Small margins between the overall contenders Saturday afternoon.

One of the most emblematic locations of the Tour de Pologne, Bukovina Resort returned at the seven-day race, this time on the penultimate day, giving the GC contenders one more opportunity to fight for victory and seconds on the overall standings.

Initially, stage six was animated by a four-man breakaway, who was joined in the last 50 kilometers by six other men. Together, they opened a one-minute advantage over the peloton only for the chasers to reel them in one by one before the final three kilometers. There, Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek) emerged from the bunch to take the victory, while neo-pro Pepijnk Reinderink concluded as the first Soudal Quick-Step rider.

The race ends on Sunday, when the sprinters – including stage 5 winner Tim Merlier, who will once again be among the favourites – will get a chance to shine on the roads of Krakow, the former capital and one of the largest cities in the country.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
4:26:06
2 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
3 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
4 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
5 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
6 Andrea Bagioli
Lidl - Trek
0:00
7 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
8 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
9 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
10 Frederik Wandahl
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
27 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
1:08
40 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:46
41 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
1:46
101 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
19:35
105 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
19:35
129 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
19:35
DNF Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
-04:26:06
1 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
21:22:14
2 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
0:13
3 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:20
4 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
0:33
5 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
0:37
6 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
0:44
7 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
0:44
8 Yannis Voisard
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:49
9 Mikkel Frølich Honoré
EF Education - EasyPost
0:49
10 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:53
45 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
15:07
46 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
15:13
55 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
21:59
116 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
52:43
118 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
53:04
119 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
53:21
1 Diego Ulissi
UAE Team Emirates
68 pt
2 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
65 pt
3 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
64 pt
4 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
60 pt
5 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
49 pt
6 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
48 pt
7 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
46 pt
8 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
46 pt
9 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
45 pt
10 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
36 pt
37 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
8 pt
47 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Michał Paluta
Poland
33 pt
2 Silvan Dillier
Alpecin - Deceuninck
17 pt
3 Jan Maas
Team Jayco AlUla
17 pt
4 Davide Formolo
Movistar Team
15 pt
5 Archie Ryan
EF Education - EasyPost
13 pt
6 Samuele Battistella
Astana Qazaqstan Team
12 pt
7 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
7 pt
8 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
5 pt
9 Johan Jacobs
Movistar Team
3 pt
10 Mick van Dijke
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3 pt
16 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
1 UAE Team Emirates 64:08:04
2 Bahrain - Victorious 5:05
3 EF Education - EasyPost 7:40
4 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 14:34
5 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 15:28
6 Movistar Team 17:22
7 Israel - Premier Tech 17:34
8 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 18:40
9 Cofidis 20:08
10 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 20:35

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