Tour de Pologne 2020: Sprint triumph Ballerini, Evenepoel wins GC

Results 5th stage Tour de Pologne 2020

1. Davide Ballerini (ita)
2. Pascal Ackermann (ger) s.t.
3. Alberto Dainese (ita) s.t.
4. Ryan Gibbons (rsa) s.t.
5. Jasper Philipsen (bel) s.t.
6. Rudy Barbier (fra) s.t.
7. Juan Sebastián Molano (col) s.t.
8. Phil Bauhaus (ger) s.t.
9. Szymon Sajnok (pol) s.t.
10. Alberto Torres (spa) s.t.

GC after stage 5
1. Remco Evenepoel (bel)
2. Jakob Fuglsang (den) + 1.52
3. Simon Yates (gbr) + 2.28
4. Rafal Majka (pol) + 2.32
5. Diego Ulissi (ita) + 3.09
6. Kamil Malecki (pol) + 3.12
7. Wilco Kelderman (nld) + 3.15
8. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 3.18
9. Mikel Nieve (spa) s.t.
10. Rui Costa (por) + 3.19

Race report
Rowe, Bouchard, Houle, Whelan and Kasperkiewicz establish the breakaway to race to a lead of approximately 4 minutes.

Alexis Gougeard and Jos van Emden bridge across inside the last 60 kilometres. The duo gives the break a boost, but afterwards the gap continues to fall.

The catch is made 6.5 kilometres from the line and in the ensuing bunch sprint Ballerini gets the better of Ackermann. Dainese finishes in third.

In the first pre-Giro d’Italia confrontation Remco Evenepoel outperforms Jakob Fuglsang and Simon Yates. The youngster wins his second stage-race after the COVID19-break.

Another interesting read: route 5th stage 2020 Tour de Pologne.

Tour de Pologne 2020 – stage 5: routes & profiles

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