Yates establishes healthy lead in stage 4 of Tour de Romandie

Updated 29/04/2017 at 16:55 GMT

Simon Yates established a 19 second lead in the Tour de Romandie with a successful stage 4 on Saturday.

Simon Yates

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Yates pulled away from Richie Porte at the end of the stage having broken free of the peloton earlier.

Yates and Porte were ahead of the peloton, as Bora-Hansgrohe's Emanuel Buchmann and Tejay van Garderen trailed, with the rest of the pack about a minute behind.

Classification from Tour de Romandie after Stage 4 on Saturday

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1. Simon Yates (Britain / Orica) 16:50:35"

2. Richie Porte (Australia / BMC Racing) +19"

3. Emanuel Buchmann (Germany / BORA) +38"

4. Fabio Felline (Italy / Trek) +44"

5. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia / LottoNL) +53"

6. Ion Izagirre (Spain / Bahrain) +56"

7. Bob Jungels (Luxembourg / Quick-Step)

8. Diego Ulissi (Italy / UAE Team Emirates) +58"

9. Damien Howson (Australia / Orica) +59"

10. Jesus Herrada (Spain / Movistar)

11. Louis Meintjes (South Africa / UAE Team Emirates) +1:08"

12. Tejay van Garderen (U.S. / BMC Racing) +1:09"

13. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic / Orica) +1:10"

14. David De La Cruz (Spain / Quick-Step) +1:11"

15. Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia / Trek) +1:12"

16. Pierre Latour (France / AG2R)

17. David Gaudu (France / FDJ) +1:13"

18. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / Cannondale)

19. Pello Bilbao (Spain / Astana) +1:15"

20. Jack Haig (Australia / Orica) +1:16"

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