Yuriy Trofimov odniósł zwycięstwo na trasie czwartego etapu Criterium du Dauphine. 30-letni kolarz grupy Katusha rozstrzygającą akcję przeprowadził na przełęczy Manse, meldując się samotnie na mecie w Gap.
Brytyjczyk Chris Froome (Sky) przyjechał w peletonie, pozostając na czele wyścigu.
Ucieczkę dnia zawiązała mocna grupa 13 zawodników w składzie: Andriy Grivko (Astana), Christian Meier (Orica), Imanol Erviti (Movistar), Maxime Bouet (Ag2r), Romain Sicard (Europcar), Pim Lightart (Lotto), Gustav Larsson (IAM), Damiano Caruso (Cannondale), Bob Jungels (Trek), Peter Velits (BMC), Yuriy Trofimov (Katusha), Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma) i Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Belkin).
Ponieważ Bouet tracił do lidera wyścigu zaledwie 2:43, peleton nie pozwolił uciekinierom na zbyt wiele. Przewaga sięgnęła 4:50 (60 km), kręcąc się wokół tej wielkości przez dłuższy czas.
Do głównej atrakcji na trasie, Col de Manse (kat. 2; 155 km; 9,6 km; 5,2%), ucieczka dotarła z zapasem niespełna 3 minut.
Na przełęczy atakowali m. in. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), Christophe Le Mevel (Cofidis), Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin), Romain Bardet (Ag2r) i Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing), natomiast z przodu samotne prowadzenie objął Trofimov.
Rosjanin, który przed sześcioma laty wygrał już etap Delfinatu, utrzymywał równe tempo, rozpoczynając kręte zjazdy do mety w Gap około 20 sekund przed następnymi uciekinierami i znacznie ponad 2 minuty nad grupą zasadniczą.
Trofimov ryzykując upadkiem na zakrętach utrzymał swoje prowadzenie, meldując się u celu nieniepokojony przez nikogo.
Wyniki 4. etapu Criterium du Dauphine 2014 (WT), Montélimar – Gap (167,5 km):
1 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3:59:22 2 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) IAM Cycling 00:23 3 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto-Belisol 00:25 4 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro 00:28 5 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 6 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma Quick Step 8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 01:31 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 11 Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge 12 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar 13 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar 14 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 16 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 02:10 17 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 18 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 20 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 21 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 22 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Sharp 23 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 24 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 25 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 26 Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team 27 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 02:10 28 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 29 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma Quick Step 30 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro 31 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 32 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 33 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 34 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky 35 Alexander Rybakov (Rus) Team Katusha 36 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Fdj.fr 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro 38 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 39 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 40 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 41 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 42 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 43 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 44 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 45 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 46 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar 47 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 48 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 49 Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma Quick Step 50 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 51 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 02:10 52 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 53 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 54 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 55 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 56 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar 57 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 58 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 59 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 60 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol 61 Mickaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 62 Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 02:20 64 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 02:29 65 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 66 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 67 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 02:38 68 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 69 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 03:32 70 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma Quick Step 05:44 71 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 72 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 73 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fdj.fr 74 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale 75 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 76 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 77 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 78 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 07:01 79 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro 80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 07:03 81 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 82 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar 08:24 83 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 08:26 84 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 85 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma Quick Step 08:41 86 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Omega Pharma Quick Step 87 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 88 Winner Anrew Anacona (Col) Lampre-Merida 89 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale 09:29 90 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar 91 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 09:29 92 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 93 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 94 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Fdj.fr 95 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 96 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 97 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 12:38 98 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 99 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 100 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 101 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro 102 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 103 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 104 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 105 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar 107 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale 108 Frantisek Padour (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 109 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 110 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 111 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 112 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro 113 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 114 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 115 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha 116 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 117 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 118 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 119 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 120 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant-Shimano 121 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin Pro 122 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 123 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing 124 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 125 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 126 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 127 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 128 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 129 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 130 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 131 Natnael Berhane Teweldemedhin (Eri) Team Europcar 132 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fdj.fr 133 Nicki S?rensen (Den) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 134 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 135 William Bonnet (Fra) Fdj.fr 136 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma Quick Step 137 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 138 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Fdj.fr 139 Yohan Offredo (Fra) Fdj.fr 140 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 141 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 14:55 142 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 143 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp-Endura 144 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 145 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 146 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 147 Ramunas Navardauskas (Lit) Garmin-Sharp 148 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 15:02 149 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Netapp-Endura 17:38 150 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 151 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 20:23 152 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 153 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 154 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Belkin Pro 155 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar 156 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 157 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 158 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 159 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky DNF Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma Quick Step DNF Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp DNS Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano DNS Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar DNS Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team Klasyfikacja po 4. etapie 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 14:09:19 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 00:12 3 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro 00:21 4 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 00:33 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 00:35 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:50 7 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:01 8 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 01:22 9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 10 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 01:31 11 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 01:35 12 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:40 13 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) IAM Cycling 01:42 15 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 01:43 16 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 01:44 17 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol 01:56 18 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Fdj.fr 02:01 19 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 02:22 20 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky 02:24 21 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 02:32 22 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar 02:34 23 Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma Quick Step 02:37 24 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 25 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 02:42 26 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 02:47 27 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 03:06 28 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 03:24 29 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 03:28 30 Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team 03:31 31 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha 03:42 32 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 03:43 33 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 03:50 34 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Sharp 03:54 35 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 03:56 36 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 04:01 37 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar 38 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar 04:36 39 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 05:07 40 Alexander Rybakov (Rus) Team Katusha 05:19 41 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 05:28 42 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 05:31 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 05:46 44 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 05:49 45 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma Quick Step 05:51 46 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 05:52 47 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 48 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 06:03 49 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 06:37 50 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 07:42 51 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 52 Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 07:43 53 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 07:51 54 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma Quick Step 08:12 55 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 09:01 56 Mickaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 09:10 57 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 09:42 58 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro 10:05 59 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 10:22 60 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 10:51 61 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 10:56 62 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar 11:17 63 Winner Anrew Anacona (Col) Lampre-Merida 12:02 64 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 12:05 65 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 12:06 66 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 12:10 67 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar 12:26 68 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 12:37 69 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto-Belisol 13:08 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro 13:23 71 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 13:29 72 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 13:40 73 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 14:30 74 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 14:41 75 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 14:59 76 Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge 15:09 77 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 15:21 78 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma Quick Step 15:42 79 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 16:28 80 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 17:16 81 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro 17:24 82 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma Quick Step 17:50 83 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 18:20 84 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 85 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 18:25 86 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 19:08 87 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Omega Pharma Quick Step 20:01 88 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 20:04 89 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 20:09 90 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Fdj.fr 20:33 91 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar 20:43 92 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma Quick Step 21:32 93 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fdj.fr 21:46 94 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 21:50 95 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 22:30 96 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing 22:35 97 Frantisek Padour (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 22:45 98 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 23:10 99 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 23:18 100 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23:19 101 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 23:28 102 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale 23:33 103 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 23:40 104 Nicki S?rensen (Den) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 23:47 105 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin Pro 23:53 106 Yohan Offredo (Fra) Fdj.fr 23:58 107 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 24:10 108 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale 24:30 109 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 25:02 110 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 25:57 111 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26:43 112 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 26:45 113 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26:56 114 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale 27:01 115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 28:51 116 Ramunas Navardauskas (Lit) Garmin-Sharp 28:53 117 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 29:32 118 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 29:36 119 William Bonnet (Fra) Fdj.fr 29:51 120 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 30:07 121 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 30:08 122 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant-Shimano 30:11 123 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro 30:31 124 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 30:36 125 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 30:38 126 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 30:40 127 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 30:41 128 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 30:42 129 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro 30:50 130 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 30:54 131 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 30:56 132 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha 31:44 133 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Fdj.fr 31:47 134 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 135 Natnael Berhane Teweldemedhin (Eri) Team Europcar 31:53 136 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 31:57 137 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 31:59 138 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fdj.fr 32:24 139 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 32:28 140 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp-Endura 32:30 141 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 32:41 142 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 33:24 143 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits. 34:24 144 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 34:41 145 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 34:54 146 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Netapp-Endura 35:25 147 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar 35:27 148 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 35:35 149 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 36:14 150 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 36:51 151 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 37:02 152 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp-Endura 38:22 153 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 40:23 154 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 40:32 155 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 41:02 156 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Belkin Pro 41:10 157 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar 47:19 158 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 52:27 159 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:07:29