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The Belgian, who had been an escort in the first three stages of the Tour de France, claimed victory on the Dunkirk – Calais route, the first in Gallic territory. After remaining in the peloton throughout the race, he broke away with a sprint that surprised the other competitors and got ahead of the local Anthony Pérez. Thus, he continues with the yellow jersey, extending the distance to 25 ‘over Yves Lampaert. In addition, the Danish Magnus Cort Nielsen broke a record by winning 11 consecutive mountain passes.
This Tuesday, June 5, along with the arrival of the Tour on French soil -with the start from Dunkirk- also came the first victory of the Belgian Wout van Aert in this edition after being escort in the three previous sections.
Although he wore the yellow jersey for leading the general table, the Jumbo cyclist had admitted frustration at having been so close to winning and having the victory taken from him over the closure, but he had his day of revenge by being the winner of this instance of 171.5 kilometers of route.
With a surprise and lethal attack on the climb to the Cap Blanc-Nez hill, with ten kilometers to go before reaching Calais, he unbalanced the peloton and got ahead of his competitors and Frenchman Anthony Pérez, who led the race a long way , but he ran out of physical rest to keep up with the pace from the last mountain pass.
Van Aert took a solid first place in the fourth stage of the Tour de France after surprising other candidates such as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard and Britain’s Adam Yates, who could not follow him in the sprint.
🏆@WoutvanAert 💛💚 win the 4th stage of the #PTO2022!
The Belgian has given an exhibition on the last climb to leave alone and achieve the long-awaited victory in this Tour de France.
⏮ This has been his goal entry. pic.twitter.com/wUMvpYsu9T
— Tour de France COL (@letour_col) July 5, 2022
He eventually crossed the finish line eight seconds ahead of his compatriot Jasper Philipsen, who led the trailing pack and raised his arms in victory. Third was the local Christophe Laporte.
In the overall table, Van Aert extended the difference against the Belgian Yves Lampaert to 25′ and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar to 32′. The young prodigy of cycling was one of those who was left without reaction to the maneuver of the Jumbo runner.
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