Tour of Poland: an encore by Kooij in the last stage

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Jonas Vingegaard wins the overall classification

Olav Kooij (Team Visma Lease a bike) wins the seventh and final stage of the Tour of Poland from Wieliczka to Kraków (142.1km).

The final stage, completely flat, sees the escape of four riders: Ryan, Rootkin-Gray, Cavagna and Budzinski. The attackers do not worry the sprinters' teams and are caught by the yellow jersey group 3 km from the end.

The final sprint is set by Thijssen's men, but it is Kooij who makes the winning move in the last few dozen meters. The Dutchman precedes Merlier and Thijssen .

Vingegaard retains the yellow jersey and wins the Tour of Poland, ahead of Ulissi and teammate Kelderman .


ORDER OF ARRIVAL:

1 KOOIJ Olav Team Visma | Lease a Bike 3:04:08

2 MERLIER Tim Soudal Quick-Step ,,

3 THIJSSEN Gerben Intermarché - Wanty ,,

4 VAN UDEN Casper Team dsm-firmenich PostNL ,,

5 PLOWRIGHT Jensen Alpecin - Deceuninck ,,

6 MEEUS Jordi Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe ,,

7 REINDERS Elmar Team Jayco AlUla,,

8 NAESEN Oliver Decathlon AG2R The World Team ,,

9 SWIFT Ben INEOS Grenadiers,,

10 THEUNS Edward Lidl - Trek ,,


FINAL GENERAL RANKING:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike 24:26:22

2 ULISSI Diego UAE Team Emirates 0:13

3 KELDERMAN Wilco Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:20

4 GRÉGOIRE Romain Groupama - FDJ 0:33

5 SHEFFIELD Magnus INEOS Grenadiers 0:37

6 MOHORIČ Matej Bahrain - Victorious 0:44

7 ZAMBANINI Edoardo Bahrain - Victorious ,,

8 HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich EF Education - EasyPost 0:49

9 VOISARD Yannis Tudor Pro Cycling Team,,

10 ONLEY Oscar Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 0:53

11 GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl Arkéa - B&B Hotels 1:15

12 BARTA Will Movistar Team 1:26

13 PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien Decathlon AG2R The World Team 1:38

14 HERMAN Ben Cofidis 1:40

15 CHRISTEN Jan UAE Team Emirates 1:51


Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency