Domérat – Montluçon ITT – 13,4 Km

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1 VAN AERT Wout BEL JUMBO-VISMA 00:16:20 49,22
2 ROGLIČ Primož SLO JUMBO-VISMA 00:02
3 DENNIS Rohan AUS JUMBO-VISMA 00:06
4 KÜNG Stefan SUI GROUPAMA – FDJ 00:10
5 YATES Simon GBR TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE – JAYCO 00:11
6 HAYTER Ethan GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 00:14
7 LATOUR Pierre FRA TOTALENERGIES 00:19
8 BISSEGGER Stefan SUI EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST 00:21
9 PEDERSEN Mads DEN TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:25
10 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe COL INEOS GRENADIERS 00:28
11 LAPORTE Christophe FRA JUMBO-VISMA 00:29
12 VLASOV Aleksandr BORA – HANSGROHE 00:31
13 WRIGHT Fred GBR BAHRAIN – VICTORIOUS 00:35
14 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:36
15 VAN BAARLE Dylan NED INEOS GRENADIERS 00:37

Gesamt:

1 VAN AERT Wout BEL JUMBO-VISMA 11:51:05
2 ROGLIČ Primož SLO JUMBO-VISMA 00:10
3 LAPORTE Christophe FRA JUMBO-VISMA 00:28
4 YATES Simon GBR TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE – JAYCO 00:49
5 LATOUR Pierre FRA TOTALENERGIES 00:51
6 PEDERSEN Mads DEN TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:53
7 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe COL INEOS GRENADIERS 01:06
8 VLASOV Aleksandr BORA – HANSGROHE 01:09
9 BISSEGGER Stefan SUI EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST 01:13
10 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren DEN TEAM DSM 01:19
11 YATES Adam GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 01:21
12 STUYVEN Jasper BEL TREK – SEGAFREDO 01:41
13 HAIG Jack AUS BAHRAIN – VICTORIOUS 01:45
14 COQUARD Bryan FRA COFIDIS 01:51
15 VAN BAARLE Dylan NED INEOS GRENADIERS 01:53

Aleksandr Vlasov verbessert sich nach dem Zeitfahren bei Paris-Nizza weiter in der Gesamtwertung

Die vierte Etappe von Paris-Nizza stand im Zeichen eines 13,4 Kilometer langen Zeitfahrens von Domérat nach Montlucon. Für BORA – hansgrohe galt es mit Aleksandr Vlasov keine Zeit in der Gesamtwertung zu verlieren. Aleksandr beendete das Zeitfahren auf Rang 12 und verbesserte sich in der Gesamtwertung auf Platz acht. Etappensieger und neuer Gesamtführender ist W. Van Aert.
Maximilian Schachmann konnte heute leider nicht mehr an den Start der Rundfahrt gehen. Der Vorjahressieger fühlte sich nach der Etappe gestern nicht gut und so entschieden der Fahrer und das medizinische Team gemeinsam das Rennen aufzugeben und den Fokus auf Regeneration und die nächsten Ziele zu legen.

Reaktionen im Ziel
„Mit meinem Zeitfahren heute bin ich sehr zufrieden. Ich konnte eine solide Leistung zeigen und mich in der Gesamtwertung wieder ein Stück verbessern. Ich freue mich auf die nächsten Tage – es geht in den Süden und in die Berge. Für mich geht das Rennen jetzt erst richtig los!“ Aleksandr Vlasov

„Starkes Zeitfahren von Aleksandr Vlasov heute! Er hat gezeigt, dass seine Form stimmt und auf jeden Fall in der Gesamtwertung mitmischen kann. In den nächsten Tagen wird es bergiger und schwerer, das Terrain liegt ihm und hier gehört er sicher zu den Favoriten. Leider haben wir aber heute mit Maximilian Schachmann auch einen sehr wichtigen Fahrer für die nächsten Tage verloren.“ Torsten Schmidt, Sportlicher Leiter

Van Aert leads another Jumbo-Visma masterclass

Jumbo-Visma imposed their collective strength again during stage 4 of Paris-Nice with another 1-2-3 for the Dutch squad. Already dominant on day 1, the riders in black and yellow smashed the 13.4km individual time-trial from Domérat to Montluçon. This time, Wout van Aert powered to the stage win and took the yellow and white jersey as the race leader. The ITT Olympic champion Primoz Roglic had the second best time, ahead of the two-time World champion Rohan Dennis. Christophe Laporte finished 11th to stay on the overall podium. Such dominance was witnessed in Paris-Nice 1983, when Sean Kelly led the team Sem-France Loire to two 1-2-3s, in stages 4 and 7 (an ITT). The rivals of Jumbo-Visma will now try to make the most of the mountains to turn the race upside down.

Nearly 49 km/h for Rohan Dennis
The preliminaries of the time trial of the 80th edition are marked by the announcement of the withdrawals of Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), the two-time defending champion who was struggling since the start, and Ben O’Connor, weakened by flu symptoms while he was in 11th position overall. Of the 144 riders remaining, it was the bottom of the hierarchy, Dmitriy Gruzdev, who opened the parade, his time being quickly beaten by the young UAE Emirates rider Finn Fisher-Black, then by Thomas De Gendt. But a very big blow was struck by Australian champion Rohann Dennis, who improved the time of the Belgian rider by more than a minute and completed the 13.4 kilometres with an average speed of 48.925 km/h.

Küng stumbles at 4’’
The newcomer to Jumbo-Visma does not tremble at the arrival of the young talent of Ineos Genadiers Ethan Hayter, who loses 8“ with an average speed of 48.5km/h. The gap to the American Brandon McNulty, trailing by 30’’ on the line, also shows the magnitude of the performance of Rohan Dennis, comfortably installed in the hot seat until Stefan Küng sets off. The time of the European champion at km 7 sends a clear signal: with a tiny delay of eight tenths of a second, he looks able to dislodge the one who had deprived him for a fraction of a second of a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Upon his arrival, Küng suffers a new frustration with 4 seconds behind. Dennis can breathe… but not that long.

Simon Yates starts strong
Among the main contenders likely to worry Dennis, Stefan Bisseger quickly loses ground, but the threat is becoming clearer on the side of Simon Yates, who improves the Australian’s intermediate time by more than three seconds. However, the winner of the Paris-Nice 2019 time-trial fades at the finish (+5’’).

Van Aert’s show of force
The battle for the top of the general classification then merges with the fight for the stage, Rohan Dennis‘ three teammates also being the only ones who can defeat him. Among them, Primoz Roglic rides slightly behind on the first part but he eventually powers to the best time, 4’’ ahead of his Australian. teammate. The Olympic time trial champion only savours his position as stage leader for a few seconds, since Wout Van Aert tumbles through Montluçon, with an average speed of 49.224 km/h to take both his first stage on Paris-Nice and the leader’s jersey. Christophe Laporte indeed sets the 11th time, but keeps his place on the provisional podium of the Race to the Sun.