Stage 3: Sosnowiec - Katowice 122.1km

Yauheni Hutarovich from Francaise des Jeux won stage 3 of the Tour de Pologne, in what was a very fast finish. Milram's sprinter Robert Förster got pinched into the barriers and was unable to move into a good position yet finished 8th. Dominik finished in the main field.

Tomorrow's 177.9 km stage slowly climbs over the first 80 km and then over next 52 km there are three climbs: 10 km at about 3.5% grade, followed by 6 km climb, and then another 10 km climb at about 3.5%. Then the course descends fast over the next 10 km and continues slowly descending over the the next 20 km on the way in the the final 6.8 km circuit (3x) in Cieszyn. The final kilometer rises with average of a 2% grade. There a easy right hand turn just before last kilometer, followed by another sharp right and turn at about 400 m to go and then a sharp left hand turn with about 75 m to go. There is a good chance tomorrow will finish with a breakaway so it will be the rider that still has the legs to do a double kick sprint that will take the win.

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Result stage 3:
1 HUTAROVICH Yauheni FDJ
2 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian SAX + 00' 00''
3 DAVIS Allan AST + 00' 00''
4 VEELERS Tom SKS + 00' 00''
5 DE HAES Kenny OLO + 00' 00''
6 WEYLANDT Wouter QST + 00' 00''
7 BOZIC Borut VAC + 00' 00''
8 FÖRSTER Robert MRM + 00' 00''
9 BROWN Graeme RAB + 00' 00''
10 KRISTOFF Alexander BMC + 00' 00''
...
11 SENTJENS Roy MRM + 00' 00''
37 VOß Paul MRM + 00' 00''
50 FOTHEN Markkus MRM + 00' 00''
76 SCHRÖDER Bjorn MRM + 00' 00''
94 ROELS Dominik MRM + 00' 00''
101 EICHLER Markus MRM + 00' 00''
157 NERZ Dominik MRM + 00' 00''


General classification:
1 DAVIS Allan AST
2 GREIPEL André THR + 00' 03''
3 GUARNIERI Jacopo LIQ + 00' 04''
4 HUTAROVICH Yauheni FDJ + 00' 04''
5 GALDOS ALONSO Aitor EUS + 00' 08''
6 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian SAX + 00' 08''
7 JANIACZYK Błażej POL + 00' 08''
8 SCHAR Michael BMC + 00' 09''
9 MATYSIAK Bartłomiej POL + 00' 09''
10 BODROGI Laszlo KAT + 00' 09''
...
16 VOß Paul MRM + 00' 12''
24 SENTJENS Roy MRM + 00' 14''
66 FÖRSTER Robert MRM + 00' 14''
81 FOTHEN Markus MRM + 00' 14''
110 EICHLER Markus MRM + 00' 14''
112 ROELS Dominik MRM + 00' 14''
136 NERZ Dominik MRM + 00' 14''
137 SCHRÖDER Bjorn MRM + 00' 14''