Tour of Poland 2024Stage 7 - Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de Pologne

Lukas Niebuhr

 · 18.08.2024

Tour of Poland 2024: Stage 7 - Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de PolognePhoto: Getty Images / Luc Claessen
Olav Kooij wins the final sprint in Krakow, Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour of Poland.
Jonas Vingegaard fulfils expectations as the top favourite and wins the Tour of Poland 2024. He went into the final stage as the overall leader and finished 41st in the bunch sprint. His team-mate Olav Kooij won the stage. The best German on the day was Michael Schwarzmann. He finished in 18th place.

This year's Tour of Poland ends with the 7th stage. The riders rode 142 kilometres from Wieliczka to Krakow on the final day. Jonas Vingegaard went into this stage without a stage win, but as the overall leader. Having already shown at the Tour de France that he is a force to be reckoned with despite a long injury break, the Dane was able to prevail against all his rivals last week and celebrated his victory in the final stage. his first overall victory at the Tour de Pologne.

The best German in the overall standings remains Vingegaard's namesake Jonas Rutsch. The 26-year-old from Team EF Education EasyPost finished 35th on stage 7, but did not make it into the top 50 in the overall standings and remains in 58th place.



Tour of Poland 2024 - Results: the top 10 of stage 7

  1. Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike) 3:04:08
  2. Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) +0:00
  3. Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché - Wanty) +0:00
  4. Casper Van Uden (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:00
  5. Jensen Plowright (Alpecin - Deceuninck) +0:00
  6. Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00
  7. Elmar Reinders (Team Jayco AlUla) +0:00
  8. Oliver Naesen (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) +0:00
  9. Ben Swift (INEOS Grenadiers) +0:00
  10. Edward Theuns (Lidl - Trek) +0:00

The final overall ranking

  1. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) 24:26:22
  2. Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) +0:13
  3. Wilco Kelderman (Visma | Lease a Bike) +0:20
  4. Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ) +0:33
  5. Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:37
  6. Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:44
  7. Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:44
  8. Mikkel Frölich Honore (EF Education EasyPost) +0:49
  9. Yannis Voisard (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) +0:49
  10. Oscar Onley (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:53

Lukas Niebuhr

Lukas Niebuhr

Working student

Lukas Niebuhr was born in Bielefeld, is studying for a Master's degree in Sport, Media and Communication Research at the German Sport University Cologne and works as a student trainee in the online editorial team for BIKE and TOUR. He enjoys gravel biking in Cologne and prefers to spend his holidays ski touring or riding his (e-)MTB in the mountains.

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