Tour of Poland 2024: Vingegaard takes overall lead - Schachmann with top result

The second stage of the Tour of Poland 2024 featured a hilly individual time trial over 15.4 kilometres between Myslakowice and Karpacz. The fastest time was set by Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) in 23:59 minutes. The Belgian was nine seconds faster than Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike), who took the overall lead from Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek), who had won stage 1.

Maximilian Schachmann (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) finished as the best German, who will ride for Soudal - Quick Step next seasonin fifth place. However, the 30-year-old is already a minute and a half behind Vingegaard in the overall standings of the Tour de Pologne 2024.

Tour of Poland 2024 - Results: the top 10 of stage 2

1. Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) 23:59
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) +0:09
3. Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates) +0:15
4. Oscar Onley (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:15
5. Maximilian Schachmann (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:21
6. Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) +0:34
7. Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:39
8. Raul Garcia Pierna (Arkea-B&B Hotels) +0:40
9. Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates) +0:41
10. Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ) +0:42

The current standings in the overall standings

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) 4:01:27
2. Wilco Kelderman (Visma | Lease a Bike) +0:24
3. Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) +0:25
4. Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ) +0:33
5. Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:37
6. Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:45
7. Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:49
8. Mikkel Frölich Honore (EF Education EasyPost) +0:49
9. Yannis Voisard (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) +0:49
10. Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates) +0:50

>> All stages of the Tour de Pologne 2024 at a glance

The Tour of Poland 2024 runs until next Sunday, when it ends in Krakow. On Wednesday, the riders face a very difficult day on stage 3 with 3159 metres of climbing.