Norway's Thor Hushovd powered to a sprint victory on the 160.5km fifth stage of the Tour of Poland from Nowy Targ to Zakopane on Thursday.
The 2010 world champion emerged triumphant ahead of Frenchman Matthieu Ladagnous and Italy's Luka Mezgec in a cagey uphill sprint to earn his second victory in three days as BMC triumphed for a third straight stage.
Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Jon Izaguirre moved into the overall lead, one second in front of Poland's Rafal Majka, after the Spaniard collected a 10-second time bonus for topping the stage's attractivity classification.
Sky's Colombian rider Sergio Henao, who is being helped by last year's Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins on his return to racing after injury and illness, is 5sec adrift in third.
Friday's penultimate stage will see riders tackle a 192km route around Bukovina.
