Astana Pro’s Luis León Sanchez won the 134.3km fourth stage of the Tour of the Alps in Lienz, Italy, today.
The Spanyiard soloed to victory in 3:19:59, beating LottoNL-Jumbo’s George Bennett (New Zealand) by six seconds. Bennett’s teammate Koen Bouwman (Netherlands) rounded out the podium another five seconds later.
Luis León Sanchez pictured winning stage four of the Tour of the Alps today. Photo: Pentaphoto/Tour of the Alps
Groupama-FDJ’s Thibaut Pinot (France) retains his race lead ahead of the fifth and final stage tomorrow.
View more results below.
Stage four
1. Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 3:19:59
2. George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo +0:06
3. Koen Bouwman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo +0:11
4. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
5. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
7. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
8. Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
9. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
10. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
General classification
1. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 14:12:29
2. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida +0:15
3. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
4. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky +0:16
5. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates +0:50
6. Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team +1:06
7. George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo +1:10
8. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data +1:36
9. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF +1:45
10. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team +1:55
