Tour of Poland 2019 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

August 06, 2019

Tour of Poland 2019 – Stage 4 – Jaworzno – Kocierz : 173 km

The Tour de France has barely concluded but WorldTour stage racing returns with Eastern Europe’s biggest bike race, the Tour de Pologne, which gets under way in Krakow on Saturday. This year’s event could be even more unpredictable than usual. Tough uphill finishes and a field of racers who, for the most part, have not been in action since well before the Tour de France, combine to make the race a real blast of fresh summer air in comparison to more formulaic events.

Tour de Pologne organisers neutralised stage 4 following the death the previous day of 22-year-old Bjorg Lambrecht (Lotto Soudal), who crashed during stage 3 and died later that afternoon in hospital.

The planned 173km stage from Jaworzno to Kocierz was shortened to 133.7km, and the finishing circuits were cut to one. Organisers replaced the planned final ultra-steep ascent with a straightforward uphill climb to a hilltop hotel and spa near the finish.

An overhead arch, made entirely of black and bearing Lambrecht’s name and his Pologne race number, 143, was erected at the top of a long wooded climb deep in the countryside of southern Poland.

Ahead of the peloton, the six remaining Lotto Soudal riders pedalled to within 50 metres of the finish, then dismounted and stood, arms round each other in a long line across the narrow hill road for another minute’s silence. The peloton then broke up as riders rode back down the hill to their team buses.

Stage 5 on Wednesday was scheduled to go off as originally planned, although organisers said any post-stage ceremonies and celebrations would be muted from their usual pomp and circumstance. Lotto Soudal told media the team would decided before stage 5 whether they would continue in the race, which ends Friday in Bukowina Tatrzańska.

Results :

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 9:59:57
2 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:00
3 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 0:14:00
4 Pawe_ Franczak (Pol) Poland 0:16:00
5 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) Poland 0:17:00
6 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:18:00
7 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:20:00
8 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:22:00
9 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:23:00
11 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:24:00
12 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
13 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
14 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First
16 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
17 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
18 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
19 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
20 Enrico Gasparatto (Ita) Dimension Data
21 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
22 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
23 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
25 Sergey Shilov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
26 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
27 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
28 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
29 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
30 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
31 Jesper Hansen (Den) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
32 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
33 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
34 Rafa_ Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
35 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
36 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk
37 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-QuickStep
38 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
39 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland
40 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team
41 _ukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Team
42 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
43 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
44 Sergio Higuita (Col) EF Education First
45 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
46 Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Team
47 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Ineos
48 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
49 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
50 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
51 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
52 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
53 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
55 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
57 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
58 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
59 Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb
60 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
61 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott
62 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
63 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
64 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
65 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
66 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
67 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
68 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
69 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team
70 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
71 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
72 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
73 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
74 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos
75 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
76 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
77 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma
78 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
79 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
80 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos
81 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
82 Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
83 Micha_ Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
84 Pawe_ Cieslik (Pol) Poland
85 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
86 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
87 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Astana Pro Team
88 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
89 Luis Villalobos (Mex) EF Education First
90 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
91 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First
92 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
93 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
94 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
95 Szymon Rekita (Pol) Poland
96 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
97 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team
98 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
99 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
100 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
101 Pawe_ Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgorghe
102 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team
103 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma
104 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
105 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
106 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
107 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
108 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
109 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data
110 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
111 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 0:48:00
112 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team 1:13:00
113 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 1:15:00
114 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 1:20:00
115 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
116 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:30:00
117 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 1:38:00
118 Fumiyaki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo)
119 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Ineos
120 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
121 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
122 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk
123 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
124 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:53:00
125 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:54:00
126 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 2:07:00
127 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 2:11:00
128 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:17:00
129 Pawe_ Bernas (Pol) CCC Team 2:19:00
130 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 2:25:00
131 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 2:33:00
132 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First 2:38:00
133 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 3:13:00
134 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin 3:15:00
135 Samuel Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 3:17:00
136 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 3:36:00
137 Sean Bennett (USA) EF Education First 3:37:00
138 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 4:02:00
139 Gino Mäder (Swi) Dimension Data 4:06:00
140 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb 4:56:00
141 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 5:02:00
142 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 5:24:00
143 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 5:42:00
144 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 5:47:00
145 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First 5:59:00
146 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 6:08:00
147 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 6:11:00
148 Adrian Kurek (Pol) Poland 6:24:00
149 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 7:02:00