Caught in a serious fall, Paul Lapeira finished the third stage in the Tour de Poland in the largest stage won by Ben Turner. Despite the neutralization of the race and the paralysis of the times of the general classification, the French could abandon and cede his yellow jersey.
The days follow one another and do not look like. To the chagrin of Paul Lapeira (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale). Winner the day before the second stage of the Tour de Poland, surprising the favorites on a coast arrival, The Frenchman was taken in a violent fall this Wednesday about twenty kilometers from the arrival of the third stage. The incident involving several runners has caused a neutralization of the race as the damage is serious. On the side of the road after a turn, the yellow jersey appeared suffering the martyr, holding the ribs.
After a long time of procrastination during which the medical teams mobilized to treat the wounded, the management of the race decided to freeze the times in the general classification. Thus, the victory represented the only issue of the end of the day at Wałbrzych. The final portion of the route, as the day before, smiled at Ben Turner (ineos grenadiers)Net winner and without burrs in front of Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) and Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek). The second British professional victory.
Lapeira abandoned the yellow jersey?
Kelland O’Brien (Jayco Alula), Diego Ulissi (Astana) and Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar), escaped before the fall, could not go to the end, taken up a few kilometers from the finish. But this Wednesday the essential is elsewhere. The wearer of the yellow jersey, Paul Lapeira, could not go back to the saddle But it is unknown if he will be able to appear at the start of the fourth stage. In addition, his dolphin to the general, Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek), also trapped, abandoned unlike Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), involved in the fall but able to leave.
If Paul Lapeira abandoned, the Pole Victor Langellotti (ineos grenadiers) inherits the leader’s chair, four seconds in front of the Swiss Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates) and Antonio Tiberi. The first Frenchman, Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ), would occupy 8th position, six seconds from the new yellow jersey.
