Tirreno-Adriatico stage 4 LIVE – One rider solo ahead of rapidly closing bunch

Matteo Jorgenson

Ben Healy launches to try and close but doesn’t manage it. Del Toro closing it down himself with Christen helping. Del Toro brings back the American.

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Jorgenson pushing hard on the front again for Van Aert but he is looking for a helping hand.

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two chase groups said to be at 23 and 37 seconds respectively.

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Jorgenson, Van Aert, Del Toro, Van der Poel, Vendrame, Healy, Pellizzari, Roglic, Ganna, Christen, Pinarello, Johannessen, Ciccone and Champoussin in the lead group with 5km to go.

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7km to go and the chasing group are 27 seconds behind but we don’t know who’s in that group.

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Into the final 8km and Del Toro slows the tempo to allow Jan Christen back in, but also allows Andrea Vendrame (Jayco-AlUla) back in.

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Sheffield, Buitrago, Tiberi, Hatherly and Tiberi all missing from the front group.

Giulio Ciccone

But the Italian doesn’t get a gap after being heavily marked.

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Van der Poel and Del Toro now helping Van Aert and Jorgenson on the front.

Jorgenson and Van Aert get a small gap and the latter then sees this and tries to use the opportunity but Van der Poel was alive to the danger.

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Jorgenson back on the front yet again.

Giulio Pellizzari!

Del Toro is locked on his wheel and the whole group about 12 riders are able to follow.

Isaac Del Toro and Mathieu van der Poel.

However, they don’t get away and Jorgenson returns to the front of the bunch as they go over the top.

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Alaphilippe dropped. Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) is really struggling to hold on. Likewise Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost).

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Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) and Clement Champoussin (XDS-Astana) also in this lead group as the peloton has disintegrated.

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Del Toro, Johannessen, Roglic, Pellizzari, Ciccone and Strong all there as well. Likewise, Jan Christen and, amazingly, Abrahamsen.

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Otruba caught with Jorgenson leading the way for Van Aert with Healy, Van der Poel and Ganna right up at the front.

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Otruba leads onto the final climb of the day but the Visma-Lease a Bike led peloton are right on him.

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Healy and Van der Poel are right on the wheel of Van Aert as they edge closer to the Tortoreto climb. 1.5km with an average of 8.5% gradient.

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Visma-Lease a Bike is looking strong as they hit the front with Woout Van Aert in third wheel and looking good.

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Chase group caught by the peloton with 23 seconds to Otruba.

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Just cresting the uncategorised climb before they hit the final climb of the Tortoreto.

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De Bondt dropped by the chase group and is heading back to the peloton.

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EF Education-EasyPost hit the front of the peloton. They have Ben Healy in GC and Madis Mihkels for the sprint.

Mattia Gaffuri tries yet another move as the share of work breaks down in the chase group.

Otruba leads the chasing group by 22 seconds with the peloton 59″ behind the rider from Czechia.

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NSN working hard for Corbin Strong in the peloton.

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De Bondt caught by the rest of the break. Otruba riding well.

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Rochas has been caught by the peloton.

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Gaffuri never quite made it to Otruba’s wheel and the Czech rider is pushing clear solo with De Bondt trying to bridge.

1. Otruba 5pts 3″
2. De Bondt 3pts 2″
3. Del Grosso 2pts 1″
4. Kielich 1pt

Jakub Otruba
Mattia Gaffuri

They have a small gap on the rest of the break.

Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Premier Tech)

He looks rather dazed on the road.

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Rochas have been dropped by the break. He spent a lot of the first part of today on his own.

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Slock and Abrahamsen bridge the gap and Otruba brings it back together again.

Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar)

He’s joined by Warbasse and Gaffuri but they’re not flying away with a big advantage.

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Mechanical for Edward Planckaert (Alpecin-Premier Tech).

The break comes back together again as a group of 11 with one minute and 42 seconds on the peloton.

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Visma-Lease a Bike, Decathlon-CMA CGM and Bahrain Victorious are working hard to bring the break back as they look to set up their main men of Van Aert, Matteo Jorgenson, Lund Andresen and Antonio TIberi.

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The riders will be thankful that the last 20 or so kilometres have been dry and it appears its going to be dry for the rest of the day.

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The riders are starting the climb to the intermediate sprint in Mosciano Sant’Angelo.

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The riders trying to re-join the leaders are Rex, Rochas, De Bondt and Kielich. The three Belgians and the Frenchman are trying hard but still have about 10 seconds to close on the seven leaders.

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Sevilla caught by the peloton.

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Various teams were in colour order on the front of the peloton earlier. Whereas, now… Ineos Grenadiers have control on the descent.

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Otruba is pushing really hard in the lead group.

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Azparren caught by the peloton.

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Abrahamsen uses the flatter terrain to fly across the gap to the leaders in a really impressive showing of power.

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Break splits!

Slock, Garcia Cortina, Otruba, Warbasse, Del Grosso and Gaffuri ahead of a solo Abrahamsen then the rest of the breaks. Sevilla has gone completely pop.

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Co-operation in the breakaway is falling apart with one minute 38 seconds between the peloton and the break. Azparren is still ahead of the peloton but not by much.

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Sevilla now on 33 points with Rochas on 18 points and Slock on 10 points.

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Rochas pushed clear solo and is now working hard to extend his advantage on the descent.

1. Remy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ United) 5pts
2. Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) 3pts
3. Liam Slock (Lotto-Intermarche) 2pts
4. Dries De Bondt (Jayco-AlUla) 1pt

The move by Azparren sees the gap between the break and peloton drop under two minutes again.

Xabier Azparren (Pinarello-Q36.5)

He hasn’t got much gap on the peloton at all but he is trying to bridge to the break.

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Alpecin-Premier Tech appear at the front with Van der Poel right up towards the front in the points jersey.

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A few riders having to stop at the back of the peloton with Ethan Hayter (Soudal-Quickstep) being the one caught out most by it.

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Mechanical for Carlos Samudio (Solution Tech-Nippo-Rali) caught his jacket in his derailleur.

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The pace in the peloton has seen about 50 seconds drop off the break’s advantage.

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There’s a dog on the road! The pup leaves the road side into a field, fortunately.

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Ineos Grenadiers, Tudor and Visma-Lease a Bike all come to the front on the start of the Castellalto climb.

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The pace is rocketing in the peloton with Jonathan Milan working hard for Lidl-Trek potentially for Giulio Ciccone or Andrea Bagioli.

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Onto Castellalto and the break is led by former US champion, Larry Warbasse (Tudor).

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Castellalto is around 7km long with an average gradient of around 5%.

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Just 3km from the base of the penultimate climb of Castellalto.

Almost three minutes between the break and peloton.

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Onto flatter roads now and the breakaway are working very hard to keep growing their gap. Currently at two minutes and 40 seconds.

Over three hours of racing completed.

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UAE Team Emirates-XRG don’t seem to have the upper hand on the break anymore as the gap continues to grow again.

The break are using their collective rouleur power to drag the gap out to two minutes again.

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UAE Team Emirates-XRG are not happy letting this break have too much of a gap with Garcia Cortina and Del Grosso just too close as relatively dangerous riders in this race that lacks mountains.

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The rain begins to fall yet again. The break have a gap of one minute 40 seconds.

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French sprint star, Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep), is using this race as prep for the upcoming Classics, but he didn’t get the result he’s have hoped for in the sprint yesterday. Maybe today could be for him if he’s able to get over the climbs with the leades…

The race is looking much more like another day for the peloton as the break don’t have much of a gap with 100km to go.

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It is now a long descent to the penultimate categorised climb of the day, the Castellalto. The gap has stabilised at one minute and 25 seconds.

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Sevilla now dominates the KOM standings with 30 points to his name with Rochas and Slock new in the top three on 13 and 8 points respectively.

1. Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) 15pts
2. Remy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ Unites) 10pts
3. Liam Slock (Lotto-Intermarche) 7pts
4. Dries De Bondt (Jayco-AlUla) 5pts
5. Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility 3pts
6. Laurenz Rex (Soudal-QuickStep 2pts
7. Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 1pts

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The peloton have really stamped on the accelerator as the gap to the break takes a nose dive and is now barely above a minute as they crest the Valico delle Capannelle.

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15 points up for grabs for the first rider over the line. Will it be Sevilla in the KOM jersey?

The break near the top of the Valico delle Capannelle.

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The gap continues to drop to two minutes and 27 seconds with 3km to the top of the climb.

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It is a cold but, thankfully, dry day so far in the mountains. Snow capped peaks surround the riders but they will be thankful that they are not venturing up to those altitudes this week.

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The elevation gain today is about 2500 metres according to the official race website.

The race seems very finely balanced between the break and peloton today.

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There are 15, 10, 7, 5, 3, 2 and 1 points available at the top of this climb. A potentially key moment for Sevilla and his quest for the green mountains jersey.

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As the second climb of the day gets going, the gap to the break takes a dive and now sits at just over three minutes.

Almost two hours of racing and the riders are ticking along nicely. Considering we’ve had the second highest point of the race, the average speed is over 43kph.

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10km to the base of the second climb of the day, the Valico delle Capannelle.

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Just like I said, the gap continues to grow on the downhill and flat with the break expanding their lead to three and a half minutes.

The race is in the valley and are heading to the second and hardest climb of the day, the Valico delle Capannelle. It starts in just under 20km.

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Three minutes of a gap splits the peloton, led by UAE Team Emirates-XRG, and the 12 man breakaway.

The gap sits at two minutes and 45 seconds.

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The riders are now on the descent proper.

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The break have almost reinstated their three minute gap on the bunch.

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Over the top of the first climb of the day the break put a bit more time back into the peloton. The majority of the lead group are not climbers and will make the difference on the downhill and flat sections of today.

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Interestingly, it is UAE Team Emirates-XRG who are pushing the pace in the peloton. Perhaps a stage win is on the cards for Del Toro today.

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Sevilla extends his lead to 11 points over Joan Bou (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), who missed today’s move.

The gap to the break is further reduced to two minutes and five seconds.

1. Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) 5pts
2. Remy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ United) 3pts
3. Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 2pts
4. Liam Slock (Lotto-Intermarche) 1pt

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The break have lost over a minute on the peloton as the gap drops to two minutes and 10 seconds.

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Rochas bridges to the break with just 2km to the top of the first climb of the day. Chapeau to him!

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The top of the Ovindoli climb is the highest point of the day at over 1300 metres and the second highest of the race after the Sassotetto which just beats this climb by a few 100 metres.

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Sevilla, the KOM jersey wearer, is the only rider with any points in the breakaway today. However, he could easily be overtaken today with over 70 points on offer and a maximum of 30 points for one rider.

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The gap back to the peloton is now almost three and a half minutes.

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Rochas is doing a terrific job of closing the gap and is now just 33 seconds off the back of the breakaway.

The 11 riders have a gap of one minute and 15 seconds on Rochas and two minutes and 24 seconds on the peloton.

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The break have started the first climb of the day, the 12km long Ovindoli with an average gradient of around 5%.

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The sun has come out! And this powerful break is extending it’s gap.

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Remy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ United)

The Frenchman has launched to try and bridge the gap to the leaders as it appears they are to be the break of the day.

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This talent packed breakaway may get away as the gap expands to a minute.

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The gap extends to over 20 seconds.

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The jerseys:

Blue, GC – Del Toro
Purple, Points – Van der Poel
Green, KOM – Sevilla
White, Youth – Del Toro*

*Worn by Pellizzari.

Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar)
Tibor Del Grosso (Alpecin-Premier Tech)
Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
Liam Slock (Lotto-Intermarche)
Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta)
Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility)
Larry Warbasse (Tudor)
Timo Kielich (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Laurenz Rex (Soudal-Quickstep)
Dries De Bondt (Jayco-AlUla)
Mattia Gaffuri (Picnic-PostNL)

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No attacks in the early kilometres. Perhaps they are waiting for the Ovindoli climb that comes after just over 25km of racing.

Racing begins as the peloton race out of Tagliacozzo and head on the 213km stage to Martinsicuro.

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The riders are in the neutralised zone.

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There is a maximum of 30 points available today in the mountains classification. The new green jersey wearer, Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta), was out solo for the first half of yesterday’s stage with his rivals taking minor points from the peloton. Will the Spaniard live to regret that effort with big points on offer today?

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2026-03-12T09:13:37.203Z

It was another amazing day for Lund Andresen and his new team Decathlon-CMA CGM as they celebrated taking victory in the bunch sprint…