Richard Carapaz hit out with over 300 metres to go on the drag into the finish at Bielsko-Biala, leaping clear of his rivals and holding on to take an impressive victory in stage 3 of Tour of Poland.
The Ecuadorian held off Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) by a wheel length on the gradual uphill finish.
That success was enough to elevate Carapaz into the yellow leader’s jersey, holding a four-second advantage after three stages.
“I am very happy. We did a good race today as a team, and winning this way in a sprint was really good”, said Carapaz. “It was very nervous in the last few laps of the circuit, but the guys put me in a really good position in the last corner. They did a fantastic job.”
The Tour of Poland continues tomorrow with a tough 152.9km climbing stage from Bukovina Resort to Bukowina Tatrzanska.
??@RichardCarapazM of ??@TeamINEOS wins stage 3 of ??@Tour_de_Pologne #TDP20 (?@sport_tvppl) pic.twitter.com/T9cZjVX5G8
— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) August 7, 2020
Tour of Poland 2020 – stage 3 results (Wadowice – Bielsko-Biała):
| 1 | Richard Carapaz (Team Ineos) | 5:04:54 |
| 2 | Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 3 | Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 4 | Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) | ,, |
| 5 | Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 6 | Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 7 | Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 8 | Ryan Gibbons (NTT) | ,, |
| 9 | Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 10 | Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
Tour of Poland 2020 – general classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Richard Carapaz (Team Ineos) | 13:02:36 |
| 2 | Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) | +04” |
| 3 | Kamil Malecki (CCC) | ,, |
| 4 | Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott) | +06” |
| 5 | Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 6 | Ryan Gibbons (NTT) | +10” |
| 7 | Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 8 | Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 9 | Neilson Powless (EF Pro Cycling) | ,, |
| 10 | Eddi Dunbar (Team Ineos) | ,, |
