Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) time his acceleration completely to the entrance of a bunch dash and received stage 4 of the Tour de Pologne. Like a coiled spring, the Danish rider received a stage in Poland for a 3rd consecutive yr.
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Lidl) launched his transfer too early with 400 metres to go and was handed close to the road by Kooij and second-placed Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale). Pedersen settled for third.
The last 800 metres punched up a 3.7% hill after which deposited the sprinters by a left-hand curve for the ultimate 500 metres. It was on the swooping bend that the Trek-Lidl rider surged from the pack, solely to function a lead-out for Kooij.
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) retained the general lead ending safely within the peloton with the identical time as his victorious teammate. Visma saved their group chief out of hazard when two crashes took down a dozen riders within the last 27km.
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