Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes stage 4 LIVE: Still no breakaway after opening hour of racing as headwind stifles attackers

The riders will change direction at the foot of the climb, out of the headwind. It likely still won’t be ideal conditions for the attacks, though, as it will now turn to a cross-headwind.

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With the sprint dealt with, the focus in the bunch will now turn to the next climb, the Côte du Temple (5.7km at 4.5%).

Having won the intermediate sprints on stages 1 and 2, Raisberg extends his lead in the points classification by another 10 points in Arlanc.

He had lead-out man Hugo Hofstetter for company in second over the line, gaining six points, with Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease a Bike taking four points.

The current holder of the points jersey who may be interested in the sprint for green jersey points is NSN’s Nadav Raisberg. He leads the classification by five points from Charmig.

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Coming up is intermediate sprint in Arlanc. The last time the Dauphiné came here was in 2017 when Arnaud Démare won the sprint on stage 2.

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Uno-X Mobility tried briefly to attack the descent. They would have had good memories on the start line as the location was where Anthon Charmig won stage 2, but were quickly brought back.

It’s the strong headwind which is preventing the attackers from getting away. Judging by the map, that won’t change until they reach the 108km to go point, when the race turns east near Chaumont-le-Bourg.

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The riders are heading onto a long section of downhill now. Unless anyone is really daring, the first for the break will have to reignite on the second climb of the day after 60km of racing are completed.

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Several more attacks have been launched as the race reaches Craponne-sur-Arzon, but none can get away to form a break.

This is good news for Netcompany Ineos and Jayco AlUla, who will want the fight to last as long as possible, making their job of controlling for Godon and Matthews later on easier.

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The defending Dauphiné champion may not be here, but Tadej Pogačar is still making the news:

With the descent navigated, the next 15km had uphill sections which offer more chances for escapees to try their luck before the big descent to Arlanc.

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Here’s a look at the big early split which threatened to form on that climb. All back together for now and this fight for the break could go on for some time.

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Italian attacker Marco Frigo (NSN) was the rider who led the group over that first ascent, but the peloton is back together now.

With that first climb completed, five more do remain on the route, but the next categorised section uphill doesn’t come for another 50km at the Côte de Temple. The riders will have undulating roads, a long downhill, and the intermediate sprint in Arlanc to tackle before that, too.

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Splits are forming in the peloton as they crest the first climb of the day.

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Several riders have been trying to attack off the front on this first climb, includnig the likes of US champion Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) but no break has formed yet.

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There’s been another crash, with Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal-QuickStep) and Thibault Guernalec (TotalEnergies) coming down 5.5km into the stage.

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There’s been one abandon ahead of the stage start, UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Ivo Oliveira.

The start of stage 4 has actually been delayed due to a crash. Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Intermarché) hit the deck in the neutral zone section en route to km 0.

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Straight from the start the riders will be on the approach to the first categorised climb of the day: the Col de la Croix de l’Arbre (4km at 4.1%).

Racing is fully underway on stage 4 now as the riders reach kilometre 0 and the flag is dropped.

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Respect on the start line between Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Vauequelin, and Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost), who successfully defended the yellow jersey yesterday.

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Big crowds were out to support the riders this morning.

The riders have rolled away from the start line in La Puy en Velay. There should be around 10 minutes of neutralised riding before they reach kilometre 0.

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One rider who would be right with, if not rated above, that trio under normal circumstances is Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike. After he struggled again on stage 3, it calls his form for the upcoming Tour de France into question:

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If you missed any of the action from yesterday’s stage, catch up with our report from what was a thrilling team time trial with big GC implications: