SPRINT VICTORY IN LEGNICA! 💨 | Men's 2025 Tour de Pologne Stage 1 Highlights

Tour de Pologne Stage 1 Highlights.

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[Music] With the men’s tour to France just one week in the rear view mirror, men’s world tour stage racing got underway again at the Tour to Pala in its 82nd edition, one of the world’s oldest stage races. Starting out in damp conditions in Rosaf in a race which heads basically all the way along the southern edge of Poland this week. The opening stage, no multilaps, just one big northwesterly course. Very flat as well. The flattest of all the stages, but knocking on 200 km in total. A big balloon shape basically up to that lake up there at the top northern edge of the course before coming back on itself. Taking in three intermediate sprint points where the most active riders jersey would be up for grabs and of course bonus seconds at each and every one of them. Third category climb, the only climb to note to give away that King of the Mountains jersey right at the very end and make sure someone would be wearing it on stage two. Jonas Vinegor won this race last year by performing well in the time trial and consistently in the hills. This year the time trial is on the final day. This opening stage, a wonderful opportunity for the sprinters to get their chance. We had four riders initially in the breakaway and it was last boven the Dutchman for Alperson Dernik getting the better of Donovan Grandan and Patrick of the Polish national team. Nadav Risberg of Israel Premier sat up and then we had very early on in the stage this nasty looking crash on a pretty innocuous sweeping rightander. We moved on to the next of the intermediate sprints for our breakaway. This time it was Patrick Stosh of the Polish national team leading and Donovan Gromban coming over the top of him. The Frenchman for RKA B&B in front of a big crowd as well in Sheroda Schloneska getting three points for the most active riders classification and three bonus seconds. That moved us on to the final most active rider intermediate sprint point of the day. This time last boan did give it a go. In fact, all three of them did, but it was Donovan Grandan again getting the bonus seconds, meaning that throughout the stage, he’d been the virtual leader on the road. That was the point at which Patrick Sto was then absorbed. Then came the other two and with under 40k, just under 40k to go, we then knew that we were going to be treated to the sprint finish that was to be expected. So many big sprint names here. This happened within the last 3 km, 1,700 m to go in actual fact. nasty crash on the right hand side of the road, but it did not disrupt the lead out of Vizma Lisa bike who came into the race with Olaf Koy and Matthew Brennan. Plenty of talk amongst us and others about which of them would be the favored sprinter and we found out when they came into Legitza. Going into the last few Bens, we were still looking to see who had survived that late crash as well. It became clear that Dan Mcclelay was still there for his Malissa bike. He switched off. Ben Turner was following wheels left, right, and center. The Mattis Mikuel’s having issues all over the place with his pedals as well. And then came the final right hand sweeper which also caused a few problems for riders. Going up the inside Tim to Titenburg the German rider for leading out Max Caner but unknowingly as well. Titenberg looking really good at this stage. Fernando Gavira nearly coming acropper as well up the inside of Matty Brennan. But then down the middle came Olaf Koy the man who has won four stages of this race in the past. bursting down the middle and taking yet another victory. I make that his sixth win this year as well for Olaf Coy and a dominant one but in messy circumstances. Visalis had done so much pacing all day with Steven Kais doing a lot of work to make sure the breakaway was never given too much and here was that final sprint. Timon Toitenberg going down the outside. Max Caner his countryman following him. Then Turner, the tall rider from Minos Grenaders, the Brit doing everything he could to follow the right wheels. He then gave it his best shot. Jensen Plow right up the middle, but alongside him, Olaf Koy opening up the afterburners, and he was run close by Paul Manet. Look at the dip. The Frenchman coming with great speed at the finish, too. That could be the only sprint finish of the week. That remains to be seen. There’s the potential for a sprint finish on Thursday, but it’s going to be really tough. There was the result on the day as well. Olaf Koy taking the wheel ahead of Paul Manu, Jensen Plowight, Michael Zylar dipping in for fourth as well for Tuda Pro Cycling and Ethan Vernon working his way through for fifth place. Best Polish rider on the day, Stanislavowski in sixth and Ben Turner was in seventh. You’ll have to make sure you join us tomorrow for stage two. It’ll be really exciting as it will all the way through to Sunday’s individual time trial at the Salt Mine. Make sure you join me, Jez Cox, and Matt Winston live tomorrow for stage two of the 82nd edition of the tour to Palona.