Pepijn Reinderink animates the closing kilometers of the day.

Karpacz, the idyllic spa town located not far from the border to the Czech Republic, returned at the Tour de Pologne for the second year in a row. Coming at the end of the opening stage, the uphill finish was an explosive one, as the ramps of the unranked climb were perfect for those who wanted to try an attack from afar.

Soudal Quick-Step neo-pro Pepijn Reinderink was the first to show his hand, launching a powerful acceleration just as the last rider of the breakaway was caught. The former U23 Dutch Champion tapped out a strong rhythm that allowed him to stay at the front until two kilometers to go, when the others came back. More moves came, but in the end the winner emerged only in the last 200 meters, when Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek) emerged victorious.

The Tour de Pologne continues Tuesday with another hard stage, an uphill individual time trial finishing again in Karpacz, where the gaps between the GC riders should be bigger than those created on the first day.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
3:37:13
2 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:03
3 Lukas Nerurkar
EF Education - EasyPost
0:03
4 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:06
5 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
0:06
6 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
0:06
7 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
0:06
8 Jakob Fuglsang
Israel - Premier Tech
0:06
9 Rafał Majka
UAE Team Emirates
0:09
10 Nicola Conci
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:09
50 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:44
64 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
3:02
80 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
5:01
83 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
5:01
93 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
5:01
115 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
7:02
116 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
7:02
1 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
3:37:03
2 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:07
3 Lukas Nerurkar
EF Education - EasyPost
0:09
4 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:16
5 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
0:16
6 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
0:16
7 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
0:16
8 Jakob Fuglsang
Israel - Premier Tech
0:16
9 Rafał Majka
UAE Team Emirates
0:19
10 Nicola Conci
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:19
50 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:54
64 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
3:12
80 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
5:11
83 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
5:11
93 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
5:11
115 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
7:12
116 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
7:12
1 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
20 pt
2 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
19 pt
3 Lukas Nerurkar
EF Education - EasyPost
18 pt
4 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
17 pt
5 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
16 pt
6 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
15 pt
7 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
14 pt
8 Jakob Fuglsang
Israel - Premier Tech
13 pt
9 Rafał Majka
UAE Team Emirates
12 pt
10 Nicola Conci
Alpecin - Deceuninck
11 pt
1 Michał Paluta
Poland
8 pt
2 Jan Maas
Team Jayco AlUla
5 pt
3 Niklas Märkl
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
2 pt
4 Norbert Banaszek
Poland
1 pt
5 Mick van Dijke
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1 pt
1 UAE Team Emirates 10:52:25
2 Bahrain - Victorious 0:06
3 EF Education - EasyPost 0:23
4 Israel - Premier Tech 1:30
5 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 1:46
6 Astana Qazaqstan Team 1:48
7 Movistar Team 1:49
8 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2:01
9 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 2:07
10 INEOS Grenadiers 2:07

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