Chaos and confusion on the 3rd stage of Poland Tour ! While we expected a beautiful 3rd stage this Wednesday around Wałbrzych, With a very hilly course which let hoped for a unbridled scenario, we finally attended a racing parody in the final, the announced battle having finally been distorted following the big fall of the yellow jersey Paul Lapeira (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) 20 km away and the partial neutralization that followed. Violently out of the road in a descent with in particular Mathias Vacek (Lidl-trek) et Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), the French seemed very affected. The organizers then decided to neutralize the race while the situation is back in order, the ambulances being blocked with this incident. The race then resumed in the confusion 20 minutes later with the frozen times for the general, and Legs (Ineos grenadiers) finally raised his arms to the sprint, after a truncated final and without any other stake than victory …
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Important fall in the third stage of the @Tour_de_polognewith leader Paul Lapeira, Rafal Majka and Mathias Vacek involved
The final stretch, in #E1 y @StreamMaxES pic.twitter.com/jHpysQoyxc
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The frozen times, a truncated victory … Lapeira finished the stage, not Vacek
Leaving 40 seconds ahead of a peloton reduced to around fifty units 15 km from the finish, the trio of escaped Kelland O’Brien (Jayco is simple) Diego Ulissi (XDS astana) and Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar) was taken up following the work of the team Comma pour Matthew Brennan. In a fairly illegible kilometer, Legs launched his sprint from afar and has never been raised, the 26 -year -old Briton “opening” his WorldTour counter before ” Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) Despite these very specific circumstances.
Ben Turner with INEOS Grenadiers winner of the 3rd stage of the Tour de Pologne. In 10th place Marcin Budziński – the best of Poles today. #TdP2025 ?? pic.twitter.com/uZ1Ll5DuBs
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The good news then came a few minutes later when we saw Paul Lapeira Cross the finish line In 104th position, with 8'34 “late! A relief when we had very little news from the French after his big fall. Mathias Vacek To him was less lucky, the champion of the Czech Republic could not finish and having a priori directly taken the management of the hospital to pass scanners. It remains to know the state of health of the former French champion, who should take exams in the evening. Since he could leave Thursday on the 4th stage, he would always wear the yellow jersey, times having been frozen on the arrival of this 3rd stage.
Tour of Poland – Classification of the 3rd stage
Tour de Poland – Provisional general classification after the 3rd stage
