Welcome to Poland for the report of Malopolski Wyscig. The fact that you are already tuned in probably means you aren't much of a nightowl, as with over 250 kilometres to go, the riders have to start early!

Bewley as the main favourite by a long shot, followed by Summerhill and Senechal. All other riders will have to hope for an upset.



First attack of the day by Tharuka. Schreurs quickly follows him, as well as Giaux and Moulingui. Where did we hear that last name before?



Tharuka and Moulingui immediately drop the other two when the first cobbles arrive and stay ahead of them, at least for a while.



Just as I thought the four would re-unite, a mass attack from the pack, led by Ariesen, means the four riders may not become the break of the day after all..



Ariesen was the only one of this attack to stay away. Meanwhile, Schreurs got caught by the peloton. Wacky start of the race, but our four breakaway riders have now been confirmed:

Tharuka,
Ariesen ,
Giaux
and Moulingui.



Meanwhile it's mainly Moser chasing, with a lot of other teams sending a rider to the front of the peloton, too. 8 minutes for the break with 170 kilometres to go.



And we've reached the first major climb of the race, 130 kilometres from the finish line. Nothing seemed to happen at the climb, but once riders have reached the downhills, some gaps were created! Two groups have formed, with the peloton around a minute behind. In the first group are:

Corwin
Bewley
Senechal
Summerhill
Kamyshev
Baugnies
Vanspeybrouck
Vanbilsen
Maes
Stallaert
Zepuntke
Vanmarcke
and, for some reason, Tiller

It's interesting to see if they will work together, with so many kilometres to go, but if they do, it's a bad sign for Altur and Trentin, who are in the second group.



Even worse news for Spengler, as he's only in the front of the peloton!



The second group re-unites with the front group with the great help of Roosen. The peloton is over two minutes behind, though.



False alarm, eventually. The pack is back together.



Calm after the storm, then. We're now around 70km from the finish line, while the breakaway is about to get caught.



No attacks on the first of the final three hills, but in the aftermath, it's clear that some names were dropped. 46 riders in the first group, some of the most notable names dropped are:

Spengler, what a bad day from him...
Bush
Van Keirsbulck
Albert.



Start of the third climb. Laporte leads the pack, while Carlsberg is positioned very well.



Immediately, Bewley attacks. Well, attacks.. He pulls a Cancellara and doesn't even get out of the saddle!



Senechal tries to follow. Summerhill leads the pack, and it looks like he tries to pull them back instead of joining them. Does he lack the punch today?



A bit further near the top, Senechal reaches Bewley, while Summerhill attacks. Maybe a bit too late, but better now than never.



But it was just in time to reach the first two riders! And over a minute on the peloton already!



Meanwhile, the peloton seems to have been split into two. But once again, it only happened in the aftermath of the climb. The main rider who has been dropped is Vanspeybrouck. Quite a surprise given his positioning before the climb. And judging by his position in the group, he's given up already. Nolf is still in the front group, though.

Also in this second group is outsider Gerts.



On the final cobbled section before the final climb, the siuation is as follows:

Bewley,
Summerhill
Senechal

45 seconds behind them

Trentin
Stallaert
Baugnies
Zepuntke
Kamyshev
Altur
Burghardt
Vanbilsen
Nolf
Vanmarcke
Maes

And dropping from that group right now

Taillefour
Grashev
Sibilla
and Thomas.



No real action on the final climb of the day, then. Altur leading the chase, though it's very hard to chase Bewley on the cobbles. The first three will have to do a sur place if they want to give up their lead in the remaining 10 kilometres.



And once again, the aftermeth of the climb decides the fate of three more riders. Maes, Zepuntke and Nolf have dropped from the chase group, which now consists of 8 riders. With two kilometres to go, the gap is closing, but it's still almost 20 seconds. We will need a serious jump from one of these riders if they want to reach the top three!



But the three up the pace, which makes it clear that no comeback will happen! The winner of this race will be either Bewley, Summerhill or Senechal. Bewley is ahead with 400 metres to go, and they all look incrdeibly tired after this long day. Will anyone even try to get out of his wheel?



The answer is no! Sam Bewley wins the first edition of Macopolski Wyscig in front of Danny Summerhill and Florian Senechal. A cobbled race in which the top 3 could've been predicted quite well, eventually.



Behind them, Baugnies is in pole position for 4th, while Stallaert is suffering.



However, Baugnies cracks a little, leaving a quite surprising 4th place for good old Burghardt. Altur and Vanmarcke end up in 6th and 7th.



Kamyshev, Trentin, Vanbilsen and Stallaert complete the top 10. Of those, Trentin will likely be the most unhappy.



Gerts makes a nice comeback for 11th, in front of Thomas, Nolf, Zepuntke and Maes.



Even further behind, Vanspeybrouck decided one good race per season is enough for him and finishes 18th. Two places in front of another small disappointment, Sprengler, who was positioned terribly twice but at least still tried to make the best of it during the rest of the race, it seems.

And that's it for this cobbled race in Poland, and least for another year! Thanks for tuning in!



Results

1	Sam Bewley	Moser - Sygic	6h25'19
2	Danny Summerhill	RBC Pro Cycling	+ 6
3	Florian Senechal	Team Tinkoff	s.t.
4	Marcus Burghardt	Podium Ambition	+ 36
5	Jérome Baugnies	Kulczyk - DMTEX	+ 42
6	Marcos Altur	Desigual	s.t.
7	Sep Vanmarcke	Repsol - Netflix	+ 47
8	Arman Kamyshev	Air France - KLM	s.t.
9	Matteo Trentin	Aker - MOT	+ 55
10	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	+ 1'00
11	Joeri Stallaert	Volvo acc. by Spotify	+ 1'07
12	Geraint Thomas	Podium Ambition	+ 2'33
13	Floris Gerts	eBuddy	s.t.
14	Frederik Nolf	Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 2'49
15	Ruben Zepuntke	Minions	+ 2'58
16	Nikolas Maes	Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ	+ 3'04
17	Robert Bush	World Cycling Centre	+ 4'17
18	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 4'24
19	Alexander Sulimov	Team Tinkoff	s.t.
20	Lukas Spengler	Team UBS	+ 5'27
21	Martin Grashev	Podium Ambition	+ 5'32
22	Fabien Taillefour	Repsol - Netflix	+ 5'48
23	Isaac Bolivar	World Cycling Centre	+ 6'21
24	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Nordstrom - BioWare	+ 6'34
25	Niels Albert	Minions	+ 6'40
26	Christophe Laporte	RBC Pro Cycling	+ 6'46
27	Luke Rowe	Xero Racing p/b Octagon	s.t.
28	Mekseb Debesay	Xero Racing p/b Octagon	s.t.
29	Viktor Manakov	Team Tinkoff	s.t.
30	Sebastian Lander	Ayubowan!	s.t.
31	Niki Ostergaard	Carlsberg - Danske Bank	s.t.
32	Sameera Chatarunga	Ayubowan!	s.t.
33	Ramon Sinkeldam	Carlsberg - Danske Bank	s.t.
34	Damien Gaudin	Carrefour - ESPN	s.t.
35	Ashen Tharuka	Ayubowan!	+ 7'06
36	Tesfom Okbamariam	Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ	+ 8'05
37	Jiri Polnicky	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
38	Yves Lampaert	eBuddy	s.t.
39	Azzeddine Lagab	Aker - MOT	s.t.
40	Thomas Vedel Kvist	Carlsberg - Danske Bank	s.t.
41	Tiesj Benoot	RBC Pro Cycling	+ 8'12
42	Clément Lhotellerie	Aker - MOT	+ 8'20
43	Fernando Gaviria	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
44	Andzs Flaksis	Minions	s.t.
45	Michel Sibilla	Team Tinkoff	s.t.
46	Michael Boroš	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
47	Dadley Corwin	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Stijn Joseph	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
49	Nelson Oliveira	Desigual	s.t.
50	Matvey Zubov	Team Tinkoff	s.t.
51	Sebastian Langeveld	Kulczyk - DMTEX	s.t.
52	Alexey Tsatevich	Desigual	s.t.
53	Karel Hnik	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
54	Louis Verhelst	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
55	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Minions	s.t.
56	Clenne Morvan Moulingui	Minions	s.t.
57	Salvatore Puccio	Air France - KLM	s.t.
58	Eric Young	RBC Pro Cycling	+ 10'43
59	Leandro Marcos	Minions	s.t.
60	Remco Broers	Volvo acc. by Spotify	+ 10'53
61	Logan Owen	Podium Ambition	+ 12'05
62	Jyme Bridges	Podium Ambition	+ 12'41
63	Ricardo Van der Velde	eBuddy	s.t.
64	Janis Dakteris	Aker - MOT	s.t.
65	Alexandre Aulas	Carrefour - ESPN	+ 13'41
66	Marc De Maar	Carlsberg - Danske Bank	s.t.
67	Ahmad Arissol	World Cycling Centre	s.t.
68	Darren Matthews	Podium Ambition	s.t.
69	Cedric Lebris	Nordstrom - BioWare	s.t.
70	Patrick Naud	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Amith Udaya Kumara	Ayubowan!	+ 13'59
72	Tom Bohli	Team UBS	+ 14'04
73	Nipuna Shira Manamalage	Volvo acc. by Spotify	s.t.
74	Laurens Sweeck	Volvo acc. by Spotify	s.t.
75	Nihal Silva	Ayubowan!	+ 15'34
76	Jakub Skala	Air France - KLM	s.t.
77	Mads Pedersen	Nordstrom - BioWare	s.t.
78	Steven Tronet	Air France - KLM	s.t.
79	Tim Ariesen	eBuddy	s.t.
80	Sam Harrison	World Cycling Centre	s.t.
81	Jérome Giaux	Carrefour - ESPN	+ 15'52
82	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Desigual	s.t.
83	Clément Venturini	Desigual	s.t.
84	Kevin Fouquet	Kulczyk - DMTEX	s.t.
85	Johim Ariesen	Volvo acc. by Spotify	+ 16'05
86	Philipp Walsleben	Aker - MOT	s.t.
87	Timo Roosen	eBuddy	s.t.
88	Chun Kai Feng	World Cycling Centre	s.t.
89	Carl Ngamoki-Cameron	Xero Racing p/b Octagon	+ 17'08
90	Steven Lammertink	eBuddy	+ 18'05
91	Kenny De Haes	Minions	s.t.
92	Danilo Wyss	Team UBS	+ 18'33
93	Michael Schär	Team UBS	s.t.
94	Hampus Anderberg	Azteca-NBCSN	s.t.
95	Leonardo Basso	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
96	Lars Croket	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
97	Abou Sanogo	Carrefour - ESPN	s.t.
98	Evgeny Russo	World Cycling Centre	s.t.
99	Rasmus Tiller	Carlsberg - Danske Bank	s.t.
100	Johann van Zyl	RBC Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Michael Schwarzmann	T-Mobile	+ 21'23
102	Julius van den Berg	Ayubowan!	+ 22'36
103	Nic Hamilton	Nordstrom - BioWare	+ 22'41
104	Hamish Schreurs	Xero Racing p/b Octagon	+ 23'53
105	Jamalidin Novardianto	Xero Racing p/b Octagon	s.t.
106	Jernej Svab	Desigual	s.t.
107	Jakub Kaczmarek	Kulczyk - DMTEX	+ 24'06
108	Kevin Peeters	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
109	Aleksey Rybalkin	Team Tinkoff	+ 24'32
110	Jeroen Meijers	eBuddy	+ 26'38
111	Raymond Kreder	Volvo acc. by Spotify	+ 27'38
112	Stefano Agostini	Repsol - Netflix	s.t.
113	Kamil Gradek	Kulczyk - DMTEX	s.t.
114	Ondrej Cink	Moser - Sygic	+ 27'49
115	Jenthe Biermans	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	s.t.
116	Sonomtseren Delgerbayar	Team UBS	+ 29'02
117	Dylan Page	Team UBS	s.t.
118	Antwan Tolhoek	eBuddy	+ 29'40
119	Martin Schäppi	Team UBS	s.t.
120	Madushanka Perera	Ayubowan!	s.t.
121	Wout Van Aert	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	+ 30'05
122	Dragan Jasovic	Control Team	+ 30'11
123	Xuban Errazkin	Azteca-NBCSN	s.t.
124	Eliot Lietaer	Air France - KLM	+ 31'26
125	Ian Richardson	Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ	+ 31'31
126	Erik Baska	Moser - Sygic	s.t.
127	Kiril Yatsevich	Team Tinkoff	+ 31'36
128	Adrian Gjolberg	Aker - MOT	s.t.
129	Geoffrey Soupe	T-Mobile	s.t.
130	Jonathan Hivert	Air France - KLM	s.t.
131	Eryk Laton	Kulczyk - DMTEX	+ 32'12
132	Cheng Ji	Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ	+ 33'18
133	Nolan Hoffman	Moser - Sygic	+ 33'38
134	Harry Tanfield	Volvo acc. by Spotify	+ 34'21
DNF	Guillaume Martin	Air France – KLM
DNF	Roman Lutsyshin	Air France – KLM
DNF	Takeaki Amezawa	Aker – MOT
DNF	Trond Hakon Trondsen	Aker – MOT
DNF	Salem Kemboi	Ayubowan!
DNF	Adam Roberge	Azteca-NBCSN
DNF	Neilson Powless	Azteca-NBCSN
DNF	César Vaquera	Azteca-NBCSN
DNF	William Barta	Azteca-NBCSN
DNF	Jhonatan Casillas	Azteca-NBCSN
DNF	Sepp Kuss	Azteca-NBCSN
DNF	Michael Faerk Christensen	Carlsberg - Danske Bank
DNF	Aleksa Crncevic	Carrefour – ESPN
DNF	Alan Banaszek	Carrefour – ESPN
DNF	Jhonatan Restrepo	Carrefour – ESPN
DNF	Jan Drago Petelin	Carrefour – ESPN
DNF	Emiliano Contreras	Desigual
DNF	Manuel Stocker	Desigual
DNF	Jimmy Pranata	Indosat Ooredoo – ANZ
DNF	Christopher De Souza	Indosat Ooredoo – ANZ
DNF	Dadi Suryadi	Indosat Ooredoo – ANZ
DNF	Muhammad Imam Arifin	Indosat Ooredoo – ANZ
DNF	Pawel Cieslik	Kulczyk – DMTEX
DNF	Michal Paluta	Kulczyk – DMTEX
DNF	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
DNF	Odd Christian Eiking	Minions
DNF	Adam Toupalik	Nordstrom – BioWare
DNF	Gatis Smukulis	Nordstrom – BioWare
DNF	Alexander Vlasov	Nordstrom – BioWare
DNF	Tom Diggle	Nordstrom – BioWare
DNF	Adam de Vos	Podium Ambition
DNF	Dobrin Lilovski	Podium Ambition
DNF	Andres Paez	Repsol – Netflix
DNF	Eddie Dunbar	Repsol – Netflix
DNF	Miltiadis Giannoutsos	Repsol – Netflix
DNF	Cristian Rodríguez	Repsol – Netflix
DNF	Jaime Roson	Repsol – Netflix
DNF	Rüdiger Selig	T-Mobile
DNF	Kevin Predatsch	T-Mobile
DNF	Connor McCutcheon	T-Mobile
DNF	Maani Altanzul	T-Mobile
DNF	Gregor Muhlberger	T-Mobile
DNF	Torkil Veyhe	T-Mobile
DNF	Ilnur Zakarin	Team Tinkoff
DNF	Alexandr Braico	Team UBS
DNF	Victor Campenaerts	Volvo acc. by Spotify
DNF	Getachew Sendeku	World Cycling Centre
DNF	Nicholas Dlamini	World Cycling Centre
DNF	Dylan Kennett	Xero Racing p/b Octagon
DNF	Gregory Daniel	Xero Racing p/b Octagon
DNF	Jordan Schleck	Xero Racing p/b Octagon