Nacer Bouhannni (Team Arkea Samsic) triumfował na mecie czwartego odcinka Saudi Tour.
Francuz po zaciętym finiszu pokonał Włocha Niccolo Bonifazio (Team Total Direct Energie) i przejął prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej. Trzecie miejsce wywalczył Yevgeniy Gidich (Astana Pro Team).
Czwartego dnia rywalizacji zawodnicy pokonali 137-kilometrowy odcinek z Wadi Namar Park do Uniwersytetu Al Mazuhimiya. Na trasie etapu peleton musiał się zmierzyć dwukrotnie z lotną premią usytuowaną na podjeździe Qiddiya (3,5 km; 6,6%) na 44 i 24 kilometry przed metą.
Po chaotycznym początku uformowała się siedmioosobowa ucieczka dnia w składzie: Mathijs Paasschens (Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles), Angel Fuentes (Burgos-BH), Igor Boev (Gazprom-RusVelo), Nicolas Zukowsky (Rally Cycling), Suleiman Kangangi (Bike Aid), Jacob Tipper (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) i Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA).
W początkowej fazie etapu wydarzenia kontrolował zespół Bahrain-McLaren. Przewaga ucieczki w tym momencie oscylowała w granicach 5 minut.
Podczas pierwszej wspinaczki na lotną premię Qiddiya tempo podkręcili kolarze UAE Team Emirates, jednak nie doprowadzili do rozłamu w peletonie.
Przed drugim podjazdem pech dopadł lidera wyścigu Phila Bauhausa (Bahrain-McLaren). Niemiecki sprinter miał defekt i stracił kontakt z grupą zasadniczą, w której ponownie przyspieszyli zawodnicy z Emiratów.
Z peletonu oderwała się czwórka kolarzy Rui Costa, Valerio Conti (obaj UAE Team Emirates), Fabien Doubey (Circus-Wanty Gobert) i Jhojan Garcia (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), przeskakując do uciekinierów.
Na płaskim odcinku prowadzącym do mety kapitalną pracę wykonali zawodnicy zespołu Bahrain-McLaren, którzy połączyli się z pierwszą częścią peletonu. Grupy sprinterskie zwarły szyki i na niespełna 3 kilometry przed metą nastąpił kres akcji walecznego Portugalczyka.
Na ostatnich metrach panował spory chaos, doszło nawet do niewielkiej kraksy w środku grupy na zmoczonym wodą rondzie. Zimną krew zachowali kolarze Arkei, których pracę wykończył “Bokser”, sięgając po pierwsze zwycięstwo w nowych barwach.
Poz. | Zawodnik | Grupa | Czas |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Arkéa Samsic | 3:21:55 |
2. | Niccolò Bonifazio | Team Total Direct Energie | |
3. | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana Pro Team | |
4. | Damiano Cima | Gazprom-RusVelo | |
5. | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | |
6. | Adrien Garel | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | |
7. | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
8. | Stephen Bassett | Rally Cycling | |
9. | Vladislav Kulikov | Gazprom-RusVelo | |
10. | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain-McLaren | |
11. | Youcef Reguigui | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | |
12. | Ramūnas Navardauskas | Nippo Delko One Provence | |
13. | David Gonzalez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
14. | Carlos Barbero | NTT Pro Cycling | |
15. | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | NTT Pro Cycling | |
16. | August Jensen | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | |
17. | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | |
18. | Sergei Chernetski | Gazprom-RusVelo | |
19. | Connor Swift | Team Arkéa Samsic | |
20. | James Shaw | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | |
21. | Julien Trarieux | Nippo Delko One Provence | |
22. | Daniel Mclay | Team Arkéa Samsic | |
23. | Geoffrey Soupe | Team Total Direct Energie | |
24. | Nikodemus Holler | Bike Aid | |
25. | Joel Suter | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | |
26. | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
27. | Angel Madrazo | Burgos-BH | |
28. | Erik Bergstrom Frisk | Bike Aid | |
29. | Timothy Dupont | Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
30. | Ben King | NTT Pro Cycling | |
31. | Niki Terpstra | Team Total Direct Energie | |
32. | Manuel Diaz José | Nippo Delko One Provence | |
33. | Justin Wolf | Bike Aid | |
34. | Kevyn Ista | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | |
35. | Manuele Boaro | Astana Pro Team | |
36. | Yoann Offredo | Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
37. | Nicolas Zukowsky | Rally Cycling | |
38. | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | |
39. | Afiq Huznie Othman | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | |
40. | Fabien Doubey | Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
41. | Evaldas Siskevicius | Nippo Delko One Provence | |
42. | Yuriy Natarov | Astana Pro Team | |
43. | Mulu Hailemichael | Nippo Delko One Provence | |
44. | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Pro Team | |
45. | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | |
46. | Marco Marcato | UAE Team Emirates | |
47. | Jelle Vanendert | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | |
48. | Mathijs Paasschens | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | |
49. | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | |
50. | Romain Sicard | Team Total Direct Energie | |
51. | Maral-Erdene Batmunkh | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | |
52. | Matteo Sobrero | NTT Pro Cycling | |
53. | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | |
54. | Igor Boev | Gazprom-RusVelo | |
55. | Florian Vachon | Team Arkéa Samsic | |
56. | Laurent Pichon | Team Arkéa Samsic | |
57. | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
58. | Tom-Jelte Slagter | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | |
59. | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
60. | Kévin Reza | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | |
61. | Suleiman Kangangi | Bike Aid | |
62. | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | 00:43 |
63. | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | NTT Pro Cycling | 00:00 |
64. | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana Pro Team | 00:47 |
65. | Jose Fernandes | Burgos-BH | 00:00 |
66. | Benoît Jarrier | Team Arkéa Samsic | 00:53 |
67. | Andreas Kron | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | 00:00 |
68. | Roman Kreuziger | NTT Pro Cycling | 01:16 |
69. | Adam de Vos | Rally Cycling | 00:00 |
70. | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | |
71. | Jhojan Garcia | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
72. | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana Pro Team | |
73. | Zeb Kyffin | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | |
74. | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain-McLaren | 07:16 |
75. | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | |
76. | Alfred Wright | Bahrain-McLaren | |
77. | Bert de Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | 10:21 |
78. | Yousif Mirza | UAE Team Emirates | |
79. | Pablo Guerrero | Burgos-BH | |
80. | Donavan Grondin | Team Arkéa Samsic | |
81. | Nikolay Cherkasov | Gazprom-RusVelo | |
82. | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
83. | Anton Kuzmin | Gazprom-RusVelo | |
84. | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | |
85. | Lucas Carstensen | Bike Aid | |
86. | Imerio Cima | Gazprom-RusVelo | |
87. | Ludwig de Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
88. | Wesley Kreder | Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
89. | Boris Vallee | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | |
90. | Dries van Gestel | Team Total Direct Energie | |
91. | Adrien Petit | Team Total Direct Energie | |
92. | Kévin van Melsen | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 10:53 |
93. | Arvid de Kleijn | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | |
94. | Nigel Ellsay | Rally Cycling | |
95. | Jens Debusschere | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | |
96. | Mark Cavendish | Bahrain-McLaren | |
97. | Charles Page | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | |
98. | Jacob Tipper | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | |
99. | Steven Lampier | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 11:17 |
100. | Jack Rees | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 16:10 |
101. | Marcel Sieberg | Bahrain-McLaren | |
102. | Angel Fuentes | Burgos-BH | |
103. | Matteo Dal-cin | Rally Cycling | |
104. | Jesse de Rooij | Bike Aid | |
105. | Irwandie Lakasek | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | |
106. | Davide Martinelli | Astana Pro Team | |
107. | Choon Huat Goh | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | |
108. | Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | |
109. | Richard Jones | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | |
110. | Oliver Moors | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | |
111. | Clint Hendricks | Bike Aid | |
112. | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
113. | Abdul Rahman Hamdan Wan | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | |
114. | Matthew Gibson | Burgos-BH | |
115. | Damien Gaudin | Team Total Direct Energie | |
DNF | Enrico Gasparotto | NTT Pro Cycling |
Poz. | Zawodnik | Grupa | Czas |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Arkéa Samsic | 14:34:49 |
2. | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain-McLaren | 00:02 |
3. | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | 00:05 |
4. | Youcef Reguigui | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | 00:14 |
5. | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | 00:15 |
6. | Carlos Barbero | NTT Pro Cycling | 00:16 |
7. | Sergei Chernetski | Gazprom-RusVelo | 00:17 |
8. | Andreas Kron | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | |
9. | Geoffrey Soupe | Team Total Direct Energie | 00:18 |
10. | Fabien Doubey | Circus-Wanty Gobert | |
11. | August Jensen | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | |
12. | Manuele Boaro | Astana Pro Team | 00:24 |
13. | Ramūnas Navardauskas | Nippo Delko One Provence | 00:28 |
14. | Adam de Vos | Rally Cycling | |
15. | Angel Madrazo | Burgos-BH | 00:30 |
16. | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:33 |
17. | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | |
18. | Niki Terpstra | Team Total Direct Energie | 00:34 |
19. | Tom-Jelte Slagter | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | |
20. | Connor Swift | Team Arkéa Samsic | 00:36 |
21. | James Shaw | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | 00:49 |
22. | Romain Sicard | Team Total Direct Energie | |
23. | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana Pro Team | |
24. | Nicolas Zukowsky | Rally Cycling | 00:52 |
25. | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:59 |
26. | Evaldas Siskevicius | Nippo Delko One Provence | 01:02 |
27. | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Pro Team | 01:07 |
28. | Adrien Garel | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | 01:13 |
29. | Erik Bergstrom Frisk | Bike Aid | 01:21 |
30. | Yuriy Natarov | Astana Pro Team | 01:39 |
31. | Damiano Cima | Gazprom-RusVelo | 02:03 |
32. | Roman Kreuziger | NTT Pro Cycling | 02:11 |
33. | Matteo Sobrero | NTT Pro Cycling | 02:27 |
34. | Mathijs Paasschens | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | 02:30 |
35. | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | 02:46 |
36. | Laurent Pichon | Team Arkéa Samsic | 02:49 |
37. | Stephen Bassett | Rally Cycling | 03:02 |
38. | Manuel Diaz José | Nippo Delko One Provence | 03:23 |
39. | Timothy Dupont | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 04:10 |
40. | Ben King | NTT Pro Cycling | 04:15 |
41. | Yoann Offredo | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 04:25 |
42. | Nikodemus Holler | Bike Aid | 04:52 |
43. | Vladislav Kulikov | Gazprom-RusVelo | 05:00 |
44. | David Gonzalez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 05:02 |
45. | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | NTT Pro Cycling | 05:20 |
46. | Daniel Mclay | Team Arkéa Samsic | 05:47 |
47. | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana Pro Team | 05:55 |
48. | Igor Boev | Gazprom-RusVelo | 06:25 |
49. | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | NTT Pro Cycling | 07:04 |
50. | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana Pro Team | 08:09 |
51. | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | |
52. | Julien Trarieux | Nippo Delko One Provence | 08:20 |
53. | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | 08:27 |
54. | Jhojan Garcia | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 08:29 |
55. | Benoît Jarrier | Team Arkéa Samsic | 08:32 |
56. | Zeb Kyffin | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 08:36 |
57. | Jelle Vanendert | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | 09:12 |
58. | Afiq Huznie Othman | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | 09:18 |
59. | Joel Suter | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | 09:25 |
60. | Alfred Wright | Bahrain-McLaren | 09:56 |
61. | Florian Vachon | Team Arkéa Samsic | 10:23 |
62. | Lucas Carstensen | Bike Aid | 10:39 |
63. | Boris Vallee | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | 11:03 |
64. | Dries van Gestel | Team Total Direct Energie | 11:09 |
65. | Jens Debusschere | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | 11:11 |
66. | Mulu Hailemichael | Nippo Delko One Provence | 11:15 |
67. | Mark Cavendish | Bahrain-McLaren | 11:36 |
68. | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | 12:02 |
69. | Suleiman Kangangi | Bike Aid | 12:13 |
70. | Jose Fernandes | Burgos-BH | 12:17 |
71. | Kevyn Ista | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | 12:24 |
72. | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 12:30 |
73. | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 13:43 |
74. | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | 13:51 |
75. | Steven Lampier | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 14:29 |
76. | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 14:36 |
77. | Wesley Kreder | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 15:07 |
78. | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 15:08 |
79. | Kévin Reza | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | 15:39 |
80. | Marco Marcato | UAE Team Emirates | 15:54 |
81. | Niccolò Bonifazio | Team Total Direct Energie | 15:59 |
82. | Donavan Grondin | Team Arkéa Samsic | 16:08 |
83. | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 16:28 |
84. | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | 17:29 |
85. | Justin Wolf | Bike Aid | 17:48 |
86. | Arvid de Kleijn | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team | 19:02 |
87. | Charles Page | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 19:06 |
88. | Imerio Cima | Gazprom-RusVelo | 19:12 |
89. | Bert de Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM | 19:34 |
90. | Marcel Sieberg | Bahrain-McLaren | 20:03 |
91. | Adrien Petit | Team Total Direct Energie | 20:55 |
92. | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain-McLaren | 21:46 |
93. | Pablo Guerrero | Burgos-BH | 21:55 |
94. | Maral-Erdene Batmunkh | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | 23:43 |
95. | Anton Kuzmin | Gazprom-RusVelo | 24:05 |
96. | Angel Fuentes | Burgos-BH | 24:21 |
97. | Davide Martinelli | Astana Pro Team | 24:23 |
98. | Kévin van Melsen | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 24:58 |
99. | Matthew Gibson | Burgos-BH | 26:27 |
100. | Ludwig de Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 27:26 |
101. | Nigel Ellsay | Rally Cycling | 27:34 |
102. | Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | 28:05 |
103. | Nikolay Cherkasov | Gazprom-RusVelo | 28:09 |
104. | Matteo Dal-cin | Rally Cycling | 28:41 |
105. | Yousif Mirza | UAE Team Emirates | 28:54 |
106. | Richard Jones | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 30:08 |
107. | Jacob Tipper | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 30:13 |
108. | Jesse de Rooij | Bike Aid | 32:13 |
109. | Clint Hendricks | Bike Aid | 32:44 |
110. | Jack Rees | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 35:29 |
111. | Damien Gaudin | Team Total Direct Energie | 37:52 |
112. | Choon Huat Goh | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | 39:21 |
113. | Oliver Moors | Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling | 43:12 |
114. | Irwandie Lakasek | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | 47:35 |
115. | Abdul Rahman Hamdan Wan | Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team | 48:52 |