Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 - Tadej Pogacar finishes first in Prati di Tivo to take overall lead

ByEurosport

Updated 13/03/2021 at 17:17 GMT

Simon Yates was unable to catch Tadej Pogacar on the summit finish climb as Tadej Pogacar continued his fine start to the season with a victorious fourth stage. The 22-year-old has given himself a commanding lead in the general classification. The Ineos duo of Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal tried to stick with Pogacar, but they ended up losing more time in the GC.

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has won stage four of Tirreno-Adriatico at Prati di Tivo to give himself a 35-second overall lead ahead of Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma).

The Slovenian managed to fend off Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) by a matter of six seconds, finishing with a winning time of 3h51'24" as the Australian was forced to settle for runner-up spot.

Highlights: Big day for Tadej Pogacar as he beats out Simon Yates for Stage 4

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Sergio Higuita (EF Education-Nippo) outsprinted Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) for third spot (+29").

Van Aert was defending his blue jersey and began the stage valiantly, but he has it all to do now after falling behind in the final kilometres and was forced to settle for a ninth place finish.

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