Tadej Pogacar of the UAE-Team Emirates won stage 4 at Tirreno-Adriatico and took overall lead for the General Classification in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the uphill arrival of Prati di Tivo (14.7km at 7 percent gradient), an attack at 7.5km from the finish and another dig at 6km allowed Pogacar to hold off Simon Yates (+6s, Team BikeExchange) and Sergio Higuita (+29s, Ef-Nippo), as well as jumping to the top of the general classification with a 35s advantage over Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yates finished second, just a handful of seconds behind the Slovenian. The Brit had darted out of a chase group at one kilometer to go in an effort to bridge across to Pogacar after the Slovenian had ridden clear earlier in the climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pogacar now moves into the leader\u2019s jersey, with a 35-second lead over both van Aert and Higuita, who are level on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I tried to attack to stay alone and be able to set my pace,” he said. “When I saw that the advantage over my opponents was good, I pushed really hard to try and keep the gap, also because I knew Yates was coming close. I gave it my all and managed to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wearing the blue jersey of the leader of the classification, Pogacar will face the next stage starting from Castellalto and arriving in Castelfidardo after 205km with a tough second half of the stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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