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Julian Alaphilippe (QuickStep) won today’s challenging stage 4 of Paris-Nice, after the French rider set the fastest time of 21:39 during the uphill individual time trial atop Mont Brouilly.
Meanwhile, race favorite Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) made a strong showing as well, after setting the second fastest time of 21:58, followed by Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal) who rounded out the podium in third – just one second down on his Spanish rival.
Other notable performances came from Movistar’s Gorka Izaguirre and Katusha’s Ilnur Zakarin, who finished in fourth and fifth place respectively.
With today’s victory, Alaphillippe moved into the overall race lead, while fellow countryman Tony Gallopin moved into second place at 33 seconds back.
Stage 4 Results FRA 1 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) 21:39 ESP 2 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TREK – SEGAFREDO) + 19 FRA 3 GALLOPIN, Tony (LOTTO SOUDAL) + 20 ESP 4 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOVISTAR) RUS 5 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KATUSHA ALPECIN) + 33 ESP 6 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) + 45 AUS 7 MATTHEWS, Michael James (SUNWEB) + 47 COL 8 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) + 48 ESP 9 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (BAHRAIN – MERIDA) + 49 AUS 10 PORTE, Richie (BMC RACING) + 50 KAZ 11 LUTSENKO, Alexey (ASTANA) + 54 NED 12 OOMEN, Sam (SUNWEB) + 59 IRL 13 MARTIN, Daniel (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) + 1:03 GBR 14 YATES, Simon (ORICA – SCOTT) + 1:04 BEL 15 LAMPAERT, Yves (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) ITA 16 FORMOLO, Davide (CANNONDALE DRAPAC) + 1:06 GER 17 ARNDT, Nikias (SUNWEB) + 1:11 FRA 18 CALMEJANE, Lilian (DIRECT ENERGIE) + 1:12 BEL 19 GILBERT, Philippe Marc Jacky (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) + 1:13 NED 20 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (LOTTO NL – JUMBO) GER 21 MARTIN, Tony (KATUSHA ALPECIN) + 1:14 FRA 22 MOLARD, Rudy (FDJ) + 1:15 ITA 23 ULISSI, Diego (UAE Team Emirates) + 1:16 FRA 24 EDET, Nicolas (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) EST 25 KANGERT, Tanel (ASTANA) + 1:17 DEN 26 FUGLSANG, Jakob (ASTANA) AUT 27 KONRAD, Patrick (BORA – HANSGROHE) CZE 28 BÁRTA, Jan (BORA – HANSGROHE) ESP 29 DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ, Victor (MOVISTAR) + 1:18 ESP 30 ERVITI OLLO, Imanol (MOVISTAR) + 1:21 ARG 31 SEPULVEDA, Eduardo (FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT) + 1:22 FRA 32 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DIRECT ENERGIE) + 1:25 COL 33 PANTANO GOMEZ, Jarlinson (TREK – SEGAFREDO) ITA 34 FINETTO, Mauro (DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM) + 1:26 BEL 35 DE GENDT, Thomas (LOTTO SOUDAL) BEL 36 NAESEN, Oliver (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1:28 FRA 37 JEANNESSON, Arnold (FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT) + 1:32 SUI 38 FRANK, Mathias (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1:34 ESP 39 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI, Gorka (MOVISTAR) AUS 40 SUTHERLAND, Rory (MOVISTAR) + 1:35 FRA 41 GAUTIER, Cyril (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1:37 NED 42 CLEMENT, Stef (LOTTO NL – JUMBO) + 1:38 NED 43 ROOSEN, Timo (LOTTO NL – JUMBO) + 1:39 ITA 44 VILLELLA, Davide (CANNONDALE DRAPAC) ETH 45 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam (BAHRAIN – MERIDA) COL 46 ANACONA GOMEZ, Winner Andrew (MOVISTAR) + 1:40 FRA 47 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) + 1:41 ESP 48 FRAILE MATARRANZ, Omar (DIMENSION DATA) + 1:42 FRA 49 HARDY, Romain (FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT) + 1:43 SLO 50 KOREN, Kristijan (CANNONDALE DRAPAC) + 1:45
General Classification after Stage 4 FRA 1 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) 12:36:27 FRA 2 GALLOPIN, Tony (LOTTO SOUDAL) + 33 ESP 3 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOVISTAR) + 47 COL 4 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) + 1:05 IRL 5 MARTIN, Daniel (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) + 1:20 BEL 6 GILBERT, Philippe Marc Jacky (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) + 1:24 RUS 7 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KATUSHA ALPECIN) + 1:28 ESP 8 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TREK – SEGAFREDO) + 1:31 FRA 9 MOLARD, Rudy (FDJ) + 1:32 FRA 10 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) + 1:35 FRA 11 HARDY, Romain (FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT) + 1:58 BEL 12 LAMPAERT, Yves (QUICK – STEP FLOORS) ESP 13 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (BAHRAIN – MERIDA) + 2:01 SLO 14 KOREN, Kristijan (CANNONDALE DRAPAC) + 2:10 GBR 15 YATES, Simon (ORICA – SCOTT) + 2:16
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