Ackermann sweeps first stages in Tour de Pologne

Germany’s Pascal Ackermann is on a roll, winning three UCI World Tour races in a row: the RideLondon-Surrey Classic and now the first two stages of the 75th Tour de Pologne.

Ackermann won both of the Tour stages in final sprints and leads the overall race by eight seconds over Colombia’s Alvaro Hodeg. There are 128 riders within 20 seconds of the lead, so look for the Tour to take shape on the hilly stages later in the week, especially Stage 4 on Tuesday.

After the Tour de Pologne, there are only two more races – the Binck Bank Tour and the Euroeyes Cyclassics Hamburg – before the final Grand Tour of 2018, the Vuelta a Espana, starts on 25 August.
Summaries:

UCI World Tour/Tour de Pologne
Poland ~ 4-10 August 2018
(Full results here)

Stage 1 (133.7 km): 1. Pascal Ackermann (GER), 2:59:11; 2. Alvaro Jose Hodeg (COL), 2:59:11; 3. Matteo Trentin (ITA), 2:59:11; 4. Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA), 2:59:11; 5. Danny van Poppel (NED), 2:59:11.

Stage 2 (156.0 km): 1. Ackermann (GER), 3:16:39; 2. Hodeg (COL), 3:16:39; 3. Nizzolo (ITA), 3:16:19; 4. Luka Mezgec (SLO), 3:16:19; 4. Simone Consonni (ITA), 3:16:19.

Stage 3: 06 August Stadion Slaski to Zabrze (140.0 km)
Stage 4: 07 August Jaworzno to Szczyrk (179.0 km)
Stage 5: 08 August: Kopalnia Soli to Bielsko-Biala (152.0 km)
Stage 6: 09 August: Zakopane to Bukovina (129.0 km)
Stage 7: 10 August: Bukowvina Resort to Bukowina Tatrzanska (136 km)