Tour of the Alps 2026: Jasch wins from breakaway, Pellizzari keeps GC lead

fotobureau Cor VosLennart Jasch wins the stage with the most elevation gain in five days of the Tour of the Alps. Inside the final 23 kilometres, the German drops his fellow breakaway riders on a climb and rides solo to victory. Giulio Pellizzari retains the leader’s jersey, 4 seconds ahead of teammates Thymen Arensman and Egan Bernal. (Slideshow route/profile)

Stage 4 Results – 2026 Tour of the Alps

1. Lennart Jasch (ger) 4:28:06
2. Matteo Sobrero (ita) + 0:10
3. Federico Iacomoni (ita) + 0:11
4. Florian Stork (ger) + 0:20
5. Thymen Arensman (nld) s.t.
6. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) s.t.
7. Tom Pidcock (gbr) s.t.
8. Jakob Omrzel (slo) s.t.
9. Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (nor) s.t.
10. Egan Bernal (col) s.t.

GC after stage 4

1. Giulio Pellizzari (ita)
2. Thymen Arensman (nld) + 0:04
3. Egan Bernal (col) s.t.
4. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 0:06
5. Mattia Gaffuri (ita) + 0:15
6. Mathys Rondel (fra) + 0:19
7. Jakob Omrzel (slo) + 0:29
8. Chris Harper (aus) s.t.
9. Alex Tolio (ita) s.t.
10. Michael Storer (aus) s.t.

Race report

Sean Quinn, Rainer Kepplinger, Lennart Jasch, Simone Raccani and Christopher Juul-Jensen animate the breakaway. The five open a maximum lead of over 3 minutes.

As the climb to Brusago begins, the gap drops to two minutes and Jasch and Kepplinger press on together. Once over the top, the lead group is back together, with only Simmons missing.

When the breakaway’s lead drops to under a minute, Jasch attacks on a small climb inside the final 23 kilometres, while Juan Felipe Rodriguez bridges across from the peloton to the other attackers. On the last climb, the 22-year-old Colombian and Juul-Jensen are the only remaining chasers. The youngster drops the veteran with 10 kilometres to go, but his efforts prove to be in vain when the general classification contenders accelerate shortly afterwards.

Several riders miss a corner with just over 5 kilometres to go, but Matteo Sobrero and Federico Iacomoni are alert and slip away. They close to within 10 seconds of the day’s lone leader, but that's it. Jasch, who rides for Tudor’s development team, takes the win.

Giulio Pellizzari retains the overall lead ahead of the same chasers, Thymen Arensman and Egan Bernal, although the Colombian champion moves 2 seconds closer thanks to third place in the bonus sprint.

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