Van den Berg wins the Lleida sprint, and Pogacar remains the leader in the Volta a Catalunya
Euskaraz irakurri: Van den Bergek irabazi of Lleidako sprint, this Pogacarrek leader jarraitzen of Kataluniako Itzulian
The Dutch cyclist EF Education-EasyPost Marijn van den Berg ha cattle this Thursday the fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya in 2024, the sprint, in Lleida, in a day that has not brought any important changes in the general classification, where the Slovenian runner Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) continue as leaderwith Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step) in second position. In the mass arrival that decided the winner of the fourth day of the race, Van den Berg surpassed the Belgian Arne Marit (Intermarché-Wanty) and the Latvian Emils Liepins (DSM), second and third at the finish line; Frenchman Bryan Coquard, from Cofidis, the main favorite in the sprint, was fourth.
The fourth stage of the 103rd edition of the Volta a Catalunya featured a breakaway, which the peloton had to work to neutralize. Among others, Urko Berrade (Kern Pharma) and a veteran like Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Dstny) have entered it; With about 20 kilometers to go, Luis Ángel Maté, from Euskaltel-Euskadi, tried, but was caught when there were around ten kilometers left to go.
In the final sprint, Marijn van den Berg, 24, clearly won, thus claiming her first victory of the 2024 season.
This Friday, the Volta a Catalunya puts into play its fifth stage, of 167.3 kilometers, with the finish line in Viladecans and a route in which there are two 2nd category ports, the last of them about 30 kilometers from the finish.
4th stage classification
1 – VAN DEN BERG Marijn (EF Education) 3:40:19
2 – MARIT Arne (Intermarché) mt
3 – LIEPINS Emils (DSM) mt
4 – COQUARD Bryan (Cofidis) mt
5 – LAURANCE Axel (Alpecin) mt
6 – BARTHE Cyril (Groupama) mt
7 – HAYTER Ethan (INEOS) mt
8 – GODON Dorian (Decathlon) mt
9 – AULAR Orluis (Caja Rural) mt
10 – MOSCA Jacopo (Lidl) mt
General ranking
1 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 17:18:31
2 – LANDA Mikel (Soudal) + 2:27
3 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA) + 2:55
4 – MARTINEZ Lenny (Groupama) + 3:21
5 – HARPER Chris (Jayco) + 3:22
6 – MAS Enric (Movistar) + 3:27
7 – POELS Wout (Bahrain) + 3:31
8 – KUSS Sepp (Visma) + 3:32
9 – BERNAL Egan (INEOS) + 3:50
10 – ALMEIDA Joao (UAE) + 3:52
Source: Eitb
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