Eneco Tour 2014: Bouhanni outsprints the bunch, Stybar crashes

The first Belgian stage in the Dutch/Belgian Eneco Tour goes in 179 kilometres from Koksijde to Ardooie. Two homeriders attack, but the break doesn’t last and the stage explodes quite literally. Titleholder Stybar crashes hard in the bunch sprint, whilst Bouhanni stays on his bike and outsprints Luka Mezgec. Lars Boom is still the leader. (Slideshow route/profile)

Eneco Tour 2014: results 4th stage

1. Nacer Bouhanni (fra)
2. Luka Mezgec (slo) s.t.
3. Giacomo Nizzolo (ita) s.t.
4. Michael Van Staeyen (bel) s.t.
5. Jens Debusschere (bel) s.t.
6. Andrea Guardini (ita) s.t.
7. Tyler Farrar (USA) s.t.
8. Yohann Gene (fra) s.t.
9. Roy Jans(bel) s.t.
10. Nikolay Trusov (rus) s.t.

GC after stage 4
1. Lars Boom (Nld)
2. Tom Dumoulin (Nld) + 0.04
3. Manuel Quinziato (ita) s.t.
4. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) + 0.07
5. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) + 0.09
6. Geraint Thomas (gbr) + 0.14
7. Sep Vanmarcke (bel) + 0.17
8. Niki Terpstra (Nld) + 0.18
9. Kristjan Koren (Slv) + 0.19
10. Jens Keukeleire (bel) + 0.21
11. Philippe Gilbert (bel) s.t.
12. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) + 0.24
20. Greg Van Avermaet (bel) + 0.34
26. Tom Boonen (bel) + 0.43
53. Bauke Mollema (Nld) + 1.05