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2023 Tour de Pologne-Tour of Poland (WT)

80th edition: July 29 - August 4, 2023

Here's the map of the 2023 Tour of Poland. 1,130 kilometers

Friday, August 4: 7th & Final Stage, Zabrze - Kraków, 166.6 km

Stage 7 map & profile

Tim Merlier wins the final stage. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

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Weather at the finish city of Kraków at 1:35 PM, local time: 23C (74F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The stage: Here is the race organizer's preview of stage 7: The peloton will ride almost 167 kilometres from Zabrze to Kraków, where the Tour de Pologne will traditionally end. The finishing line will be situated at Kraków’s Błonia; before that, the riders will ride three laps through the streets of the city. Before they reach Kraków, they will compete for the LOTTO Intermediate Sprint in Wilamowice, the PZU KOM 3rd cat. in Witanowice and Kaszów, and the Special Sprint SOUDAL – 95 years of the Tour de Pologne in Budzyń. Also, the podium ceremony of the winner of the 80th Tour de Pologne will take place at the Krakowskie Błonia.

The race: Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) did not start.

Here's the race report from stage winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Tim Merlier racked up Soudal Quick-Step’s 38th victory since the start of the season after unleashing another powerful sprint in the final 300 meters of the last stage in Krakow. The Belgian, who kicked off the Tour de Pologne last Saturday by claiming the win on the opening day in Poznan, came off the wheel of Bert Van Lerberghe – who produced a top lead-out – and held off the late charge of Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling) to win by a wheel.

One of the best sprinters of the year, Merlier became the first Belgian rider in the last six decades to score two victories at a single edition of the Tour de Pologne, a feat which makes this season his most successful so far in terms of number of wins.

The intermediate sprint at Wilamowice: 1. Matej Mahoric, 2. Joao Almeida, 3. Andrea Pasqualon. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski

“We were motivated to make it a hat-trick of victories here and I’m proud I could finish it off. The finale was again a nervous one, but the team was amazing, keeping me at the front and at all times in a good position. Bert did a strong lead-out, and even though I had to go from the distance, I could keep the speed all the way to the line. I am still not in my best shape, so to take two wins against some strong sprinters here makes me very confident for my next races”, said Tim after his eighth victory of the season.

Soudal Quick-Step finished the race with two riders in the top five, the only team to do so: Ilan Van Wilder, who concluded just a couple of seconds outside the podium, and Mattia Cattaneo. The two were consistent throughout the whole week, and a strong time trial in Katowice, where Mattia took the win, helped them gain several places in the classification, which at the end of the day resulted in their best result in a World Tour stage race.

Complete results:

166.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.889 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	3hr 28min 44sec
2	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
3	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
4	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
5	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
7	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
8	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
9	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
12	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
13	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
15	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
18	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
24	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
26	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
28	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
29	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
33	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
36	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
38	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
39	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
42	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
45	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
48	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
51	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
57	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
62	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
63	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
68	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
71	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
72	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
75	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
76	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
78	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
79	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
83	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	s.t.
88	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
89	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
90	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
93	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
97	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
98	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
99	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
101	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
102	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	s.t.
104	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
105	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
106	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
107	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
108	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
109	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
110	Max Kanter	Movistar	@ 29sec
111	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
112	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:38
113	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
114	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
115	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	s.t.
116	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
117	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
119	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
120	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
121	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
122	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
123	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
124	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	1:06
125	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:12
126	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:33
127	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
128	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:40
129	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
130	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
131	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	1:48
132	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
133	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	2:02
134	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	2:09
135	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	2:25
136	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	2:51
137	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	3:03
138	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
139	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:07
141	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
142	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	4:30
143	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
144	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
145	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
146	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	s.t.
147	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
148	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	6:31
149	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	6:43
150	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	8:15
151	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	9:44

Final GC after stage 7:

GC winner: Matej Mohoric (Barhain Victorious)
Mountains classification winner: Markus Hoelgaard (Lidl-Trek)
Points classification winner: Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious)
Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates

1,130 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.971 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	26hr 17min 48sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	@ 1sec
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:17
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:22
5	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	0:41
6	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:42
7	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	0:55
8	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:58
9	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	1:00
10	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	1:07
11	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
12	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	1:13
13	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:26
14	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	1:27
15	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	1:29
16	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:47
17	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	1:49
18	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:52
19	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	1:56
20	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	1:57
21	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:58
22	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	2:02
23	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	2:11
24	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:13
25	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	2:14
26	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	2:23
27	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	2:26
28	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	2:30
29	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	2:40
30	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	2:41
31	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	2:55
32	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:15
33	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	3:24
35	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	3:42
36	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	3:50
37	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	4:13
38	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	4:20
39	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	4:24
40	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	4:32
41	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	4:57
42	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	5:30
43	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	5:32
44	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	6:24
45	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	7:59
46	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	8:33
47	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	8:47
48	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	8:59
49	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	9:54
50	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	11:20
51	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	11:58
52	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	12:13
53	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	13:06
54	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	13:15
55	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	13:32
56	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	14:29
57	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	15:31
58	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	16:35
59	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	17:15
60	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	17:21
61	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	18:32
62	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:37
63	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	18:57
64	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	19:34
65	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	19:39
66	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	19:57
67	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	19:59
68	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	20:14
69	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:52
70	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	21:55
71	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	22:45
72	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	23:27
73	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	23:37
74	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	23:43
75	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	23:46
76	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	23:54
77	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	24:11
78	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	25:27
79	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	25:44
80	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	26:35
81	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	27:06
82	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	27:18
83	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	27:30
84	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	28:10
85	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	28:16
86	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	29:48
87	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	29:51
88	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	30:07
89	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	30:13
90	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	31:08
91	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	31:12
92	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	31:26
93	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	31:30
94	Max Kanter	Movistar	31:45
95	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	32:12
96	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	32:22
97	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	32:35
98	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	33:05
99	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	33:16
100	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	33:22
101	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	33:53
102	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	34:00
103	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	35:18
104	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	35:22
105	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	36:52
106	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	38:37
107	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	38:53
108	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	39:11
109	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	41:57
110	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	44:00
111	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	45:02
112	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	45:59
113	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
114	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	46:21
115	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	47:15
116	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	47:17
117	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	47:38
118	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	47:54
119	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	47:57
120	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	48:27
121	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	48:41
122	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	48:57
123	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	49:14
124	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	49:26
125	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	49:30
126	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	49:38
127	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	49:44
128	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	50:10
129	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
130	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	51:30
131	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	51:33
132	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	51:43
133	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	52:03
134	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	52:50
135	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	53:01
136	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	53:09
137	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	53:14
138	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
139	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	53:18
140	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	53:56
141	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	54:45
142	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	55:19
143	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	56:51
144	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	57:02
145	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	57:07
146	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	57:24
147	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	1:01:53
148	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:05:38
149	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	1:06:12
150	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	1:08:56
151	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	1:27:39

Stage 7 map & profile:

2023 Tour of Poland stage 7 map

2023 Tour of Poland stage 7 profile

Thursday, August 3: Stage 6, Katowice 16.6 km individual time trial

Stage 6 map & profile

Mattia Cattaneo on his way to winning the stage six time trial in Katowice. Photo: Dario Berlingher/Getty Images

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Weather at the race city of Katowice at 2:05 PM, local time: 19C (67F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 36% chance of rain, dropping to 1% at 5:00

The stage: Here is the race organizer's preview to stage six.

The penultimate stage is an ITT in Katowice on a distance of 16.6 km. The Katowice route will traditionally run through the streets of the city centre, showing the transformation of the Silesian capital, including the Market Square with its characteristic palm trees or the Culture Zone, where the Katowice Mine used to operate years ago. In its place are now the headquarters of the Silesian Museum, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the International Congress Centre. The riders will also have the opportunity to ride through the unique Nikiszowiec and the Three Ponds Valley, which illustrate how green Katowice is. The finish is located at the Katowice Spodek.

The race: There are six non-starters: Mick Van Dijk & Olav Kooij (both Jumbo-Visma) Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe), Sam Watson (Groupama-FDJ), Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Deceuninck) & Gianmarco Garofoli (Astana Qazaqstan).

First rider off was Shane Archebold at 1:32.

Here's the report from third-place Geraint Thomas' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Geraint Thomas put in a strong performance to come third in the 16 kilometre time trial on the penultimate day of the Tour de Pologne.

Initially going through both the intermediate and final time checks fastest, Thomas ultimately ended the stage 14 seconds behind the winner, Mattia Cattaneo (Soudal – Quickstep).

Michal Kwiatkowski put in a typically consistent ride, finishing eighth, 21 seconds back. The result sees him jump back onto the podium with just one stage remaining.

Similarly, Pavel Sivakov delivered a solid ride which moves him up 10 places on GC to 14th overall. Other impressive performances came from Thymen Arensman, Kim Heiduk, and Laurens De Plus, who all finished in the top 20.

The Tour de Pologne concludes tomorrow, with a 167 kilometre, mainly flat, run into Kraków.

Complete results:

16.6 kilometers raced at an averager speed of 51.965 km/hr

1	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	19min 10sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	@ 13sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:14
4	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	0:16
5	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	0:17
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:18
7	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
8	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:21
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:24
11	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:25
12	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	0:27
13	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	0:30
14	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	0:31
15	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:35
16	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	0:38
18	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	0:39
19	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:40
21	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	0:42
22	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:47
24	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	0:49
26	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	0:50
28	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	0:51
29	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	0:52
30	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	0:53
31	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
32	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:56
33	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:57
35	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	0:58
36	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:01
37	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	1:03
38	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
39	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:04
40	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	1:06
43	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	1:09
44	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	1:10
45	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:11
46	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
48	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:13
49	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:14
50	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
51	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	1:15
52	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	1:16
53	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	1:18
54	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20
55	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:23
56	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	1:24
57	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:25
58	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
59	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	1:26
61	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
63	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:27
64	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
65	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
66	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	1:28
67	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	1:29
68	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	1:31
69	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
70	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:32
71	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	1:33
73	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	1:36
75	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	1:37
76	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	1:38
77	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	1:39
79	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	1:40
80	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	1:41
82	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
83	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
84	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	1:42
85	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	1:43
87	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	1:45
88	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:46
89	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:47
92	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:49
93	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
94	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	1:50
96	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	1:51
98	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	1:53
99	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	1:54
101	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	1:56
102	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	1:57
103	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	1:59
105	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:03
106	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	2:04
107	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:06
108	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
109	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:07
110	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	2:09
111	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:11
112	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	2:12
113	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
115	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	2:13
117	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	2:14
118	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
119	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	2:15
120	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	s.t.
121	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:16
122	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
124	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	2:17
125	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
126	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	2:21
127	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	2:23
128	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
129	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	2:24
130	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	2:28
131	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	2:29
132	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:30
133	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	2:31
135	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
136	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	2:32
137	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	2:33
138	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	2:35
139	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	2:43
140	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	2:44
141	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:51
142	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:56
143	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:57
144	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	2:59
145	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	3:02
146	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	3:06
147	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	3:09
148	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	3:13
149	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:16
150	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	3:19
151	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	3:24
152	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:26
153	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	3:29
154	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	3:43

GC after stage 6:

963.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.220 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	22hr 49min 7sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 14sec
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:19
5	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	0:38
6	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:39
7	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	0:52
8	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:55
9	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:57
10	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	1:04
11	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
12	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
13	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:23
14	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	1:24
15	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	1:26
16	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:44
17	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	1:46
18	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:49
19	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	1:53
20	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	1:54
21	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:55
22	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:59
23	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	2:08
24	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:10
25	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	2:11
26	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	2:20
27	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	2:23
28	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	2:27
29	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	2:37
30	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	2:38
31	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	2:52
32	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	3:12
34	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	3:21
36	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	3:39
37	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	3:47
38	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	4:10
39	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	4:17
40	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	4:21
41	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	4:29
42	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	5:27
43	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	5:29
44	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	6:21
45	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	7:04
46	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	7:56
47	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	8:30
48	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	8:56
49	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	9:51
50	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	11:17
51	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
52	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	12:10
53	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	12:37
54	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	12:51
55	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	13:03
56	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	13:12
57	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	14:26
58	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	15:06
59	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	15:21
60	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	16:32
61	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	16:34
62	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	17:18
63	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	18:23
64	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	18:29
65	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
66	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:34
67	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	18:54
68	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	19:31
69	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	19:38
70	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	19:54
71	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	20:11
72	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:49
73	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	21:14
74	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	21:46
75	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	22:04
76	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	23:02
77	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	23:15
78	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	23:24
79	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	23:37
80	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	23:43
81	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	23:51
82	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	25:35
83	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	25:41
84	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	25:47
85	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	26:32
86	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	27:03
87	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	29:45
88	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	29:48
89	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	30:04
90	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	30:10
91	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	30:49
92	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	31:05
93	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	31:09
94	Max Kanter	Movistar	31:13
95	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	31:23
96	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	31:51
97	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	32:09
98	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	32:16
99	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	32:20
100	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	32:32
101	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	32:41
102	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	33:02
103	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	33:13
104	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	33:50
105	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	33:57
106	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	35:10
107	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	35:15
108	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	35:20
109	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	35:47
110	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	36:11
111	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	37:24
112	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	39:08
113	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	41:56
114	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	42:09
115	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	44:41
116	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	45:56
117	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	46:06
118	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	46:16
119	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	46:18
120	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	46:29
121	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	46:34
122	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	47:14
123	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	47:35
124	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	47:51
125	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	47:54
126	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	48:24
127	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	48:34
128	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	48:38
129	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	49:23
130	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	49:27
131	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	49:35
132	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	49:41
133	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	50:07
134	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	51:27
135	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	51:30
136	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	51:40
137	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	52:00
138	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	52:34
139	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	52:46
140	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	52:58
141	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	53:10
142	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	53:11
143	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
144	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	53:15
145	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	53:41
146	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	54:04
147	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	54:10
148	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	55:49
149	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	56:09
150	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	57:05
151	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	58:43
152	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	1:06:09
153	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	1:08:53
154	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	1:19:21

Stage 6 map & profile:

2023 Tour of Poland stage 6 map

2023 Tour of Poland stage 6 profile

Wednesday, August 2: Stage 5, Pszczyna - Bielsko-Biała, 198.8 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Stage winner Marijn van den Berg drives for the line.

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Weather at the finish city of Bielsko-Biała at 1:50 PM, local time: 23C (73F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: Here is the race organizer's preview to stage 5: The almost 199-kilometre-long stage will be typically mountainous, with an elevation of more than 3,000 metres. The riders will set off from Pszczyna and arrive in Bielsko-Biała, which already hosted the Tour de Pologne in the past. Before that, they will have to overcome several difficult climbs. Along the route of stage 5 there are three LOTTO Intermediate Sprints: Ustroń, Istebna and Wilkowice, two PZU KOM 1st cat.: Ochodzita and Salmopol. The latter KOM is named after Joachim Halupczok, Polish olympic medalist from 1988 and there is also a PZU KOM 2nd category located in Zameczek (the Little Castle).

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Marijn van den Berg's Team EF Education-EasyPost.

Marijn van den Berg didn’t look back until he had crossed the finish line. Then, he raised one arm to the air and pointed to the EF Education-EasyPost logo on his chest. Marijn was bike lengths ahead of second-place. After just missing out on yesterday’s stage, he had won his first-ever WorldTour victory on stage five of the Tour of Poland.

It was no simple bunch sprint. Today’s 198.8-km stage of the Polish tour journeyed into the Beskid Mountains on its way from Pszczyna to the urban circuit in Bielsko-Biala in the south of the country. There, the race would take on a lap with a two-and-a-half-kilometer hill three times, before the final sprint to its top. Marijn set out this morning determined to make it to that sprint.

“Yesterday went already pretty good, and I knew that today was going to be pretty hard,” he said after spraying champagne from the podium. “If I could survive the climbs, probably a lot of sprinters would be gone, so I would have a bigger chance, so I fought for it today, and in the end my sprint was good.”

It sure was. Marijn was focused from the start. After making the select group that split off the front on the final circuit, he kept his nerve and his calm, surfing wheels at the front of the pack and out of the wind. At the base of the final climb, Stefan Bissegger ramped up the pace to make sure Marijn’s rivals couldn’t attack from behind. Once Stefan pulled off, Marijn waited and waited as others started their sprints early on the uphill drag. And then he went and left them all in his dust.

Today’s victory is further proof of the progress Marijn has made this season. After his earlier wins at the Trofeo Ses Salines - Alcudia and La Route d’Occitanie-La Dèpêche du Midi, the Dutch sprinter now has three victories so far this year. This one at the Tour of Poland is certainly the biggest one of his career. It is a reward for his dedication and versatility. The harder the race, the better for Mariijn.

“I worked pretty hard and did a good training camp before this race,” Marijn says. “At first, I wasn’t supposed to race here actually, because I was supposed to do Denmark, so I came in late, but I am glad I did.”

Complete results:

198.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.926 km/hr

1	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 51min 27sec
2	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
7	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
10	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	s.t.
11	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
12	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
13	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
14	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
17	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
25	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
28	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
32	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
33	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
39	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	@ 17sec
40	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	0:22
42	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	0:27
44	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
45	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	0:37
48	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
50	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	@ 0sec
51	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:57
52	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	0:59
53	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	@ 0sec
54	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	1:33
55	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:49
56	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	2:08
59	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	2:22
60	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
61	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	2:28
62	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	2:43
64	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	2:48
65	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	2:53
66	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	3:05
67	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
68	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	4:03
69	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	4:34
70	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
72	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	5:46
73	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
75	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
77	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
78	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
83	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	s.t.
84	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
86	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
87	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
89	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	s.t.
92	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
93	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
94	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
95	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
97	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
100	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
101	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
103	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
107	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
108	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Daniel Mclay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
110	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
111	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
113	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
114	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	6:50
115	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	12:58
116	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	27:41
117	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
119	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
121	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
122	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	s.t.
123	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
124	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
125	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
126	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
127	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
128	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
129	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
130	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
131	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
133	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
134	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
135	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
136	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
137	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
138	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
139	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
140	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
141	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
142	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
144	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
145	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
146	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
147	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
148	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
149	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
150	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
151	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
152	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	s.t.
153	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
154	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
155	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
156	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
157	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
158	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
159	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
160	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

946.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.095 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	22hr 29min 32sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	@ 12sec
3	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:16
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
5	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	0:26
6	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
7	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
9	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
10	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:37
12	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
13	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:40
14	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	0:52
16	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	1:03
17	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
18	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:22
22	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	1:35
27	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:39
28	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	1:46
30	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:49
31	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:50
32	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:57
33	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	2:01
34	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:05
35	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	2:14
36	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	2:19
37	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	2:22
38	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:33
39	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	3:06
40	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	3:49
41	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	4:05
42	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	4:37
43	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	5:08
44	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	5:31
45	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	6:18
46	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	6:48
47	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	6:49
48	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	7:08
49	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	9:41
50	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	10:45
51	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	11:02
52	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	11:03
53	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	11:04
54	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	11:20
55	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	11:35
56	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	12:00
57	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	12:36
58	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	13:03
59	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	13:59
60	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	14:02
61	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	14:53
62	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	15:15
63	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:32
64	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	16:45
65	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	16:59
66	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	17:26
67	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	17:30
68	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	17:44
69	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	18:07
70	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:20
71	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	18:38
72	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
73	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	19:11
74	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	19:28
75	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	19:47
76	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	20:13
77	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
78	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	20:51
79	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	21:24
80	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
81	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	21:32
82	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	22:04
83	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	22:14
84	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	22:17
85	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	22:21
86	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	23:58
87	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	24:12
88	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	24:24
89	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	25:03
90	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:42
91	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	28:32
92	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	28:54
94	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	29:04
95	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	29:14
96	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	29:20
97	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	29:23
98	Max Kanter	Movistar	29:32
99	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	29:44
100	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	30:11
101	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	30:33
102	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	30:55
103	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	31:02
105	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	31:41
106	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	31:51
108	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	32:12
109	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	32:43
110	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	32:56
111	Daniel Mclay	Arkéa-Samsic	34:09
112	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	34:12
114	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	34:22
115	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	35:09
116	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	35:46
117	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	37:11
118	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	37:40
119	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	39:08
120	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	41:57
121	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	44:20
122	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	44:22
123	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	44:27
124	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
125	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	45:04
126	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	45:06
127	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	45:45
128	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	46:08
129	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	46:24
130	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	46:26
131	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	46:28
132	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	47:29
133	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	47:30
134	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	47:32
135	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	47:34
136	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
137	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	48:09
138	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	48:57
139	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	49:21
140	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	49:40
141	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
142	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
143	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	50:05
144	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	50:32
145	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	50:41
146	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	51:01
147	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	51:06
148	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	51:25
149	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	51:27
150	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
151	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
152	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	52:23
153	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	53:10
154	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	53:17
155	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	54:04
156	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	54:14
157	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	55:25
158	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	1:03:05
159	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	1:07:06
160	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	1:16:33

Stage 5 map & profile:

2023 Tour of Poland stage 5 map

2023 Tour of Poland stage 5 profile

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Tuesday, August 1: Stage 4, Strzelin - Opole, 199.1 km

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Olav Kooij takes stage four.

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Weather at the finish city of Opole at 1:35 PM, local time: 19C (67F), raining, with the wind from the south at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 70% chance that the rain will continue through the afternoon.

The stage: Here's the race organizer's introduction to stage 4.

In the 198-kilometre-long stage, the peloton will return to slightly flatter terrain, allowing the sprinters to prove themselves again. The riders will start from the Lower Silesian town of Strzelin first westwards, to Sobótka, and then turn around and head towards the Opole region, to the capital of that voivodeship. The Tour de Pologne last visited Opole in 2020, when stage 2 started here. There is planned one PZU KOM 3rd cat. in Strzegomiany, as well as three LOTTO Intermediate Sprints: Sobótka, Strzelin and Grodków.

The race: Here's the race report from stage winner Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma:

Olav Kooij has won the fourth stage of the Tour de Pologne. The 21-year-old sprinter of Team Jumbo-Visma thundered through the finish street to beat the competition in a bunch sprint.

The wind made for a nervous start to the fourth stage. Tosh van der Sande, Koen Bouwman and Sam Oomen were involved in a crash, but the trio could continue.

Team Jumbo-Visma put Kooij in an ideal position for the race's final stages. The young Dutchman was in second position and perfectly positioned coming out of the last corner. Kooij then sprinted to his seventh win of the season. Team Jumbo-Visma's tally now stands at 46 wins in 2023.

"A wonderful victory", Kooij said. "After the nervous opening stage, everyone in the peloton was on their toes. Everything pointed to a bunch sprint after that. I knew I had to be in a good position in the last corner. I was in an ideal position and decided to attack relatively early. Luckily I was strong enough to maintain my pace for a long time. This victory gives me a lot of confidence. We will celebrate this victory and soon concentrate on tomorrow's stage."

Kooij explained today's tactics. "There is no set formula for a bunch sprint. Every stage is different, and you always have to look at the final with a new perspective and then make a plan. We did that brilliantly today. We took the initiative throughout the stage and ensured we had a good position in the final kilometre. The team helped me again today. This win gives me a lot of confidence, which is great for the rest of this season", Kooij said.

Jos van Emden had to retire from the race. He was still suffering too much from the effects of his crash in the second stage.

Complete results:

199.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.379 km/hr.

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 23min 15sec
2	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
3	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
11	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
13	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
15	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
16	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
19	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
20	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	s.t.
23	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	s.t.
24	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
26	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
27	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
28	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Brandon Mcnulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
31	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
35	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
36	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
39	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
44	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
49	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
50	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
51	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
52	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
55	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	s.t.
59	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
60	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
63	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
66	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
68	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
69	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
70	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
76	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
80	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
83	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
84	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
92	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
94	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
95	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
97	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
102	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
103	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
106	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
107	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
108	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
109	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
110	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
112	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
113	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
114	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
115	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
116	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
117	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
118	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
119	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
120	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
121	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
123	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
124	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
125	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
126	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
127	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
128	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
129	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
132	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
133	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
134	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	@ 33sec
135	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:45
136	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:48
137	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	0:52
138	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	0:56
139	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	1:04
140	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	s.t.
141	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
142	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
143	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
144	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
145	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
146	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	1:11
147	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
148	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
149	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
150	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
151	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
152	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
153	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
154	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
155	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
156	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
157	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	2:30
158	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:43
159	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
160	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	3:33

GC after stage 4:

748 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.412 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	17hr 38min 11sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	@ 10sec
3	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:12
5	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	0:20
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
8	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
9	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
11	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	0:31
12	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
13	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:34
14	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	0:46
16	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:57
17	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
19	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	CarlFredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:16
23	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	1:21
29	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	1:29
30	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:33
31	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	1:40
33	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:44
34	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:51
35	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:53
36	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	1:55
37	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	1:59
38	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	2:08
39	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	2:13
40	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	2:16
41	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:27
42	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	2:28
43	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	2:57
44	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	3:59
45	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	4:31
46	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	5:01
47	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	5:02
48	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	5:12
49	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	5:28
50	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:46
51	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	6:12
52	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	6:22
53	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	6:36
54	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	6:42
55	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	6:44
56	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	9:01
57	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	9:40
58	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	10:57
59	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	11:29
60	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	11:38
61	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	11:52
62	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	11:54
63	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	12:15
64	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	12:46
65	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
66	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	12:57
67	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	13:20
68	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	13:39
69	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	13:53
70	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	13:56
71	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:21
72	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	14:48
73	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	15:04
74	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	15:32
75	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	15:40
77	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	16:12
78	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	16:29
79	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	16:39
80	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	17:22
81	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:14
82	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	18:20
83	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	18:23
84	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	18:32
85	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	18:37
86	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	18:47
87	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	19:05
88	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	19:41
89	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	20:07
90	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	21:11
91	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	22:11
92	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	22:40
93	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
94	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	23:22
96	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	23:28
97	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	23:31
98	Max Kanter	Movistar	23:40
99	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	23:52
100	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
101	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	24:19
102	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	24:51
103	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	25:03
104	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
105	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	25:05
108	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	25:10
109	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
110	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
111	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:36
112	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	25:37
113	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	25:49
114	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
117	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	25:54
118	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	26:20
119	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	26:28
120	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	26:51
121	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
122	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	27:11
123	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	28:05
124	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	28:09
125	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	28:12
126	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	28:13
127	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	28:17
128	Daniel Mclay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
129	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
131	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
132	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
133	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
134	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	28:20
135	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	28:30
136	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	28:42
137	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	28:52
138	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	29:17
139	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	29:18
140	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	29:38
141	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:40
142	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	29:43
143	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:52
144	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	29:54
145	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	30:04
146	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
147	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
148	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
149	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	30:15
150	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	31:00
151	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	31:15
152	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	32:51
153	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	33:16
154	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	33:53
155	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	34:00
156	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	34:02
157	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
158	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	34:47
159	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	45:43
160	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	47:30

Stage 4 map & profile:

Tour of Poland stage 4 map

Tour of Poland stage 4 profile

Monday, July 31: Stage 3, Wałbrzych - Duszniki-Zdrój, 162.3 km

Stage 3 profile

Rafal Majka takes stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Duszniki-Zdrój at 1:45 PM, local time: 18C (63F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain, rising to 24% at 5:00.

The stage: Here is the race organizer's introduction to the stage 3 route:

The third stage will start in Wałbrzych, the second most populous city in Lower Silesia. It is a typical mountain stage with an elevation gain of more than 3,000 metres. To reach the finish in Duszniki-Zdrój, the riders will have to cover 163 km. In this stage, there will be 3 climbs of PZU category II in Walim, in the Jugowska Pass and in Zieleniec, as well as the Special Sprint SOUDAL – 95 years of the Tour de Pologne in Pieszyce. The spectacular finish line is located in the biathlon arena of the Central Sports Centre.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Rafal Majka's UAE Team Emirates.

Rafal Majka showed his strong form post tour de France sealing an uphill sprint victory on stage 3 of the Tour de Pologne today.

On a day which packed over 3,000 metres of elevation, Majka stuck with the main group of favourites on the final climb on the day from Wałbrzych to Duszniki-Zdrój (162.3km).

Joao Almeida also finished well up in the group in 9th spot and now sits 3rd overall behind race leader Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious).

UAE Team Emirates also lead the teams classification heading into stage 4 from Strzelin to Opole (199.1km).

Majka: “I’m so happy because I won the stage. Yesterday I missed 200 metres in the finish but today I found the extra push to make the difference and take the win. We are here for GC for Joao Almeida but I also had the target of going for a stage win if the opportunity came up. Today it worked out perfectly and I’m very happy for all my team.”

Complete results:

162.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.279 km/hr

1	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 7min 55sec
2	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
6	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
12	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
14	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
17	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
21	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
22	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	@ 13sec
27	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	0:19
28	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
33	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	0:24
37	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	0:26
38	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	0:27
39	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	0:32
40	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	0:33
41	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	0:35
42	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
43	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	0:37
44	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	0:47
45	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
47	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	0:54
50	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	0:59
51	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	1:17
52	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:29
53	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
56	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	1:56
57	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	2:00
58	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	2:32
59	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	2:36
61	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
62	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	2:38
63	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	3:04
64	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
67	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
68	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
70	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	3:10
71	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
72	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	3:12
73	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:38
74	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	3:44
75	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	4:24
76	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	4:28
77	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	7:23
78	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	7:40
80	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
81	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
82	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
83	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	9:54
84	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
85	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	10:12
86	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	s.t.
89	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
94	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
95	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
96	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
97	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	s.t.
98	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:38
99	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
100	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
101	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	11:05
102	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
103	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
104	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
105	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
107	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
108	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
109	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	11:20
110	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	11:56
111	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	12:23
112	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
113	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
114	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
115	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
116	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	12:35
117	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
119	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
120	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
121	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
122	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
123	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
124	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
125	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	s.t.
127	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
129	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
132	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
133	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
135	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
136	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
137	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
138	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
139	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
140	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
142	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
143	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
144	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
145	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
146	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
147	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
148	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
149	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
150	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	12:45
151	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	13:22
152	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
153	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:22
154	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
155	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
156	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
157	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
158	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
159	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
160	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	16:03
161	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	30:01
162	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

548.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.430 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	13hr 14min 56sec
2	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	@ 10sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:12
5	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:20
6	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
8	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
9	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
11	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:31
12	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
13	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:34
14	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	0:46
16	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	0:57
17	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
21	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:16
23	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	1:21
29	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	1:29
30	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:33
31	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	1:40
33	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:44
34	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:51
35	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	1:55
36	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:59
37	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	2:13
39	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	2:14
40	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	2:16
41	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:27
42	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	2:28
43	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	2:57
44	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	3:58
45	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	3:59
46	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	4:31
47	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:35
48	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	5:01
49	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	5:11
51	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	5:12
52	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	5:28
53	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	5:32
54	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	6:42
55	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	6:44
56	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	9:01
57	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	9:24
58	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	9:40
59	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	10:57
60	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	11:29
61	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	11:38
62	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	11:52
63	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	11:54
64	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	12:15
65	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	12:46
66	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
67	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	12:49
68	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	13:20
69	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	13:37
70	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	13:39
71	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	13:53
72	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	13:56
73	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:21
74	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	15:32
75	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	15:40
77	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	16:12
78	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	16:29
79	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	16:39
80	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	17:22
81	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	17:43
82	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:14
83	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	18:20
84	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	18:23
85	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	18:32
86	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	18:37
87	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	19:05
89	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	20:07
90	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	21:00
91	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	21:11
92	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	22:40
93	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
94	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
95	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
97	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	23:22
98	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	23:31
99	Max Kanter	Movistar	23:40
100	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	23:52
101	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
102	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	24:19
103	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	24:51
104	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	25:03
105	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
106	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	25:05
109	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	25:10
110	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
111	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
112	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	25:26
113	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:36
114	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	25:37
115	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	25:49
116	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
117	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
119	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	25:54
120	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	26:20
121	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	26:51
122	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
123	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	27:11
124	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	27:19
125	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	27:36
126	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	27:41
127	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	27:50
128	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	28:05
129	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	28:12
130	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	28:17
131	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
132	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
134	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	s.t.
135	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
136	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
137	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
138	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
139	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	28:20
140	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	28:34
141	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	28:36
142	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	29:04
143	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	29:17
144	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	29:38
145	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	29:43
146	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:52
147	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	30:04
148	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
149	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
150	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
151	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
152	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	ss
153	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	30:33
154	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	31:10
155	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	31:15
156	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	31:32
157	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	32:51
158	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
159	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	34:00
160	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	34:02
161	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	45:43
162	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	47:30

Stage 3 profile:

2023 Tour of Poland stage 3 profile

Sunday, July 30: Stage 2, Leszno - Karpacz, 202.9 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Matej Mohoric wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Karpacz at 2:10 PM, local time: 19C 65F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain, growing to 56% at 4:00.

The stage: Here is the race organizer's introduction to the stage 2 route:

The second stage is the only one with a distance of over 200 kilometres. The start is in Leszno in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, which the riders will leave after a few kilometres to fight for the only LOTTO Intermediate Sprint in this stage, located in Góra in Lower Silesia Voivodeship. After a relatively flat half of the distance a demanding climb will start, with two climbs of PZU KOM of 2nd cat. to be competed in Przełęcz pod Średnicą and in Sosnówka. The grand finale of the stage will take place in Karpacz, and the winner will be the rider who first conquers the final 11-kilometre climb up Orlinek, called the “Wailing Wall”. There are two more Special Sprints to be won in the stage: The Special Sprint SOUDAL – 95 years of the Tour de Pologne and the Special Sprint Lake Hill.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Michal Kwiatkowski's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Michal Kwiatkowski battled to a superb third on a gruelling uphill finish on stage two of Tour de Polgne.

Kwiatkowski fought all the way to the line after a small group decided the stage as Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) took the win.

The result leaves Kwiatkowski third overall, 10 seconds behind Mohoric and six behind second place

Earlier, the Grenadiers had worked hard to keep the early break in check after a trio escaped in the early going. Kim Heiduk and Salvatore Puccio were both key in reducing a large lead of over seven minutes down to two minutes as the race approached the crucial final 50km.

The pair then made way for teammate Laurens de Plus who kept the pace high in hilly terrain to keep the Grenadiers on the front of the bunch and to catch the break.

The other GC teams then came to the fore, with a battle for position heading into the steep final climb to Karpacz led by Geraint Thomas who set a fierce pace.

Once on this final ascent, Pavel Sivakov was able to mark attacks from the other GC riders, before a two-rider group escaped in the final five kilometres.

However the GC group which contained Kwiatkowski was not far behind and caught the duo in the final 100 metres, with Mohoric taking the win, with 'Kwiato' third.

Complete results:

202.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.992 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 56min 59sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 4sec
4	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
5	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
8	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
9	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
10	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	0:15
12	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
13	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:18
14	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
15	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	0:30
16	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:41
18	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
24	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
25	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
26	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
30	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	0:52
31	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	0:58
32	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	1:00
33	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:03
36	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	1:24
37	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
39	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
40	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
42	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	1:39
43	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
44	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	1:41
45	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:43
46	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	1:53
47	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	3:16
48	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
50	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
52	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
53	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	3:26
55	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:59
56	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	4:21
57	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	4:50
58	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	5:41
59	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
64	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	6:01
65	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	6:11
66	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:14
67	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	7:44
68	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	8:09
69	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
70	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
71	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	8:55
76	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	9:26
78	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	11:01
80	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
83	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	12:12
84	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
86	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
87	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	s.t.
90	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
93	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
94	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
99	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
100	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	12:19
101	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
102	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
103	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
104	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	12:35
105	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	12:58
106	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
107	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
108	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
109	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
110	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
112	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
113	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
114	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	13:29
116	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	14:00
117	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
119	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	14:45
120	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	15:26
121	Bartlomiej Proc	Polish National Team	s.t.
122	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
123	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
124	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
125	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
126	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
127	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
129	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
130	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
131	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
132	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
133	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
134	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
135	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	s.t.
136	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
137	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	15:58
138	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	16:46
139	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	16:51
140	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	16:52
141	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
142	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
143	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	16:59
144	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	17:13
145	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
146	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
147	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
148	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
149	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
150	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
151	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
152	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
153	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
154	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
155	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
156	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
157	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
158	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:30
159	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:32
160	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
161	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	17:54
162	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:22
163	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:24
164	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
165	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	23:51
166	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	30:19

GC after stage 2:

386.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.397 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	9hr 7min 7sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	@ 4sec
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:10
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:14
5	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
6	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
8	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
9	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:25
12	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
13	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:28
14	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	0:40
16	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	0:51
18	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
20	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
26	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
29	Fredrik Hagen Carl	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
30	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	1:02
31	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:08
32	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	1:10
33	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:13
36	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	1:34
37	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
39	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
42	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	1:49
43	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
44	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	1:51
45	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:53
46	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	2:03
47	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:26
48	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
52	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
53	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	3:36
55	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	4:09
56	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	4:31
57	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	5:00
58	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	5:51
59	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
64	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	6:11
65	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	6:21
66	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:24
67	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	7:54
68	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	8:19
69	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
70	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
73	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
74	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	9:05
76	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	9:36
78	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
79	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	11:11
80	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
82	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	12:20
84	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	12:21
85	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	12:22
86	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
90	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
92	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
93	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
94	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
98	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
99	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Max Kanter	Movistar	12:29
101	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
103	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
104	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	12:45
105	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	13:08
106	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
107	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
108	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
110	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
111	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
112	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
113	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
115	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	13:39
116	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	14:10
117	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
119	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	14:55
120	Bartlomiej Proc	Polish National Team	15:36
121	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
122	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
123	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
124	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
126	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
127	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
128	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
129	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
130	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
131	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
132	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
133	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	s.t.
134	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
135	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
136	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
137	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	16:08
138	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	16:53
139	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	17:01
140	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	17:02
141	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
142	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
143	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	17:09
144	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	17:23
145	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
146	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
147	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
148	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
149	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
150	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
151	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
152	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
153	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
154	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
155	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
156	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
157	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
158	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:40
159	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:42
160	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
161	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	18:04
162	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:32
163	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:34
164	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
165	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	24:01
166	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	30:29

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2023 Tour of Poland stage 2 profile

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Saturday, July 29: Stage 1, Poznań - Poznań, 183.7 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Tim Merlier wins stage one. Photo: Szymon Gruchalski Sports

Weather at the start/finish city of Poznań at 1:55 PM, local time: 26C (79F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 22% chance of rain, growing to 86% at 5:00 PM.

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The stage: Here's the race organizer's introduction to the stage 1 route.

The anniversary edition of the Tour de Pologne will start in Poznań, where the race returns after 16 years. The start of the stage is planned from St Mark’s Square on the grounds of the Poznań International Fair. After riding more than 180 kilometres in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, the riders will finish at the Automobil Klub racetrack in Poznań, where they will ride one 4-kilometre-long lap. A total of six primes are planned along the route. Three LOTTO Intermediate Sprint located in Suchy Las, Murowana Goślina and Kostrzyn. In Suchy Las the riders will also compete for the only 3rd cat. PZU KOM in this stage. Additionally, there will be two special sprints to win: Special Sprint SOUDAL – 95 years of the Tour de Pologne in Pobiedziska and Special Sprint in Środa Wielkopolska, Środa County.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Team Jumbo-Visma, along with the other sprinter teams, were in control all day. A breakaway of four riders was caught early on, and the race would inevitably end in a bunch sprint. Due to the conditions on the very slippery course where the finish line was drawn, the time for the classification was taken at the point where the riders turned onto the circuit.

Kooij went for the win in Poznań but was happy with the sprint: "We knew beforehand that there was a significant chance of rain, and the forecast came true. The rain made it quite slippery. You could feel your bike slipping occasionally, and we had to take that into consideration. I got out of the last corner quite well, but I lost a bit of momentum there. Unfortunately, I couldn't make up enough to win. Hopefully, it will work out later this week.”

In Poland, the Dutch sprinter returned to competition after a long training period. "I had a lot of rest and then started to build up again for the coming weeks. On a first race day like this, it is always a question of how your legs feel, but in this respect, I am reassured. At this stage of the season, I have several goals. It would be nice to win a stage in this race. I have great memories here because last year I won here for the first time in the WorldTour.”

Complete results:

183.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.035 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 10min 18sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
4	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	s.t.
7	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
8	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
11	Bartlomiej Proc	Polish National Team	s.t.
12	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
16	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
18	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
21	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
27	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	s.t.
32	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
34	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
35	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
39	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
47	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
48	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
49	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
50	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
52	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
53	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
55	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
56	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
58	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
62	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
65	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
66	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
68	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
70	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
71	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
74	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	s.t.
75	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
80	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
81	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
82	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
84	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
85	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
87	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
89	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
90	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
93	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
96	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
98	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
99	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
100	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
101	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
103	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
105	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
109	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
110	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
111	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	s.t.
113	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
114	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
115	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
116	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
118	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
120	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
121	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	s.t.
123	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
126	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
128	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
129	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
131	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
133	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
134	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
135	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
137	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
139	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
140	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
141	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
142	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
143	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
144	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
145	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
146	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
147	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
148	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
149	Patrick Bevin	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
150	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
151	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
152	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
153	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
154	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
155	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
156	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
157	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
158	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
159	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
160	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
161	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
162	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
163	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
164	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
165	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
166	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
167	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 10min 8sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	@ 4sec
3	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	0:06
4	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
5	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Maciej Paterski	Polish National Team	s.t.
7	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
8	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
11	Bartlomiej Proc	Polish National Team	s.t.
12	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
16	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
18	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
21	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
27	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Marcin Budzinski	Polish National Team	s.t.
32	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
34	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
35	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Tobias Lund Andresen	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
39	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
47	Max Poole	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
48	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
49	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
50	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
52	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
53	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
55	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
56	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
58	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
62	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
65	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
66	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
68	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
70	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
71	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Sebastian Schönberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
74	Jakub Kaczmarek	Polish National Team	s.t.
75	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
80	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
81	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
82	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
84	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
85	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
87	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
89	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
90	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
93	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
96	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
98	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
99	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
100	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
101	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
103	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
105	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
109	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
110	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
111	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Norbert Banaszek	Polish National Team	s.t.
113	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
114	Tobias Ludvigsson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
115	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
116	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
118	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
120	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
121	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Patryk Stosz	Polish National Team	s.t.
123	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
126	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
128	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
129	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
131	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
133	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
134	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
135	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
137	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
139	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
140	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
141	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
142	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
143	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
144	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
145	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
146	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
147	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
148	Szymon Sajnok	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
149	Patrick Bevin	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
150	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
151	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
152	Jack Bauer	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
153	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
154	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
155	Samuel Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
156	Lorenzo Milesi	dsm-firmenich	s.t.
157	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
158	Piotr Brozyna	Polish National Team	s.t.
159	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
160	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
161	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
162	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
163	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
164	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
165	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
166	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
167	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.

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Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list, July 28, 2023:

	INEOS GRENADIERS
1	Michal Kwiatkowski
2	Pavel Sivakov
3	Geraint Thomas
4	Thymen Arensman
5	Laurens De Plus
6	Kim Heiduk
7	Salvatore Puccio
	AG2R-CITROEN TEAM
11	Mikaël Chérel
12	Pierre Gautherat
13	Dorian Godon
14	Lawrence Naesen
15	Bastien Tronchon
16	Andrea Vendrame
17	Lawrence Warbasse
	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
21	Nicola Conci
22	Alexander Krieger
23	Jakub Mareczko
24	Senne Leysen
25	Oscar Riesebeek
26	Lionel Taminiaux
27	Jensen Plowright
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
31	Samuele Battistella
32	Gianmarco Garofoli
33	Vadim Pronskiy
34	Davide Martinelli
35	Antonio Nibali
36	Cristian Scaroni
37	Yevgeniy Gidich
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
41	Damiano Caruso
42	Kamil Gradek
43	Matevz Govekar
44	Fran Miholjevic
45	Matej Mohoric
46	Andrea Pasqualon
47	Antonio Tiberi
	BORA-HANSGROHE
51	Lennard Kämna
52	Giovanni Aleotti
53	Shane Archbold
54	Cesare Benedetti
55	Sergio Higuita
56	Ryan Mullen
57	Sam Bennett
	COFIDIS
61	Max Walscheid
62	Piet Allegaert
63	Davide Cimolai
64	Ruben Fernandez
65	Wesley Kreder
66	Jonathan Lastra
67	Harrison Wood
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
71	Stefan Bissegger
72	Stefan De Bod
73	Marijn Van Den Berg
74	Jens Keukeleire
75	Mark Padun
76	Julius Van Den Berg
77	Lukasz Wisniowski
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
81	Lewis Askey
82	Clément Davy
83	Lorenzo Germani
84	Lenny Martinez
85	Paul Penhoët
86	Samuel Watson
87	Bram Welten
	INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
91	Dries De Pooter
92	Rune Herregodts
93	Julius Johansen
94	Madis Mihkels
95	Hugo Page
96	Gerben Thijssen
97	Boy Van Poppel
	JUMBO-VISMA
101	Koen Bouwman
102	Jos Van Emden
103	Tobias Foss
104	Mick Van Dijke
105	Olav Kooij
106	Sam Oomen
107	Tosh Van Der Sande
	LIDL-TREK
111	Jon Aberasturi
112	Asbjørn Hellemose
113	Markus Hoelgaard
114	Jacopo Mosca
115	Edward Theuns
116	Antwan Tolhoek
117	Otto Vergaerde
	MOVISTAR TEAM
121	Imanol Erviti
122	Fernando Gaviria
123	Ruben Guerreiro
124	Max Kanter
125	Mathias Norsgaard
126	Juri Hollmann
127	Sergio Samitier
	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
131	Mattia Cattaneo
132	Josef Cerný
133	Jan Hirt
134	Tim Merlier
135	Bert Van Lerberghe
136	Ilan Van Wilder
137	Louis Vervaeke
	LOTTO DSTNY
141	Thomas De Gendt
142	Andreas Kron
144	Milan Menten
145	Sylvain Moniquet
146	Michael Schwarzmann
147	Rüdiger Selig
148	Lennert Van Eetvelt
	TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC
151	Kévin Vauquelin
152	Michel Ries
153	Clément Russo
154	Lukasz Owsian
155	Daniel Mclay
156	Kevin Ledanois
157	David Dekker
	TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH
161	Tobias Lund Andresen
162	Patrick Bevin
163	Sean Flynn
164	Lorenzo Milesi
165	Oscar Onley
166	Max Poole
167	Casper Van Uden
	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA
171	Edward Dunbar
172	Tsgabu Grmay
173	Lucas Hamilton
174	Michael Hepburn
175	Matteo Sobrero
176	Blake Quick
177	Callum Scotson
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
181	Pascal Ackermann
182	Joao Almeida
183	Finn Fisher-Black
184	Davide Formolo
185	Rafal Majka
186	Brandon McNulty
187	Tim Wellens
	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
191	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
192	Alan Banaszek
193	Paul Double
194	Barnabas Peak
195	Sebastian Schönberger
196	Sasha Weemaes
197	Gijs Van Hoecke
	Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
201	Jack Bauer
202	Mark Donovan
203	Carl Fredrik Hagen
204	Tobias Ludvigsson
205	Kamil Malecki
206	Matteo Moschetti
207	Szymon Sajnok
	TEAM NOVO NORDISK
211	Matyas Kopecky
212	Andrea Peron
213	Filippo Ridolfo
214	Peter Kusztor
215	Sam Brand
216	David Lozano
217	Umberto Poli
	TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
221	Sebastian Kolze Changizi
222	Arvid De Kleijn
223	Alexander Kamp
224	Rick Pluimers
225	Joel Suter
226	Yannis Voisard
227	Maikel Zijlaard
	POLISH NATIONAL TEAM
231	Marcin Budzinski
232	Jakub Kaczmarek
233	Norbert Banaszek
234	Patryk Stosz
235	Piotr Brozyna
236	Maciej Paterski
237	Bartlomiej Proc

2023 Tour de Pologne-Tour of Poland (WT)

80th edition: July 29 - August 4, 2023

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