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Marcel Kittel (Giant-Alpecin) claimed the opening stage of this year’s Tour de Pologne today, after narrowly beating Caleb Ewan (Orica-GreenEdge during a chaotic twisting and turning sprint finish in Warsaw.
Meanwhile, Niccolo’ Bonifazio (Lampre-Merida) finished in 3rd place, while the rest of the stretched out peloton followed in his path.
Kittel now leads the race, with no time advantage over the rest of the field.
Stage 1 Results GER 1 KITTEL, Marcel (GIANT – ALPECIN) 2:43:13 AUS 2 EWAN, Caleb (ORICA GreenEDGE) ITA 3 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo (LAMPRE – MERIDA) NED 4 VAN WINDEN, Dennis (LOTTO NL – JUMBO) FRA 5 TURGOT, Sébastien (AG2R LA MONDIALE) BEL 6 BOECKMANS, Kris (LOTTO SOUDAL) ITA 7 GUARDINI, Andrea (ASTANA) FRA 8 MANZIN, Lorenzo (FDJ) POL 9 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (ETIXX – QUICK STEP) ESP 10 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOVISTAR) NOR 11 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KATUSHA) ITA 12 NIZZOLO, Giacomo (TREK FACTORY RACING) ITA 13 PUCCIO, Salvatore (SKY) ITA 14 BRAMBILLA, Gianluca (ETIXX – QUICK STEP) CRO 15 KISERLOVSKI, Robert (TINKOFF – SAXO) GER 16 ARNDT, Nikias (GIANT – ALPECIN)
General Classification after Stage 1 GER 1 KITTEL, Marcel (GIANT – ALPECIN) 2:43:03 AUS 2 EWAN, Caleb (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 4 ITA 3 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo (LAMPRE – MERIDA) + 6
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