The two-time Belgian Champion scored our squad’s 67th top-three result of the season.

Tim Merlier racked up his 18th podium since the beginning of the year after a hectic bunch sprint in Krakow, where the 81st edition of the Tour de Pologne came to an end Sunday afternoon. One of the fastest riders in the world, victorious in more than a dozen races this season, the Belgian had the speed to fight for the win on stage seven, but unfortunately ran out of road, as Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) took the victory.

The general classification remained unchanged after what had been a pretty straightforward day, meaning that Jonas Vingegaard kept the yellow jersey following this stage that had in the spotlight the sprinters’ teams, all keen on having a mass gallop.

Following the week spent in Poland, Soudal Quick-Step sits on 27 wins scored by seven different riders since the start of the season, and cemented its place just outside the podium of the UCI World Team Classification.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3:04:08
2 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
3 Gerben Thijssen
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
4 Casper van Uden
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
5 Jensen Plowright
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
6 Jordi Meeus
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
7 Elmar Reinders
Team Jayco AlUla
0:00
8 Oliver Naesen
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
9 Ben Swift
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
10 Edward Theuns
Lidl - Trek
0:00
50 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
53 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
111 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
113 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
119 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
0:43
1 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
24:26:22
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
54 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
21:59
111 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
52:43
112 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
52:58
115 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
54:04
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 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
58 pt
6 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
55 pt
7 Jordi Meeus
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
51 pt
8 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
49 pt
9 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
48 pt
10 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
46 pt
47 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
8 pt
59 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 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
3 pt
18 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
1 UAE Team Emirates 73:20:28
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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