2026 Paris-Nice Stage 4 Results & Recap
Stage 4 of the 2026 Paris-Nice is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
The bald facts reveal that Jonas Vingegaard (TVL) beat Daniel Felipe Martínez (RBH) on the first-category climb to the stage 4 finish at Uchon, victory also giving the Dane the yellow jersey. But this was, above all, a day that will be long remembered in the annals of Paris-Nice, where just about everything that could happen did happen.
It began in pouring rain and with a strong south-westerly wind blowing. The bunch was nervous right from the off and very quickly split into three sections, with most of the main contenders in the front group, although second-placed Kévin Vauquelin (IGD) was among those caught out in the second.
A pursuit match ensued over the next 100km or so in the flatlands, the gap between the two groups fluctuating either side of a minute. Then the route began to undulate.
Coming off the first of three categorized climbs, several riders crashed in the lead group, including race leader Juan Ayuso (LTK) and Brandon McNulty (UAD). Yellow jersey Ayuso tried to continue but was soon down on the grass verge again, his sadly race over. McNulty also abandoned.
The crash left just seven riders in the front group, five of them from Red Bull. Vingegaard was also there, but now without teammate Edoardo Affini, who'd been his bodyguard all day. The Visma leader sat at the back of the line while the Red Bull quintet pressed on and all of the groups scattered behind lost ground.
Coming onto the final climb, first Nico Denz (RBH) and then Mick van Dijke (RBH) gave all they had left for their team leader Martínez, leaving Tim van Dijke to set the pace into the bottom of the kilometer-long ramp averaging 13% to the finish. Just as they reached it, Vingegaard attacked and the stage was won. Martínez didn't have the resources left on what he later described as a "crazy stage".
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