2019 Tour de Suisse Stage 4 Results & Recap
Stage 4 of the 2019 Tour de Suisse is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Elia Viviani (DQT) won stage 4 of the Tour of Switzerland after a textbook lead-out from his Deceuninck Quick Step team. The Italian road champion outsprinted Michael Matthews (Sunweb) and Peter Sagan (BOH) to take his first win of the race.
“The last climb up the Eichberg was harder for me than the final sprint. Once I made it over the climb on the climb, I knew that the stage victory was possible for me,” Viviani said after the stage.
Peter Sagan remains the race leader by ten seconds ahead of Matthews. Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck Quick Step) is third 11 seconds down.
"I wanted to win this stage but it wasn't the day,” Sagan said in his team’s release. “The team did a perfect job, they pulled in the front almost all day and the stage was decided, as expected, in a fast bunch sprint. I did my best but today Viviani was the fastest. I feel well, my form is where it should be right now but it wasn't my day. Thanks to my third place and the sprint bonus, I keep the yellow and black jerseys."
The 163 kilometre day started out with Robin Carpenter (RLY), Simon Geschke (CCC), Taco Van der Hoorn (TJV) and Gian Friesecke (SUI) attacking the peloton and quickly gaining two and a half minutes. As Geschke was best placed on GC, 49 seconds down on Sagan, the Bora Hansgrohe team took control of the gap and kept it to a max of three minutes over the course of the stage.
Just like yesterday, the breakaway was brought back with 10 kilometres to go. Friesecke was the last rider to be caught before the sprinters' teams took over in the tricky, technical run into the finish. \n
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