Stage Report: Tuesday’s stage 4 was meant to be one for the sprinters and a better day for the GC males. On the finish of the stage in Tarragona it was Australia’s Caden Groves who took the win, simply beating Juan Sebastián Molano to the road. Remco Evenepoel held the general lead.
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The ultimate Okay of stage 4
Kaden Groves received the fourth stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España. The Australian sprinter of Alpecin-Deceuninck got here by means of a chaotic dash to move Juan Sebastián Molano within the final metres. Remco Evenepoel remains to be main the overall classification.
Kaden Groves provides Alpecin-Deceuninck a Vuelta stage win
Race director, Fernando Escartín: “This stage will, presumably, finish in a dash. Alongside the way in which, shall be two third class mountain passes, positioned proper on the finish of the stage. These shouldn’t pose a lot issues for sprinters as they’re comparatively simple climbs, removed from the finish-line.”
Stage 4 profile
The fourth stage was for the fast-finishers, so everybody anticipated. After the beginning in Andorra la Vella, the peloton had 100 kilometres of descending and flat roads to the south. Within the remaining there was the Alto de Belltall (9.3km at 3.7%) and the Coll de Lilla (4.9km at 5.2%). After the summit of the Coll de Lilla, there was nonetheless 30 kilometres to the end, so any dropped sprinters would nonetheless have the ability to return to the peloton in time for the dash.
Remco felt adequate to point out Vingegaard some dance strikes at the beginning
On the highway out of Andorra there was a battle to be within the early break, however it was the primary break that was the profitable one. Eduardo Sepúlveda attacked, like he did yesterday, and he was joined by Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH) and David Gonzalez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA). The sprinter’s groups have been happy with the transfer as they knew {that a} break of three could possibly be simply managed. The hole elevated to 2 minutes, however dsm-firmenich and Alpecin-Deceuninck stored all the things so as.
Yukiya Arashiro lives in Andorra and was at the beginning together with his two canine to see his Bahrain Victorious teammates and his spouse, race photographer Miwa Iijima
Group dsm-firmenich needed a dash as we speak for Alberto Dainese, whereas Alpecin-Deceuninck had Kaden Groves who’s on type. These two groups took turns on the head of the peloton and the lead fluctuated round 2 minutes. The three escapees misplaced increasingly more time because the stage went on. Sepúlveda, Okamika and Gonzalez began the Alto de Belltall (9.3km at 3.7%) with a lead of 1 minute. There have been KOM factors on supply on the summit.
Time to signal some rainbow jerseys in Andorra
Sepúlveda did glorious work on the high of the climb by arising first. The Argentinian was ready so as to add 3 factors to his KOM and was now the rightful proprietor of the mountain jersey. Sepúlveda, Okamika and Gonzalez seemed like they’d be caught, however they began the Coll de Lilla (4.9km at 5.2%), the final climb of the day, with a slight lead. On the high it was Sepúlveda once more, however he was then caught by the peloton with 25 kilometres to go.
Good climate for the Vuelta as we speak
Good day for a break, however a dash was anticipated
The 2 Spaniards rode on a bit longer, however have been caught simply after the intermediate dash in Valls. The sprinter’s groups then stored the tempo excessive within the final kilometres to Tarragona. Coming into the final 10 kilometres, INEOS Grenadiers took the lead and elevated the tempo. Because of this, the nervousness elevated and this resulted in a crash within the final 5 kilometres. The most important victims have been sprinter Bryan Coquard and Santiago Buitrago, the Bahrain Victorious GC rider.
The peloton weren’t hanging about
Eduardo Sepulveda added extra factors to his KOM
Alpecin and dsm needed a dash
It was shut between Kaden Groves and Juan Sebastián Molano
With a late rush Groves obtained it
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Vuelta a España Stage 4 End result:
1. Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck in 4:05:41
2. Juan Sebastián Molano (Col) UAE Group Emirates
3. Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek
4. Milan Menten (Bel) Lotto Dstny
5. Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies
6. Orluis Aular Caja RuralSeguros RGA
7. Hugo Web page (Fra) Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
8. Lewis Askey (GB) Groupama-FDJ
9. Sean Flynn (GB) dsm-firmenich
10. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën.
Vuelta a España General After Stage 4:
1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Fast-Step in 12:48:52
2. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar at 0:05
3. Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama-FDJ at 0:11
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma at 0:31
5. Aleksandr Vlasov (-) BORA-hansgrohe at 0:33
6. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) BORA-hansgrohe
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich at 0:35
8. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma at 0:37
9. Juan Ayuso (Spa) UAE Group Emirates at 0:38
10. Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Group Emirates at 0:42.
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