Primoz Roglic asserted his Tour de France credentials with a victory in the first mountain stage Tuesday as Julian Alaphilippe kept the race leader’s yellow jersey.
Roglic posted his third career stage win at the Tour in the Alpine town of Orcieres-Merlette.
The 160.5-kilometer stage in the Hautes-Alpes marked the race’s first summit finish this year, with a final 7-kilometer climb up to the ski resort where Luis Ocana handed five-time Tour winner Eddy Merckx a resounding defeat back in 1971.
Roglic crossed first ahead of Tadej Pogacar and Guillaume Martin. Alaphilippe was fifth in the same time behind Colombian climber Nairo Quintana.
“It was a fast day, it was quite hard. The guys did a really good job to put me in position for the sprint, and in the end I could do my sprint, I am very happy. I have to accept that, I don’t really care [about the yellow jersey]. We stay safe, we get the win so it’s even better. Today I felt a little better,” said Roglic.
Roglic sprint bergop naar winst in de 4e rit pic.twitter.com/NPu99bgflN
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Tour de France 2020 – stage 4 results (Sisteron – Orcières-Merlette):
| 1 | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) | 4:07:47 |
| 2 | Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 3 | Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 4 | Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) | ,, |
| 5 | Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | ,, |
| 6 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) | ,, |
| 7 | Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) | ,, |
| 8 | Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 9 | Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) | ,, |
| 10 | Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 11 | Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 12 | Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 13 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 14 | Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 15 | Rigoberto Uran (EF Pro Cycling) | ,, |
| 16 | Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 17 | Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-hansgrohe) | +09” |
| 18 | Enric Mas (Movistar) | ,, |
| 19 | Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 20 | Hugh Carthy (EF Pro Cycling) | +15” |
Tour de France 2020 – general classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | 18:07:04 |
| 2 | Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) | +04” |
| 3 | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) | +07” |
| 4 | Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) | +11” |
| 5 | Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) | +13” |
| 6 | Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) | +17” |
| 7 | Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 8 | Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 9 | Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) | ,, |
| 10 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) | ,, |
| 11 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 12 | Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 13 | Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) | ,, |
| 14 | Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 15 | Rigoberto Uran (EF Pro Cycling) | ,, |
| 16 | Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 17 | Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-hansgrohe) | +26” |
| 18 | Enric Mas (Movistar) | ,, |
| 19 | Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) | +38” |
| 20 | Sergio Higuita (EF Pro Cycling) | +45” |
