Tour de France 2014/4. stage

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Stage winner GermanyGermany Marcel Kittel (GIA) 3:36:39 h

(45.3 km / h)

2. NorwayNorway Alexander Kristoff (KAT) + 0:00 min
3. FranceFrance Arnaud Démare (FDJ) + 0:00 min
4th SlovakiaSlovakia Peter Sagan (CAN) + 0:00 min
5. FranceFrance Bryan Coquard (EUC) + 0:00 min
6th GermanyGermany André Greipel (LTB) + 0:00 min
7th AustraliaAustralia Mark Renshaw (OPQ) + 0:00 min
8th. NetherlandsNetherlands Danny van Poppel (TFR) + 0:00 min
9. ItalyItaly Davide Cimolai (LAM) + 0:00 min
10. ItalyItaly Daniel Oss (BMC) + 0:00 min
most combative driver   FranceFrance Thomas Voeckler (EUC)
Intermediate results after the 4th stage
Overall rating ItalyItaly Vincenzo Nibali (AST) 17:07:52
2. SlovakiaSlovakia Peter Sagan (CAN) + 0:02 min
3. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael Albasini (OGE) + 0:02 min
Scoring SlovakiaSlovakia Peter Sagan (CAN) 158 pts.
2. GermanyGermany Marcel Kittel (GIA) 135 pts.
3. FranceFrance Bryan Coquard (EUC) 121 pts.
Mountain scoring FranceFrance Cyril Lemoine (COF) 6 pts.
2. FranceFrance Blel Kadri (ALM) 5 pts.
3. GermanyGermany Jens Voigt (TFR) 4 pts.
Young talent evaluation SlovakiaSlovakia Peter Sagan (CAN) 17:07:54 h
2. FranceFrance Romain Bardet (ALM) + 0:00 min
3. PolandPoland Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQ) + 0:00 min
Team ranking United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Sky 51:23:42 h
2. KazakhstanKazakhstan Astana Pro Team + 0:12 min
3. United StatesUnited States BMC Racing Team + 0:14 min

The 4th stage of the Tour de France 2014 took place on July 8, 2014 and led from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage over 163.5 km to Villeneuve-d'Ascq . During the course of the stage there was an intermediate sprint after 92 km and two mountain classifications in the fourth category after 34 km and 117.5 km. This meant that the stage counted as a flat stage; 195 riders started.

Race course

Due to a fall, the 2010 tour winner, Andy Schleck , could no longer compete. The stage ran on largely flat terrain in the initial phase similar to the first three days: Right at kilometer zero, the Spaniard Luis Ángel Maté (COF) and the French Thomas Voeckler (EUC) drove out of the main field and tried to escape. However, both could never really pull out more than 3:30 minutes ahead of the main field. Maté secured the first of the two mountain points to be awarded. Shortly before the intermediate sprint in Cassel he had a technical defect, but was able to continue with Voeckler, who was waiting for him. Voeckler won the points, Maté let him do it. In the peloton, Peter Sagan (CAN) pulled away shortly before the classification and extended his lead in the points classification as third in the intermediate sprint.

Subsequently, the main field was divided into two groups due to a tightening of pace by the Cannondale team; Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQ) and Joaquim Rodríguez (KAT) were behind, among others . The front group was now driven faster in order to possibly push some teams out of the race for the stage win. Therefore, the lead of the two-man leading group steadily decreased to about 30 seconds. In this situation Luis Ángel Maté had another breakdown, had to stop and was caught by the peloton. Since then Voeckler has continued to drive alone in front.

After 111 kilometers, the main field had come together again, meanwhile Voeckler had managed to increase the gap again to about a minute. He also won the second mountain classification of the day. In view of the approaching goal, the sprinter teams now increased the pace in the field again. Voeckler was overtaken 16 kilometers from the finish. The teams Omega Pharma-Quick-Step ( Mark Renshaw ), Giant-Shimano ( Marcel Kittel ) and Katusha ( Alexander Kristoff ) set the pace in the run-up to the final sprint . Kristoff was the first to put on the sprint, but was over-sprinted in the last few meters by Kittel, who won his third tour stage this year. Third was Arnaud Démare (FDJ) ahead of Peter Sagan.

  • Voeckler and Maté in Cassel

  • Kittel (center) wins ahead of Kristoff (right) and Démare (left).

tasks

Scoring

Intermediate sprint
in Cassel
after 92 km at 152  m
1. FranceFrance Thomas Voeckler (EUC) 20 pts.
2. SpainSpain Luis Ángel Maté (COF) 17 pts.
3. SlovakiaSlovakia Peter Sagan (CAN) 15 pts.
4th ItalyItaly Marco Marcato (CAN) 13 pts.
5. FranceFrance Bryan Coquard (EUC) 11 pts.
6th AustraliaAustralia Adam Hansen (LTB) 10 pts.
7th BelgiumBelgium Jurgen Van Den Broeck (LTB) 9 pts.
8th. GermanyGermany Tony Martin (OPQ) 8 pts.
9. ItalyItaly Michele Scarponi (AST) 7 pts.
10. PolandPoland Rafał Majka (TCS) 6 pts.
11. PolandPoland Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQ) 5 pts.
12. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geraint Thomas (SKY) 4 pts.
13. SpainSpain Alberto Contador (TCS) 3 pts.
14th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Froome (SKY) 2 pts.
15th ItalyItaly Vincenzo Nibali (AST) 1 point
Stage finish
in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
after 163.5 km at 41  m
1. GermanyGermany Marcel Kittel (GIA) 45 pts.
2. NorwayNorway Alexander Kristoff (KAT) 35 pts.
3. FranceFrance Arnaud Démare (FDJ) 30 pts.
4th SlovakiaSlovakia Peter Sagan (CAN) 26 pts.
5. FranceFrance Bryan Coquard (EUC) 22 pts.
6th GermanyGermany André Greipel (LTB) 20 pts.
7th AustraliaAustralia Mark Renshaw (OPQ) 18 pts.
8th. NetherlandsNetherlands Danny van Poppel (TFR) 16 pts.
9. ItalyItaly Davide Cimolai (LAM) 14 pts.
10. ItalyItaly Daniel Oss (BMC) 12 pts.
11. AustraliaAustralia Heinrich Haussler (IAM) 10 pts.
12. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael Albasini (OGE) 8 pts.
13. FranceFrance Samuel Dumoulin (ALM) 6 pts.
14th FranceFrance Romain Feillu (BSE) 4 pts.
15th BelgiumBelgium Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) 2 pts.

Mountain scoring

Bimont
category 4
after 34.0 km at 159  m
1.0 km at 6.5%
1. SpainSpain Luis Ángel Maté (COF) 1 point
Mont Noir
Category 4
after 117.5 km at 147  m
1.3 km at 5.7%
1. FranceFrance Thomas Voeckler (EUC) 1 point

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