Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates) claimed victory on stage 4 of the Tour de Pologne, sprinting past late attacker Zdenek Štybar (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) on the drag to the finish in Sanok.
The German survived the climbs on a stage that accrued nearly 3000 metres of elevation gain and still had enough left to unfurl a resounding acceleration on the nasty drag to the line in the final 200 metres.
Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) placed second, with Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) third as they swept past a fading Štybar.
Race leader Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) crashed on the run-in but finished the stage and, given the incident occurred within the final 3km, he was awarded the same time as the main bunch and retained his overall lead.
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