Warsaw, Poland.- The organizers of the Vuelta a Polonia decided to neutralize the 4th leg on Tuesday in tribute to Belgian cyclist Bjorg Lambrecht, who died on Monday from injuries sustained in a fall 3rd in the race.” Out of respect for Bjorg, the race organisers, along with the judges and cycling teams, have said that the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Polonia will be neutralized,” a statement published Monday night to Tuesday on the test website , which in mourning was dyed black and white.
The race organisers, the jury and the cycling teams have made a decision to neutralize the 4th stage of Tour de Pologne to pay our respects to Bjorg Lambrecht. The stage route is reduced to 133.7km and the final laps cut to 1.
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August 5, 2019
In this way there will be no stage classification or changes in the general classification at the end of the day on Tuesday. Help… Click the Google News star and follow usThe route of this fourth stage, which will take the cyclists from Jaworzno to Kocierz (south), was reduced to 133.7 km compared to the 173 initially planned. Some planned celebrations were also cancelled on the sidelines of the race. During the course, other possible measures will be communicated, according to the Lotto Soudal team, of which Bjorg Lambrecht was a part.
Cycling fans pay tribute to Belgian cyclist Bjorg Lambrecht who died yesterday/AFP
At 22 years old, Lambrecht suffered a violent fall at kilometer 48 of the 3rd stage, before being rushed to the hospital where he died during his operation. Bjorg Lambrecht turned professional and joined Lotto Soudal in 2018.
The cyclist finished 2nd in the 2017 Tour of the Porvenir-2017, behind Colombia’s Egan Bernal, a recent 2019 Tour de France winner. Lambrecht won the Liege-Bastogna-Liege U-23 and this course finished 12th in the Criterium del Dauphiné, taking the youth rankings. His brutal demise lifted a cascade of reactions and excitement in the cycling world on Monday night.
