Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) came back from a late mechanical problem to win stage four of the Volta ao Algarve ahead of Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) and Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates).
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) finished in the bunch to hold his overall lead. Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) is second on GC, at 29 seconds, and Wout Poels (Team Sky) is third at 30 seconds.
“I am very pleased with this result. In the first stage we were very unlucky because of the crash, but today we took revenge,” Groenewegen said. “This is the yellow-black lead out that we want to see. If we can do this all season, it will be a great year. I am very grateful to the boys and happy that I was able to take my second win of the season here.”
The last day of race will have a route of 173.5 kilometres that features three climbs of the third category and two of the second, including the mountain finish to Malhao.
Volta ao Algarve 2019 – stage 4 results (Albufeira – Tavira):
| 1 | Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) | 4:56:07 |
| 2 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 3 | Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 4 | Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 5 | Simone Consonni (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 6 | Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 7 | Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | ,, |
| 8 | Jens Debusschere (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
| 9 | Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 10 | Ion Aberasturi (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) | ,, |
Volta ao Algarve 2019 – general classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) | 15:12:28 |
| 2 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) | +29” |
| 3 | Wout Poels (Team Sky) | +30” |
| 4 | Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | +31” |
| 5 | David de la Cruz (Team Sky) | +57” |
| 6 | Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) | +01’28” |
| 7 | Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | +02’12” |
| 8 | Neilson Powless (Jumbo-Visma) | +02’13” |
| 9 | Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb) | +02’35” |
| 10 | Amaro Antunes (CCC) | +02’36” |
