Despite being seriously affected in the accident that occurred in the final packaging of the first stage of the Tower of Polandthe dutch Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck Quick Step) was declared the winner of the first and rugged fraction of the Polish round that took place over 195 kilometers between Stadium Slaski and Katowice.
With the same time that the winner was given, 4 hours 31 minutes 50 seconds the Colombian rider entered the goal Stephen Chaves (Mitchelton Scott) who finished classified in position 27.
For his part Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates) who suffered a fall 7 kilometers from the finish line, arrived at the finish line in 6 minutes 26 seconds.
Kamil Małecki (CCC),
Julius Van den Berg (EF), Sam Brand (Novo Nordisk) and Maciej Paterski (Poland national team) were in charge of animating the competition from the initial kilometers. However, the interest in bringing the definition to the sprint led the teams of the sprinters to generate the connection over the leading group.
This Thursday the second stage of the Tower of Poland, a 151 kilometer journey that starts from Opole and will have Zabrze as a goal point. Scenario in which the sprinters will once again have a great opportunity to fight for the partial victory.
Results
Stage 1 and Individual General Classification
1 JAKOBSEN Fabio Deceuninck Quick Step 4:31:50
2 SARREAU Marc Groupama FDJ mt
3 MEZGEC Luka Mitchelton-Scott m.t
4 PHILIPSEN Jasper UAE-Team Emirates m.t
5 GIBBONS Ryan NTT Pro Cycling m.t
6 SAJNOK Szymon CCC Team
m.t
7 TOUZÉ Damien Cofidis, Solutions Crédits mt
8 KLUGE Roger Lotto Soudal m.t
9 HOFLAND Moreno EF Pro Cycling m.t
10 THEUNS Edward Trek Segafredo m.t
27 CHAVES Esteban Mitchelton-Scott
m.t
151 MOLANO Sebastián UAE-Team Emirates 6:26
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