Bora-hansgrohe’s Lennard Kämna has taken the victory in the fourth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine as Primoz Roglic maintained the overall lead.
The young German rider attacked from a powerful breakaway group on the final climb of the day to take his first professional victory. He was able to fend off a chase from David de la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates), who took second, and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) won finished third.
The GC group rolled in together three minutes behind, all on the same time. Primoz Roglic retained his overall lead despite suffering a nasty crash in the stage, and is now 14 seconds clear of Thibaut Pinot in the standings.
The day saw three of the top riders drop out of the race: Egan Bernal (Team Ineos), Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) all abandoned.
“I was a forward pawn for Buchmann, who wanted to attack on the penultimate climb. He dropped out, so I could go for my own chance,” Kämna said. “Winning in the Dauphiné is a very big thing… I am very happy that I booked my first pro victory here.”
“I have to enjoy myself now, but I hope that Buchmann will be fit for the Tour in time.”
Criterium du Dauphine 2020 – stage 4 results (Ugine – Megève):
| 1 | Lennard Kämna (Bora-hansgrohe) | 4:27:56 |
| 2 | David De la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) | +41” |
| 3 | Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | +56” |
| 4 | Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) | +58” |
| 5 | Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) | +01’02” |
| 6 | Fausto Masnada (CCC) | +01’10” |
| 7 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Ineos) | +01’19” |
| 8 | Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb) | +01’43” |
| 9 | Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) | +03’01” |
| 10 | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
Criterium du Dauphine 2020 – general classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) | 17:45:32 |
| 2 | Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) | +14” |
| 3 | Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) | +24” |
| 4 | Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) | +26” |
| 5 | Daniel Martinez (EF Pro Cycling) | ,, |
| 6 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) | +32” |
| 7 | Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) | +35” |
| 8 | Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 9 | Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) | +01’17” |
| 10 | Romain Bardet (AG2R la Mondiale) | +01’24” |
