Le Tour 2020 – Stage 4
Sisteron > Orcières-Merlette
Distance: 160.5 kilometers.
A “Hill” stage with five climbs. It starts at 478 meters and climbs to 1,825 meters and a summit finish.
- Col du Festre 67.5 km (cat 3: 7.6km @ 5.3%)
- Côte de Corps 97.5 km (cat 4: 2.2km @ 6.4%)
- Côte de l’Aullagnier 125.5 km (cat 3: 3.0km @ 6.4%)
- Côte de Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes 141.5 km (cat 3: 2.8km @ 6.8%)
- Orcières-Merlette 160.5 km (cat 1: 7.1km @ 6.7%)
The intermediate sprint is at 51.5 km at Veynes and then the climing begins in earnest.
Results:
Julian Alaphilippe ( Fra – DQT – 041 ) [Yellow] 18h 07′ 04″
Peter Sagan ( Svk – BOH – 021 ) [Green] 83 Points
Benoit Cosnefroy ( Fra – ALM – 033 ) [Polka Dot] 21 points
Tadej Pogacar ( Slo – UAD – 131 ) [White] 4
Stage winner: Primož Roglic ( Slo – TJV – 011 )
Combative: Krists Neilands ( Lat – ISN – 175 ) [Red numbers]
Team: EF Pro Cycling ( EF1 – 071-078 ) [Yellow numbers]
Top 30 below the fold
1 Julian Alaphilippe ( Fra – DQT – 041 ) –
2 Adam Yates ( GBr – MTS – 161 ) + 00h 00′ 04″
3 Primož Roglic ( Slo – TJV – 011 ) + 00h 00′ 07″
4 Tadej Pogacar ( Slo – UAD – 131 ) + 00h 00′ 11″
5 Guillaume Martin ( Fra – COF – 121 ) + 00h 00′ 13″
6 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez ( Col – INS – 001 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
7 Tom Dumoulin ( Ned – TJV – 014 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
8 Esteban Chaves ( Col – MTS – 164 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
9 Nairo Quintana ( Col – ARK – 081 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
10 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno ( Col – AST – 141 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
11 Bauke Mollema ( Ned – TFS – 104 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
12 Romain Bardet ( Fra – ALM – 031 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
13 Mikel Landa Meana ( Spa – TBM – 061 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
14 Thibaut Pinot ( Fra – GFC – 051 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
15 Rigoberto Uran ( Col – EF1 – 071 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
16 Richie Porte ( Aus – TFS – 101 ) + 00h 00′ 17″
17 Emanuel Buchmann ( Ger – BOH – 022 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
18 Enric Mas Nicolau ( Spa – MOV – 094 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
19 Alejandro Valverde ( Spa – MOV – 091 ) + 00h 00′ 38″
20 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia ( Col – EF1 – 074 ) + 00h 00′ 45″
21 Richard Carapaz ( Ecu – INS – 003 ) + 00h 00′ 45″
22 Damiano Caruso ( Ita – TBM – 063 ) + 00h 00′ 45″
23 Marc Hirschi ( Swi – SUN – 204 ) + 00h 00′ 45″
24 Nicolas Roche ( Irl – SUN – 208 ) + 00h 00′ 45″
25 Davide Formolo ( Ita – UAD – 134 ) + 00h 01′ 14″
26 Pierre Rolland ( Fra – BVC – 218 ) + 00h 01′ 14″
27 Pierre Latour ( Fra – ALM – 034 ) + 00h 01′ 22″
28 Jesus Herrada ( Spa – COF – 124 ) + 00h 01′ 27″
29 Kenny Elissonde ( Fra – TFS – 103 ) + 00h 01′ 32″
30 Pello Bilbao ( Spa – TBM – 062 ) + 00h 02′ 23″
Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.
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