Cycling: The spectators of the fourth stage of the Tour of Britain experienced a dramatic finale after 184 kilometers in Bristol. In the end, the winner was Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), who, as the fourth driver, was able to celebrate the overall lead in addition to the day's win.
First of all, a breakaway group determined the day's events, from which the Dutchman Albert Timmer (Giant-Shimano) was able to hold his own at the top for the longest time. After leaving his escape companions Lasse Hansen (Garmin-Sharp) and Peter Velits (BMC) a few kilometers from the finish, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) managed to catch up with Timmer. The New Zealander then did most of the tempo work. In the last kilometer it looked like one of the two breakaways would definitely win.
But no one had slept in the field either. On the last climb, just under two kilometers from the finish, Kwiatkowski broke away from the field and thus put the overall leader Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani-Valvole), Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Bradley Wiggins (Sky) under pressure.
At the moment when Timmer wanted to start his sprint out of Bauer's slipstream, Kwiatkowski passed him. Timmer had to be satisfied with second place. It was also close behind. Belgian Dylan Teuns (BMC) secured third place, just ahead of Bauer.
Zardini's group crossed the finish line six seconds behind Kwiatkowski. Thanks to the Zeibonification for the victory, the Pole was able to snatch the yellow jersey from the Italian. Zardini is now in second place, three seconds behind, followed by Teuns, who is already 14 seconds behind. Defending champion Wiggins is sixth, 6 seconds back.
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