Junior Lecerf won his second consecutive stage at the Czech Tour. He capitalized on the efforts of Cian Uijtdebroeks during the final category 1 climb at Dlouhé Stráně. Uijtdebroeks initiated the sprint with 300 meters remaining, but Lecerf strategically followed his lead. He then accelerated to finish first ahead of Alessandro Fancellu and Uijtdebroeks. As a result of this victory, Lecerf claimed the leader's jersey, surpassing Luke Lamperti, with a six second lead over Fancellu and a nine second lead over Uijtdebroeks.
In a lead group of three, Uijtdebroeks started the sprint close to 300 metres to go, but Lecerf, having followed the Visma racer's wheel all the way up the Dlouhé Stráně as he shredded the field, was instantly able to counter.
Lecerf then maintained his ferocious uphill pace on the last part of the climb, crossing the line ahead of Alessandro Fancellu (Team UTKO) and a fading Uijtdebroeks.
Thanks to his victory, the young Soudal-QuickStep racer also inherited the leader's jersey from teammate Luke Lamperti, with a six second advantage on Fancellu and nine on Uijtdebroeks.
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