Faraj Benlahoucine, media365, published on Wednesday August 06, 2025 at 9:56 p.m.
Victim of a violent fall in the Tour of Poland, Paul Lapeira suffers from two cracked ribs. Not enough to destroy the French, however, who will start the fourth stage to defend his yellow jersey.
How to go from laughter to tears? Paul Lapeira (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) has had the bitter experience on the Tour de Poland. Leader of the general classification following his great success this Tuesday in front of the favorites of the event at the end of the second stage, he fell heavily over twenty kilometers from the finish during the third stage. Overview on the ground on the side of the road with other runners, The former French champion grimacted, holding his ribs. D’Autres Couers Tels qu’antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek), OU Encore Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates).
Unlike his runner-up, Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek), forced to give up, Paul Lapeira was able to get back in the saddle and reach the finish line in Wałbrzych. Sine qua non condition to keep the yellow jersey because following this incident causing a real chaos for several minutes, the race organizers made the decision to neutralize the race for almost twenty minutes and not to change the times at the end of the third stage. Ben Turner’s victory (ineos grenadiers) therefore counted well but has no impact on the general classification.
Two cracked ribs for Lapeira
“Following his fall, Paul Lapeira suffers from Multiple dermabrasions and 2 cracked ribs. Times in the general classification have been frozen. Paul therefore retains the leader jersey and will be well at the start of the fourth stage tomorrow “notified the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale training at the start of the evening. The fourth stage will start this Thursday from Rybnik and Rallie Cieszyn after 201.4 kilometers of racing. The day will be marked by the ascent of two first category passes and a rugged profile in the last 45 kilometers. At the top of the hierarchy, Paul Lapeira has eight seconds ahead of the Monegasque Victor Langotti (ineos grenadiers) and twelve better than the Swiss Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates).
