Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) wygrał po finiszu z peletonu czwarty etap Ovo Energy Tour of Britain. Liderem pozostał Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing Team).
W czwartym dniu brytyjskiego wyścigu na kolarzy czekał etap z Nuneaton do Royal Leamington Spa. Do pokonania były ponad 183 kilometry, a po drodze trzeba było się zmierzyć z trzema dość łatwymi podjazdami.
Dość szybko znaleźli się chętni na jazdę w ucieczce. Na przodzie znaleźli się: Nic Dlamini (Team Dimension Data), Matthew Holmes (Madison Genesis ), Hayden McCormick (One Pro Cycling), Thomas Moses (JLT Condor), Paul Ourselin (Direct Energie) i Alex Paton (Canyon Eisberg).
Na każdej górskiej premii i na każdym lotnym finiszu plecy rywalom pokazywał Holmes.
So far so good for @MatthewHolmes51 as he claims yet more points on the second climb of the day ?⛰️#OVOToB pic.twitter.com/yGUutlt33d
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) September 5, 2018
W klasyfikacji lotnych premii Holmes tym samym zrównał się punktowo z Matthew Teggartem (Team Wiggins). Natomiast po ostatniej górskiej premii prowadzenie w tej klasyfikacji zapewnił sobie Dlamini i postanowił zaczekać na peleton.
Czołowa piątka na 17 kilometrów przed metą miała niespełna minutę przewagi nad peletonem prowadzonym przez Quick – Step Floors. Chwilę później z ucieczki odpadł Moses.
Wszystko zjechało się na 4 kilometry przed metą i o zwycięstwie zadecydował sprinterski finisz. Najszybszy okazał się drugi raz Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal), który z wielką swobodą pokonał Sache Modolo (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale). Trzeci był Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing Team), który umocnił się na prowadzeniu w klasyfikacji generalnej wyścigu.
Wyniki czwartego etapu:
Pozycja | Kolarz | Ekipa | Czas |
1 | GREIPEL André | Lotto Soudal | 4:22:04 |
2 | MODOLO Sacha | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
3 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
4 | ZABEL Rick | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
5 | BARBERO Carlos | Movistar Team | ,, |
6 | LIEPIŅŠ Emīls | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
7 | CARDIS Romain | Direct Energie | ,, |
8 | MCLAY Daniel | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
9 | TENNANT Andrew | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
10 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Team Wiggins | ,, |
11 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
12 | GAVIRIA Fernando | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
13 | PHINNEY Taylor | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
14 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar Team | ,, |
15 | RENSHAW Mark | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
16 | PASQUALON Andrea | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
17 | DOWNEY Mark | Team Wiggins | ,, |
18 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar Team | ,, |
19 | POELS Wout | Team Sky | ,, |
20 | ROELANDTS Jürgen | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
21 | SWIFT Connor | Madison Genesis | ,, |
22 | SLATER Alistair | JLT Condor | ,, |
23 | WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
24 | CHRISTENSEN Ryan | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
25 | STEDMAN Maximilian | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
26 | EENKHOORN Pascal | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
27 | SIMION Paolo | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
28 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
29 | SMITH Dion | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
30 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
31 | JUNGELS Bob | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
32 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
33 | BRADBURY Edmund | JLT Condor | ,, |
34 | DRUCKER Jempy | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
35 | WILLIAMS Peter | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
36 | SHAW James | Lotto Soudal | ,, |
37 | TOWNSEND Rory | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
38 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
39 | POWLESS Neilson | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
40 | CARBONI Giovanni | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
41 | DAVIES Scott | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
42 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
43 | STRAKHOV Dmitry | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
44 | ANTONINI Simone | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
45 | KÜNG Stefan | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
46 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | ,, |
47 | VAN EMDEN Jos | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
48 | BAYLIS Tom | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
49 | SWIFT Ben | Great Britain | ,, |
50 | PIDCOCK Thomas | Team Wiggins | ,, |
51 | CARTHY Hugh | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
52 | PICHOT Alexandre | Direct Energie | ,, |
53 | FERNÁNDEZ Rubén | Movistar Team | ,, |
54 | HOLMES Matthew | Madison Genesis | ,, |
55 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
56 | PYM George | Madison Genesis | ,, |
57 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto Soudal | ,, |
58 | DOWSETT Alex | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
59 | ROGLIČ Primož | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
60 | MOULD Jon | JLT Condor | ,, |
61 | SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo | Movistar Team | ,, |
62 | CHAVANEL Sylvain | Direct Energie | ,, |
63 | NIEVE Mikel | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
64 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
65 | VERVAEKE Louis | Team Sunweb | ,, |
66 | THOMSON Jay | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
67 | POWER Robert | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
68 | TEGGART Matthew | Team Wiggins | ,, |
69 | DLAMINI Nic | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
70 | WRIGHT Alfred | Great Britain | ,, |
71 | THWAITES Scott | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
72 | POLITT Nils | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
73 | NALLY Joe | Great Britain | ,, |
74 | LATHAM Christopher | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
75 | VENTER Jaco | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
76 | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
77 | HIVERT Jonathan | Direct Energie | ,, |
78 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
79 | WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz | Team Sky | ,, |
80 | KIRYIENKA Vasil | Team Sky | ,, |
81 | THOMAS Geraint | Team Sky | ,, |
82 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar Team | ,, |
83 | ORAM James | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
84 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
85 | WILLIAMS Stephen | Great Britain | ,, |
86 | HANDLEY Richard | Madison Genesis | ,, |
87 | WYNANTS Maarten | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
88 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | ,, |
89 | OURSELIN Paul | Direct Energie | ,, |
90 | STEWART Thomas | JLT Condor | ,, |
91 | BRESCHEL Matti | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:22 |
92 | BOSTOCK Matthew | Great Britain | 0:32 |
93 | TULIK Angelo | Direct Energie | ,, |
94 | MCCORMICK Hayden | One Pro Cycling | 0:38 |
95 | STANNARD Ian | Team Sky | 0:44 |
96 | FROOME Chris | Team Sky | ,, |
97 | FOUCHE James | Team Wiggins | ,, |
98 | GARDIAS Dexter | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
99 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
100 | MCNALLY Mark | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
101 | MARTIN Tony | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
102 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | ,, |
103 | PATON Alex | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
104 | ROWSELL Erick | Madison Genesis | ,, |
105 | BARBIN Enrico | Bardiani – CSF | 1:03 |
106 | MCEVOY Jonathan | Madison Genesis | 1:07 |
107 | HOFLAND Moreno | Lotto Soudal | ,, |
108 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | Lotto Soudal | 1:30 |
109 | FERNANDES José | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 1:33 |
110 | EEKHOFF Nils | Team Sunweb | 0:00 |
111 | HAYTER Ethan | Great Britain | ,, |
112 | MOSES Thomas | JLT Condor | 3:14 |
113 | BRIGGS Graham | JLT Condor | ,, |
114 | KEISSE Iljo | Quick-Step Floors | 3:50 |
115 | BOUWMAN Koen | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
Klasyfikacja generalna po czwartym etapie:
Pozycja | Kolarz | Ekipa | Czas |
1 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC Racing Team | 15:25:11 |
2 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:04 |
3 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | 0:06 |
4 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar Team | 0:16 |
5 | POELS Wout | Team Sky | ,, |
6 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | ,, |
7 | JUNGELS Bob | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
8 | ROGLIČ Primož | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
9 | CARTHY Hugh | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:23 |
10 | DAVIES Scott | Team Dimension Data | 0:26 |
11 | WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads | Team Katusha – Alpecin | 0:50 |
12 | EENKHOORN Pascal | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
13 | STRAKHOV Dmitry | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
14 | SMITH Dion | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
15 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar Team | ,, |
16 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
17 | VAN EMDEN Jos | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
18 | STEDMAN Maximilian | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
19 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto Soudal | ,, |
20 | POWLESS Neilson | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
21 | PIDCOCK Thomas | Team Wiggins | ,, |
22 | HAYTER Ethan | Great Britain | ,, |
23 | BRADBURY Edmund | JLT Condor | ,, |
24 | HIVERT Jonathan | Direct Energie | ,, |
25 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani – CSF | 0:55 |
26 | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | BMC Racing Team | 1:12 |
27 | SHAW James | Lotto Soudal | 1:28 |
28 | THWAITES Scott | Team Dimension Data | 1:44 |
29 | SWIFT Connor | Madison Genesis | 1:46 |
30 | FERNÁNDEZ Rubén | Movistar Team | 2:53 |
31 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | Quick-Step Floors | 2:59 |
32 | WILLIAMS Stephen | Great Britain | ,, |
33 | MODOLO Sacha | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 3:30 |
34 | LIEPIŅŠ Emīls | One Pro Cycling | 3:32 |
35 | ROELANDTS Jürgen | BMC Racing Team | 3:36 |
36 | SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo | Movistar Team | ,, |
37 | NIEVE Mikel | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
38 | BARBERO Carlos | Movistar Team | 3:42 |
39 | CHAVANEL Sylvain | Direct Energie | ,, |
40 | POWER Robert | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
41 | HOLMES Matthew | Madison Genesis | 3:43 |
42 | KIRYIENKA Vasil | Team Sky | 3:52 |
43 | ORAM James | One Pro Cycling | 4:16 |
44 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Quick-Step Floors | 4:27 |
45 | OURSELIN Paul | Direct Energie | ,, |
46 | WYNANTS Maarten | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
47 | CHRISTENSEN Ryan | Canyon Eisberg | 4:38 |
48 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Team Wiggins | 4:59 |
49 | PASQUALON Andrea | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
50 | DOWSETT Alex | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
51 | KÜNG Stefan | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
52 | DRUCKER Jempy | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
53 | THOMAS Geraint | Team Sky | ,, |
54 | MCCORMICK Hayden | One Pro Cycling | 5:03 |
55 | BRESCHEL Matti | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 5:21 |
56 | BARBIN Enrico | Bardiani – CSF | 5:30 |
57 | GAVIRIA Fernando | Quick-Step Floors | 6:31 |
58 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 6:34 |
59 | THOMSON Jay | Team Dimension Data | 6:35 |
60 | CARBONI Giovanni | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
61 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar Team | ,, |
62 | EEKHOFF Nils | Team Sunweb | ,, |
63 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
64 | VENTER Jaco | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
65 | VERVAEKE Louis | Team Sunweb | 7:31 |
66 | MCNALLY Mark | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | 8:47 |
67 | WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz | Team Sky | 8:54 |
68 | SWIFT Ben | Great Britain | 9:12 |
69 | WRIGHT Alfred | Great Britain | ,, |
70 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | ,, |
71 | CARDIS Romain | Direct Energie | 9:39 |
72 | STANNARD Ian | Team Sky | 10:01 |
73 | DLAMINI Nic | Team Dimension Data | 10:30 |
74 | DOWNEY Mark | Team Wiggins | 11:32 |
75 | GREIPEL André | Lotto Soudal | 11:56 |
76 | SLATER Alistair | JLT Condor | 12:14 |
77 | ZABEL Rick | Team Katusha – Alpecin | 12:16 |
78 | PHINNEY Taylor | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
79 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | Lotto Soudal | 13:44 |
80 | FOUCHE James | Team Wiggins | 13:51 |
81 | HANDLEY Richard | Madison Genesis | 13:57 |
82 | ROWSELL Erick | Madison Genesis | 14:54 |
83 | TEGGART Matthew | Team Wiggins | 14:58 |
84 | SIMION Paolo | Bardiani – CSF | 15:07 |
85 | ANTONINI Simone | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
86 | HOFLAND Moreno | Lotto Soudal | 16:14 |
87 | BOUWMAN Koen | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 16:57 |
88 | BOSTOCK Matthew | Great Britain | 17:28 |
89 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani – CSF | 17:33 |
90 | BAYLIS Tom | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
91 | MOULD Jon | JLT Condor | 17:41 |
92 | RENSHAW Mark | Team Dimension Data | 17:44 |
93 | MCLAY Daniel | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
94 | TENNANT Andrew | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
95 | NALLY Joe | Great Britain | ,, |
96 | STEWART Thomas | JLT Condor | ,, |
97 | TULIK Angelo | Direct Energie | 18:14 |
98 | WILLIAMS Peter | One Pro Cycling | 18:22 |
99 | FROOME Chris | Team Sky | 18:28 |
100 | MARTIN Tony | Team Katusha – Alpecin | 19:55 |
101 | PICHOT Alexandre | Direct Energie | 20:10 |
102 | PYM George | Madison Genesis | ,, |
103 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | 20:54 |
104 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 21:16 |
105 | LATHAM Christopher | One Pro Cycling | 21:19 |
106 | FERNANDES José | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 21:42 |
107 | PATON Alex | Canyon Eisberg | 22:19 |
108 | GARDIAS Dexter | Canyon Eisberg | 22:23 |
109 | TOWNSEND Rory | Canyon Eisberg | 22:27 |
110 | MOSES Thomas | JLT Condor | 23:08 |
111 | MCEVOY Jonathan | Madison Genesis | 23:38 |
112 | KEISSE Iljo | Quick-Step Floors | 28:16 |
113 | BRIGGS Graham | JLT Condor | 28:31 |
114 | POLITT Nils | Team Katusha – Alpecin | 29:42 |
115 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani – CSF | 33:55 |