Relive the best moments of Stage 4 - Saint-Germain-Laval / Neulise, where EVENEPOEL Remco won in front of TARLING Joshua and ROGLIC Primoz!
General ranking after today's stage:
1 - EVENEPOEL Remco
2 - ROGLIC Primoz
3 - JORGENSON Matteo
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General ranking after today's stage:
1 - EVENEPOEL Remco
2 - ROGLIC Primoz
3 - JORGENSON Matteo
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00:003 different winners since the start of this Dauphiné, but the first outside of Denmark
00:09as Derek Gee grabbed hold of the leader's jersey.
00:13Before a turbulent time in the mountains, a 34km time trial route should shake up the
00:18GC standings.
00:19Gee, geared up, as always.
00:20I'm just going to go out there and same plan as before, ride as hard as I can for 30-something
00:27kilometres.
00:28I've got 10 seconds on the line of bonus, so that might not be enough, but I'll go out
00:33there and give it my best and hopefully this jersey gives me a little extra.
00:39European champion Joshua Tarling should be an early reference point, with the 20-year-old
00:43heading out fourth.
00:45The GC contenders should come to the fore after a relatively quiet first three days.
00:50Not much seen of Remco Evenepoel yet, but the scene's set for the world champion in
00:54this discipline.
00:55Rimoš Roglič had a wee scare yesterday, but no visible problem for Bora's main man, at
01:00least on the surface.
01:02Yeah, it was a hard start.
01:06I was a block and then I missed the road.
01:10So no pain?
01:11Oh yeah, not really.
01:12We'll see tomorrow and the next days.
01:14It's nice to change a bit of the bike.
01:17We'll see.
01:18It will be a super good test now, with a bit longer time trial.
01:22I didn't really do it yet, so we'll see how it goes.
01:27A time trial that should have the power riders drooling at the prospect, with 445 metres
01:33of elevation around Nulis.
01:35A test against the clock that will give some indication of the true favourites.
01:47Not a GC threat, Tarling was the likely challenger to Evenepoel in this time trial.
01:52The Ineos Starlet beat the Belgian to the 2023 Krono of Nations title.
02:00The flying Welshman caught three riders on his way to stopping the clock at 42 minutes
02:04six seconds, averaging nearly 50 kilometres per hour.
02:07Yet the 20-year-old didn't fully enjoy the experience, describing it as grim.
02:16It was just, it felt slow, you know, like it's that tarmac that's quite grippy.
02:21So, yeah, it felt really hard to get the speed up, especially over the top of the climbs.
02:28But I think I did a decent enough ride, so fingers crossed.
02:33No one was getting near the leading time.
02:35The likes of Fred Wright, Niels Pollitt and Luke Durbridge finished more than two minutes
02:39back.
02:40Ex-Italian TT champion Matthew Sobrero did better, but Roglic's team mate was still
02:451 minute 37 seconds adrift.
02:47Tarling, still the darling of Nulis.
02:51The Time Trial world champion Remco Evenepoel set off at 3.43pm.
02:59The aero bullet wanted to stamp his authority, especially after failing to win the Krono
03:03on Paris-Nice, nor at the Tour of the Basque Country.
03:06EF Education Easy Post Time Trial specialist Nielsen Paulus showed great form, but the
03:25American was still powerless to really threaten Tarling.
03:29Second at that stage, yet a minute seven down.
03:33And Ineos were starting to hope.
03:35Remco Evenepoel, 0.89 of a second behind Tarling at the second check.
03:40Could the Belgian regain his rhythm and strength for the final 10k?
03:4442, 0, 6, 6, 3, well Evenepoel has held something back here surely, because he is going to smash
03:58the time of Tarling, 17 seconds he beats Tarling by.
04:094.14pm and yellow jersey Derek G, the final departure.
04:14A tough ask for the Canadian to make it a three-way fight, those already out on the
04:18road trying to limit losses.
04:21Roglic had built up a head of steam, while the likes of Carlos Rodriguez and Juan Ayuso
04:25were down by a minute.
04:27This was Mathieu Jorgensen, yet the Paris Nice winner, paired with the struggles of
04:31teammate Sepp Kuss, will likely be Visma's sole Dauphiné leader.
04:36Jorgensen crossed the line in virtual third, but the American was soon nudged off the podium
04:41by Roglic, yet the Sloven was 39 seconds from rival Remco.
04:46And as G approached the line, everyone aware the Canadian would be very soon out of yellow.
04:53This is a respectable time trial by the leader of the Dauphiné.
05:05A mammoth effort from Evenepoel, especially over the latter part of the course, 17 seconds
05:09quicker than Tarling.
05:10It's been some journey to this moment since his Basque crash, nearly three weeks of no
05:15bike and only four weeks of training, an ominous sign for his rivals.
05:45Evenepoel proving exactly why he wears the rainbow TT jersey, the aero bullet saw only
05:58two within a minute of his time, Tarling in second with Roglic limiting the damage with
06:03a podium position.
06:05The cream of the crop rises to the top, Remco swapping colourful jersey for yellow, Roglic
06:1033 seconds back, Jorgensen up two places with G slipping to fourth.
06:15Roglic did manage to take ownership of the green jersey, only eight points separate the
06:19top seven positions.
06:22No change as Mathis Lebert is still doing the polka dots, a shake up save for stage
06:28five.
06:30The youthful Assassin Remco leading the under 26 category, Visma's Jorgensen will wear his
06:36white jersey for him on the 167 kilometre stage five.
06:41Tomorrow the race heads for Saint-Priest, with a hilly first section there's an opportunity
06:45for any brave souls looking to attack.
06:48Without a stable of sprinters, some teams may be happy to let a breakaway go, the GC
06:53contenders may take it easy, we'll wait and see.