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Bahrain-Victorious rider Matej Mohoric clinched the Tour de Pologne 2023 title on Friday after eking out a one-second benefit through the closing stage.
The concluding seventh stage completed in Krakow and was received by the Soudal-Fast Step dash ace Tim Merlier, who additionally took the opening stage.
Slovenia’s Mohoric snatched total victory by the best of margins as he grabbed a bonus second in a mid-race intermediate dash to emerge as champion forward of Staff UAE’s João Almeida.
The pair had been neck and neck since stage two the place Mohoric took a hilltop win for a four-second benefit, with the Portuguese rider drawing degree on the stage six time trial on Thursday.
Polish rider Michal Kwiatkowski of Ineos Grenadiers rounded out the rostrum in third, an extra 16 seconds down.
Mohoric received a Tour de France stage final month with a long-range dash and received the Milan-San Remo in 2022 with a shock downhill assault.
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