Michał Kwiatkowski has won road bicycle race Tour de Pologne. Britain's Simon Yates came first in the last stage around Bukowina Tatrzańska.
Michał Kwiatkowski zwyciężył w zakończonym w piątek 75. Tour de Pologne. Na ostatnim etapie wokół Bukowiny Tatrzańskiej kolarz grupy Sky zajął szóste miejsce i obronił żółtą koszulkę lidera.
Michał Kwiatkowski won the 75th Tour de Pologne on Friday. Polish cyclists (Sky) came sixth in the last stage around Bukowina Tatrzańska.
Britain's Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) won the last stage and forced the Pole to engage maximum effort.
Yates started his attack 11 kilometres before the finish line and managed to gain advantage of 39 seconds over Kwiatkowski's group, which was enough to secure the win for him. Only in the last kilometre the group managed to reduce Yates' advantage.
In the general classification Kwiatkowski has beaten Yates by 15 seconds.
Since the rhe race received the highest UCI category in 2005, Kwiatkowski is the second Polish cyclist who managed to win Tour de Pologne. The first one to do it was Rafał Majka in 2014.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 International, PAP