Dylan Teuns (BMC) parlayed a late attack on the steep finishing climb to Szczyrk on stage 3 of the Tour de Pologne into his first WorldTour victory, but fell shy of moving into the race lead thanks to a tenacious climb by Bora-Hansgrohe's Peter Sagan.
Thanks to the time bonus, Sagan moved back into the yellow jersey with a six second lead on Teuns. Sagan's teammate Rafal Majka was third across the line, and now sits in third place overall, 12 seconds off the lead of Sagan.
An impressively calculated charge for the line earned the young Belgian climber Teuns the victory on the first uphill finish of the 2017 Tour de Pologne. The climb came at the end of a lumpy trek through the hills of southern Poland, with over 2,000 metres of vertical climbing and four classified ascents before the finish.
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Teuns followed Orica's Adam Yates across to early attacker Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) on the punchy final ascent and then soloed clear, confirming the prowess in steep climbs he showed earlier this year by finishing third in La Fleche Wallonne.
Although this wooded ascent above the town of Szcyrk was not quite the Mur de Huy, the narrow, twisting finale in Pologne still had some segments of up to 17 percent and Teuns had to calculate his effort and positioning well in order to be sure of victory.
"I have to thank my team, they did a great job of pulling back the earlier attacks and putting me in the right position," Teuns said.
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