The Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez (Ineos) has won the sprint in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, Itzulia 2022, a 185.6-kilometre route between Vitoria and the Biscayan town of Zamudio dotted with four scoring stops.
Dani Martinez he won the race best group sprint ahead of the world champion, Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step), and Italian Diego Ulisi (UAE), who prevented the leader primoz roglic (Jumbo Visma), fourth, achieved four bonus seconds. fifth was Pello Bilbaowinner yesterday in Amurrio in a final also on a bit of a slope like today.
That final sprint was reached after a few final kilometers of hunting the group of favorites in the race to the French Victor Lafay (Cofidis), which he swallowed 900 meters from the finish line. Lafay was the only survivor of the breakaway of fifteen riders that marked the stage.
In general, Roglic remains the leader with the 5-second advantage he obtained in the time trial of the first stage over Remco Evenepoel, who, for the third time so far in the race, launched the sprint of alaphilippewhich has one victory and two second places.
Tomorrow, Thursday, the fifth stage between the Biscayan towns of Zamudio and Mallabia, where a 16 percent slope awaits to decide victory. A route of 168 km, with five scoring stops, the last of Second (Karabieta) at 13 from the finish line and with ramps of up to 15 in a very hard start.