Pascal Ackermann increased his lead when won stage two of the Tour de Pologne in Katowice today.
Bora-Hansgrohe’s Pascal Ackermann (back) increased his lead when won stage two of the Tour de Pologne today. Photo: Photo Credits
The German Bora-Hansgrohe rider finished the 156km stage from Tarnowskie Góry in 3:16:39 to beat Columbian Alvaro Hodeg (Quick-Step Floors) and Italian Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo).
Ackermann leads the general classification in 6:15:30. He is followed eight seconds later by Hodeg and 11 seconds later by Belgian Jenthe Biermans (Katusha-Alpecin).
View the results below.
Stage two
1. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:16:39
2. Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors
3. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
4. Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
5. Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
6. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
7. Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
8. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
9. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Kamil Zielinski (Pol) Polish National Team
*Selected
137. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +0:00:54
General classification
1. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 6:15:30
2. Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors +0:00:08
3. Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin +0:00:11
4. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo +0:00:16
5. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
6. Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
7. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team +0:00:17
8. Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice +0:00:18
9. Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Credits Solutions +0:00:19
10. Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates +0:00:20
*Selected
135. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +0:01:14
