Stage win for Dowsett in Poland

Essex boy Alex Dowsett (Movistar) captures the final time trial in Krakow on the final stage of the Tour of Poland

Stage win for Dowsett in Poland

It was a battle between the time trial specialists, who were all vying for victory on this stage with British champion Dowsett (Movistar) finishing with a time of 28’59” ahead of teammmate from Spain, Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar) and Slovenian champion Primoz Roglic.

“Iâ€™m happy” said Dowsett afterwards. “It was a struggle just to get to this stage but certainly two days ago, on Saturdayâ€™s stage, I really had to fight just to stay in the race,” declared Dowsett.

“Today for the TT I wasnâ€™t sure how I was going to go, I had reconned the circuit, my legs didnâ€™t feel great on the warm up, but then in the race things were fine. It was a really good TT for me. My numbers were decent; I paced it well. Yeah, it was difficult: tailwind out, headwind back, which makes it difficult to judge your pace, but yes, I am happy.”

“I got here and looking at who was in the field, there were a couple of guys that could be near me if I had just â€˜goodâ€™ legs, but I knew I stood a good chance of winning. In the end, the time trial went well for me: legs felt well all the way through, the numbers were good – Iâ€™m just happy with how it all went. Itâ€™s a big one, especially considering the important community of haemophiliacs here in Poland.

“Itâ€™s a way to send a message, especially to the young kids, that you can keep on achieving great things even when suffering from it. I just want to thank the team and its sponsors for their support to this victory today.â€

RESULTS
1. Alex Dowsett, Movistar Team 0:28:59
2. Jonathan Castroviejo, Movistar Team 0:00:22
3. Primoz Roglic, Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:39
4. Ben Hermans, BMC Racing Team 0:00:41
5. Victor Campenaerts, Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:48
6. Fabio Felline, Trek-Segafredo 0:00:49
7. Svein Tuft, Orica-BikeExchange 0:01:11
8. Alberto Bettiol, Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:13
9. Daniele Bennati, Tinkoff Team 0:01:19
10. VÃctor De La Parte, CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:21

28. Simon Yates, Orica-BikeExchange
30. Philippe Gilbert, BMC Racing Team
31. Peter Kennaugh, Team Sky 0:01:59
47. Michal Kwiatkowski, Team Sky 0:02:20
97. Yanto Barker, ONE Pro Cycling 0:09:23

FINAL OVERALL
1. Tim Wellens, Lotto Soudal 23:47:23
2. Fabio Felline, Trek-Segafredo 0:04:22
3. Alberto Bettiol, Cannondale-Drapac 0:04:54

20. Simon Yates, Orica-BikeExchange 0:13:24
51. Peter Kennaugh, Team Sky 0:47:32
88. Alex Dowsett, Movistar Team 1:06:56
95. Yanto Barker, ONE Pro Cycling 1:15:43