Movistar Team’s Alejandro Valverde won the 170.8km fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya, which finished in Vallter, Spain, today.
The Spaniard beat Team Sky’s Egan Bernal (Colombia) in a sprint to win the stage in 4:25:54. Valverde’s teammate Nairo Quintana (Colombia) finished in third.
Movistar Team’s Alejandro Valverde pictured winning stage four of the Volta a Catalunya in Spain today. Photo: @VoltaCatalunya/@namussfilms
With the win, Valverde took the overall race lead ahead of Bernal and Quintana in second and third respectively.
South Africa’s Daryl Impey, riding for Mitchelton-Scott, fell out of the overall top 10 after sitting in third at the end of stage three.
View more results below.
Stage four
1. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 4:25:54
2. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky
3. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team +0’06”
4. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale +0’23”
5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ +0’53”
6. Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
7. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
8. Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale +0’59”
9. Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale +1’03”
10. Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
General classification
1. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 17:00:58
2. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky +0’19”
3. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team +0’26”
4. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale +0’48”
5. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott +1’12”
6. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ +1’14”
7. Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team +1’18”
8. George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
9. Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale +1’24”
10. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo +1’28”
