Australian Liam Walsh (Ccache-Bodywrap) sprinted to the biggest win of his career, outpowering stage 1 winner Luke Lamperti (Soudal-Quickstep) on stage 3 of the Czech Tour. Marceli Boguslawski (ATT Investments) rounded out the podium in Ostrava.
Sprinters’ teams battled for position heading into the final corner with 500 metres to go, as Walsh took the corner wide, slotted into Lamperti’s wheel as they headed into the cobbled section to the finish line.
“I’m really proud of the way we’ve ridden this tour, and we didn’t quite get it right on stage one, but I think the racing we’ve done in Asia and the confidence we got from that has definitely helped us today,” said Walsh.
“I’m really glad that I can reward the team’s efforts, and we’ve got to win on our only tour in Europe this year, so I think we’re pretty happy.”
Stage 3, 148.4km from Prostějov to Ostrava, featured just one classified climb at the 42km mark, was destined to finish with a bunch sprint.
Following a flurry of attacks, the day’s breakaway escaped after 25 kilometres, and included mountains…
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