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2020 Tour de France – Stage 4 – Highlights, Report, Results

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Highlights

https://youtu.be/Zju4ixNmCMI

Report

Primoz Roglic has won the fourth stage of the Tour de France in an impressive way. The Slovenian champion completed fantastic teamwork from his teammates in the first uphill finish. He is now third in the classification with Tom Dumoulin just behind him in seventh place. It is the fifteenth victory of the season for Team Jumbo-Visma.

The peloton maintained a tight pace in the stage from Sisteron to Orcières-Merlette, which made the gap with the breakaway never grow larger than five minutes. Team Jumbo-Visma was always at the front of the peloton and kept the leaders out of the wind.

On the final climb, Tony Martin, Wout van Aert and Sepp Kuss, among others, caused a big battle. The Belgian rode in front for one and a half kilometres, then the American took over the fast pace. Despite two attacks in the last kilometre, Roglic sprinted to victory. The yellow jersey remains in the hands of Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, Roglic follows at seven seconds.

For Roglic it is his sixth victory of the season. He previously won the final classification and two stages of the Tour de l’Ain, he was the best on the Col de Porte in the Dauphiné and became national champion of Slovenia. “It was a fast and quite difficult stage. The guys always kept me in a good position. Everyone was very strong. In the end I was able to deliver a nice sprint. I am very happy with that. We all arrived safely and we won. We must continue on this path. I feel better every day. In the second stage I already felt that it is all good.”

Tom Dumoulin was happy for his winning teammate. “It’s a fantastic day for the team. Primoz showed his class once again. He was really good and he also indicated that he wanted to win. The team was incredibly strong today. You can see that in the lead-out of Wout and Sepp. I didn’t feel really well today. In the end it was a fight to reach the finish line. Fortunately I was able to keep up with the first group. I hope I can improve my level in the coming days.”

Results

Stage

1Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma04:07:47
2Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
3Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
4Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
5Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep
6Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team
7Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
8Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
10Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott

General Classification

1Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep18:07:04
2Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott00:00:04
3Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma00:00:07
4Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates00:00:11
5Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis00:00:13
6Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers00:00:17
7Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma00:00:17
8Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott00:00:17
9Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic00:00:17
10Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team00:00:17

Points

1Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe83
2Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-Quickstep83
3Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates80
4Matteo Trentin (Ita) CCC Team61
5Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling51

Mountains

1Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale21
2Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT Pro Cycling12
3Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma10
4Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates8
5Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept6

Young Riders

1Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates18:07:15
2Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers00:00:06
3Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team00:00:15
4Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Pro Cycling00:00:34
5Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb00:00:34