Juan Ayuso wins Tour de Luxembourg time-trial as Mathieu van der Poel jumps back into yellow jersey

The time-trial of the Tour de Luxembourg proved to be a very difficult day and key for the overall classification. Juan Ayuso won stage 4 in a strong performance whilst Mathieu van der Poel also rode strongly and took over the race lead over Mauri Vansevenant.

The 15-kilometer time-trial was always going to be very important for the overall classification, and it included a climb that would mix things up. Mads Pedersen set a strong early time before the GC riders set off, actually putting himself in a position to win a second stage win.

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His time was only beaten by Juan Ayuso by 11 seconds, a time that was the main one for the day. Antonio Tiberi came a close second by 7 seconds, both of them climbing up the GC and threatening the yellow jersey of Mauri Vansevenant who thrived the day before.

Marc Hirschi put in a strong time to finish 14 seconds behind Ayuso and Mathieu van der Poel was 19 seconds slower. Mauri Vansevenant was not able to defend himself too well, shedding serious time,

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1	AYUSO Juan	UAE Team Emirates	00:19:11
2	TIBERI Antonio	Bahrain Victorious	+ 07
3	PEDERSEN Mads	Lidl-Trek	+ 11
4	HIRSCHI Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 14
5	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 19
6	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	UAE Team Emirates	+ 20
7	MILESI Lorenzo	Movistar Team	+ 20
8	SIMMONS Quinn	Lidl-Trek	+ 26
9	SWEENY Harry	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 26
10	KIRSCH Alex	Lidl-Trek	+ 31
11	FISHER-BLACK Finn	UAE Team Emirates	+ 32
12	WRIGHT Fred	Bahrain Victorious	+ 35
13	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 36
14	VAN HEMELEN Vincent	Team Flanders-Baloise	+ 40
15	PIGANZOLI Davide	Team Polti Kometa	+ 43
16	BARTA William	Movistar Team	+ 50
17	STORER Michael	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 53
18	VANSEVENANT Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 54
19	CURRIE Logan	Lotto Dstny	+ 54
20	WENZEL Mats	Luxembourg	+ 54
21	STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 57
22	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Dstny	+ 58
23	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 59
24	PRODHOMME Nicolas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 59
25	POLITT Nils	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:01
26	MAESTRI Mirco	Team Polti Kometa	+ 01:03
27	JUNGELS Bob	Luxembourg	+ 01:05
28	JEGAT Jordan	TotalEnergies	+ 01:05
29	VERCOUILLIE Victor	Team Flanders-Baloise	+ 01:07
30	HOWSON Damien	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:09
31	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Movistar Team	+ 01:10
32	TRONCHON Bastien	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:10
33	AZPARREN Xabier	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:11
34	KRON Andreas	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:16
35	GREGAARD Jonas	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:17
36	CHAMBERLAIN Oscar	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:19
37	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:19
38	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:19
39	MASNADA Fausto	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:21
40	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:22
41	GRAAT Tijmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:23
42	VENDRAME Andrea	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:25
43	LEMMEN Bart	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:25
44	MOSCON Gianni	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:26
45	COSTA Rui	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:27
46	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:29
47	ANDERSEN Idar	Uno-X Mobility	+ 01:29
48	ROLLAND Brieuc	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:30
49	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:30
50	BARRENETXEA Jon	Movistar Team	+ 01:31
51	BOUTS Jordy	TdT-Unibet	+ 01:35
52	CORT Magnus	Uno-X Mobility	+ 01:35
53	DONOVAN Mark	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:35
54	STOKBRO NIELSEN Andreas	TdT-Unibet	+ 01:37
55	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:39
56	BERNARD Julien	Lidl-Trek	+ 01:42
57	PEDERSEN Henrik	Uno-X Mobility	+ 01:42
58	DE VRIES Hartthijs	TdT-Unibet	+ 01:42
59	PAASSCHENS Mathijs	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:43
60	MARIS Elias	Team Flanders-Baloise	+ 01:43
61	EIKING Odd Christian	Uno-X Mobility	+ 01:44
62	BONNEU Kamiel	Team Flanders-Baloise	+ 01:46
63	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:46
64	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:48
65	JOUSSEAUME Alan	TotalEnergies	+ 01:48
66	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	TotalEnergies	+ 01:49
67	LAPORTE Christophe	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:49
68	KOCKELMANN Mathieu	Luxembourg	+ 01:50
69	BAIS Mattia	Team Polti Kometa	+ 01:57
70	MAIRE Adrien	TdT-Unibet	+ 01:59
71	REINDERINK Pepijn	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 02:03
72	ADAMIETZ Johannes	Lotto Dstny	+ 02:05
73	HOLZER Roman	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 02:10
74	VERVAEKE Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 02:11
75	CLYNHENS Toon	Team Flanders-Baloise	+ 02:13
76	KULSET Johannes	Uno-X Mobility	+ 02:14
77	VAN MECHELEN Vlad	Bahrain Victorious	+ 02:21
78	FROIDEVAUX Robin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 02:23
79	CHAVES Esteban	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 02:24
80	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Lidl-Trek	+ 02:30
81	MICHELS Jente	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 02:31
82	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	+ 02:32
83	HÄNNINEN Jaakko	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 02:34
84	BAIS Davide	Team Polti Kometa	+ 02:34
85	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 02:35
86	LONARDI Giovanni	Team Polti Kometa	+ 02:37
87	PITHIE Laurence	Groupama-FDJ	+ 02:37