Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) won stage 4 of the Vuelta a San Juan as Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) retained his lead in the general classification.
“Molano and Richeze dropped me off at the line at just the right moment and I was able to capitalize on it,” said Gaviria, who also won stage 2. “I’m really happy with my condition and looking forward to the second half of the race.”
The GC battle is likely to be decided in the summit finish atop category 1 climb Alto Colorado on stage 5, Friday. Though not known for his climbing abilities, race-leader Evenepoel has every intention of defending his GC lead on the mountain.
“We defended the jersey [today] and we’ll try do it again Friday, on the Alto del Colorado, which is a long and pretty unusual climb,” said the 20-year-old after the race.
¡Resumen de la cuarta etapa!
⚡ Fernando Gaviria fue nuevamente el rey del sprint.#VueltaSJ2020 #DeportesSJ #Ciclismo pic.twitter.com/YwxYL9WVAh
— Vuelta a San Juan OK (@vueltasanjuanok) January 30, 2020
Vuelta a San Juan 2020 – stage 4 results (San José de Jáchal – Villa San Agustín):
| 1 | Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) | 4:08:03 |
| 2 | Rudy Barbier (Israel Start-Up Nation) | ,, |
| 3 | Alvaro Hodeg (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | ,, |
| 4 | Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 5 | Piet Allegaert (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 6 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | ,, |
| 7 | Marco Benfatto (Bardiani CSF Faizane) | ,, |
| 8 | Manuel Belletti (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) | ,, |
| 9 | Nicolas Naranjo (Agrupacion Virgin de Fatima-Saddledrunk) | ,, |
| 10 | Maximiliano Richeze (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
Vuelta a San Juan 2020 – general classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | 11:42:38 |
| 2 | Filippo Ganna (Italy) | +33” |
| 3 | Oscar Sevilla (Medellin) | +01’09” |
| 4 | Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) | +01’26” |
| 5 | Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) | +01’27” |
| 6 | Maciej Bodnar (Bora-hansgrohe) | +01’28” |
| 7 | Alexander Evtushenko (Russia) | +01’29” |
| 8 | Colin Joyce (Rally Cycling) | +01’41” |
| 9 | Matteo Fabbro (Bora-hansgrohe) | +01’42” |
| 10 | Gavin Mannion (Rally Cycling) | +01’44” |
