Tour de Pologne 2020: Mads Pedersen sprints to leader’s jersey
Mads Pedersen sprints to triumph on the slightly uphill home straight in the 2nd stage of the Tour of Poland. The World Champion pips Pascal Ackermann and Davide Ballerini and moves into the GC lead. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results 2nd stage Tour de Pologne
1. Mads Pedersen (den)
2. Pascal Ackermann (ger) s.t.
3. Davide Ballerini (ita) s.t.
4. Rudy Barbier (fra) s.t.
5. Alberto Dainese (ita) s.t.
6. Albert Torres (spa) s.t.
7. Szymon Sajnok (pol) s.t.
8. Jasper Philipsen (bel) s.t.
9. Piet Allegaert (bel) s.t.
10. Jürgen Roelandts (bel) s.t.
GC after stage 2
1. Mads Pedersen (den)
2. Pascal Ackermann (ger) + 0.04
3. Kamil Malecki (pol) s.t.
4. Luka Mezgec (slo) + 0.06
5. Davide Ballerini (ita) s.t.
6. Wout Poels (nld) + 0.09
7. Jasper Philipsen (bel) + 0.10
8. Szymon Sajnok (pol) s.t.
9. Alberto Dainese (ita) s.t.
10. Mark Cavendish (gbr) s.t.
Race report
Maciej Paterski and Julius van den Berg initiate the breakaway. No one joins them and the duo races to a lead of 6 minutes in one hour. The gap remains stable for quite a while, but they don’t stand a chance once the peloton starts chasing.
In the first of three local laps of 6 kilometres the attackers are caught.
In the ensuing bunch sprint Trek-Segafredo does a magnificent job and Mads Pedersen finishes it off. He outguns Pascal Ackermann and Davide Ballerini with a tiny margin.
Another interesting read: route 2020 Tour de Pologne.
Tour de Pologne 2020 – stage 2: profiles, more
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