Tour of California 2019: Sprint win Fabio Jakobsen, Tejay van Garderen still leader after chaotic finale
Young Fabio Jakobsen outguns Jasper Philipsen and Peter Sagan at the end of the 4th stage on the Tour of California. Tejay van Garderen retains the GC lead, although he crashes in the finale. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results 4th stage 2019 Tour of California
1. Fabio Jakobsen (nld)
2. Jasper Philipsen (bel) s.t.
3. Peter Sagan (slo) s.t.
4. Nacer Bouhanni (fra) s.t.
5. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (rsa) s.t.
6. Davide Ballerini (ita) s.t.
7. Phil Bauhaus (ger) s.t.
8. Kristoffer Halvorsen (nor) s.t.
9. Danny van Poppel (nld) s.t.
10. Kasper Asgreen (den) s.t.
GC
1. Tejay van Garderen (usa)
2. Gianni Moscon (ita) + 0.06
3. Kasper Asgreen (den) + 0.07
4. Tadej Pogacar (slo) + 0.16
5. Maximilian Schachmann (ger) + 0.22
6. Rob Britton (usa) + 0.33
7. Jonas Gregaard (den) s.t.
8. David de la Cruz (spa) + 0.34
9. Felix Großschartner (aut) + 0.35
10. George Bennett (nzl) + 0.36
Race report
The breakaway – Roy Goldstein, Jonny Brown, Ian Garrison, Joonas Henttala and Michael Hernandez – takes a maximum lead of 5 minutes before being brought back inside the last 5 kilometres.
Tejay van Garderen goes down twice in the finale, and is also held up by a crash just outside the last 3 kilometres. Meanwhile, the peloton is racing at full speed to the sprint finish. Fabio Jakobsen outguns Jasper Philipsen on the line, while Peter Sagan settles for third place.
Van Garderen crosses the line almost 1 minute after the sprinters, but all riders affected by the crash outside the last 3 kilometres receive the field time, so he holds the GC lead.
Another interesting read: route 4th stage 2019 Tour of California.
Tour of California 2019 stage 4: route, profile, more
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