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Cycling: Danish world champion wins second stage of Tour de Pologne

07.08.2020 01:00
World road champion Mads Pedersen of Denmark has won stage two of this year's Tour de Pologne, Poland’s largest cycling race, and claimed the race leader’s yellow jersey.
Denmarks Mads Pedersen dons the race leaders yellow jersey after winning stage two of the 2020 Tour de Pologne.
Denmark's Mads Pedersen dons the race leader's yellow jersey after winning stage two of the 2020 Tour de Pologne.Photo: PAP/Andrzej Grygiel

The Dane, who rides for the Trek-Segafredo cycling team, on Thursday finished ahead of Germany’s Pascal Ackermann and Italy’s Davide Ballerini in the race's 151.5 km second leg between the southern Polish cities of Opole and Zabrze.

Meanwhile, Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen, badly injured in a horrific crash during the first stage of this year’s Tour de Pologne, remained in an induced coma at a hospital in the southern Polish town of Sosnowiec, where he underwent a five-hour life-saving operation.

The 2020 Tour de Pologne started on Wednesday and ends on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

(gs/pk)

Source: TVP, PAP