Bart De Clercq wins Tour of Poland stage five to take overall lead

Belgian Bart De Clerq times his late attack to perfection to win the stage and top the general classification with two stages remaining

Bart De Clerq wins stage five of the 2015 Tour of Poland

(Image credit: Watson)

Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Soudal) took a solo victory on stage five of the 2015 Tour of Poland on Thursday to take the overall race lead.

The Belgian claimed the win at the end of the longest stage of the race ahead of Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) in second and Sebastien Reichenbach (IAM Cycling) in third. It ends a four-year drought for De Clercq, whose last victory was stage seven of the 2011 Giro d'Italia.

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