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Jayco-AlUla is patrolling the entrance of the peloton to assist the breakaway, with their teammate Schmid, will get an extended leash. Gao at 1:21
Schmid and Lecerf have joined the trio of Epis, Van der Hoorn and Schelling to make it 5 up the highway. A number of chatter when the connection was made.
Two riders attempting to bridge as much as the trio are Mauro Schmid and Junior Lecerf.
The trio have 1:00 on the peloton.
Vine is on the medical automobile, getting checked out.
Break
Vine additionally went down in that earlier crash. He has blood on his leg and a tear in his shorts. Vine and Coquard have rejoined the peloton.
Massive chase by the second group led by Jayco-AlUla has caught again onto the primary peloton group.
In the meantime, Coquard and Vine, chasing, are within the convoy because the commissaire requires a barrage.
The crash induced a break up within the peloton with 152km to go.
It was a crash on the again. Renard will get a motorbike change, and continues on with shredded shorts.
Just a few riders needing a motorbike change on the again, together with Jay Vine and Alexis Renard. Renard had a protracted look forward to his group automobile.
Extra groups need to get to the entrance. Schmid takes a solo flyer to get to the trio forward by 19 seconds.
Giosue Epis simply made it throughout to hitch the opposite two riders. And extra strikes beginning to come from the sector which is now strung out.
One rider from Arkea attempting to bridge up.
No response from the peloton to the 2 escapees.
And an instantaneous assault from Taco van der Hoorn and Ide Schelling.
Talking of O’Grady, flag drop from the person himself. And we’re racing!
At this time’s Glenelg begin and Victor Harbor end additionally featured through the race’s first version in 1999 – a stage received in emphatic type by Tour Down Below race director Stuart O’Grady.
A number of chatter and smiles within the peloton as they experience near the group directeur automobile within the impartial zone.
Good climate right now, with present temperatures of 20C, and partly cloudy.
The 136 riders are off for the 7.9km impartial zone.
Stage 4 of the Tour Down Below is about to begin in underneath 10 minutes. At 157.2km, right now’s stage is the longest of the 2025 Tour Down Below. Beginning in Glenelg, the course follows the scenic shoreline with two intermediate sprints earlier than the primary of two labeled ascents. If riders’ legs are in ache from Knott’s Hill, they will be feeling extra of a sting once they hit Parawa Hill and Nettle Hill. An uncategorised ascent with 12.2km to go complicates the image for the sprinters. This could possibly be a terrific day for a breakaway.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ reside protection of stage 4, from Glenelg to Victor Harbor, of the Tour Down Below. The stage begins at 11:10am native time or 12:30am GMT and finishes roughly 4 hours later.
