The 74th Tour of Poland 2017 was a Polish road bike race . The stage race took place from July 29th to August 4th 2017 . The bike race was also part of the UCI WorldTour 2017 and was the 28th of 38 races in this series.
The overall winner was Belgian Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing) with a two-second lead over Rafał Majka (Bora-hansgrohe). He was followed by Wout Poels (Sky) from the Netherlands, one second behind .
Participating teams
Stages
1st stage
Shortly after the start four drivers pulled away: Martijn Keizer (Netherlands / LottoNL-Jumbo), Maciej Paterski (Poland / CCC), Paweł Bernas (Poland / Polish national team) and Charles Planet (France / Novo Nordisk). This group could drive a maximum of 3 minutes. The first mountain classification at kilometer 92.1 of the fourth category in Alwernia was decided by Bernas. After the second mountain classification of the day in Kaszów (4th category), 30 kilometers from the finish, Keizer attacked from the escape group and took the point for the mountain classification. Paterski caught up with him a short time later and the two drove on together. A good 15 kilometers from the finish line, all of the outliers were caught again. 400 meters there was a mass fall and the field was split into two parts. World champion Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Bora) decided the sprint of the first larger group in the Kraków district of Błonie ahead of Caleb Ewan (Australia / Orica).
2nd stage
Four drivers were able to break away from the main field: Kamil Gradek (Poland / Polish national team), Adrian Kurek (Poland / CCC), Joonas Henttala (Finland / Novo Nordisk) and Martijn Keizer (Netherlands / LottoNL-Jumbo), who is already on the first stage was in the breakaway group and secured the mountain jersey. The maximum advantage was three minutes. At kilometer 56 shortly before the sprint classification in Piekary , Kurek broke away from his companions. A good 45 kilometers later he was retired from the field. Further attacks from the peloton followed, among others by Daniel Oss (Italy / BMC), Petr Vakoč (Czech Republic / QuickStep) or Paweł Bernas (Poland / Polish national teams). However, all these attempts to win the stage failed. At the Spodek-Arena in Katowice , Sacha Modolo (Italy / Emirates) won ahead of Danny van Poppel (Netherlands / Sky) in the mass sprint, where speeds of up to 80 kilometers per hour were achieved on the downhill home straight. The day's winner from the previous day, Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Bora), finished eighth and had to hand over his yellow jersey to Danny van Poppel, who was the new overall leader. Sagan, van Poppel and Modolo are at the same time, but van Poppel was the leader because he achieved the better positions at the finish on the two days of the stage.
3rd stage
After a good 10 kilometers, after the first sprint classification in Mysłowice , a top group of eleven formed, including Maciej Paterski (Poland / CCC), Maxime Monfort (Belgium / Lotto Soudal), Sébastien Reichenbach (Switzerland / FDJ), José Gonçalves (Portugal / Katusha Alpecin), Rémi Cavagna (France / QuickStep), Bert-Jan Lindeman (Netherlands / LottoNL), Adam Stachowiak (Poland / Polish national team). During the course of the stage, the outliers were able to gain a lead of a maximum of four minutes, but all were put back on the penultimate mountain of the day, the Zameczek (1st category / 34 km from the finish). As a result, there were further attacks on the last mountain classification on Salmopol (1st category / 9 km from the finish) from the field, including by Ilnur Zakarin (Russia / Katusha Alpecin) or Jack Haig (Australia / Orica). Haig was only caught again one kilometer from the finish. The stage win in Szczyrk , where there is a non-categorized final ascent with sections of up to 18%, was achieved by Dylan Teuns in the uphill sprint ahead of world champion Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Bora) and his teammate Rafał Majka (Poland / Bora). Sagan was the new overall leader in the overall standings.
4th stage
At 40 degrees Celsius at the start around 1:15 p.m. in Zawiercie , six drivers pulled away shortly after the start: Rémi Cavagna (France / QuickStep), Jan Tratnik (Slovenia / CCC), Nicolas Dougall (South Africa / Dimension Data), Bert-Jan Lindeman (Netherlands / LottoNL), Toms Skujiņš (Latvia / Cannondale) and Paweł Bernas (Poland / Polish national team). The leading group had gradually caught up to a maximum of 7 minutes ahead. Cavagna was the last to be placed a good 6 kilometers from the finish. Three rounds of 6 kilometers each were completed in the destination of Zabrze . In the end, Caleb Ewan (Australia / Orica) won the mass sprint at 33 degrees Celsius in the shade around 6.45 p.m., ahead of Danny van Poppel (Netherlands / Sky). Peter Sagan defended the yellow jersey.
5th stage
On this stage there was a top group of five with Tejay van Garderen (USA / BMC), Maxime Monfort (Belgium / Lotto Soudal), Maximilian Schachmann (Germany / QuickStep), Antwan Tolhoek (Netherlands / LottoNL) and Moreno Moser (Italy / Astana). The outliers were able to develop a lead of a maximum of three minutes. It started to rain in the last third of the race. This affected Schachmann, who fell in a curve and continued the race, but fell back from the breakaway group. Schachmann later fell again and was hospitalized after being unconscious for a while and not moving on the asphalt. In the ambulance, however, he regained consciousness, according to race doctor Ryszard Wisniewski . 10 kilometers from the finish, van Garderen attacked as the last runaway before the mountain classification on Laný (2nd category) and went downhill as a soloist. 3 kilometers from the finish his escape was also over and was overtaken. In the last corner there was a crash in the front field on the road that was still wet with rain, so that only about 15 riders sprinted to win the stage. This picked up Danny van Poppel (Netherlands / Sky) in front of the Slovenian road champion Luka Mezgec (Slovenia / Orica). Third was Peter Sagan , who once again defended his yellow jersey from the competition.
6th stage
On this stage, three drivers pulled away and were able to gain a lead of a maximum of five minutes: Antwan Tolhoek (Netherlands / LottoNL), Moreno Moser (Italy / Astana) and Adam Stachowiak (Poland / Polish national team). Tolhoek was the last remaining outlier in the mountain classification in Głodówka (1st category / 43 kilometers from the finish). After several attacks on the second ascent to Butorowy Wierch (1st category) by, among others, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Bahrain-Merida), Jack Haig was able to pull away twenty kilometers from the finish. In the descent could indeed back together include more drivers, but Haig continued to remain at the forefront of the race and was up to the destination in the winter sports place of birth Zakopane at the foot of the ski jump Wielka Krokiew not be obtained and thus celebrated his first professional victory with just over a minute ahead ahead of Wout Poels (Netherlands / Sky) and Bob Jungels (Luxembourg / QuickStep). Dylan Teuns (Belgium / BMC) became the new overall leader .
7th stage
On this stage, a circuit of 66 kilometers to and from Bukowina Tatrzańska had to be tackled twice. There were three first category mountain ratings per lap: Łapszanka , Sierockie and Gliczarow . Shortly after the start there was the first ascent of the day, the Łapszanka (1st category). Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Bora) was able to break away from the field solo and won this mountain classification. In the downhill, other drivers caught up: Nico Denz (Germany / AG2R), Paweł Cieślik (Poland / Polish national team), Ruben Plaza (Spain / Orica), Robert Power (Australia / Orica), Rory Sutherland (Australia / Movistar), Dayer Quintana (Colombia / Movistar), Petr Vakoč (Czech Republic / QuickStep), Daan Olivier (Netherlands / LottoNL), Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands / Cannondale), Domen Novak (Slovenia / Bahrain-Merida) and Simon Špilak (Slovenia / Katusha- Alpecin). The breakaway of the day couldn't get more than three minutes ahead. 35 kilometers from the finish, when there was only one minute ahead of the field, Sagan attacked from the leading group again on the Łapszanka and pulled away as a soloist. His companions from the breakaway group of the day were caught up again except for Plaza, who was able to catch up with Sagan. At the Sierockie, Sagan attacked again, leaving Plaza behind. From the remaining field, Diego Rosa (Italy / Sky) was able to pull away on Gliczarow, with sections of up to 20% incline . Jack Haig (Australia / Orica) and Wout Poels (Netherlands / Sky) later caught up with Rosa and were able to overtake Sagan 10 kilometers from the finish. However, Sagan withdrew from the Gliczarow and drove again as a soloist. Dylan Teuns (Belgium / BMC) 's group caught Sagan 2.5 kilometers from the finish line and caught Haig and Poels in the meantime. In the mountain sprint to Bukowina Tatrzańska, Poels was the fastest and won the stage ahead of Haig and Rafał Majka (Poland / Bora). Teuns finished fifth and was able to defend his yellow jersey. This made Teuns the overall winner of the Tour of Poland.
Overall rating
Ratings in the course of the tour
Individual evidence
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↑ Sagan is back in an impressive manner in Krakow. radsport-news.com, July 29, 2017, accessed July 29, 2017 .
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↑ Modolo in the "Sprint Temple" with 75 km / h past all opponents. radsport-news.com, July 30, 2017, accessed July 30, 2017 .
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↑ Sagan takes yellow back and brings Majka into position. radsport-news.com, July 31, 2017, accessed July 31, 2017 .
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↑ Ewan rushes to the longed-for victory in scorching heat. radsport-news.com, August 1, 2017, accessed August 1, 2017 .
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↑ Danny van Poppel completes the perfect preparatory work by Sky. radsport-news.com, August 2, 2017, accessed August 2, 2017 .
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↑ Teuns suffers and gets yellow, Haig dedicates victory to his dead father. radsport-news.com, August 3, 2017, accessed August 3, 2017 .
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↑ Teuns saves yellow and celebrates the greatest success of his career. radsport-news.com, August 4, 2017, accessed August 4, 2017 .
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Dylan Teuns ( BMC Racing Team )
Wout Poels ( Sky )
Peter Sagan ( Bora-Hansgrohe )
Diego Rosa ( Sky )
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Caleb Ewan
