Tour de France 2006/4. stage

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Result of the 4th stage
Stage winner Robbie McEwen 4:59:50 h
(41.423 km / h)
Second Isaac Gálvez equal time
Third Óscar Freire equal time
Fourth Tom Boonen equal time
fifth David Kopp equal time
Sixth Daniele Bennati equal time
seventh Francisco José Ventoso equal time
Eighth Michael Albasini equal time
Ninth Bernhard Eisel equal time
Tenth Jimmy Casper equal time
Most combative driver Egoi Martínez
Intermediate results after the 4th stage
Yellow jersey Tom Boonen 19:52:13 h
Second Michael Rogers + 0:01 min
Third George Hincapie + 0:05 min
Green jersey Robbie McEwen 100 p.
Second Tom Boonen 89 P.
Third Daniele Bennati 86 P.
Dotted jersey Jérôme Pineau 21 p.
Second David de la Fuente 17 p.
Third Fabian Wegmann 14 p.
White jersey Markus Fothen 19:52:38 h
Second Benoît Vaugrenard + 0:03 min
Third Philippe Gilbert + 0:11 min
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 59:37:25 h
Second Team CSC + 0:01 min
Third T-Mobile team + 0:02 min

The 4th stage of the Tour de France 2006 on July 5th took the remaining 172 riders from the Belgian Huy , best known as the destination of the spring classic Flèche Wallonne , over 207 km back to France to Saint-Quentin .

As on the previous days, the stage was dominated by a breakaway group for a long time. After Egoi Martínez attacked at 18.5 km, he was joined by Laurent Lefèvre , Cédric Coutouly , Christophe Mengin and Olympic track champion Bradley Wiggins . Martínez and Lefèvre, however, were the last "survivors" of the leading group, two kilometers from the finish.

Robbie McEwen secured victory in the sprint of the main field. There was also a fall of the New Zealand Crédit Agricole driver Julian Dean . With his tenth tour victory, McEwen also secured the green jersey of the best in points. The other jerseys were successfully defended by their wearers.

The sprinter Thor Hushovd , initially ranked fourth in the stage, was reset to last position after the race due to irregular sprints .

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Beaumont (103 km)

First Egoi Martínez 6 p. And 6 s
Second Laurent Lefèvre 4 p. And 4 s
Third Cédric Coutouly 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Sains-du-Nord (135.5 km)

First Egoi Martínez 6 p. And 6 s
Second Christophe Mengin 4 p. And 4 s
Third Laurent Lefèvre 2 P. and 2 s

3rd intermediate sprint in Bernot (188 km)

First Egoi Martínez 6 p. And 6 s
Second Laurent Lefèvre 4 p. And 4 s
Third Christophe Mengin 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Côte de Peu d'Eau , category 3 (13 km)

First Jérôme Pineau 4 p.
Second David de la Fuente 3 p.
Third Fabian Wegmann 2 p.
Fourth Pierrick Fédrigo 1 P.

Côte de Falaën , category 4 (57.5 km)

First Laurent Lefèvre 3 p.
Second Egoi Martínez 2 p.
Third Cédric Coutouly 1 P.