The Colombian Sergio Higuita (BORA-Hansgrohe) He maintained his leadership of the Cycling Tour of Poland, despite falling less than two kilometers from the finish line on Tuesday in the fourth stage of the race, which saw him finish 3 minutes and 32 seconds behind the winner , the German. Pascal Ackerman (UAE Team Emirates).
The collision dragged some of the runners who were rolling near the head of the race of a large group where the Spaniards were. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious), who entered at the same time as Ackermann and remains in second place overall.
Sergio Higuita fell 1.7 km from the finish line, causing a delay of more than three and a half minutes, entering with three other runners, one of them from his team who stayed to take care of him.
Suffering a fall in the final two kilometers, Higuita was granted the same time as the stage winner, according to regulations, allowing him to continue wearing the leader’s yellow jersey.
Ackermann won the sprint, covering 179.4 km between Lesko and Sanok in a time of 4 hours, 21 minutes and 46 seconds. After he entered the Belgian Jordi Meeus (BORA-Hansgrohe) and the italian Jonathan Milan (Bahrain-Victorious), second and third, respectively.
It was the second victory of 2022 for Ackermann, who previously made the Bredene Koksijde Classic, held in Belgium, his own. In addition, this is his fifth in a Tour of Poland, as he won two fractions in both 2018 and 2019.
Pello Bilbao is twelfth and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) twenty-fourth, both with the same time as the winner. The Spaniard is second overall, four seconds behind Higuita, while the South American is sixth, 10 seconds behind. The fifth stage of the Tour of Poland, which will take place this Wednesday, will have a route of 178.1 km that will take cyclists from Lancut to Rzeszow.
Classifications
Stage 4: Lesko-Sanouk, 179.4km:
1. Pascal Ackermann (GER/UAE) 4h 21:46
2. Jordi Meeus (BEL/BOH) id.
3. Jonathan Milan (ITA/BAH) id.
4. Quinten Hermans (BEL/INT) id.
5. Olav Kooij (NED/JUM) id.
6. Christan Scaroni (ITA/AST) id.
7. Diego Ulissi (ITA/UAE) id.
8. Quentin Pacher (FRA/GFJ) id.
9. Stanislaw Aniolkowski (POL) id.
10. Nikias Arndt (GER/DSM) id.
Overall ranking:
1. Sergio Higuita (COL/BOH) 19:52:46
2. Peio Bilbao (ESP/BAH) at 4″
3. Quinten Hermans (BEL/INT) at 6″.
4. Diego Ulissi (ITA/UAE) at 10″
5. Matteo Sobrero (ITA/BIK) at 10.
6. Richard Carapaz (ECU/INE) id.
7. Mauro Schmid (SUI/QST) id.
8. Ethan Hayter (GBR/INE) id.
9. Quentin Pacher (FRA/GFJ) id.
10. Felix Gall (AUT/AG2) id.
Source: La Verdad
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