Poli enjoys Queen Stage breakaway in Hungary
16 May 2025
Italian rouleur Umberto Poli put his best foot forward on today’s hilly Queen Stage at the Tour de Hongrie with the 28-year-old part of a six rider breakaway for Team Novo Nordisk.
Poli needed all his experience to be alive to the early move as most teams without a GC leader would want to be represented and as expected the attacks came out of neutral.
“We came with the goal of doing well in the sprint stages,” said Poli. “And after doing so well with Matyas in the first two sprints we knew that with today’s climbs the breakaway was a key target for us.”
“I’m feeling good day by day and it’s really nice being back out front again, getting exposure for the team and showing ourselves at the head of the race. There was good collaboration in my group and I managed to get some GPM points which is not like me! We have two more possibilities in the last two stages now, so we will try our best to help Matyas in the finals again.”
British neo pro Hamish Armitt was the first ride for home for TNN, just under a minute down on the leaders in 28th place, a positive performance for the Glaswegian after a difficult period recovering from injuries sustained when crashing out of the Tour of Hellas.