Pascal Ackermann won stage 3 of the Tour of Poland after Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) was relegated in the final sprint.
Footage from the sprint showed Jakobsen taking his hand off the bars to push Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ) to make space for his move. The Dutch champion was the first rider across the finish line, but the race jury penalized him.
Ackermann took the win ahead of Danny van Poppel (Jumbo-Visma) and Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), extending his overall race lead.
The stage was overshadowed by the tragic death of Bjorg Lambrecht, who crashed on the stage and subsequently died in hospital.
??@Ackes171 of ??@BORAhansgrohe wins stage 3 of ??@Tour_de_Pologne after ??@FabioJakobsen has been DSQ for an irregular sprint (?@sport_tvppl) #TDP19 #TDP2019 pic.twitter.com/XaqzDYqpSl
— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) August 5, 2019
Tour of Poland 2019 – stage 3 results (Chorzów – Zabrze):
| 1 | Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) | 3:29:41 |
| 2 | Danny van Poppel (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 3 | Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 4 | John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 5 | Maximilian Walscheid (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 6 | Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) | ,, |
| 7 | Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 8 | Andrea Peron (Novo Nordisk) | ,, |
| 9 | Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 10 | Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) | ,, |
Tour of Poland 2019 – general classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) | 9:59:57 |
| 2 | Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) | +12” |
| 3 | Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott) | +14” |
| 4 | Pawel Franczak (Poland) | +16” |
| 5 | Jakub Kaczmarek (Poland) | +17” |
| 6 | Danny van Poppel (Jumbo-Visma) | +18” |
| 7 | Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | +20” |
| 8 | Ben Swift (Team Ineos) | +22” |
| 9 | Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 10 | Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) | +23” |
