would not have happened.

“I’m convinced that these are the kind of the races I have to focus more on in the future and, of course, try to keep growing to be among the best in the world. That’s my goal, my motivation. Step by step, day by day, that’s what I want in my future.”

Complete results:

156.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.138 km/hr

1	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	3hr 37min 7sec
2	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 3sec
3	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:06
5	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:09
10	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:13
14	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
16	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	0:16
17	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:18
18	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:23
19	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:31
20	Davide Formolo	Movistar	s.t.
21	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	0:35
23	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:37
24	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
27	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	0:43
29	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:44
30	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	0:50
31	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:54
33	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	0:57
34	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
35	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	1:05
36	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:07
37	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	1:24
38	Max Schachmann	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	1:27
41	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
46	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	1:34
48	Piotr Pekala	Poland	s.t.
49	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:44
50	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:46
52	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	1:48
53	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	1:50
54	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	2:08
55	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	2:23
56	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
57	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:40
59	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:47
60	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:54
63	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:02
64	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	3:34
66	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
67	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
68	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	3:52
71	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:58
72	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:38
73	Ryan Gibbons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:45
76	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:01
77	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
79	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	s.t.
80	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
90	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
91	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	5:18
96	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:37
98	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
99	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	6:28
100	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	6:39
104	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	6:48
105	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
109	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	7:00
110	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
111	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	7:02
112	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
117	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
120	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
121	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	7:07
122	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:08
123	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	7:16
124	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	7:55
125	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	8:15
127	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
128	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
129	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	8:21
130	Michal Paluta	Poland	8:29
131	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
132	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
133	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
134	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:38
135	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:52
137	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
138	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
139	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	8:52
140	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
141	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	9:46
142	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
143	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	s.t.
144	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	9:56
145	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	9:58
146	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
147	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	10:01
148	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
149	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
150	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
151	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
152	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
153	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	11:37
154	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	11:44

GC after stage 1:

GC leader: Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek)
Mountains classification leader: Michal Pallita (Poland)
Points classification leader: Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

1	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	3hr 36min 57sec
2	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 7sec
3	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	0:09
4	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:16
5	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:19
10	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
14	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
16	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	0:26
17	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:28
18	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:33
19	Raúl García	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:41
20	Davide Formolo	Movistar	s.t.
21	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	0:45
23	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:47
24	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
27	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	0:53
29	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:54
30	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	1:00
31	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	1:04
33	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	1:07
34	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
35	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	1:15
36	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:17
37	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	1:30
38	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	1:34
39	Max Schachmann	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Marcin Budzinski	Poland	1:37
41	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
46	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	1:44
48	Piotr Pekala	Poland	s.t.
49	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:54
50	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:56
52	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	1:58
53	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	2:00
54	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	2:18
55	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	2:33
56	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
57	Joey Rosskopf	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:50
59	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:57
60	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	3:04
63	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:12
64	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	3:44
66	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
67	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
68	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	4:02
71	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:08
72	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:48
73	Ryan Gibbons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:55
76	Casper van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:11
77	Xabier Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
79	Mateusz Kostanski	Poland	s.t.
80	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
90	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
91	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Cesare Benedetti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Martin Svrcek	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	5:28
96	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:47
98	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
99	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	6:38
100	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	6:49
104	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	6:58
105	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
109	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	7:10
110	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
111	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	7:12
112	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
117	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
120	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
121	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	7:17
122	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:18
123	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	7:26
124	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	8:05
125	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	8:25
127	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
128	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
129	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	8:31
130	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	8:37
131	Michal Paluta	Poland	8:39
132	Lukasz Wisniowski	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
133	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
134	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:48
135	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:02
137	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
138	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
139	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
140	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
141	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	9:56
142	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
143	Radoslaw Fratczak	Poland	s.t.
144	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	10:02
145	Norbert Banaszek	Poland	10:04
146	Kacper Gieryk	Poland	10:06
147	Olav Kooij	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	10:11
148	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	10:21
149	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
150	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
151	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
152	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
153	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	11:47
154	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	11:54

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, August 11, 2024:

	Bahrain Victorious
1	Matej Mohoric
2	Pello Bilbao
3	Phil Bauhaus
4	Andrea Pasqualon
5	Lukasz Wisniowski
6	Fred Wright
7	Edoardo Zambanini
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
11	Silvan Dillier
12	Timo Kielich
13	Senne Leysen
14	Lars Boven
15	Nicola Conci
16	Jensen Plowright
17	Ramon Sinkeldam
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
21	David Dekker
22	Raúl García
23	Donavan Grondin
24	Alan Riou
25	Miles Scotson
26	Florian Sénéchal
27	Alessandro Verre
	Astana Qazaqstan Team
31	Davide Ballerini
32	Samuele Battistella
33	Dmitriy Gruzdev
34	Henok Mulubrhan
35	Cristian Scaroni
36	Anton Kuzmin
37	Michele Gazzoli
	Cofidis
41	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
42	Nicolas Debeaumarché
43	Aimé De Gendt
44	Ben Hermans
45	Alexis Renard
46	Ludovic Robeet
47	Harrison Wood
	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale
51	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
52	Sam Bennett
53	Edvald Boasson-Hagen
54	Stan Dewulf
55	Pierre Gautherat
56	Oliver Naesen
57	Damien Touzé
	EF Education-EasyPost
61	Mikkel Honore
62	Lukas Nerurkar
63	Jack Rootkin-Gray
64	Jonas Rutsch
65	Archie Ryan
66	Yuhi Todome
67	Michael Valgren
	Groupama-FDJ
71	Lewis Askey
72	Clément Davy
73	Romain Grégoire
74	Fabian Lienhard
75	Laurence Pithie
76	Clément Russo
77	Sam Watson
	INEOS Grenadiers
81	Tobias Foss
82	Salvatore Puccio
83	Magnus Sheffield
84	Ben Swift
85	Connor Swift
86	Ben Turner
87	Cameron Wurf
	Intermarché-Wanty
91	Francesco Busatto
92	Rune Herregodts
93	Adrien Petit
94	Dion Smith
95	Gerben Thijssen
96	Gijs Van Hoecke
97	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
	Lidl-Trek
101	Andrea Bagioli
102	Ryan Gibbons
103	Alex Kirsch
104	Thibau Nys
105	Mads Pedersen
106	Edward Theuns
107	Tim Declercq
	Movistar
111	William Barta
112	Remi Cavagna
113	Davide Cimolai
114	Davide Formolo
115	Johan Jacobs
116	Lorenzo Milesi
117	Gonzalo Serrano
	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
121	Cesare Benedetti
122	Jordi Meeus
123	Ryan Mullen
124	Max Schachmann
125	Frederik Wandahl
126	Filip Maciejuk
127	Danny van Poppel
	Soudal Quick-Step
131	Ayco Bastiaens
132	Paul Magnier
133	Tim Merlier
134	Pepijn Reinderink
135	Martin Svrcek
136	Bert Van Lerberghe
137	Warre Vangheluwe
	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
141	Romain Bardet
142	Romain Combaud
144	Patrick Eddy
145	Niklas Märkl
146	Oscar Onley
147	Casper van Uden
148	Bram Welten
	Team Jayco-AlUla
151	Caleb Ewan
152	Elmar Reinders
153	Amund Grøndahl Jansen
154	Jan Maas
155	Jesus David Peña
156	Blake Quick
157	Lucas Hamilton
	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
161	Jonas Vingegaard
162	Wilco Kelderman
163	Per Strand Hagenes
164	Olav Kooij
165	Koen Bouwman
166	Tosh Van der Sande
167	Mick van Dijke
	UAE Team Emirates
171	Jan Christen
172	Felix Grossschartner
173	Vegard Stake Laengen
174	Rafal Majka
175	Sebastian Molano
176	Diego Ulissi
177	Tim Wellens
	Israel-Premier Tech
181	Pascal Ackermann
182	Guillaume Boivin
183	Jakob Fuglsang
184	Hugo Houle
185	Krists Neilands
186	Michael Schwarzmann
187	Jake Stewart
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
191	Xabier Azparren
192	Mark Donovan
193	Gianluca Brambilla
194	Joey Rosskopf
195	Szymon Sajnok
196	Carl Fredrik Hagen
197	Negasi Haylu Abreha
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
201	Alberto Dainese
202	Robin Froidevaux
203	Petr Kelemen
204	Rick Pluimers
205	Roland Thalmann
206	Yannis Voisard
207	Luc Wirtgen
	Polish National Team
211	Marcin Budzinski
212	Michal Paluta
213	Norbert Banaszek
214	Piotr Pekala
215	Radoslaw Fratczak
216	Mateusz Kostanski
217	Kacper Gieryk

2024 Tour de Pologne-Tour of Poland (WT)

81st edition: August 12 - 18, 2024

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