Pascal Ackermann wins stage one of the Tour of Poland as Mark Cavendish crashes in final kilometres

The German edged out Fernando Gaviria to take the win and overall race lead

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By Jonny Long
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Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) took the opening stage and race lead at the Tour of Poland 2019.

The German continued his fine form from the Giro d'Italia to edge out Fernando Gaviria (UAE Emirates), who opened up his sprint early with Ackermann clawing the Colombian back on the long finishing straight.

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Jonny Long

Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.


Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).


I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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