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Friday, August 9: 7th & Final Stage, Bukovina Resort - Bukowina Tatrzańska, 153 km

Stage 7 profile | Stage 7 photos

Matej Mohoric finished almost a minute ahead of his nearest chaser.

Weather at the finish city of Bukowina Tatrzańska at 1:25 PM, local time: 23C (74F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Pavel Sivakov's Team INEOS:

Pavel Sivakov put the finishing touches to an impressive overall victory at the Tour de Pologne. The Team INEOS rider enjoyed great support from his teammates on an undulating final stage on the roads around the Bukowina resort.

Finishing in an elite group of GC contenders, Sivakov held on to a slender two-second margin, which proved enough to claim his second professional stage race win, and first at WorldTour level.

Tao Geoghegan Hart was active in the closing stages, working hard to enliven the final with an acceleration that helped distanced the overnight yellow jersey holder, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).

After securing a pair of bonus seconds late on Geoghegan Hart secured fifth overall, and embraced teammate Sivakov after crossing the line together.

A well executed final-day plan saw Michal Golas head up the road early in a 14-man break. The Pole was able to slot in and ride hard once the GC group forged clear. Salvatore Puccio also got through a lot of work to keep the tempo high, with Sivakov covering late attacks to make sure of the win.

Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Merida) had pushed clear to claim a strong solo stage win, with late attackers ensuring that time bonuses were removed from the equation at the finish.

Back to back overall victories and the team prize in Poland capped off a race of mixed emotions, with the thoughts of the team still with the family, friends and teammates of Bjorg Lambrecht.

Reaction, Gabriel Rasch:
"It's a big win for Pavel. He's going to be super happy!

The first five days were stages where you had to just get to the finish without losing time. Plus we were able to have a go at the sprints with Swifty. Then these last two stages were completely GC focused. They were really hard but good stages for us.

"We had three great cards we could play with Ben, Tao and Pavel. Yesterday was a bit random really as to who would get into the group out of Pavel and Tao. In the end it was Pavel who got up there. Tao certainly had the legs to be up there fighting for the win too. It's been a really good race for those two and it's fantastic to win with a young guy like Pavel."

Complete results:

Stage 7 photos

153 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.515 km/hr

1	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	4hr 4min 42sec
2	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	@ 55sec
3	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	1:07
4	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	1:19
5	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	1:32
6	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	1:57
7	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:15
9	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
10	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
11	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
12	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
13	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
16	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
18	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
19	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
20	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
21	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
22	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
23	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
24	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
25	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	2:21
27	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	2:23
28	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	2:28
29	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	2:29
30	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	2:35
31	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2:50
32	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
33	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	3:21
34	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	3:35
35	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
36	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	4:27
37	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
38	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
39	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
40	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
41	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	s.t.
42	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
43	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
44	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
45	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
46	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
47	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	LÓPEZ Miguel	Astana	4:40
49	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	4:47
50	HIRT Jan	Astana	4:51
51	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:01
52	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:44
53	REKITA Szymon	Poland	s.t.
54	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	7:07
56	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
57	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
58	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
59	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:19
60	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	13:42
61	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
63	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
64	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
65	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
66	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
67	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
68	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
69	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
71	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
72	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
73	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
74	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
75	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
76	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
77	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
78	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	s.t.
79	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
80	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	14:30
81	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	17:37
83	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
84	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
85	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
86	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
87	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	18:24
88	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
89	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
91	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
92	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
93	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
97	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
98	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
99	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
103	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	s.t.
105	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
106	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	s.t.
107	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
108	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
109	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
110	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	19:27

Final GC after stage 7:

• Final GC leader: Pavel Sivakov (Team INEOS)
• Mountains classification winner: Simon Geschke (CCC Team)
• Points classification winner: Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ)
• Team classification winner: Team INEOS

1,042.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.568 km/hr

1	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	26hr 20min 58sec
2	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	@ 2sec
3	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:12
4	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	0:14
5	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
6	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:15
7	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	0:16
8	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
11	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:19
12	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	0:31
13	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	0:39
14	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	0:55
15	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
16	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	1:17
17	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	1:27
18	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	2:08
19	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	2:54
20	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	3:36
21	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	4:21
22	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	4:52
23	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	5:13
24	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	5:37
25	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	5:53
26	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	12:11
27	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	12:28
28	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	13:42
29	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	13:54
30	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	13:56
31	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:21
32	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	14:50
33	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	15:02
35	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	15:16
36	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	15:21
37	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	15:22
38	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	15:43
39	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	16:01
40	LÓPEZ Miguel	Astana	16:39
41	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	17:20
42	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
43	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
45	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
46	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
47	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
48	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
49	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
50	REKITA Szymon	Poland	17:24
51	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	17:40
52	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	17:53
53	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	18:46
54	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	18:53
55	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	19:37
56	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
57	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	20:00
58	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	20:12
59	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	22:24
60	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	25:42
61	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	26:33
62	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	26:34
63	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
64	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	26:35
65	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
66	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
68	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
69	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	27:41
70	HERRADA José	Cofidis	28:52
71	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	28:54
72	CATALDO Dario	Astana	29:23
73	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	30:12
74	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	30:30
75	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
76	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
77	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	31:17
78	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
79	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	31:37
80	HIRT Jan	Astana	31:58
81	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	32:31
82	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
83	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	33:19
84	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	33:45
85	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	36:13
86	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	37:13
87	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	38:33
88	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	39:20
89	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	39:33
90	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	39:45
91	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	39:58
92	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	40:04
93	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	40:39
94	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	40:51
95	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	41:21
96	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	41:24
97	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	41:42
98	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	41:57
99	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	43:22
100	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	44:10
101	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	44:40
102	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
103	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	46:10
104	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	49:18
105	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	50:49
106	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	50:53
107	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	52:50
108	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	52:59
109	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	53:15
110	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	57:51

Stage 7 profile:

Stage 7 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Matej Mohoric is alone and away.

Matej Mohoric gets a brilliant solo win in the Tour of Poland's final stage.

Neilson Powless was second.

Gianluca Brambilla finished third in the stage.

GC 2nd-place Jai Hindley finishes

Stage winner Matej Mohoric

Points classification winner Marc Sarreau

Pavel Sivakov, winner of the 2019 Tour of Poland

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Thursday, August 8: Stage 6, Zakopane - Kościelisko, 160 km

Stage 6 profile | Stage 6 photos

Jonas Vingegaard gets his first pro win in Kościelisko.

Weather at the finish city of Kościelisko at 1:20 PM, local time: 18C (65F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Mark Cavendish did not start.

Here's the race report from third-place Jai Hindley's Team Sunweb.

Awaiting the rider’s at the Tour de Pologne today was the queen stage of the race and one that featured over 3200 metres of climbing, with 160 kilometres on the menu from Zakopane to Kościelisko. With the parcours rolling for most of the stage, it proved to be a difficult day in the saddle.

The battle was intense from the start with numerous teams and riders looking to form the break of the day. Robert Power got into a large group that was 25 riders strong and they initially managed to gain a 45 second advantage over the peloton. However, the gap was never allowed to grow out any further and they were soon brought back. The fight continued before a group of four eventually got clear and formed the breakaway.

The peloton always kept them close and as the kilometres and climbs ticked by, the gap diminished. Coming into the final 50 kilometres an elite group of around 30 riders was what remained of the peloton, with Chris Hamilton, Jai Hindley and Michael Storer riding strongly to represent the team. With the breakaway caught, the counter attacks continued to fly with Hindley very active at the front, joining a group of 16 that broke clear. There was a lack of cooperation in that group and with other teams pulling behind, Storer and Hamilton were soon back in what was now the lead group.

Yet even more attacks came throughout the remainder of the stage, before Hindley forced what was the race winning move with around 12 kilometres to go. The attacking trio caught lone-leader, Swift, before dropping him on the final climb of the day. On the descent Hindley managed to get a small gap but wasn’t able to drop his companions and the trio would fight it out in a sprint to the line. After leading down the descent, Hindley was forced to open up his sprint from the front and ended up finishing in third place: a great result for the young Australian climber with what is his first podium at WorldTour level. Hamilton also rode strongly in the group behind, coming home in ninth place and securing the team’s second top ten finish on the stage. As a result, Hindley sits in third on GC while Hamilton is in eighth, with just tomorrow’s final stage to go.

“It was a really hard but enjoyable day in the saddle, with basically the majority of the day just full-gas racing,” commented Hindley at the finish. “The whole team rode really well as a unit to always keep Storer, Hamilton and I in a good position leading into every climb. After the second last climb of the day I made a move and was later joined by Sivakov and Vingegaard, and we then shared the work until the finish where we sprinted for the win. It wasn’t my best sprint but I’m pretty chuffed to get my first WorldTour podium. I’m also looking forward to the final day of racing tomorrow as I think we still have some good cards to play.”

Team Sunweb coach Marc Reef added: “It was a hard day in Poland. The goal from the start was to be in the bigger groups and later on to race and try to get into a situation that would lead to a good result. We still had Jai, Chris and Michael up in the first group coming into the finale; who were all doing a great race. Attacks were constant but we were always there and after the top of the second last climb Jai attacked with Vingegaard and Sivakov. He did a very strong final; his first time on a WorldTour podium that also saw him move up to third on GC too. Chris also finished well, coming in ninth place on the stage and now sits in eighth place on GC. With two guys in the top ten before tomorrow’s last stage, everything is still possible!”

Reef continued: “Max [Kanter] abandoned the race today as a precaution after his injury earlier in the year at the Tour Down Under. The plan was always to take it day-by-day and Max has came through the first five days of racing in Poland well and without any issues. He will go home to rest and recover, focusing on his next races. Asbjørn also stopped today after suffering from back pain due to a crash earlier in the stage. We had a good day today and we’ll continue to look for opportunities with the riders still in the race tomorrow.”

Complete results:

Stage 6 photos

160 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.832 km/hr

1	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 7min 13sec
2	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
3	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
4	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	@ 8sec
5	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	0:10
6	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
9	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
10	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
11	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
12	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:13
13	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	0:25
14	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	0:33
15	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	0:47
16	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
17	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	0:49
18	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
19	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	0:51
20	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	1:15
21	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	1:33
22	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	1:47
23	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	2:06
24	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:55
25	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
26	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
28	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	4:28
29	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	5:42
30	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:07
31	REKITA Szymon	Poland	12:51
32	LÓPEZ Miguel	Astana	14:08
33	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:02
34	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
35	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
36	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
37	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
40	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
41	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
42	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
43	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
44	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
45	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
46	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
49	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
50	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
51	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
52	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
53	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
55	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
56	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
58	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
59	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
60	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
62	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	s.t.
69	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
70	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
71	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
72	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
74	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
76	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
77	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
78	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
79	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
80	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
81	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
82	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
83	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
84	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	HIRT Jan	Astana	15:11
86	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	20:58
87	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	s.t.
88	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
89	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	s.t.
90	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
91	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
92	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
94	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
95	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
96	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
97	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
98	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
99	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
100	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
101	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
102	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	s.t.
103	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
104	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
105	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
106	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
107	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
110	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
111	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
114	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
115	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	25:53
118	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
121	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
122	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	26:00
123	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	s.t.
124	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
125	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

889.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.014 km/hr

1	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	22hr 13min 57sec
2	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	@ 4sec
3	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	0:06
4	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:17
5	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	0:18
6	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:19
7	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	0:20
8	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
11	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
12	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:23
13	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	0:35
14	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	0:43
15	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	0:49
16	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	0:59
17	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
18	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	1:01
19	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	1:25
20	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	1:57
21	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	2:16
22	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:58
23	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
24	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	3:05
25	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
26	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	3:45
28	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	4:38
29	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	5:52
30	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:06
31	REKITA Szymon	Poland	12:59
32	LÓPEZ Miguel	Astana	14:18
33	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	15:06
34	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
35	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:10
36	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	15:11
37	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:12
38	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
39	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
41	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
42	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
43	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
44	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
46	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
47	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
50	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
51	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
52	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
53	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
54	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
56	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
57	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
58	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
59	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
60	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
62	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
63	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
64	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
65	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
66	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
67	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
68	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
69	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
70	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
72	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
73	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	16:18
75	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	17:14
76	HERRADA José	Cofidis	17:29
77	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	17:44
78	CATALDO Dario	Astana	18:00
79	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	18:01
80	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	19:40
81	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	20:14
82	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	21:08
83	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
84	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
85	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	22:22
87	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	23:28
88	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	23:34
89	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	23:40
90	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	23:59
92	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	24:02
93	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	24:03
94	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	24:06
95	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	24:34
96	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	24:46
97	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	24:50
98	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	25:19
99	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	25:37
100	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	25:52
101	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	26:03
102	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	26:43
103	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	27:10
104	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	27:17
105	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	27:49
106	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	28:05
107	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	28:27
108	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	28:35
109	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
110	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
111	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
112	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
113	HIRT Jan	Astana	29:26
114	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	29:30
115	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	30:05
116	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	32:17
117	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	32:37
118	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	33:13
119	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	34:44
120	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	34:48
121	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	35:51
122	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	36:45
123	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	37:03
124	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	37:10
125	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	41:46

Stage 6 profile:

Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Looks like a nice day for a race in Poland

It was a very hilly day. Here's Petr Vakoc enjoying one of the slopes.

Simon Geschke

Miguel Lopez

Alexandre Geniez

Danny Van Poppel

Alexandre Edmondson

John Degenkolb

The stage belongs to Jonas Vingegaard. Pavel Sivakov and Jai Hindley, just behind him, were given the same time.

The new GC leader, Jonas Vingegaard

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Wednesday, August 7: Stage 5, Kopalnia Soli -  Bielsko Biała, 154 km

Stage 5 profile | Stage 5 photos

Luka Mezgec is the day's fastest rider.

Weather at the finish city of Bielsko-Biała at 2:00 PM, local time: 27C (80F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Luka Mezgec's Mitchelton-Scott team.

Slovenian Luka Mezgec sprinted to his second stage win of the week with a stunning kick to the line on stage five of the Tour of Poland.

After yesterday’s neutralised stage in memory of Bjorg Lambrecht, the peloton was back racing again and it was Mezgec who timed his sprint to perfection to take a commanding victory in Bielsko-Biala.

It was a fast and attacking start to the day with the first major climbs of the race ahead of the peloton on the 153.8-kilometre stage. Eventually four riders broke clear of the field, but the bunch kept them on a tight leash in the opening kilometres before the pace settled down.

The four leaders were never allowed an advantage of much more than three minutes with the sprint teams patrolling the front of the peloton and keeping the gap in check. The two category-two climbs did little to alter the time gap, but the final ascent of the day, a category-one ramp, was approaching.

The gap had fallen to just one-minute at the foot of the climb and Mitchelton-SCOTT moved to the head of the bunch as they set about upping the tempo in an attempt to rid the peloton of the pure sprinters. Australian Nick Schultz and Ethiopian Tsgabu Grmay were tasked with driving the pace and the increase in tempo saw the end of the breakaway before the summit.

But with 34-kilometres still to go, the descent of the climb presented an opportunity for attacks and a lone rider jumped clear of the bunch on the downhill. As the race headed onto the finishing circuit, Grmay bridged across to the solo leader with one more rider to create a strong group of three.

The trio worked well together to establish a gap of 30-seconds around the tricky finishing loop, but the sprint teams were starting to ramp it up behind with another sprint on the cards. Grmay and his fellow attackers were eventually caught as they headed onto the final lap as the bunch were strung out through the streets.

Mezgec was hovering around the head of the pack after being brought into position by his Mitchelton-SCOTT teammates and the 30-year-old found himself sat in third wheel under the flamme rouge. The long drag to the line meant that timing was key and Mezgec left it late to open up his sprint, but once he kicked there was no catching him as he took another convincing win.

Luka Mezgec:
“During the stage the pace was really slow, so I started chatting with Sam Bewley about what if we put two guys on front to go full on the last climb to try and get rid of some sprinters or tire their legs. So, we put two climbers on the front and a few guys got dropped.”

“In the meeting before the stage I said ‘watch for attacks on the finishing laps’ because we know it’s hard and uphill a bit. And that’s what happened, but we had Tsgabu there and it was perfect, it took a lot of pressure off us and for me, I wasn’t thinking about the gap, I was just thinking if we catch them I will sprint, if not we have Tsgabu there.”

“I positioned myself along with Sam Bewley in the perfect position behind Ben Swift because I saw the whole INEOS team were on the front. I was really going deep, it’s been a while since I went so deep, I didn’t know how I was feeling but I got a lot of benefit from altitude training and I’ve lost two-kilos, so that helped a lot on a finish like today.”

“I’m really happy because I was working hard for this, I was really motivated and to get these results straight away it’s a big relief and a sign that the training has been working.”

Gene Bates (Sports Director):
"Firstly it’s important to acknowledge what happened yesterday and hats off to everyone for being able to get up and race again today, it was a hard day, especially after yesterday being so emotionally draining for everyone. But the guys were great, very professional and they got back out there."

"We wanted to make the last climb hard to try and put some of the other sprinters in difficultly, which the guys did, I think they did a really good job. Once we got onto the circuit, having Tsgabu in the move was excellent and took the pressure off us, so it was playing into Luka’s hands all the time."

"The guys delivered him into a good position and he just stayed in the wheels, then when it was his time to go he went and obviously he was the strongest again today. An uphill, headwind sprint isn’t easy and he made it look easy."

"We’ve got two really hard days coming up, nothing long in terms of climbing, but very steep and relentless with the number of times we hit the climbs. We’ll rally around Mikel (Nieve), but we’ve got some good options to be aggressive with as well and we’ll go into the next couple of days with an open plan."

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

154 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.189 km/hr

1	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	3hr 49min 55sec
2	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
3	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
4	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
5	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
8	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
10	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
13	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
15	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
19	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
22	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
25	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
26	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
27	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
28	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
30	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
31	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
32	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
33	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
34	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	LÓPEZ Miguel	Astana	s.t.
36	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
39	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
41	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
42	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
43	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
44	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
46	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
48	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
49	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
50	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
51	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
52	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
53	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
54	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
55	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
56	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
57	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
58	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	0:12
59	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	s.t.
60	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
61	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	0:19
62	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
63	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	0:32
64	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
65	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
67	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
68	REKITA Szymon	Poland	s.t.
69	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
70	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
71	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
72	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	0:48
73	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	0:58
74	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	1:02
75	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
77	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
78	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
79	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
80	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	1:09
81	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	1:15
82	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:30
83	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
84	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	1:46
85	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
87	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	1:57
88	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	2:02
89	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
90	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	s.t.
91	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
92	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
93	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
94	HERRADA José	Cofidis	2:17
95	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
96	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	2:32
97	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
98	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
99	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	CATALDO Dario	Astana	2:48
101	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	2:54
102	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
103	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
104	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	3:02
105	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	3:33
106	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	3:38
107	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
108	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
109	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
110	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	4:20
111	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	4:28
112	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:25
113	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	5:36
114	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:11
115	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
116	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	6:47
117	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	7:27
118	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
119	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
121	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
122	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
123	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
124	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
125	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
126	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
127	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
128	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	s.t.
129	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	s.t.
130	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
131	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	8:22
132	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
133	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	9:46
134	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
135	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
136	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
138	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
139	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
140	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
141	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
142	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	10:39
143	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
144	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
146	KUREK Adrian	Poland	s.t.
147	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

729.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.291 km/hr

1	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	18hr 6min 30sec
2	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 4sec
3	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	0:16
4	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	0:18
5	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	0:20
6	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:22
7	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:23
8	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	0:24
9	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
11	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
14	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
15	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
17	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
18	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
19	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
20	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
21	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
22	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
23	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
24	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
25	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
26	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
27	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
28	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Astana	s.t.
29	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
32	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
33	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
34	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
35	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
37	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
38	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
41	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
43	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
44	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
45	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
48	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
49	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
50	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
51	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
53	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
54	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
55	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
56	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
57	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	0:36
58	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	0:43
60	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	REKITA Szymon	Poland	0:54
62	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	0:56
63	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
64	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
66	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
67	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
68	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
69	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	1:12
71	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	1:26
72	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
73	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
74	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
75	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
76	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	1:39
78	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:54
79	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	2:10
80	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	2:26
81	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
82	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
83	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	2:28
84	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	2:31
85	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	2:41
86	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
87	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	2:44
88	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	2:47
89	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	2:50
90	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	2:56
91	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	CATALDO Dario	Astana	3:12
94	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	3:15
95	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	3:18
96	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
97	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	3:19
98	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	3:22
99	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	3:24
100	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:47
101	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	4:02
102	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	4:06
103	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	4:35
104	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	4:44
105	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	4:52
106	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	4:53
107	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	4:59
108	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	5:26
109	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:49
110	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	6:00
111	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:31
112	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	6:55
113	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	7:05
114	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	7:43
115	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	7:51
116	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
117	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
118	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
119	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
120	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	7:56
121	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	8:46
122	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	9:05
123	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
124	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	9:21
125	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain Merida	9:38
126	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	9:46
127	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	10:05
128	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	10:10
129	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
130	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	11:03
131	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	11:04
132	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	11:06
133	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	11:24
134	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
135	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
136	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	11:53
137	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:11
138	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12:22
139	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	12:29
140	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	13:48
141	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	14:04
142	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	14:15
143	HIRT Jan	Astana	14:29
144	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	15:35
145	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	16:00
146	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	16:26
147	KUREK Adrian	Poland	17:03

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Gazprom-Rusvelo is competing in the Tour of Poland.

Pawel Poljanski leads the pack in Bielsko Biała.

Bob Jungels

Max Kanter

Luka Mezgec wins the fifth stage.

GC leader Pascal Ackermann just after the stage finish.

Stage winner Luka Mezgec

Pascal Ackermann remains the GC leader.

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Tuesday, August 6: Stage 4, Jaworzno - Śląski, Kocierz, 173 133.7 km

Stage 4 profile | Photos

As a tribute to Bjorg Lambrecht, who died after falling in stage three, stage four will be neutralized. The teams will take turns leading the peloton with Lambrecht's Lotto-Soudal team crossing the finish line first.

Stage 4 profile:

Since Bjorg Lambrecht's death, the organizer's web site has been greyed out.

Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Lotto-Soudal leads the peloton at the start.

The mourning peloton begins the neutralized stage.

Pascal Ackerman at the stage start.

Lotto Soudal finishes the stage. The name of their fallen comrade is on the banner.

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Monday, August 5: Stage 3, Chorzów - Zabrze, 150.5 km

Stage 3 profile

Pascal Ackermann wins stage three. The rider crossing the line first, Fabio Jakobsen, was relegated for not holding his line in the sprint. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Zabrze at 3:30 PM, local time: 27C (80F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest as 16 km/hr (10 mph). Only a slight chance of rain during the aftenoon.

The race: With profound sadness we report that Lotto-Soudal rider Bjorg Lambrecht died after crashing late in the stage.

Here is the report from winner Pascal Ackermann's Bora-hansgrohe team.

The third stage of the 76th Tour de Pologne was overshadowed by a tragic accident and passing away of a member of the cycling family, Bjorg Lambrecht from Lotto-Soudal.

The race started with a three-man breakaway, which had a maximum gap of more than three minutes, while BORA – hansgrohe stayed in the main field. With 50 km to go, the young Lotto -Soudal rider crashed and was taken to the hospital, where he later passed away. While nobody in the race was informed about this tragic news, the race continued. The breakaway was caught on the final lap with 5 km to go. BORA – hansgrohe formed their lead-out for their sprinter and leader of the Tour de Pologne, Pascal Ackermann.

In a hectic bunch sprint Pascal Ackermann crossed the line in second place, but after the disqualification of Fabio Jakobsen, the BORA – hansgrohe rider was announced as the winner of the stage. A result that doesn’t matter on a day where a member of the cycling family lost his life way too early.

“Today, the result of the race doesn’t matter. I was devastated to hear today’s tragic news and I would like to personally send my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Bjorg Lambrecht and everyone at Lotto - Soudal.” – Pascal Ackermann

“Everyone at BORA - hansgrohe is deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Bjorg Lambrecht. Our deepest sympathies go out to Bjorg’s family and friends and the Lotto-Soudal team at this very sad time. The cycling family is deeply shocked and heartbroken about this sad news.” 

Complete results:

150.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.065 km/hr

1	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 29min 41sec
2	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
6	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
7	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
9	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
10	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
11	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
13	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
14	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
15	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
17	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
18	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
19	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
20	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
24	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
26	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
27	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
28	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
29	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
30	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
31	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
33	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
34	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Astana	s.t.
35	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
36	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
38	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
39	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
40	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
41	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
43	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
44	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
45	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
46	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
47	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
49	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
50	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
51	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
52	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
54	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
56	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
57	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
58	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
60	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
62	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
63	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
64	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
65	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	s.t.
67	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
68	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
69	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
70	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
71	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
72	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
73	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
74	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
75	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
77	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
79	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
80	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
81	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
82	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
83	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
85	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
87	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
89	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
90	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
91	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
92	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
93	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
94	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
97	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	s.t.
99	MÄDER Gino	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
101	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
102	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
103	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
104	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
105	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
106	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
107	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
108	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
109	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
110	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
113	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
114	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
115	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
117	REKITA Szymon	Poland	s.t.
118	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
119	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
121	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
122	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
123	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	s.t.
124	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
125	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
128	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
129	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
130	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
131	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	0:24
132	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	s.t.
133	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	0:33
134	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
135	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
136	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
137	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
138	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:47
139	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	s.t.
140	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
141	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	0:55
142	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	0:59
143	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	1:04
144	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	1:29
145	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
146	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	1:55
147	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:21
148	KUREK Adrian	Poland	4:04
149	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	5:16

GC after stage 3:

439.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.924 km/hr

1	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	9hr 59min 57sec
2	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 12sec
3	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	0:14
4	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	0:16
5	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	0:17
6	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	0:18
7	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:20
8	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	0:22
9	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	0:23
11	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	0:24
12	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
16	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
17	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
20	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
21	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
24	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
25	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
26	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
27	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
30	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
31	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
32	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
33	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
34	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
37	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
38	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
39	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
40	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
41	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
42	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
44	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
45	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Astana	s.t.
46	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
47	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
48	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
49	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
50	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
51	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
53	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
56	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
57	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
58	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
59	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
60	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
61	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
62	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
63	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
64	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
66	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
67	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
68	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
69	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
72	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
74	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
75	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
76	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
79	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
80	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
81	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
83	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
84	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
85	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
87	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
88	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
89	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
90	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
91	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
92	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
93	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
94	REKITA Szymon	Poland	s.t.
95	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
96	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
97	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
102	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
104	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
105	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
106	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
107	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
109	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
110	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	0:48
111	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	1:13
112	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	1:15
113	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	1:20
114	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	1:30
116	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	1:38
117	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
118	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	s.t.
119	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
120	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
121	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
122	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	1:53
124	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	1:54
125	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	2:07
126	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain Merida	2:11
127	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:17
128	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	2:19
129	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	s.t.
130	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:25
131	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	2:33
132	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	2:38
133	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	3:13
134	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	3:15
135	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	3:17
136	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	3:36
137	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	3:37
138	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	4:02
139	MÄDER Gino	Dimension Data	4:06
140	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	4:56
141	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	5:02
142	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	5:24
143	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	5:42
144	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	5:47
145	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	5:59
146	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:08
147	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:11
148	KUREK Adrian	Poland	6:24
149	HIRT Jan	Astana	7:02

Stage 3 profile

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Sunday, August 4: Stage 2, Tarnowskie Góry - Katowice, 152.7 km

Stage 2 profile

Luka Mezgec takes stage two.

Weather at the finish city of Katowice at 1:45 PM, local time: 22C (72F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). 50% chance of rain in the early afternoon.

The race: GC leader Pascal Ackermann's Bora-hansgrohe team sent me this summary.

The second day of the race saw the riders tackling a similarly undulated parcours to the first stage in Kraków, with two categorized climbs over its 153km length. Both climbs coming towards the end of the stage, where the route covered a 20km finishing circuit four times. While there was a slight kick with one kilometer to go, the sprint to the line was very fast and without any doubt everything was set-up for the fast men.

Like yesterday, the race saw an early breakaway of two riders. The break established a lead of more than three minutes, while BORA – hansgrohe’s Maciej Bodnar took control over the main field. The BORA – hansgrohe train perfectly set up the chance for Ackerman by controlling the front of the peloton the whole day.
It took a long time, but on the last lap, the peloton caught the escapees and another bunch sprint was on the cards. The BORA – hansgrohe train formed once again for their leader and showed a strong effort.

In a chaotic finale, Pascal Ackermann was boxed in and could not start his sprint properly. In the end the German sprinter took a strong third place. Following this result, he defended his lead in both the overall and points classifications.

From the Finish Line:
“You cannot win every day. We knew already from last year, that this stage is the fastest you are going to do in the year. It was so chaotic, luckily, there haven’t been any crashes. At the end I was a little bit boxed in and Mezgecjust came from the back, overtaking us all. However, once again the team did an amazing job, protecting and delivering me perfectly. I am still happy with the result, because I defended both, the leader’s and the points classification. Tomorrow is another day and therefore another chance to defend the jersey. – Pascal Ackermann

“After our great start yesterday, we went into today’s stage to defend the jersey and to bring Pascal into a good position for the sprint again. We knew that today’s stage will end in a hectic bunch sprint, high speed and running slightly downhill. It hasn’t worked out today but nevertheless the guys showed once again a great performance and were a real Band of Brothers, working for everyone and being there for every one of their teammates. We defended the jersey today and so we will try to do it tomorrow too.” – Christian Pömer, Sports Director

Complete results:

152.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.873 km/hr

1	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	3hr 32min 42sec
2	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
7	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
8	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
10	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
11	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
13	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
14	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
15	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
17	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
19	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
20	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
21	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
25	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
27	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
29	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
30	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
32	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
34	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
35	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
36	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
37	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
38	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
40	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
41	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
42	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
43	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
46	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
48	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
49	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	s.t.
50	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
51	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
52	LÓPEZ Miguel	Astana	s.t.
53	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
54	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
56	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
57	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
58	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
59	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
60	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
62	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
63	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
64	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
65	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
66	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
67	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
68	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
69	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
72	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
73	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
74	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
75	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
76	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
77	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	s.t.
78	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
79	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
80	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
81	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
82	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
83	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
84	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
85	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
88	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
89	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
90	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
91	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
92	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
93	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
94	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
95	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
96	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
97	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
98	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
99	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
101	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
102	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
103	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
104	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
105	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
106	VLASOV Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
107	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
108	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
109	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
110	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
111	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
114	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
116	REKITA Szymon	Poland	s.t.
117	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
119	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
120	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
121	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	@ 24sec
122	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	0:28
123	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	0:56
124	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
125	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	1:06
126	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
128	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
129	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	1:14
130	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
131	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	s.t.
132	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
133	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
134	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
135	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
136	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
138	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
139	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	1:36
140	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:01
141	KUREK Adrian	Poland	s.t.
142	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:09
143	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	0:00
144	HIRT Jan	Astana	2:34
145	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	3:03
146	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	3:12
147	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	3:24
148	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	3:34
149	MÄDER Gino	Dimension Data	3:42
150	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	3:47
151	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	3:54

GC after stage 2

288.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.366 km/hr

1	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	6hr 30min 26sec
2	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	@ 1sec
3	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	0:02
4	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	0:04
5	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	0:06
6	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	0:07
7	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:10
8	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	0:12
9	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	0:13
11	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	0:14
12	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
13	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
14	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
17	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
18	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
20	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
21	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
22	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
24	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
26	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
27	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
28	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
29	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
30	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
31	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
32	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
33	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
34	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
35	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
36	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
37	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
38	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
39	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
41	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
42	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
43	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
45	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
46	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
48	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
49	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
50	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
51	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
52	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
53	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
54	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
55	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
56	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
57	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
58	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
59	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
60	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
62	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
63	LÓPEZ Miguel	Astana	s.t.
64	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
65	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
66	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
68	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
69	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
71	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
72	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
73	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
74	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
75	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
76	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
77	VLASOV Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
78	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
79	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
80	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
81	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
83	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
85	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
86	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
87	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
88	REKITA Szymon	Poland	s.t.
89	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
90	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
93	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
94	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
97	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
99	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
100	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
101	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
103	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
104	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
106	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
107	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
109	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
110	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
111	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
113	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
114	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
115	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	0:38
116	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	1:03
117	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	1:05
118	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	s.t.
119	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	1:10
120	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
121	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	1:20
122	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	1:28
124	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
125	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
126	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
128	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
129	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
130	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
131	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
132	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	1:41
133	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	2:01
134	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:07
135	KUREK Adrian	Poland	2:12
136	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:15
137	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	2:16
138	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	3:03
139	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	3:05
140	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	3:07
141	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	3:26
142	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	3:38
143	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	3:52
144	MÄDER Gino	Dimension Data	3:56
145	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	4:08
146	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	4:13
147	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	4:19
148	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	4:33
149	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:14
150	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	5:16
151	HIRT Jan	Astana	6:19

Stage 2 profile:

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Saturday, August 3: Stage 1: Kraków – Kraków, 136 km

Stage 1 profile | Stage 1 photos

Pascal Ackermann takes the first stage.

Weather at Kraków at 2:00 PM, local time: 22C (71F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). 50% chance of rain in the mid-afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from winner Pascal Ackermann's Team Bora-hansgrohe.

The 76th edition of the Tour de Pologne kicked off with a 132km long stage with a start in one of Europe´s biggest main squares in Krakow city centre. After 120km of racing, the peloton returned to Krakow for the final circuits. Three 4km long laps awaited the riders before Pascal Ackermann was announced the winner of today´s first stage.

The day’s break formed as two riders went up the roads. The peloton held the breakaway on a tight leash and gave them no more than two minutes advantage. BORA – hansgrohe stayed in the peloton and took control of the pace. Especially Maciej Bodnar stayed at the front of the race, controlling the temoo. The leading duo was gone for most of the stage, however with only 14km remaining the breakaway was caught and the expected bunch sprint was set up.

The BORA - hansgrohe team showed a great performance, heading to the front of the race on the final laps of the stage. On the penultimate lap the team started their lead-out to bring Pascal Ackermann into a perfect position. The German sprinter rewarded their efforts by taking yet another impressive win after opening his sprint early. With this opening victory, Pascal Ackermann also takes home the leader’s jersey along with the white jersey for the best sprinter.

From the Finish Line:
“I knew the stage from last year, therefore I told my lead-out man Rudi that he should stay calm until the final metres and it worked out perfectly. The whole team did a stellar job today, Bodi was at the front of the peloton for nearly the whole stage, setting the pace. Then Cesare, Rafal, Pawel and Davide brought me into position and last but not least Rudi, who did an amazing lead-out again. I am super happy with my third win here in Poland, the spectators are incredible and it makes so much fun to ride here, of course I want to try to win tomorrow again, especially in the leader’s jersey.”  - Pascal Ackermann

“Three times in a row we were able to take a win on the Tour de Pologne opener, which makes us really proud. It showed that our plan with a break and altitude camp worked out. Maciej did a fantastic job today, he was at the front pulling and setting the pace for almost the whole stage. But also, a big complement to our GC contenders, who did a good job in their lead-out positions. Of course, we will try to defend the jersey tomorrow and want to achieve again another great result.” – Christian Pömer, Sports Director

Complete results:

Stage 1 photos

136 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.851 km/hr

1	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	2hr 57min 58sec
2	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
4	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
5	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
7	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
8	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
9	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
11	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
14	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
16	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
17	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
18	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
19	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
20	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
21	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
23	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
25	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
26	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
27	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
28	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
29	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
30	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
31	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	s.t.
32	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	HAGEN Carl	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
34	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
35	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
37	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
39	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
40	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
41	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
43	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
44	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
45	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
46	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
47	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
48	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
49	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
50	MÄDER Gino	Dimension Data	s.t.
51	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
52	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
53	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
55	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
56	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
57	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
58	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
59	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
60	VLASOV Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
61	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
62	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
63	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
64	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
65	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
68	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	s.t.
69	REKITA Szymon	Poland	s.t.
70	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
72	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
74	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
75	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
76	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
78	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
79	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
80	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
81	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
82	LÓPEZ Miguel	Astana	s.t.
83	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
84	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
86	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
87	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
90	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
91	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
92	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
94	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
95	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
97	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
98	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
103	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
104	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
105	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
106	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
107	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
108	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
109	HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
110	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
111	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
113	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
114	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
115	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
116	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
117	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
118	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
119	KUREK Adrian	Poland	s.t.
120	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
123	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
127	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	s.t.
128	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
129	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
130	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
131	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
132	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
133	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
134	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
135	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	@ 25sec
136	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	0:32
137	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	0:49
138	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	0:51
139	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
140	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	0:56
141	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	1:13
142	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	1:47
143	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
144	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:53
145	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	1:59
146	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	0:59
147	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	2:51
148	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
149	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
150	HIRT Jan	Astana	3:31
151	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	3:38

GC after stage 1:

1	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	2hr 57min 48sec
2	KACZMAREK Jakub	Poland	@ 3sec
3	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	0:04
4	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
5	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:06
6	KUREK Adrian	Poland	0:07
7	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	0:09
8	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	0:10
10	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
12	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
13	FRANCZAK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
14	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
16	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
21	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
22	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
24	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
25	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
26	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
28	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
30	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
31	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Education First	s.t.
33	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
34	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
35	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	s.t.
36	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
38	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
39	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
40	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
41	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
43	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
44	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
45	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
46	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
47	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
48	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
49	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis	s.t.
50	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
51	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
52	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
53	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
54	MÄDER Gino	Dimension Data	s.t.
55	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
56	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
57	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
58	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
59	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
60	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
61	PATERSKI Maciej	Poland	s.t.
62	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
63	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
64	VLASOV Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
65	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
66	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
67	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
68	VAKOC Petr	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
69	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	s.t.
71	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	Poland	s.t.
72	REKITA Szymon	Poland	s.t.
73	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
75	KAMSTRA Brian	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
77	VILLALOBOS Luis	EF Education First	s.t.
78	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
79	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
81	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
82	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
83	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
84	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
85	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Astana	s.t.
86	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
87	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
89	CIEŚLIK Paweł	Poland	s.t.
90	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
91	GENIEZ Alexandre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
92	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
93	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
94	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
95	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
97	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	POWLESS Neilson	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
100	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
101	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
104	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
106	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
107	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
108	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
109	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
110	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
111	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
112	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
113	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
114	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
115	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis	s.t.
117	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
118	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
119	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
120	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
121	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	NAVARRO Daniel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
124	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
128	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
129	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
130	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
131	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
132	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
133	DE BOD Stefan	Dimension Data	s.t.
134	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
135	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	0:35
136	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	0:42
137	GRADEK Kamil	CCC Team	0:59
138	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	1:01
139	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
140	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	1:06
141	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	1:09
142	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	1:23
143	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	1:57
144	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
145	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:03
146	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	2:09
147	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	3:01
148	SERRY Pieter	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
149	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
150	HIRT Jan	Astana	3:41
151	CAVENDISH Mark	Dimension Data	3:48

Stage 1 profile:

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

CCC Team is presented before the start.

Mark Cavendish before the start. He still doesn't seem to have returned to his old self after getting mononucleosis (Epstein-Barr Virus) a couple of years ago. We'll see at the Tour of Poland. In stage 1 he was caught in a crash just before the sprint.

Rafal Majka

Italian champion Davide Formolo

It's about time to race.

Pascal Ackermann wins stage one.

Pascal Ackermann enjoys his stage win.

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Start list with back numbers, August 2, 2019:

	TEAM INEOS
1	DOULL Owain
2	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
3	GOLAS Michal
4	KIRYIENKA Vasil
5	PUCCIO Salvatore
6	SIVAKOV Pavel
7	SWIFT Ben
	DECEUNINCK -QUICK STEP
11	CAVAGNA Rémi
12	JAKOBSEN Fabio
13	JUNGELS Bob
14	KNOX James
15	SABATINI Fabio
16	SERRY Pieter
17	VAKOC Petr
	BORA-HANSGROHE
21	ACKERMANN Pascal
22	BENEDETTI Cesare
23	BODNAR Maciej
24	FORMOLO Davide
25	MAJKA Rafal
26	POLJANSKI Pawel
27	SELIG Rüdiger
	JUMBO-VISMA
31	HOFSTEDE Lennard
32	GESINK Robert
33	POWLESS Neilson
34	TOLHOEK Antwan
35	VAN DER HOORN Taco
36	VAN POPPEL Danny
37	VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
	ASTANA
41	CATALDO Dario
42	CONTRERAS Rodrigo
43	HIRT Jan
44	IZAGUIRRE Jon
45	KUDUS Merhawi
46	LÓPEZ Miguel
47	STALNOV Nikita
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
51	CONSONNI Simone
52	CONTI Valerio
53	GAVIRIA Fernando
54	MORI Manuele
55	RAVASI Edward
56	PETILLI Simone
57	ULISSI Diego
	MOVISTAR
61	ANACONA Winner
62	BETANCUR Carlos
63	FERNANDEZ Rubén
64	PRADES Eduard
65	ROJAS Jose
66	SEPULVEDA Eduardo
67	VALLS Rafael
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
71	FENG Chun Kai
72	MOHORIC Matej
73	NOVAK Domen
74	PERNSTEINER Hermann
75	PIBERNIK Luka
76	POZZOVIVO Domenico
77	TRATNIK Jan
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
81	ARMIRAIL Bruno
82	DELAGE Mickael
83	FRANKINY Kilian
84	SARREAU Marc
85	SEIGLE Romain
86	THOMAS Benjamin
87	VINCENT Leo
	TEAM SUNWEB
91	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn
92	HAMILTON Chris
93	HINDLEY Jai
94	POWER Robert
95	KANTER Max
96	STORER Michael
97	WALSCHEID Max
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT
101	BEWLEY Sam
102	EDMONDSON Alexander
103	GRMAY Tsgabu
104	HOWSON Damien
105	MEZGEC Luka
106	NIEVE Mikel
107	SCHULTZ Nicholas
	EF EDUCATION FIRST
111	MODOLO Sacha
112	BROWN Nathan
113	HIGUITA Sergio
114	BENNETT Sean
115	OWEN Logan
116	VAN DEN BERG Julius
117	VILLALOBOS Luis
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
121	BEPPU Fumiyuki
122	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
123	CONCI Nicola
124	DEGENKOLB John
125	GOGL Michael
126	PEDERSEN Mads
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
131	BOUCHARD Geoffrey
132	CHEVRIER Clement
133	DILLIER Silvan
134	GENIEZ Alexandre
135	JAUREGUI Quentin
136	LATOUR Pierre
137	VENTURINI Clément
	LOTTO SOUDAL
141	ARMEE Sander
142	HAGEN Carl Fredrik
143	LAMBRECHT Bjorg
144	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
145	VANHOUCKE Harm
146	WALLAYS Jelle
147	WOUTERS Enzo
	CCC TEAM
151	ANTUNES Manuel
152	GESCHKE Simon
153	GRADEK Kamil
154	MARECZKO Jakub
155	OWSIAN Lukasz
156	PAUWELS Serge
157	BERNAS Pawel
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
161	BATTAGLIN Enrico
162	FABBRO Matteo
163	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
164	KOCHETKOV Pavel
165	NAVARRO Daniel
166	SPILAK Simon
167	STRAKHOV Dmitrii
	DIMENSION DATA
171	CAVENDISH Mark
172	DE BOD Stefan
173	EISEL Bernhard
174	GASPAROTTO Enrico
175	MÄDER Gino
176	O'CONNOR Ben
177	VENTER Jacobus
	POLAND
181	CIESLIK Pawel
182	FRANCZAK Pawel
183	KACZMAREK Jakub
184	KUREK Adrian
185	PATERSKI Maciej
186	REKITA Szymon
187	RUTKIEWICZ Marek
	COFIDIS
191	ATAPUMA Darwin
192	EDET Nicolas
193	FORTIN Filippo
194	HANSEN Jesper
195	HERRADAJosé
196	LE TURNIER Mathias
197	MATE Luis
	GAZPROM-RUSVELO
201	ARSLANOV Ildar
202	CHERKASOV Nikolay
203	ROVNY Ivan
204	SHALUNOV Evgeny
205	SHILOV Sergey
206	STASH Mamyr
207	VLASOV Aleksander
	NOVO NORDISK
211	BRAND Sam
212	HENTTALA Joonas
213	KAMSTRA Brian
214	KUSZTOR Peter
215	LOZANO RIBA David
216	PERON Andrea
217	PLANET Charles