Tour of Poland (Tour de Pologne) August 12 to 18, 2024

[Squire]

Battle of the young puncheurs tomorrow: Nys, Nerurkar and Christen? UAE have lots of cards to play as usual, hopefully its more than a 1 km explosion

Based on today's time trial, Onley should definitely be in that list. Apparently he crashed yesterday.

So Mads Pedersen with the best T1 time at 9.11, five seconds ahead of Grossschartner. And finshed 31st in the end. Was there some sort of prize or points at the intermediate check? Or did he just try to take advantage of his terrain by yoloing it like crazy then dying on the climb?

 

[tobydawq]

Based on today's time trial, Onley should definitely be in that list. Apparently he crashed yesterday.

So Mads Pedersen with the best T1 time at 9.11, five seconds ahead of Grossschartner. And finshed 31st in the end. Was there some sort of prize or points at the intermediate check? Or did he just try to take advantage of his terrain by yoloing it like crazy then dying on the climb?

I think the latter. He's a heavy guy, so he probably hoped his presence on the mountain the day before would have flattened it somewhat.

Jokes aside, he did try to hang on yesterday too, but I was surprised that he gave it a go today.

 

[ppanther92]

Slightly stupid by UAE that they had Großschartner and Wellens ride for Majka on Stage 1 though. They could be way closer in GC and Majka was quite bad today.

 

[search]

Tomorrow's finish is exactly the same as last year, sth like 400m at 15%, and then some narrow corners to a 100m sprint

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1J_rmz_YKw


Belgian media mentioned this stage at the main objective for Nys, but he'd probably need to be positioned in the top 3 heading into the corners.

 

[Rob5091]

More like uncontrolled chaos breakaways

With not everyone with a race radio, it might add to the chaos.

 

[joe_papp]

You can hear the public addres system's commentator in the background in the video. Could be listening to FM radio or watching a TV stream - hard to tell nowadays as it's all on mobile phones.
There is an online sign language live page for deaf people - not seen that before.

Yup, thanks Rob. Didn't know about the live signing site!

 

[Landeirovic]

Slightly stupid by UAE that they had Großschartner and Wellens ride for Majka on Stage 1 though. They could be way closer in GC and Majka was quite bad today.

Wellens and Grosschartner lose time bcs the crash

 

[Rob5091]

And right in the midst of the Tour of Poland, Poland's anti-doping agency, POLADA, gets hacked! (more in the clinic).

 

[Rob5091]

Kelderman crashed in the neutral zone?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

157km: Riders are gone for the neutral start

157km: Crash by Wilko keldermen (Visma leasebike)

 

[Earns1985]

A very dissapoing breakaway, given the profile of the first kilometers. So the stage will most likely only be a 900 m uphill sprint int he end..

 

[Squire]

Not watching, but checked PCS and what is this?

• 90 km: The attacker is Sheffield Magnus (INEOS Grenadiers).
  
  
• 90 km: Sheffield Magnus (INEOS Grenadiers) caught by peloton.

Random solo bridge-to-the-breakaway attempt in the middle of the stage from 7th place in GC?

 

[search]

Reinderink and Debeaumarché from the breakaway crashed into a ditch on a descent, and Debeaumarché may have hit a wall there. Let's hope he is okay. Reinderink is back on the bike, but was caught by the peloton.

 

[search]

Not watching, but checked PCS and what is this?

• 90 km: The attacker is Sheffield Magnus (INEOS Grenadiers).
  
  
• 90 km: Sheffield Magnus (INEOS Grenadiers) caught by peloton.

Random solo bridge-to-the-breakaway attempt in the middle of the stage from 7th place in GC?

just tuned in as well, but apparently 7 riders bridged to the front with around 100k to go, so I guess he may have tried to join them.

 

[search]

Debeaumarché was taken to hospital, according to the live ticker of the race. No more information available, as far as I can see.

 

[Rob5091]

Debeaumarché was taken to hospital, according to the live ticker of the race. No more information available, as far as I can see.

Hope he's ok. It did not look good lying motionless in a ditch.

 

[Earns1985]

Around 35-40 riders in the bunch

 

[Rob5091]

The fight to be first on the climb is on - elbows out!

 

[Coffeeplanter]

THI-BAU! THI-BAU! THI-BAU!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Excellently timed and positioned

 

[Didinho]

Masterclass Thibau. His uphill sprint is always so good against climbers. They need to make it harder to get a chance against him.

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau Nys & Trek - 2nd win. Strong sprint to pass Kelderman & Ulissi at the death.

 

[Rob5091]

If it's Thursday, it's time for a sprint. Stage 4 from Kudowa-Zdroj to Prudnik 195.3 km. Starts 12.15 CET and TV from 12.20 CET

Some lumpy stuff to start the day, but by the time they get to the last 50 km it should be "peloton compacto" and time for the fast guys to show their stuff. Unless of course the breakaway hangs on.

 

[Andre]

I missed the stage 2 time trial. What happened to Nys? Is time trial not his bag, or did he have a mechanical? I see that he won today again.

 

[Berniece]

I missed the stage 2 time trial. What happened to Nys? Is time trial not his bag, or did he have a mechanical? I see that he won today again.

Not his cup of tea, he did a wheelie instead