14:41 – Two minutes later the peloton passes (87km)
The peloton led by the UAE team also passes the summit of Sestriere with almost 2′ behind the 17 leading men in this 4th stage of the Tour de France 2024.
14:39 – Williams takes the lead (89km)
Second provisionally in the best climber ranking, Valentin Madouas made the effort but was overtaken by Williams in Sestriere. He won five points, three points for Madouas while Barguil took two points.
14:37 – The last kilometer of the climb (90km)
The breakaway will reach the summit in a few moments and will switch to the descent before going back up to the Col de Montgenèvre.
14:33 – The last two kilometers of ascent (91.5km)
The breakaway is almost done with this interminable first climb in this fourth stage. There are two kilometers left to go to reach Sestriere.
14:28 – Politt rolls (93km)
While the breakaway had taken a lead of more than 3′, Tadej Pogacar’s teammate, Nils Politt, rode hard and brought the peloton back to the 2’40” deficit mark.
14:23 – A new virtual yellow jersey (95km)
The rider Odd Christian Eiking is provisionally the yellow jersey of this Tour de France 2024 because the breakaway, in which he is, now has a lead of almost 3′.
14:22 – A high average (95km)
After more than an hour of racing in this 4th stage of the 2024 Tour de France, the average pace is 39.2 km/h.
14:20 – Tadej Pogacar is hot (96km)
The Slovenian got wet on the climb to Sestriere while the temperatures are milder than during the first days of this 2024 Tour de France.
14:18 – The van Aert group returns (97km)
The peloton has slowed down and this allows some distanced riders to make their comeback in this 4th stage of the Tour de France 2024. On the other hand, the breakaway logically takes the lead with almost 2′ of advantage.
14:14 – The last 100 kilometers (100km)
The race leader changes in the last 100 kilometers of this 4th stage of the Tour de France 2024. There are still around ten kilometers of climbing left.
14:12 – The polka dot jersey in the breakaway (101.5km)
Valentin Madouas is in the breakaway of the day and could win big points for the mountains today. As a reminder, the Frenchman is wearing this jersey because Abrahamsen already has the green jersey on his shoulders.
14:08 – The van Aert group far away (104km)
The Belgian and his group are now completely distanced, more than 2 minutes behind the peloton.
14:05 – The breakaway has taken the lead (106km)
We may have the right breakaway in this 4th stage of the 2024 Tour de France. Jullm-Jensen, Bernard, Armirail, Gaudu, Grégoire, Madouas, Van der Poel, Williams, Lazkano, Garia, Cr.Rodriguez, Goosens, Barguil, Lutsenko, Eiking, Johannessen and Burgaudeau have a 40” lead over the peloton. They are 17 ahead.
14:00 – 15″ ahead (108km)
A leading group is trying to form the winning breakaway of the day in this 4th stage of the 2024 Tour de France. 15 riders are at the front including Madouas, Gregoire, Lutsenko, Gaudu and van der Poel.
13:55 – 20km of climbing left (109km)
This first difficulty of the day is very long and the organisms suffer. Riders still try to form a breakaway but the peloton does not really let go.