2024 Tour de France stage 4 GC Update | Tadej Pogacar wins 50 seconds on Jonas Vingegaard; Remco Evenepoel climbs to second place; Richard Carapaz cracks in yellow jersey

Stage 4 of the Tour de France 2024 promised to be the first real test of the favorites for the general classification. It was the first day of high mountains with the mythical Col du Galibier as the protagonist and it certainly delivered. Richard Carapaz started the day in the yellow jersey, with the same time as Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard; but the UAE Team Emirates rider stamped his authority in the race.

What could you expect from a day like today and with all the stars of cycling climbing the Col du Galibier? Well, the spectacle that they have given, which has been huge. Pogacar regained the lead after a brutal attack less than 1 km from the top that left Vingegaard behind, and on which he increased the advantage in a descent that he took on brilliantly.

Tadej Pogacar explodes Tour de France with victory on stage 4 after dropping Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel at Col du Galibier

Thus, the UAE Team Emirates star leads with 45 seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel who managed to finish the stage also in 2nd position. 3rd is Vingegaard who is now 50 seconds behind Pogacar, a considerable gap for only the 4th stage of the Tour and the first high mountain stage.

Behind, Juan Ayuso is 4th, 1 minute and 10 seconds behind his leader in the UAE, after finishing a stage. Primoz Roglic moves up to 5th place, but 1 minute and 14 seconds behind, too much of a gap if he wants to compete in the Tour de France against a Tadej Pogacar who looks just as strong as in the Giro d'Italia. Carlos Rodriguez, after a brutal performance, is 6th, 1 minute and 16 seconds behind the yellow jersey. Mikel Landa is in 7th, a very strong performance from the Basque climber, now 1 minute and 32 seconds behind the leader.

João Almeida, Giulio Ciccone and Egan Bernal complete the Top10, virtually tied with Matteo Jorgenson, Felix Gall and Adam Yates. Enric Mas, Aleksandr Vlasov and Simon Yates shed more time whilst Richard Carapaz lost over 5 minutes whilst wearing the yellow jersey.

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"I wanted to hit hard today" - Tadej Pogacar smashes Tour de France competition and gains 50 seconds on Jonas Vingegaard in the first mountain test

1	POGACAR Tadej	UAE Team Emirates	19:06:38
2	EVENEPOEL Remco	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 45
3	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 50
4	AYUSO Juan	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:10
5	ROGLIC Primoz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:14
6	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:16
7	LANDA Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:32
8	ALMEIDA Joao	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:32
9	CICCONE Giulio	Lidl-Trek	+ 03:20
10	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:21
11	JORGENSON Matteo	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 03:21
12	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 03:21
13	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	+ 03:21
14	VLASOV Aleksandr	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 03:44
15	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain Victorious	+ 04:10
16	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain Victorious	+ 04:40
17	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 04:40
18	HINDLEY Jai	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 04:40
19	YATES Simon	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 04:40
20	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	+ 04:40
21	GEE Derek	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 04:47
22	CARAPAZ Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 05:28
23	DE PLUS Laurens	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 05:30
24	CRAS Steff	TotalEnergies	+ 05:30
25	HAIG Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 05:41
26	VAN WILDER Ilan	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 05:41
27	HARPER Chris	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 05:48
28	MEINTJES Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 06:50
29	THOMAS Geraint	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 07:24
30	HEALY Ben	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 08:12
31	ROMO Javier	Movistar Team	+ 09:00
32	EIKING Odd Christian	Uno-X Mobility	+ 10:15
33	BARDET Romain	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 10:17
34	PIDCOCK Tom	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 12:23
35	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 12:42
36	VERONA Carlos	Lidl-Trek	+ 13:21
37	BARGUIL Warren	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 14:33
38	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 15:20
39	VAN GILS Maxim	Lotto Dstny	+ 16:04
40	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 17:00
41	POWLESS Neilson	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 17:34
42	BERNARD Julien	Lidl-Trek	+ 17:42
43	SKUJINS Toms	Lidl-Trek	+ 20:07
44	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 20:38
45	JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	Uno-X Mobility	+ 20:39
46	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 24:53
47	VAN DEN BROEK Frank	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 26:04
48	VERVAEKE Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 26:32
49	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 28:03
50	KULSET Johannes	Uno-X Mobility	+ 28:22
51	FORMOLO Davide	Movistar Team	+ 30:37
52	GRÉGOIRE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	+ 31:04
53	JUNGELS Bob	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 32:38
54	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 32:48
55	GOOSSENS Kobe	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 33:14
56	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	+ 34:38
57	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 36:21
58	JEGAT Jordan	TotalEnergies	+ 36:47
59	FUGLSANG Jakob	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 37:23
60	SOLER Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 39:19
61	TRATNIK Jan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 41:53
62	ZIMMERMANN Georg	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 42:25
63	NEILANDS Krists	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 45:28
64	PRODHOMME Nicolas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 48:10
65	WILLIAMS Stephen	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 48:10
66	PETERS Nans	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 49:03
67	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Movistar Team	+ 49:18
68	MOSCON Gianni	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 50:14
69	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 51:52
70	LEMMEN Bart	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 51:59
71	POELS Wout	Bahrain Victorious	+ 52:15
72	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 54:49
73	GESCHKE Simon	Cofidis	+ 55:56
74	HIRT Jan	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 56:54
75	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 57:01
76	SOBRERO Matteo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 57:41
77	QUINN Sean	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 59:03
78	CORT Magnus	Uno-X Mobility	+ 01:00:01
79	LAZKANO Oier	Movistar Team	+ 01:02:20
80	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 01:02:27
81	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	TotalEnergies	+ 01:02:54
82	WELLENS Tim	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:03:21
83	GACHIGNARD Thomas	TotalEnergies	+ 01:03:31
84	GODON Dorian	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:04:30
85	HALLER Marco	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:04:39