Tobias Lund Andresen ((Dsm-firmenich PostNL) emerged from a busy end to win stage 4 of the Tour of Turkey in Bodrum.
The Dane wanted a late bike change however returned to the peloton after which timed his effort completely on the rising end after Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) and the stays of the early break had been caught within the ultimate kilometre.
Danny Van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) completed second and Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Deceuninck) third as different riders slowed one another within the seek for the very best wheel to comply with.
Due to his stage victory and the time bonuses, Lund Andresen additionally took the race chief’s blue jersey, which he’ll put on in the course of the 177.9km fifth stage from Bodrum to Kuşadası.
Lund Andresen was overjoyed to win his first skilled race.
“The plan was that if Fabio made it over the climb, we’d go together with him however he didn’t have the leg, so we made a pleasant plan for me and the group did a tremendous job and I used to be capable of take the win,” he stated.
“It was a tough stage, with lots of climbing. The roads are usually not the very best, so it’s virtually like using cobblestones the entire day. It was grippy however that was fairly good for me.”
A breakaway once more tried to foil the sprinters’ groups and the peloton, with eight riders going away with 110 km to race of the 137.9 km stage.
They labored nicely collectively and prolonged their result in near 2:00 however then Polti-Kometa and Astana Qazaqstan drove the chase. The Italian group was eager to defend Giovanni Lonardi’s race lead, whereas Astana Qazaqstan rode for stage 2 winner Max Kanter.
The hilly profile of the stage once more dominated out the pure sprinters, with Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), Fabio Jakobsen (Dsm-firmenich PostNL) and others dropped from the peloton.
The break lowered to 5 riders over the ultimate climb after 95 km however James Whelan (Q36.5), Calum Johnston (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Tarozzi, Owen Geleijn (TDT – Unibet) and Gianni Marchand (Tarteletto-Isorex) pushed on and held a lead of 40 seconds on the quick journey to Bodrum.
Whelan break up the assault on a late climb with 10km to go, with solely Tarozzi, Johnston and Marchand capable of go together with him. They attacked one another and the tempo eased so the peloton closed the hole on the run-in to the end.
Tarozzi refused to surrender hope and attacked alone inside the ultimate kilometre. He received a spot however then light on the rising end as Lund Andresen timed his effort to perfection.
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