Cycling news - Colin Joyce wins stage 4 after Tour of Denmark sprint finale, Remco Evenepoel retains lead

Updated 13/08/2021 at 17:38 GMT

Rally Cycling's 27-year-old American rider Colin Joyce was victorious at stage 4 of the Tour of Denmark on Friday. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) who has a 1:33 lead over compatriot Belgian Tosh van der Sande (Lotto Soudal). Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish did well but missed out again.

Colin Joyce

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Colin Joyce won stage 4 at the PostNord Danmark Rundt after securing a breakaway finish in Kalundborg.

The peloton made a late charge but the Rally Cycling man held on for victory.

He raced to the finish line along with Sebastian Nielsen (Restaurant Suri-Carl Ras) in second and Martin Salmon (Team DSM) in third place to round out the podium.

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There was a decent showing from Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) in the bunch sprint, but he and Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) ultimately lost out to Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka NextHash).

The overall lead remains with Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) who has a 1:33 lead over Belgian Tosh van der Sande (Lotto Soudal). The Tour now heads to Frederiksberg at Copenhagen for Saturday’s 10.8km time trial, the final stage.

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