Victor Vercouillie (Flanders-Baloise) won stage 4 on an emphatic day for the breakaway, taking his first pro victory on the uphill drag of Col du VAM.<\/p>\n
C\u00e9riel Desal (Soudal-QuickStep Devo) took second and Tars Poelvoorde (Lotto-Groupe Wanty) slotted into third, leaving Rick Ottema (EEW-VDK Cyclingteam) and Julian Vergouw (Metec-SolarWatt p\/b Mantel) off the podium from the original group of five, the bunch two seconds behind Vercouillie at the conclusion of their all-day escapade.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n “I went in the breakaway today because with the cobblestones and the weather, it was I think that was the best move for me and the team. That was the first plan. Then in the last lap we still [had] 1:30, that was the moment I believe in it,” the 23-year-old told organisers about getting his first win.<\/p>\n Latest Videos FromCyclingnews<\/p>\n “I was the last lap the whole time with my dad in my head. I lost him two months ago. That was the only thing I could think of in the final lap. So I knew I needed to go in a really late attack, and that was a perfect moment. So I think he will be proud.”<\/p>\n The GC remained consistent from Friday’s shift, with Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) in control of the overall lead by 17 seconds over Wessel Mouris (Unibet Rose Rockets), the final day of racing on Sunday.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n The three Belgians and two Dutch riders stayed away from the peloton through early rain and then blue skies for a little more than 100 kilometres, never gaining more than two minutes.<\/p>\n On the final closing circuit with 13km to go in the 149.8km contest, the quintet held a gap of just over a minute. All five riders in the breakaway were looking to score a first career. It was Vercouillie who launched the decisive attack on the final 1,000 metres, signaling to the sky as he crossed the line with a small gap in recognition that he raced for his father who died earlier this year.<\/p>\n Stage 4 Results<\/p>\n Swipe to scroll horizontally<\/p>\n Position<\/p>\n Rider (Country) Team<\/p>\n Time<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise<\/p>\n 3:26:22<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n Ceriel Desal (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team<\/p>\n 0:00:02<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Tars Poelvoorde (Bel) Lotto- Groupe Wanty<\/p>\n 0:00:02<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Rick Ottema (Ned) Eew-Vdk Cyclingteam<\/p>\n 0:00:02<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Julian Vergouw (Ned) Metec- Solarwatt P\/B Mantel<\/p>\n 0:00:02<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n Christophe Laporte (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike<\/p>\n 0:00:12<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Joeri Schaper (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team<\/p>\n 0:00:12<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep<\/p>\n 0:00:12<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike<\/p>\n 0:00:12<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe<\/p>\n 0:00:12<\/p>\n 11<\/p>\n Wessel Mouris (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n 0:00:14<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n Casper Maty\u00e1\u0161 Kopeck\u00fd (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n 0:00:14<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep<\/p>\n 0:00:14<\/p>\n 14<\/p>\n Hartthijs De Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n 0:00:14<\/p>\n 15<\/p>\n Jakob S\u00f6derqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek<\/p>\n 0:00:14<\/p>\n 16<\/p>\n Milan Lanhove (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 17<\/p>\n Florian Senechal (Fra) Alpecin-Premier Tech<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n Simon Goossens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 19<\/p>\n Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 20<\/p>\n Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 21<\/p>\n Otto Van Zanden (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 22<\/p>\n Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 23<\/p>\n Danijel Agricola (Ned) Metec- Solarwatt P\/B Mantel<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 24<\/p>\n Jesse Kramer (Ned) Beat Cc P\/B Saxo<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 25<\/p>\n Jochem Kerckhaert (Ned) Beat Cc P\/B Saxo<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 26<\/p>\n Sebastian Grindley (GBr) Lidl-Trek Future Racing<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n 27<\/p>\n Luk\u00e1\u0161 Kubi\u0161 (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n 0:00:19<\/p>\n General Classification after stage 4<\/p>\n Swipe to scroll horizontally<\/p>\n Position<\/p>\n Rider (Country) Team<\/p>\n Time <\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike<\/p>\n 8:44:19<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n Wessel Mouris (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n 0:00:17<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe<\/p>\n 0:00:30<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Casper Maty\u00e1\u0161 Kopeck\u00fd (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets<\/p>\n 0:00:40<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep<\/p>\n 0:01:02<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n Milan Lanhove (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise<\/p>\n 0:01:06<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Christophe Laporte (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike<\/p>\n 0:01:09<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Jakob S\u00f6derqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek<\/p>\n 0:01:18<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n Pierre Thierry (Fra) Totalenergies<\/p>\n 0:01:19<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9<\/p>\n 0:01:22<\/p>\n The road season might be at an end, but Cyclingnews isn’t slowing down. 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