Kuss and Uijtdebroeks come through quiet fourth stage of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya without any problems
The 37-year-old Dutchman said it was a quiet stage. “It was even a bit boring,” Gesink said with a wink. “Not much happened, but I’m glad we just made it to the line in one piece. I’m happy that I can be of value to the team again after my injury and I hope to continue to do that in the coming days.”
Team Visma | Lease a Bike did not participate in the stage to Lleida in the breakaway of the day and saw how three riders were caught early before the finish. Marijn van den Berg won the sprint. Team leader Kuss was attentive and took two bonus seconds for the general classification in an intermediate sprint along the way.
“I think it can still go either way in the coming days”
Sports director Marc Reef
Sports director Marc Reef: “At the final intermediate sprint we wanted to be sharp, because there were still seconds to be gained for the general classification,” he explained. “The team got Sepp into position which allowed him to compete. Unfortunately, he lost the sprint to Wout Poels, which now drops him to eighth place. But I think it can still go either way in the coming days, so this sprint is definitely not going to be the deciding factor.”
“Tomorrow’s stage is normally going to be a stage for the attackers,” Reef continued. “We didn’t have to waste much energy today. For us, the most important thing on Friday is to get Sepp and Cian back across the finish line well and in one piece.”
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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Stage 4
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Marijn van den Berg
EF Education – EasyPost
03:40:19
2
Arne Marit
Intermarché – Wanty
+00:00:00
3
Emīls Liepiņš
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
+00:00:00
42
Sepp Kuss
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
76
Attila Valter
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
90
Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
129
Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
134
Robert Gesink
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
Rankings
1
Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
17:18:31
2
Mikel Landa
Soudal Quick-Step
+00:02:27
3
Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA – hansgrohe
+00:02:55
8
Sepp Kuss
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:03:32
16
Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:04:33
38
Attila Valter
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:14:09
42
Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:15:18
82
Robert Gesink
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:34:46
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Robert Gesink
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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
