Norwegian ace Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia-HTC) won the fourth stage of the Tour of Poland on Wednesday after outshining teammate André Greipel in a sprint finish.
Greipel, wearing the race leader's jersey, finished second on the 239.7-kilometer stage from Naleczow to Rzeszow but was later relegated by race officials after impeding the sprint of Australia's Allan Davis.
Norwegian ace Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia-HTC) won the fourth stage of the Tour of Poland on Wednesday after outshining teammate André Greipel in a sprint finish.
Greipel, wearing the race leader’s jersey, finished second on the 239.7-kilometer stage from Naleczow to Rzeszow but was later relegated by race officials after impeding the sprint of Australia’s Allan Davis.
The resulting officials’ decision meant Belgian Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) and Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) were credited with second and third place finishes meaning Roelandts is the new race leader. Greipel dropped to fifth on GC.
Roelandts now leads Slovakian Borut Boziuc, and a handful of other riders including Greipel, by two seconds with the top 136 riders within a minute of Roelandts.
The 22-year-old Boasson Hagen said his victory had been unexpected.
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“I tried to do the lead-out for André but things got a bit stressful in the last corner which was close to the finish,” Boasson Hagen said. “We almost crashed and I didn’t know afterwards if André was behind me or not, so I kept going.
“Finally, though, I got the win and it all worked out for the best.”
The race finishes on Saturday with a 136.5km ride from Rabka Zdroj to Krakow.