Tour of Poland 2021 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE] (polish)

August 12, 2021

Tour of Poland 2021 – Stage 4 – Tarnów – Bukovina Resort : 159,9 km

The Tour de Pologne is the only WorldTour race in Poland, it offers a testing ground for talented young riders on some of the sport’s teams. Some may assume leadership in a week-long race for the first time, some will try to add a WorldTour win to their palmares. The route favours puncheurs and climbers who can hold their own in the 19-kilometre stage 6 time trial, although, due to a bizarre application of the time gaps measuring protocol, the race promises to be a battle for every second.

João Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep) nabbed his second victory on stage 4 at the Tour de Pologne. Wearing the overall leader’s jersey, Almeida jumped off of the slipstream of Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) and sprinted to the win at Bukovina Resort. Mohoric had to settle for second place while Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroën) finished third.

Almeida increased his lead in the overall classification to eight seconds ahead of Mohoric and 14 seconds ahead of Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) as the race heads into stage 5’s 172.8km from Chochołów to Bielsko-Biała.

All of the breakaway riders were reeled back into the fold as the race headed toward the final at Bukovina Resort. Remi Cavagna (Deceuninck-QuickStep) set a fast pace on the early slopes of the final climb that created separations at the front of the field. He was joined by teammate Mikkel Honoré, while overall leader Almeida sat back protected in the field.

Honoré continued on alone as Cavagna dropped back to the field, but UAE Team Emirates set a fast pace from behind, thinning out the field, as they tried to catch the lone escapee.

The roads kicked up with 2km to go and Honore held a gap small of 10 seconds. UAE continued to lead the race on the final ascent but they were taken over by Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux, Ineos Grenadiers and Lotto Soudal.

Honoré desperately tried to hold onto a sliver of a gap inside 500 metres, as Almeida came to the front of the field just in case his teammate was caught.

Mohoric launched himself in an early sprint, passing Honoré, but Almeida proved strongest as he came around Mohoric and lunged to take his second stage victory at the Tour de Pologne.

How it unfolded

The fourth stage of the Tour de Pologne was 159.9km from Tarnów to Bukovina Resort and well-suited for the climbers with an uphill finish. The stage included two intermediate sprints sat Zakliczyn (28km) and Kroscienko nad Dunajcem (114km), and three categorized ascents at Lubinka (15km), Chomranice (62km) and before the final climb at Łapszanka (150km).

Łukasz Owsian (Team Arkéa Samsic) picked up full points over the first climb just 15km into the stage and increased his lead in the mountain classification.

The day’s early breakaway of five were Larry Warbasse (AG2R Citroën Team), Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ), Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), and Marco Canola (Gazprom-RusVelo).

Hermans took the points at the intermediate sprint in Zakliczyn, and even though he was the highest placed GC rider of the breakaway at 40 seconds behind overall leader João Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep), he then sat up and waited for the peloton.

The breakaway pushed their lead out to four minutes as they approached the next climb over Chomranice, 5km at 4 per cent, with Theuns taking the mountain points over the top. He also won the intermediate sprint in Kroscienko nad Dunajcem.

Deceuninck-QuickStep set a pace from the main field to keep the gap at a more manageable two minutes.

As the gap reduced, Alexis Renard (Israel Start-Up Nation) jumped from the field to try and bridge to the breakaway, however, his efforts seemed futile as the gap to the solo chaser and the main breakaway fell to one minute ahead of the final categorized mountain, Łapszanka.

Theuns fell off the pace on the climb, but despite the efforts of Trek-Segafredo behind, Canola, Valter and Warbasse managed to stretch their lead back out to 30 seconds nearing the top. Warbasse was the next to drop and then Canola, as Valter continued over the top alone.

Valter descended with 20 seconds in hand as the peloton bore down behind him inside the final 10km of the race, but that gap was slashed in half inside 7km as Ineos Grenadiers led the chase. Valter was caught 6km out from an uphill finish at Bukovina Resort.

Results :
1 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:51:32
2 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
3 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
5 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange
6 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM
7 Ben Tulett (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
8 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
9 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
10 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
11 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
12 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
13 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
14 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
15 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
16 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
17 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
18 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
19 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
20 Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
21 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
22 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:00:09
23 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
24 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
25 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
26 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
27 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
28 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
29 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange
30 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
31 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:19
32 Amanuel Gehbreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:22
33 Jonas Gregaard (Den) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:24
34 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:26
35 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:36
36 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
37 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
38 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
39 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team DSM
40 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix
41 Xandres Vervloesem (Bel) Lotto Soudal
42 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
43 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:40
44 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:50
45 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:00:54
46 Michal Paluta (Pol) Poland 0:01:07
47 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland
48 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka NextHash
49 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka NextHash
50 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:01:26
51 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:50
52 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
53 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:02
54 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
55 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
56 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
57 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) Poland
58 Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo
59 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
60 Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
61 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:48
62 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:26
63 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Poland
64 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:22
65 Patryk Stosz (Pol) Poland
66 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
67 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
68 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
69 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
70 Kevin Inkelaar (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
71 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
72 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
73 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo
74 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
75 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:04:45
76 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
77 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
78 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
79 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:16
80 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team
81 Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Poland
82 Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Poland
83 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Qhubeka NextHash
84 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis
85 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
86 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM
87 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
88 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
89 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
90 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Movistar Team
91 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
92 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
93 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal
94 Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange
95 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
96 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
97 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal
98 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:05:21
99 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Team BikeExchange 0:05:49
100 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:06
101 Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
102 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
103 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious 0:08:23
104 Michal Golas (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:09:15
105 Simon Clarke (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash
106 Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
107 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
108 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
109 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
110 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:11:30
111 Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep
112 Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation
113 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep
114 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
115 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
116 Anthony Jullien (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
117 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
118 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:53
119 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM 0:12:03
120 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo 0:12:08
121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 0:12:24
122 Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM
123 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
124 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka NextHash
125 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange
126 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
127 Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM
128 Rob Power (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash
129 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
130 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
131 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
132 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
133 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
134 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
135 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
136 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
137 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
138 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation
139 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
140 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:32
141 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
142 Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:13:22
DNS Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep 18:52:24
2 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:08
3 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:14
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:21
5 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM 0:00:32
6 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
7 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
8 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:36
10 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
11 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:37
12 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:47
13 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:00:48
14 Ben Tulett (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
15 Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
16 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:00:50
17 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
18 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
19 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:55
20 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
21 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
22 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:10
23 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
24 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:14
25 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange
26 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:17
27 Jonas Gregaard (Den) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:19
28 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:22
29 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
30 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:41
31 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:01:47
32 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team DSM
33 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:51
34 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:53
35 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:56
36 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:02:03
37 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:06
38 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix
39 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:18
40 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka NextHash 0:02:45
41 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:02:49
42 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland 0:02:53
43 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:03:22
44 Amanuel Gehbreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:49
45 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:06:26
46 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:06:54
47 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:07:02
48 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 0:07:22
49 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) Poland 0:07:29
50 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:08:10
51 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:08:28
52 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ 0:09:00
53 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Poland 0:09:10
54 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Team BikeExchange 0:09:24
55 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:09:37
56 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ 0:09:48
57 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:10:28
58 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:11:10
59 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:11:14
60 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:11:21
61 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:12:10
62 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo 0:12:33
63 Xandres Vervloesem (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:12:41
64 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:12:48
65 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:13:16
66 Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:13:44
67 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:59
68 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:14:01
69 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:14:16
70 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:22
71 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 0:14:26
72 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM 0:14:45
73 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis
74 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:15:10
75 Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:15:25
76 Simon Clarke (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash 0:16:03
77 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:16:08
78 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Movistar Team 0:16:14
79 Kevin Inkelaar (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:16:30
80 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:16:31
81 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:16:37
82 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:16:38
83 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:16:41
84 Patryk Stosz (Pol) Poland
85 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:16:57
86 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:16:59
87 Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Poland 0:17:21
88 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:17:26
89 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:17:27
90 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka NextHash 0:17:30
91 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:17:36
92 Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Poland
93 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Qhubeka NextHash
94 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo 0:19:02
95 Michal Paluta (Pol) Poland 0:19:13
96 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 0:19:16
97 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:19:34
98 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo 0:19:52
99 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:06
100 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious 0:20:36
101 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:20:39
102 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:50
103 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:21:03
104 Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:21:21
105 Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:21:34
106 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
107 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:21:42
108 Michal Golas (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:22:19
109 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation 0:22:25
110 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:22:32
111 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo 0:23:10
112 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:23:44
113 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM 0:23:46
114 Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:23:51
115 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
116 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:23:52
117 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates 0:24:09
118 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:24:10
119 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis
120 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
121 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:24:47
122 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka NextHash 0:24:51
123 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:25:28
124 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:25:35
125 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
126 Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM 0:25:47
127 Anthony Jullien (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:25:50
128 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis 0:26:14
129 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:27:12
130 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:27:17
131 Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation 0:27:26
132 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:27:40
133 Rob Power (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash 0:28:16
134 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:28:29
135 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:28:33
136 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:29:49
137 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:30:09
138 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:30:18
139 Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM 0:31:47
140 Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:34:36
141 Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:35:06
142 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain Victorious 0:36:48