Bauhaus won the fifth stage in Poland and Colombian Higuita continued to lead

The Colombian Sergio Higuita (BORA-Hansgrohe) this Wednesday maintained the leadership of Cycling tour of Poland despite suffering again fall just 800 meters before the finish linein the fifth stage of the race, which brought him within 46 seconds of the winner, the German Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious).

As it happened at the end of the fourth stage, after suffering a fall during the last two kilometers of the route, Higuita and the other competitors involved in the accident were granted, in accordance with the regulations, the together with the stage winnerwhich helped him to continue wearing the yellow jersey of the leader.

In this way, in addition, the leader of the general classification is almost unchanged compared to the previous day, with squid leader, four seconds ahead of the Spaniards Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious), and with six seconds in German Quinten Hermans (Intermarché Wanty Gobert Matériaux), who also suffered a fall.

Multiple collisions destroyed the leading group, leaving the way for only eight cyclists to avoid accidents to fight for victory in the final sprint, where bauhaus he took the stage, completing the 178.1-kilometer course between Lancut and Rzeszow in 4 hours, 16 minutes and 19 seconds.

Behind the German, came the French Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FJD) and the German Nikias Arndt (Team DSM), who crossed the finish line in second and third place respectively.

This is the second victory for Bauhaus in a stage of the Tour of Poland, after one achieved in the first stage of the race in 2021, and his second stage victory in 2022, after winning the seventh stage of Tirreno-Adriatic.

The sixth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Poland, which will take place this Thursday, will be a timed trial of 11.8 kilometers between Szaflary and Wierch Rusinski.