We're back to the more sprinter suited stages today with a short 143.9km stage from Rabat to Meknes. The big question will be whether or not Degenkolb can make it 2 from 2 in the Sprints or if someone else will step up and win a stage.
It takes quite a while to sort out but we have a breakaway of 8 riders with a gap of 2'37 still 103km from the finish.
Robeet
Froidevaux
Dahl-Olsen
M.Mugisha & S.Mugisha
Christensen
Krigbaum
Herregodts
75km to go and the gap is 2'17. A number of teams are controlling the pace including ISA - Hexacta, Kraftwerk, Tinkoff and Evonik.
30km now to go and the gap, which was relatively stable for quite some time, is now coming down quickly as it's now at 1'20.
Through 20km to go and the gap is only 45 seconds.
The breakaway is caught with 9km to go. This should leave plenty of time for the trains to get organised for the sprint.
1.6km to go and it's a Tinkoff rider at the front but Moser could do with more support. The other sprinters form a line behind the Italian which goes all the way back to Petit.
Under the kite and the sprinters are all on their own with a wide but ever so slightly uphill sprint to the line. Guerao leads at the moment.
A long line of riders spread across the road. Hayekawa currently leads with 300m to go ahead of Kragh Andersen and Zabel. Degenkolb has work to do after being stuck behind Guerao.
But the German was not to be denied. John Degenkolb finishes very quickly to win Stage 4 and make it 2 from 2 in the Sprints.
Hayekawa is 2nd ahead of Habtom, Holloway and Van der Kooij. Kragh Andersen is 6th with Kamberaj 7th, Petit 8th and Zabel 9th.
No changes in any of the classifications except the Points where Degenkolb moves back into the lead by 5 points over Godoy.
Tour du Maroc - Stage 4 Report 
