While the step of the day before had been marked by a chaotic final, with a heavy fall and the neutralization of times, return to calm on this 4th stage of the Poland Tour. Indeed, it was the sprinters who played the win this Thursday Cieszyn, with the victory of Paul Magnier ! The Frenchman of the Soudal Quick-Step was able to avoid the traps of this very technical final before making its power speak in the last 200 meters and to come and seek its 1st victory in WorldTour. Despite his heavy fall in the day before, Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R) has managed to keep his leading yellow jersey.
VIDEO – Paul Lapeira, winner of the 2nd stage Tuesday
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The summary
A 100 % Polish trio forms the breakaway of the day from the start of the stage, made up of The pawel is good, Michal Naval (Poland) and Filip Maciejuk (Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe). About 70 km from the finish, Maritime is distant. Timo cup (Alpecin-Deceuninck), leader in the mountain ranking, then returns to the remaining duo and immediately took the points at the top of the difficulty. The gap with the peloton remains weak (about 1 minute) and 50 km from the finish, Thought is won, leaving only Maciejuk et Cup at the front. The latter, after winning the two intermediate sprints, finally raised the foot just over 40 km from the finish, leaving Maciejuk Alone in mind. The Polish holds up to 16 km from the finish, when Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar) made the junction. Together, they resisted up to 2.3 km from the finish, before being taken up by the peloton.
The stage victory will therefore be played with the sprint and on this final in a complicated and technical circuit, many sprinters are badly placed or tired and will not be able to compete in the victory, like the image ofOlav Kooij (Visma | lease a bike). Always well placed, French Paul Magnier Lance early and is much stronger than all its opponents and is essential “easily”! His first victory in WorldTour, ahead Legs (2nd, Grenaid INES) and Tim Torn Teutenberg (3e, lidl-trak).
