Tour of Poland 2017 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

August 02, 2017

Tour de Pologne 2017 – Stage 5 – Olimp Nagawczyna – Rzeszow : 130 km

The 2017 Tour de Pologne is a road cycling stage race that is taking place between 29 July and 4 August in Poland. It is the 74th edition of the Tour de Pologne and is the twenty-seventh event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

Danny Van Poppel (Team Sky) finally claimed a stage victory in the 2017 Tour de Pologne, taking the sprint from a crash-reduced peloton on a short, fast and rainy stage 5 to Rzeszow over Luka Mezgec (Orica-Scott) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Van Poppel, who led the race after stage 2, upgraded his three podium finishes so far in the race to leap onto the top step thanks to a full-on team effort from his Sky lead-out train that pulled back a late attack from Dimension Data’s Youcef Reguigui and delivered the Dutchman to the front in time to avoid a wreck in the final bend.

Sagan once again finished in the time bonuses to extend his lead in the general classification over Dylan Teuns (BMC) and his own teammate Rafal Majka, both of whom were caught behind the crash in the final bend of the stage but were awarded the same time for the general classification.

How it unfolded

Maximilian Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors) was the best-placed rider in the day’s breakaway, joining Maxime Monfort (Lotto-Soudal), Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team), Antwan Tolhoek (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Moreno Moser (Astana) off the front on a short, intense 130km stage to Rzeszow.

With the GC battle still tight, the breakaway was given little room to breathe, earning a maximum of 2:50 with 60 kilometres to go.

Unfortunately for Schachmann, his spell in the virtual race lead came crashing down as the skies opened up with 27 kilometres remaining and he slid out in a sharp right turn. There was no time for the rest of the riders to wait, and the Quick-Step rider was out of the move.

The other four escapees soldiered on through a sinuous cityscape littered with signage, inflatables and sponsor logo-laden barriers, but few fans as the spectators took shelter from the summer storm.

With 22.5 kilometres to go, the quartet gently wound their way out of the finishing chute for the final lap, enjoying a 1:25 lead on the peloton. UAE Team Emirates had the peloton lined out with race leader Sagan not far behind, staying out of trouble on the rain-slicked roads.

As the race moved out of Rzeszow, the skies cleared and roads dried for the frenetic push to the finish.

On the final climb with 13 kilometres to go, the four leaders’ gap had been slashed to just 20 seconds thanks to a concerted effort from Team Sky. On the steepest part of the climb, the peloton bore down on the leaders and the cars desperately tried to squeeze past the leaders as van Garderen launched an attack.

The American’s acceleration relegated his former companion Monfort to pack fodder, with Moser the next caught, but the BMC rider’s lead was just 10 seconds as he crested the climb and hurtled down through wildflower fields toward the finish.

Sunweb took over the chasing, finally sweeping past Tolhoek with 10km to go.

Van Garderen had a dozen seconds over the bunch as they rode back toward the dark clouds that still hung over the finish. The last of the motorbikes left the gap with 3.7 kilometres to go, and though the American continued to press on, the Sky-led bunch was on his wheel with three kilometres remaining.

The rain had stopped but the roads were still wet as the Sky lead-out train brought the peloton into the final turn and behind, a crash from a Cannondale-Drapac rider blocked the majority of the peloton, leaving a dozen riders fighting for the stage.

Reguigui launched an attack with one kilometre to go, but was mowed down by Sky, who dropped Van Poppel off at the front. The Dutchman started the sprint, but held on to take the win over Mezgec and Sagan.

Results :
1 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 2:59:44
2 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
4 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
5 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
6 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
7 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
8 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
10 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
11 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
12 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data
13 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland
14 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
15 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
16 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
17 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
18 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
19 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
20 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
21 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
22 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
23 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
24 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
25 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
26 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
27 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
28 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
29 Jérémy Maison (Fra) FDJ
30 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-Scott
32 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
33 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
34 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
35 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
36 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
38 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
39 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
40 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
41 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
42 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
43 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
44 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
45 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
46 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
47 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
48 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
49 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
50 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal
51 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
52 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
53 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
54 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:01:06
55 Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:07
56 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:08
57 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:12
58 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:29
59 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
60 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
61 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 0:01:30
62 Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Poland
63 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
64 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
65 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:31
66 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
67 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
68 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
69 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:32
70 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
71 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-Scott
72 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
73 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:33
74 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
75 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
76 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:39
77 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
78 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:01:40
80 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
81 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
82 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:58
83 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:02:12
84 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:32
85 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:54
86 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 0:03:00
87 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:03:02
88 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:03:33
89 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:34
91 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
92 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:03:35
93 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
94 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:45
95 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:04:46
96 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
97 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:04:47
98 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
99 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:04:54
100 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:04:55
101 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Poland 0:06:12
102 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
103 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
104 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
105 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
106 Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Poland
107 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 0:06:30
108 Anass Ait El Abdia (Mor) UAE Team Emirates
109 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
110 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:58
111 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
112 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
113 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
114 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
115 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo
116 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac
117 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:09:07
118 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
119 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors
120 Pawel Franczak (Pol) Poland 0:12:27
121 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
122 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
123 Pawel Bernas (Pol) Poland
124 Rob Power (Aus) Orica-Scott
125 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
126 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
127 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:14:25
128 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:27
129 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
130 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
131 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
132 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
133 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe
134 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:17:50
135 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
136 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:17:56
137 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
138 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott
139 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
140 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
141 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ
142 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data
143 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:18:50
144 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
145 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:18:55
DNF Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ
DNS Alan Banaszek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNS Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
DNF Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors

General Classification after Stage 5 :
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 18:41:27
2 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:14
3 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:20
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:24
5 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 0:00:31
6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:32
7 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:33
8 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:39
10 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:42
12 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:44
13 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:47
14 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
15 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
16 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:01:02
17 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:01:05
18 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:10
19 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 0:01:14
20 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:50
21 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:58
22 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:22
23 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:02:41
24 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 0:02:43
25 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:52
26 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
27 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
28 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:59
29 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:03:14
30 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:18
31 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:21
32 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:03:23
33 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:04:00
34 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:04:08
35 Jérémy Maison (Fra) FDJ 0:04:09
36 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:22
37 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:04:25
38 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 0:04:41
39 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:04:48
40 Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Poland 0:05:39
41 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:05:40
42 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:05:50
43 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:06:08
44 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-Scott
45 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:06:12
46 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland 0:06:24
47 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal 0:06:59
48 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:07:23
49 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:07:38
50 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:08:02
51 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:09:01
52 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 0:09:36
53 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
54 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
55 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 0:10:34
56 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:10:43
57 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:10:53
58 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:59
59 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
60 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:11:02
61 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 0:11:22
62 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:12:05
63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:11
64 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:12
65 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:13:10
66 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott 0:13:14
67 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:13:40
68 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:02
69 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:14:04
70 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:19
71 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:14:28
72 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
73 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:14:39
74 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:01
75 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:15:15
76 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:20
77 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:15:30
78 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:15:33
80 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:15:39
81 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:43
82 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 0:15:51
83 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:15:59
84 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:16:00
85 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 0:16:01
86 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:16:08
87 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:16:09
88 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 0:16:14
89 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:16:16
90 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 0:16:19
91 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:16:26
92 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 0:17:07
93 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:17:42
94 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:18:24
95 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:18:29
96 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:18:33
97 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:18:57
98 Rob Power (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:19:00
99 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 0:19:15
100 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:19:42
101 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:19:49
102 Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:19:59
103 Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Poland 0:20:32
104 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:21:18
105 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:21:20
106 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:21:37
107 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:22:42
108 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:22:51
109 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Poland 0:23:19
110 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:23:41
111 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:23:44
112 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:23:51
113 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:23:56
114 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:24:15
115 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 0:24:27
116 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac 0:24:34
117 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 0:25:06
118 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:25:39
119 Anass Ait El Abdia (Mor) UAE Team Emirates 0:25:53
120 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 0:26:01
121 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:26:07
122 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:27:52
123 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:29:04
124 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:34:20
125 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:34:33
126 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) AG2R La Mondiale 0:35:43
127 Pawel Franczak (Pol) Poland 0:36:46
128 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 0:37:46
129 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:38:35
130 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:38:41
131 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:38:46
132 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
133 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:39:38
134 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:42:05
135 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:42:15
136 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:43:47
137 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:44:50
138 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:45:18
139 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ 0:47:06
140 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:47:34
141 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:49:07
142 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:49:12
143 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:52:41
144 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:53:33
145 Pawel Bernas (Pol) Poland 0:58:20