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Primoz Roglic won the fourth stage of the Tour de France, disputed this Tuesday between Sisteron and Orcières-Merlette, of 160 kilometers, the first high finish, in which the leader is Julian Alaphilippe, and the colombian Nairo Quintana was fourth, Miguel Lopez sixth and Egan Bernal seventh.
It was the first high altitude and served to select the batch of favorites, that from now on is smaller than before the start of the stage, which includes several Colombian cyclists.
It may interest you: (Classifications of the Tour de France, after stage 4)
When the stage entered its final part, a group on the run was ahead, made up of Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r La Mondiale), Nils Politt, Krists Neilands (Israel Start-Up Nation), Mathieu Burgaudeau (Total Direct Energie), Tiesj Benoot (Team Sunweb) and Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept), who got to have more than three minutes.
When the race entered the key part, 30 km from the finish, the difference dropped to two minutes, after the strong step imposed by the leader’s Deceuninck, Julian Alaphilippe.
Neilands, 19 km from the finish, went alone, but behind the group accelerated in search of capture. Deceuninck is still in front.
In the absence of 7 km, when the climb was looming, the batch of favorites connected to the pointer to define the day.
The climb was at a pure pace. The day was defined in the final meters.
The day of this Wednesday will be 183 kilometers, with departure in gap and arrival in Privas, with two fourth category mountain prizes, a fraction that can reach the packaging.
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