The Switzerland Tour continued this Wednesday, and the 4th stage between Pagan et Pouc held all its promises. JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) won after a huge solo number of almost 50 kilometers, with 40 seconds ahead of Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) et Ben O’Connor (Jayco-Alula team). While the yellow jersey Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) experienced big difficulties but ended up returning to the peloton of favorites, Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B & B Hotels) gave him a new beautiful step, finishing at the foot of the podium, a minute from JOAO ALMEIDA. Despite everything, he can have some regrets, when he was close to taking the yellow jersey at his compatriot this Wednesday.
VIDEO – The summary of this 4th stage of the Tour de Switzerland
“If we had collaborated, we could have returned to Joao, or in any case finish closer”
After the arrival, he returned to his sensations of the day: “It was a difficult climb, in any case I hooked myself well. I switch just behind Almeida, fourth. I can thank the wind from the front, it leveled the gaps a little. The legs were pretty good. When I went out in the descent, I knew that Romain was going to go into the group, I heard in the headset that they were not very far behind. Seven or eight..
He continues on what he retains from this stage: “What I shoot is that you have to hang on as much as possible. And I think I am in the first five, so I can really hope for a good general classification, and why not a stage victory at some point. The concern is that now, I am second in general … And suddenly, I can not do much. It is also the reverse of the medal: to be well placed, that I can Onley.he concludes.
