{"id":93655,"date":"2025-08-26T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/93655\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T09:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:58:12","slug":"vuelta-a-espana-stage-4-live-five-riders-go-clear-as-race-heads-to-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/93655\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a stage 4 LIVE \u2013 Five riders go clear as race heads to France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Refresh <\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:57:23.255Z<\/p>\n

That attack by Van der Lee is successful only in a sense that it has dragged the whole break back into the peloton’s clutches and the fight starts over again.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:56:40.934Z<\/p>\n

Another attack in the peloton…<\/p>\n

Jardi van der Lee (EF Education-EasyPost)<\/p>\n

The Dutch rider has his teammate, Nururkar, up the road already but they are looking to get another rider to the front. He crashed yesterday with XDS-Astana’s Harold Lopez but appears unaffected.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:54:54.140Z<\/p>\n

Nururkar bridges to the four leaders making it five in front with a gap of 25″ on the peloton.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:54:26.414Z
\n200km to go<\/p>\n

The few KMs are ticked off as the race is climbing in the Italian Alps as they head to the French border.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:53:42.507Z<\/p>\n

One rider in the chase is young Briti, Lukas Nururkar (EF Education-EasyPost). He is about equidistant between the peloton and break at 8″ in both directions.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:51:25.358Z<\/p>\n

The peloton don’t seem too happy to let the four man break go just yet with around 15 to 20 seconds between the them.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:49:20.691Z<\/p>\n

Onto the first climb of the day, the 5.6km long category 3 Exilles climb which has an average gradient of 5.6%.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:48:22.484Z
\nAttack!<\/p>\n

Jonas Gregaard (Lotto)
Kelland O’Brien (Jayco-AlUla)
Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
Simone Petilli (Intermarche-Wanty)<\/p>\n

They have 10″ on the peloton at the moment.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:44:33.749Z
\n206.7km to go<\/p>\n

The start is given and the racing begins on stage four of La Vuelta 2025!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udca5 Here is the real start of stage 4\ufe0f\u20e3, and the action starts immediately!
\n\ud83d\udcaa \u00a1Salida lanzada de la etapa 4\ufe0f\u20e3… que empieza con ataque !
\n\ud83d\udc4b Grupo Empresa Enfersa-Fertiberia Avil\u00e9s | #LaVuelta25 #VueltaLIVE<\/p>\n

\u2014 @lavuelta.bsky.social (@lavuelta.bsky.social.bsky.social<\/a>) 2025-08-26T09:52:02.660Z<\/a><\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:32:17.759Z<\/p>\n

It is a double British birthday today with Ben Tulett (Visma-Lease a Bike) turning 24 and Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) turning 25.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf82 We have two birthday boys in #LaVuelta25 today! \u00a1Feliz Cumplea\u00f1os, chicos!
\n\ud83e\udd73 Ben Tulett & Ethan Vernon \ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n

\u2014 @lavuelta.bsky.social (@lavuelta.bsky.social.bsky.social<\/a>) 2025-08-26T09:31:22.012Z<\/a><\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:30:40.526Z<\/p>\n

Vingegaard is ready for the fourth stage of La Vuelta but will he be in red by the end of today?<\/p>\n

Gaudu could get bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint today with 6, 4 and 2 seconds availabl. But, the rider on the same time as the race leader just needs to finish 4 places in front of the Dane to take the race lead from him.<\/p>\n

\"Jonas<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:27:29.958Z
\nNeutral start<\/p>\n

The riders begin the roll out of Susa and head for the Alps with a 6.1km long neutralized section.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:25:38.848Z<\/p>\n

In the past, this would not have been a day for the sprinters but the sport has changed and now sprinters are much more versatile and capable of getting over some huge climbs in pursuit of victory.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:24:47.843Z<\/p>\n

After the Lautaret, though, there is a very long descent that takes the riders from around 130km to go to around 50km to go and aside from one little lump, it is almost entirely flat after that to Voiron.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:22:47.459Z<\/p>\n

After that there is a descent for the riders to recuperate and maybe relax before more false flat heading to the Col du Lautaret, the highest point of the day at just over 2000 metres. The category two climb is 13.8km long and has an average gradient of 4.3%.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:21:09.563Z<\/p>\n

After the Exilles the road doesn’t really descent much as they tackle false flat to the next climb, the category two Montgen\u00e9vre where the race enters France with the 8.3km climb having an average gradient of 6.1% and a peak altitude of over 1800 metres.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:19:41.695Z<\/p>\n

The start of the first climb today comes after just 4km with the category three Exilles climb. 5.6km with an average gradient of 5.6%.<\/p>\n

\"Peloton<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:17:06.907Z<\/p>\n

Neutral start is due in just 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:16:51.933Z<\/p>\n

The riders are signed on and ready to go on the fourth stage of the 2025 La Vuelta with the stage starting in Susa and heading over 206.7km to Voiron.<\/p>\n

\"Lidl-Trek<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:10:44.771Z<\/p>\n

The jerseys today:<\/p>\n

Red, GC – Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Green, Points – Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike)*
Polka dots, KoM – Alessandro Verre (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
White, U25 – Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/p>\n

*Worn by – Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:07:45.969Z<\/p>\n

The race leaves Italian soil today just before the top of the second climb on the stage, the Montgen\u00e9vre. Then the race has it’s one and only day in France before finally making it to Spain tomorrow.<\/p>\n

However, more international visits await with Andorra and Portugal also on the menu in the next three weeks.<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:04:18.214Z<\/p>\n

Vingegaard took part in yesterday’s uphill sprint and took third but was also up there in the intermediate sprint as the Danish star looks for bonus seconds and his top shape…<\/p>\n

>>> ‘Going for the sprint means you stay alert’ – Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a leader Jonas Vingegaard explains why he took part in stage 3 dash for line<\/a><\/p>\n

\"La<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T09:02:53.364Z<\/p>\n

It was quite the day yesterday for David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) with the Frenchman taking the stage win and moving level on time with race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).<\/p>\n

It has been a challenging year for Gaudu but this is an amazing start to his Vuelta…<\/p>\n

>>> ‘It’s been a very difficult year’ – David Gaudu resurfaces once again in Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a with spectacular uphill win against Pedersen and Vingegaard<\/a><\/p>\n

\"gaudu<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T08:50:05.466Z<\/p>\n

Need some pre-race reading? <\/p>\n

Check out this column from our regular contributor \u2013 and 10-time Vuelta rider \u2013 Thomas De Gendt, breaking down what it’s like at the race. It’s funny and insightful at the same time.<\/p>\n

‘Septemberitis’, stage 22 partying and breakfast at 10am \u2013 Thomas De Gendt’s best, worst and most unexpected things about the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MADRID,<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-08-26T08:38:38.352Z<\/p>\n

The stage is starting earlier today \u2013 11.43 CEST \u2013 with the finish expected around 16.30 CEST.<\/p>\n

That’s so the riders can fly from Grenoble back to Spain, and the teams can make the long drive.<\/p>\n

2025-08-11T16:51:56.803Z<\/p>\n

Welcome!<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 4 of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

On the menu today: 207km from Susa in Italy to Voiron in France as the race heads towards Spain. There are some big climbs in the first half of the stage, but we’re expecting some sort of bunch finish in Voiron, where there’s a gentle rise to the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2025-08-26T09:57:23.255Z That attack by Van der Lee is successful only in a sense that it has dragged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-93655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}