Final KM: Clasica San Sebastian and Tour of Poland Stage 1

A week after the Tour de France and WorldTour racing is back with a BANG! Let’s give it whirl in Spain and Poland.

Clasica San Sebastian

Team Sky made all the plays in the finale and Michal Kwiatkowski was easily the quickest of the 5 riders that bowled into town to contest the finish. Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal) and Trek-Segafredo’s Bauke Mollema were second and third respectively. Sheree has the lowdown on all the action with her race review here.

Video (we pick it up with 8km to go)

500m before the finish, I told @MikelLandaMeana: "Time to take over the control". What a way, he responded! 👏 Chapeau pic.twitter.com/SuHtKMUWW6

— Michał Kwiatkowski (@michalkwiatek) July 29, 2017

Lovely touches for Trek-Segafredo’s Haimar Zubeldia in his last ever race.

Clásica San Sebastián! The number 1 today is a present for @hzubeldia in his last (home) race after being a pro for 20 years. Enjoy!! pic.twitter.com/bSoGHOq75p

— Bauke Mollema (@BaukeMollema) July 29, 2017

#klasikoa honoured our Basque rider @hzubeldia after his final, home race. 20 years in professional cycling, congratulations Haimar! pic.twitter.com/mOv0TwCRS9

— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 29, 2017

Tour of Poland Stage 1: Krakow to Krakow, 130km

He might be sporting a new shaven-head look but BORA-hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan has clearly lost none of his sprinting prowess since his DQ from the Tour. The World Champion made it look easy against a fast-finishing Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) with Sky’s Danny Van Poppel rounding out the sprint podium. A crash in the closing metres looked nasty but thankfully all riders were able to finish.

Video…

Shorn of his leonine mane

I guess @petosagan took the #TdF DQ pretty hard… pic.twitter.com/D63k5JxCZW

— Matt Smith (@msmith850) July 29, 2017

Now that’s a stat…

#tdp2017 – @petosagan is THREE victories left to the 100th Career victory. @alejanvalverde reached this milestone only this year.

— La Flamme Rouge (@laflammerouge16) July 29, 2017

All the colour, all the inflatables…