Stage 4 is rated hilly due too it's up and down nature, but the run in is flat, possibly one for Impey or Bellis depending on how hard it is, although you would imagine that Red Bull want it to be hard while Rapha want it too be easy. Interesting dichotomy there. Monfort is the other favourrite as we start in the wind and rain
After breakawys making it the past two days Bianchi are not going to miss out a third time, with 2 riders up front today. The order over the top is: Shikai, Locatelli, Kelderman, Martynrnko and Baez
Kelderman wins the second climb ahead of Shikai and Baez, putting Shikai into the lead in the KoM classification
Shikai gets the third climb with Kelderman second this time and Baez again third
The break roll through the sprint point with Kelderman getting maximum points, Baez and Shikai next. The breaks lead is now 6 minutes with 60km to go and Red Bull have picked up the chase
Kelderman gets the second sprint as well, Shikai getting second while the Biachi duo continue not to do anything more than sit at the back of the break
Up the final climb of the day and 100% Me are going all out to catch the break, and have dropped Partridge in doing so
A couple of their domestiques drop back to help him, although you can't help but feel it's a lost cause
Only 13 riders remain in the front group:
Bellis and Dowsett (Rapha)
Rooijakkers, Monfort and Rabon (Bianchi)
Augustyn (Export)
Pires (Cerne)
and 6 from Red Bull: Gerrans, Vorganov, Kirchen, Impey, Clazati and Mori.
As such Bellis and Monfort feel they have to attack or they are in serious trouble.
Up front Locatelli has left the rest behind
Augustyn and Pires follow, the attackers, Surely Red Bull will chase this down
The attackers catch the break with the peleton just behind
And it all comes back together
Pires tries an attack when he hoeps no one is watching
Bellis Monfort and Augustyn attack again
The catch Pires just before the top as Monfort gets the points. Augustyn and Pires are next
Red Bull struggle to get organised as a 20 second lead over the top turns into 40" a kilometre later
With 10km to go however Red Bull have brought themselves back into contention
And Mori is the one who makes the catch, surely Impey will win the stage now
5km to go and Bellis is leading the peleton in with Impey on his wheel. Mori is in yellow by 30 second so if he can hold the peleton up a bit Partridge may hold onto his jersey
2km to go and Rapha have slowed the peleton right down
1200m to go and the sprint starts, Impey in Bellis's wheel, Monfort on Dowsett's
Monfort blocks Impey in
Allowing Bellis to take a second victory, Monfort gets second, while Impey only manages third. Red Bull reallly should have done better today. Rabon beats Dowsett to 4th.
Biondo leads in the yellow jersey group who managed to pull the gap down to a minute, meaning that Red Bull's stategy was even more stupid as Partridge keeps yellow.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
3h51'25
2
Maxime Monfort
Team Bianchi
s.t.
3
Daryl Impey
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
4
Frantisek Rabon
Team Bianchi
s.t.
5
Alex Dowsett
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
6
Kim Kirchen
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
7
Simon Gerrans
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
8
Bruno Pires
Cerne
s.t.
9
John-Lee Augustyn
Emu Export
s.t.
10
Sylvain Calzati
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
11
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
12
Manuele Mori
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
13
Eduard Vorganov
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
14
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
s.t.
15
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
16
Piet Rooijakkers
Team Bianchi
s.t.
17
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
+ 58
18
Oleksandr Martynenko
Team Bianchi
s.t.
19
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
20
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
21
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
22
Jai Crawford
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
23
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
24
Dainius Kairelis
Emu Export
s.t.
25
Rob Partridge
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
26
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
27
Tony Martin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
28
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
29
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
30
Giovanny Báez
Emu Export
+ 2'00
31
André Mourato
Cerne
+ 3'32
32
George Bennett
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
33
Yuzuru Suzuki
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
34
Aaron Gate
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
35
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
36
Andreas Matzbacher
Team Bianchi
s.t.
37
Félix Emilio Besada
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
38
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
39
Amaro Antunes
Cerne
s.t.
40
Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
41
Marc Bassingthwaite
Team B
s.t.
42
Matteo Priamo
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 4'15
43
Andrew Bajadali
Emu Export
+ 5'28
44
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
+ 6'25
45
Luke Durbridge
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
46
Masaaki Kikuchi
Meiji - Fuji
+ 6'52
47
Lionel Coutinho
Cerne
s.t.
48
Glenn O'Shea
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
49
Thomas Ziegler
Emu Export
s.t.
50
Bruno Santos
Cerne
+ 8'44
51
José Martins
Cerne
s.t.
52
Mike Aaron Egger
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
53
Dimitri De Fauw
Emu Export
+ 12'53
54
Felix Odebrecht
Team Bianchi
s.t.
55
Kenji Itami
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
56
Nico Gauer
Emu Export
s.t.
57
Luthando Kaka
Team B
+ 13'56
58
Takashi Miyazawa
Meiji - Fuji
+ 17'38
59
Estifanos Kebede
Team B
+ 19'24
60
Robert Hunter
Team B
s.t.
61
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team B
s.t.
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Rob Partridge
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
15h58'11
2
Manuele Mori
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 48
3
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'03
4
Maxime Monfort
Team Bianchi
+ 1'35
5
John-Lee Augustyn
Emu Export
+ 1'47
6
Daryl Impey
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 2'04
7
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2'12
8
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
+ 2'18
9
Simon Gerrans
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 2'24
10
Frantisek Rabon
Team Bianchi
s.t.
11
Alex Dowsett
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
12
Kim Kirchen
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
13
Bruno Pires
Cerne
s.t.
14
Sylvain Calzati
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
15
Eduard Vorganov
Jayco - Red Bull
s.t.
16
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
s.t.
17
Piet Rooijakkers
Team Bianchi
s.t.
18
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
+ 3'14
19
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 3'16
20
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'18
21
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'22
22
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
23
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
24
Dainius Kairelis
Emu Export
s.t.
25
Tony Martin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
26
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
27
Jai Crawford
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
28
Oleksandr Martynenko
Team Bianchi
s.t.
29
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
30
Aaron Gate
Oz Cycling Project
+ 4'09
31
Giovanny Báez
Emu Export
+ 4'18
32
George Bennett
Oz Cycling Project
+ 5'56
33
Michael Vink
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
34
Andreas Matzbacher
Team Bianchi
s.t.
35
Yuzuru Suzuki
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
36
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
37
André Mourato
Cerne
s.t.
38
Félix Emilio Besada
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
39
Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
40
Matteo Priamo
Jayco - Red Bull
+ 6'39
41
Amaro Antunes
Cerne
+ 7'02
42
Andrew Bajadali
Emu Export
+ 7'52
43
Lionel Coutinho
Cerne
+ 9'16
44
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
+ 10'47
45
Thomas Ziegler
Emu Export
+ 11'14
46
Masaaki Kikuchi
Meiji - Fuji
+ 11'34
47
Luke Durbridge
Oz Cycling Project
+ 12'37
48
Bruno Santos
Cerne
+ 13'04
49
José Martins
Cerne
+ 13'06
50
Mike Aaron Egger
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
51
Glenn O'Shea
Oz Cycling Project
+ 16'07
52
Marc Bassingthwaite
Team B
+ 18'13
53
Nico Gauer
Emu Export
+ 19'05
54
Dimitri De Fauw
Emu Export
+ 22'08
55
Felix Odebrecht
Team Bianchi
s.t.
56
Luthando Kaka
Team B
+ 27'11
57
Kenji Itami
Meiji - Fuji
+ 27'29
58
Takashi Miyazawa
Meiji - Fuji
+ 28'24
59
Estifanos Kebede
Team B
+ 31'57
60
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team B
+ 34'05
61
Robert Hunter
Team B
+ 35'13
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
25
70
2
Manuele Mori
Jayco - Red Bull
4
61
3
Maxime Monfort
Team Bianchi
20
50
4
Daryl Impey
Jayco - Red Bull
16
49
5
Rob Partridge
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
35
6
Frantisek Rabon
Team Bianchi
14
32
7
John-Lee Augustyn
Emu Export
7
30
8
Kim Kirchen
Jayco - Red Bull
10
30
9
Aaron Gate
Oz Cycling Project
0
28
10
Simon Gerrans
Jayco - Red Bull
9
28
11
Alex Dowsett
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
12
28
12
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
0
23
13
Bruno Pires
Cerne
8
20
14
Bruno Santos
Cerne
0
19
15
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
17
17
16
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
0
16
17
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
14
18
Dimitri De Fauw
Emu Export
0
12
19
José Martins
Cerne
0
10
20
Sylvain Calzati
Jayco - Red Bull
6
9
21
Dainius Kairelis
Emu Export
0
7
22
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
7
7
23
Felix Odebrecht
Team Bianchi
0
7
24
Giovanny Báez
Emu Export
6
6
25
Michael Matthews
Oz Cycling Project
0
6
26
Masaaki Kikuchi
Meiji - Fuji
0
6
27
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
0
5
28
Kenji Itami
Meiji - Fuji
0
4
29
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
3
30
Eduard Vorganov
Jayco - Red Bull
3
3
31
Tony Martin
Team Puma - SAP
0
2
32
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
2
2
33
Matteo Priamo
Jayco - Red Bull
0
1
Mountains:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
30
40
2
Rob Partridge
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
26
3
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
24
26
4
Manuele Mori
Jayco - Red Bull
0
20
5
Aaron Gate
Oz Cycling Project
0
18
6
John-Lee Augustyn
Emu Export
8
16
7
Bruno Pires
Cerne
6
14
8
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
14
14
9
Giovanny Báez
Emu Export
14
14
10
Oleksandr Martynenko
Team Bianchi
12
12
11
Maxime Monfort
Team Bianchi
10
10
12
Wes Sulzberger
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
10
13
Dainius Kairelis
Emu Export
0
6
14
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
0
6
15
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
4
4
16
Olivier Le Gac
Team Puma - SAP
0
4
17
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
4
4
18
Maurizio Biondo
Cerne
0
2
19
Simon Gerrans
Jayco - Red Bull
2
2
20
Dimitri Jiriakov
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
2
2
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Jayco - Red Bull
11h34'15
+ 1'19 (2)
2
Team Bianchi
s.t.
+ 1'54 (3)
3
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 58
47h59'22 (1)
4
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'56
+ 4'19 (4)
5
Emu Export
+ 2'58
+ 4'52 (5)
6
Cerne
+ 4'30
+ 6'53 (7)
7
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
+ 6'53 (6)
8
Oz Cycling Project
+ 10'36
+ 10'26 (8)
9
Team B
+ 36'52
+ 1h05'18 (9)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
1
Jonathan Bellis
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
3h51'25
15h59'14 (1)
3
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
+ 1'09 (2)
5
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Fuji
s.t.
+ 1'15 (3)
2
Alex Dowsett
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 1'21 (4)
4
Stefano Locatelli
Team Bianchi
s.t.
+ 1'21 (5)
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