Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek) delivered one more exhibition of his ending energy with a advantageous victory on stage 1 of the Tour de Pologne in Karpacz. The Belgian timed his effort completely on the sharp uphill finale, ripping clear with 200m to go earlier than catching and passing late attacker Wilco Kelderman (Visma-Lease a Bike).
Kelderman held on for second place forward of Lukas Nerurkar (EF Education-EasyPost), three seconds down on Nys, whereas Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) signalled his intentions for the week by coming residence in fourth place at six seconds forward of defending champion Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) and Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates).