The Belgian Remco Evenepoel took an emotional victory, which he dedicated to Fabio Jakobsen, after attacking with 51 kilometers to go – Simon Yates 3rd
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Tour of Poland: Win for Remco Evenepoel
Remco Evenepoel was in a league of his own Saturday afternoon, launching an astonishing long-range attack at the Tour de Pologne queen stage and ruthlessly blowing the race apart, before crossing the finish line while holding up the race number of Fabio Jakobsen, who sustained several serious injuries on the opening day of the event.
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A course that gave little respite, featuring a succession of climbs stacked between Bukowina Resort and Bukowina Tatrzanska, promised a real showdown between the overall contenders, who were separated by just a few seconds at the start of the 152.9km stage. In the past, the winner emerged on the final ascent, but Evenepoel had other plans this time and stormed away with 51 kilometers remaining, which proved to be the key move of the stage.
What were 20 seconds after just two kilometers nudged out to a full minute with 40 kilometers to go, and despite a series of attacks from behind and a concerted effort of several teams, that was the last time the yellow jersey group saw the young Belgian until the finish. In full time trial mode and extremely focused, Evenepoel continued to increase his gap to almost two minutes, easing up only with 200 meters to go, when he held aloft the number 75, the dossard of Fabio Jakobsen at the Tour de Pologne, in a touching tribute he brought to his teammate.
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“I wanted to give everything today for Fabio! After stage 1, we all had some pretty tough moments, but stayed together and I think the whole world saw today just how strong this team is. The good news we received yesterday about Fabio acted as a big morale-boost and for that reason I wanted to do something today. That’s why in the morning, before the start, I asked for his race number and the moment I had it in my hands I immediately felt something special. It wasn’t easy and I suffered, but it doesn’t compare to what Fabio’s enduring these days. This gave me the energy to carry on and never look back.”
Overcome with emotion at the end of this hard day which landed the yellow jersey on his shoulders, Remco talked also of his strategy for the queen stage of the Tour de Pologne: “The plan was to attack, not too early, but feeling that everybody was on their limit I just went with 50 kilometers to go. Up until then, the guys did a great job for me, protected me from the start of the day, and I wanted to repay them for that. When the info came from the car that I had a small gap over the chasers and that nobody could follow, it gave me even more confidence, so I just kept a high pace, without going over my limit, all the way to the end. I’m happy with this win and with having the yellow jersey with just one day to go.”
Stage
1. Remco Evenepoel Leader jersey Deceuninck-Quick Step 03:55:52
2. Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 01:48
3. Simon Yates Mitchelton-Scott @ 02:22
4. Rafal Majka Bora-Hansgrohe @ 02:22
5. Diego Ulissi Point jersey UAE Team Emirates @ 03:05
6. Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb @ 03:05
7. Kamil Malecki CCC Team @ 03:08
8. Mikel Nieve Mitchelton-Scott @ 03:08
9. Jonas Vingegaard Team Jumbo – Visma @ 03:08
10. Maximilian Schachmann Bora-Hansgrohe @ 03:09
62. Fred Wright Bahrain-McLaren @ 15:43
64. James Knox Deceuninck-Quick Step @ 15:43
69. Luke Rowe Team Ineos @ 17:23
102. Ryan Mullen Trek-Segafredo @ 24:13
107. Sebastian Mora Movistar Team @ 24:13
110. Harry Tanfield AG2R La Mondiale @ 25:17
118. Sam Brand Team Novo Nordisk @ 27:58
129. Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo @ 28:30
133. Thomas Scully EF Pro Cycling @ 28:30
134. Jonathan Dibben Lotto Soudal @ 28:30
136. Mark Cavendish Bahrain-McLaren @ 28:30
DNF Ian Stannard Team Ineos
Overall
1 Remco Evenepoel Deceuninck-Quick Step 16:58:28
2 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team 01:52
3 Simon Yates Mitchelton-Scott 02:28
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