ProTeam Nice 5th place for Arjen Livyns in 3rd stage of Tour of Poland

The third stage of the Tour of Poland, starting and finishing in WaÅ‚brzych, was once again marked by a crash. In a descent 20 kilometers from the finish, about fifteen riders went down. Due to a shortage of ambulances, the race was briefly neutralized. “I was involved myself,” says Arjen Livyns. “For the third time already. On the first day I was hit on my left side, today on my right. Luckily I’m okay.”

“We were ahead with about thirty riders, but after the neutralization a chasing group of thirty caught up, and today’s stage eventually still ended in a sprint,” he explains. “Unexpectedly, because this was one of the toughest stages of the week with the most elevation gain.” Livyns ultimately finished fifth and is satisfied. “I just came back from altitude training in Livigno, and after such a training block it’s always a bit of a search for the good feeling. It wasn’t there yesterday, but today it’s starting to come. So I’m curious about the coming days. Tomorrow we hope to sprint with Elia (Viviani, ed.), and the day after tomorrow will be another stage like today.”

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