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Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) scored the fourth time trial win of his career on stage 2 of the Tour de Pologne, setting the only time under 24 minutes on the 15.4km uphill test to Karpacz.
The Belgian is out of the overall GC picture after finishing 1:27 down on the hilly opening stage but, setting out 50 minutes before the overall contenders, set a time of 23:59 that proved unbeatable for the 40 men that came after.
Behind Wellens, it was Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) who scored second place, finishing nine seconds down with a time of 24:08. Vingegaard, who finished fourth on the opening stage, now moves into the overall lead as a result.
Another UAE rider, Felix Großschartner, rounded out the stage podium with a time of 24:14 – he was one of four riders from his team filling out the top 10.
The three men lying ahead of Vingegaard on the general classification all shed time to the Dane to fall behind him in the standings. Third-placed Lukas Nerurkar (EF Education-EasyPost) finished 41st with a time of 25:40, while second-placed Wilco Kelderman (Visma-Lease A Bike) set a time of 24:41 in 10th following a crash and a bike change.
Race leader and stage 1 winner Thibaus Nys (Lidl-Trek), meanwhile, dropped entirely out of contention with a time of 27:32 to finish in 96th place, 3:33 down…
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