A huge crash involving about 30 riders brought stage 4 of the Tour de Pologne to a halt Thursday after rain-slick roads triggered a pileup that blocked the road.<\/p>\n
Riders at the front of the peloton slid out on a descent and sparked a chain reaction that swept through the bunch.<\/p>\n
UAE Emirates-XRG and EF Education-EasyPost were among the hardest hit, with Jo\u00e3o Almeida and Jan Christen caught up in the crash.<\/p>\n
Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Molano and Beno\u00eet Cosnefroy (UAE Emirates-XRG) both abandoned following the crash.<\/p>\n
Dutch riders Wilco Kelderman and Bart Lemmen of Visma-Lease a Bike also hit the deck, along with Stefan K\u00fcng of Tudor Pro Cycling.<\/p>\n
Lemmen recovered to win the crash-shortened stage and take the lead for the first victory of his pro career. Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana) attacked late but settled for second, with Axel Laurence (Netcompany-Ineos) taking third.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the crash, I wasn\u2019t sure whether I would be able to continue,\u201d Lemmen said. \u201cWhen I got back on the bike, I felt pain everywhere. At that point, the adrenaline took over and I decided to keep going. I took the risk of going on the offensive myself, and it worked out well. After so many attempts to win, I finally managed to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Television images showed dozens of riders sprawled across the road in a tangle of bikes as team staff and medical crews rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n
Race organizers neutralized the stage to allow riders to be attended to by medical staff.<\/p>\n
After a delay of 20 minutes or so, racing resumed with one of the final climbs removed.<\/p>\n
Almeida, one of the pre-race favorites, was quickly dropped from the peloton after the restart in one of the biggest crashes of the season.<\/p>\n
The extent of the injuries was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n
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