Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) took home the first WorldTour stage race victory of his burgeoning career, finishing safely in the bunch behind stage winner Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) on stage 7 of Tour de Pologne in Krakow on Friday.
Hayter, winner of the ProSeries Tour of Norway last season, took the lead in the stage 6 individual time trial with a thin 11-second advantage over Thymen Arensman (Team DSM) and faced little challenge as the day-long breakaway absorbed any bonus seconds available mid-stage. There was no change to the overall standings, with Hayter and Arensman locked in first and second, with Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) third at 18 seconds.
Ineos Grenadiers led the peloton to the safe zone with 3km to go before giving over the lead-out duties to the sprint teams. Jumbo-Visma started the lead-out only for Lotto Soudal’s Roger Kluge to jump away in an attempt to steal the…
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