Sam Watson (Ineos Grenadiers) claimed the fourth stage of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque, out-sprinting Movistar’s Carlos Canal on the uphill dash to Cassel. Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ) was third at three seconds.
Race chief Axel Zingle (Visma-Lease a Bike) crashed out of the race within the hectic remaining lap, with Swift climbing into the chief’s jersey with three seconds over Askey. Canal is third at eight seconds.
Stage 4 of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque, a testing 172.7km stage with circuits round Cassel included two stiff climbs taken on six instances every – the Rue de Tambour and steeper Porte d’Aire, which averages 8.6% grades, which additionally served because the ending climb.
4 riders went away early within the stage: Fabian Lienhard (Tudor), Matis Louvel (Israel-Premier Tech), Tom Portsmouth (Wagner Bazin WB) and Paul Hennequin (Eustaltel-Euskadi) and gained 4 minutes earlier than being dragged again with 44km to go.
Sam Maisonobe (Cofidis) attacked with 26km to go and was joined by Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers). In the meantime, race chief Axel Zingle (Visma-Lease a Bike) crashed within the chasing peloton and was compelled to desert the race.
Swift and Maisonobe went into the ultimate 3km solely ten seconds forward of the peloton, with Cofidis blocking the chase. Thomas Gachignard (TotalEnergies) launched in pursuit of the duo however was caught on the foot of the ultimate climb. Swift and Maisonobe had been reeled in quickly after. Within the remaining 200 metres, Watson got here to the fore and powered to the stage victory.
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