Ion Izaguirre kept his options alice in the Tour de Pologne and is still in the top 20 overall after a long and rainy 220km fourth stage finishing in Nowy Sacz. The stage was decided by a breakaway, with Bodnar (TCS) taking the win and Zielinski (POL) the yellow jersey while the peloton arrived 20 " later.

The squad led by José Luis Jaimerena, will face two big stages in to Zakopane and Bukovina in the Tatra mountains with six riders after today's double abandonment: Juanjo Lobato, suffering from a cold, and Alex Dowsett, suffering from stomach problems since yesterday, were unable to complete the fourth stage.