Tour de Pologne 2015 Stage 4: Bodnar takes early break home, Zilinski leader
Stage 4 totals 220 kilometres and leads to Nowy Sącz, where the race ends with three 7.6 kilometres laps. The parcours offers chances for escapees and that's exactly what happens with Bodnar taking the flowers home. Zilinski is the new leader. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results 4th stage Tour de Pologne
1. Maciej Bodnar (pol)
2. Kamiel Zielinski (pol) s.t.
3. Gatis Smukulis (est) s.t.
4. Caleb Ewan (nzl) + 0.20
5. Luka Mezgec (slo) s.t.
6. Tom van Asbroeck (bel) s.t.
7. Norman Hansen (den) s.t.
8. Silvan Dillier (swi) s.t.
9. Lorenzo Manzin (fra) s.t.
10. Sebastien Turgot (fra) s.t.
GC after stage 4
1. Kamil Zilinski (pol)
2. Maciel Bodnar (pol) + 0.03
3. Caleb Ewan (nzl) + 0.22
4. Marcus Burghardt (ger) z.t.
5. Tom van Asbroeck (bel) + 0.24
6. Sebastien Turgot (fra) + 0.28
7. Lorenzo Manzin (fra) s.t.
8. Salvatore Puccio (ita) s.t.
9. Michal Kwiatkowski (pol) s.t.
10. Alexey Lutsenko (kaz) s.t.
Race report
Smukulis, Bodnar and Zieliński are the break of the day. The trio races to a maximum advantage of 11 minutes and then the pack wakes up en brings it down.
With one lap left the escapees are 1’10” minutes ahead and that’s not enough. Maciej Bodnar proves to be the fastest man in the break, while Caleb Ewan wins the sprint of the chasers. Zilinski is the new leader.
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