2025 Santos Tour Down Under Stage 4 Results & Recap
Stage 4 of the 2025 Santos Tour Down Under is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Coquard wins stage 4 of the Tour Down Under
Bryan Coquard won the 4th stage of the Tour Down Under, and Javier Romo maintained the lead in the general classification. Pure sprinters didn't make it into the finale of the 4th stage of the Tour Down Under, leaving it to the tougher fast men. Coquard outgunned Phil Bauhaus and Jhonatan Narváez.\n \nCoquard’s victory saw Romo hold onto the Santos ochre leader’s jersey as the Hahn stage 4 Glenelg to Victor Harbor belonged to the sprint kings.
Romo is four seconds clear of his biggest GC threat Narvaez. \n \n“Very happy to win; it’s my best chance to win here, and it’s a perfect day,” Coquard said. "I love this country, and at the start of the season, I started good. I used my (track) experience to do a good sprint from about 300m. It’s perfect.”\n \nWith Coquard claiming his second Santos Tour Down Under stage after winning at Willunga in 2023, Javier Romo Oliver held onto the Santo’s ochre leader’s jersey.\n \nThe Spaniard is 10 seconds clear of Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates -XRG) with the Think! Road Safety stage 5 McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill looming to be the most critical to General Classification contenders.\n \nThe Hahn stage 4 Glenelg to Victor Harbor was expected to be calculated and tactical - and it was.\n \nAn early breakaway led by Jayco AlUla’s Mauro Schmid powering over the Snapper Point, Aldinga finish line saw the Swiss rider dominate TV air time for at least two hours before the worked hard to bring back the breakaway as Victor Harbor approached.\n \nSchmid won the Ziptrak intermediate sprint #1 bonus ahead of Belgian Junior Lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step) and Italy’s Giosue Epis (Akrea – B&B Hotels) which at that point of the race didn’t bother the sprint kings nor the general classification contenders including Santos leader Romo Oliver.
The race then settled into a predictable pattern.\n \nHowever, as the second efex King of the Mountain was approaching at Nettle Hill, 21.3 km before the Esplanade, the teams started making moves to position either their best sprinter and overall contender. \n \nThe gap closed in the Inman Valley to less than a minute about 27.7km from Victor Harbor as Romo Oliver’s Movistar team were chasing down the breakaway. \n \nRomo Oliver at that stage of the race was 1 min 05 sec behind the breakaway with Movistar teammate, Eritrea’s Natnael Tesfazion chasing the then stage leaders.\n \nTesfazion, who earned was second on the general classification at the 2024 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race put rivals on the peloton on notice.
The next stage is a hilly race featuring the race’s only summit finish.
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