A long, utterly devastating surge of power saw Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) easily fend off the opposition and come through a dangerous late corner perfectly placed for a second straight bunch sprint victory in the Tour de Pologne.
Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) tried hard to anticipate the race leader's last blast for the finish, but after chasing down XDS-Astana's Matteo Malucelli, the Frenchman once again proved powerless to stop the Italian national champion, who was already well ahead.
Given his superiority in the sprint, once a day-long four-rider breakaway had been reeled in, Milan's biggest obstacle was likely getting through a full U-turn corner at 400 metres to go unscathed, upright and well-positioned for the final kick - which he successfully did.
Once Milan opened up his sprint from third place behind Ivan García Cortina (Movistar), Magnier was seemingly in no position to answer, with the Italian doubling up on his stage 1 victory on the second-placed Frenchman, once again by several bike lengths.
More to come.
Results
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Position
Rider (Country) Team
Time Gap
1
Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek
03:05:37
2
Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Matteo Malucelli (Ita) XDS Astana
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
Row 3 - Cell 2
5
Daniel Skerl (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
Row 5 - Cell 2
7
Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
Row 6 - Cell 2
8
Sakarias Koller Løland (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
Row 7 - Cell 2
9
Marceli Bogusławski (Pol) Att Investments
Row 8 - Cell 2
10
Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
Row 9 - Cell 2
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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.
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