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Tirreno-Adriatico stage 4 - As it happened live

Primož Roglič took the win on stage 4 in Tortoreto

Primož Roglič took the win on stage 4 in Tortoreto (Image credit: Tim de WaeleGetty Images)

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Hello an꧃d welcome to our live coverage of the fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico.

Five minutes to go until the riders head off for the neutral stašŸørt in Greccio.

A 5.9km neutral start today.

A look at the map of today's stage.

2,100 metres of climbing on the menu today and after a time trial and twš“ƒ²o sprint stages we have some actual clꦚimbing in the finale!

Filippo Ganna (Iꦛneos Grenadiers) is in the leader's blue jersey once again today. Will he keep it over the hills? His GC lead is currently 28 seconds ꩲover Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe).

A look at the s🌺tage 3 results and GC picture heading into today's sź§‚tage.

Here's our 168澳擲5ęœ€ę–°å¼€å„–ē»“ęžœ:stage 3 race report.

Racing is underway at the start of stage 4!

Who š”‰will be in the breakaway today? Yesterday 🧸saw Davide Bais take the green KOM jersey for Eolo-Kometa, spending the day in the break with his brother Mattia.

209km to go

Davide Bais (Eolo-Komeź§‹ta) is ā­•in the move again!

The quintet have been let go by the peloton and their advantagį©šį©šį©šį©šį©šį©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šš’€±į©šį©šį©še is already over two minutes.

202km to go

Now for the long uphill drag to Amatrice.

196km to go

Eriksson is in the virtual GC l൩ead by over two minutes currently.

There likely isn't ā™going to a whole lot going on until the riders reach the closing circuits in Tortoreto so let's take a look at some recent news from the race...

Tirreno-Adriatico echelon attack inspires Wout van Aert

180km to go

Ben O’Connor on front foot in crosswinds at Tirreno-Adriatico

The riders are heading uphill on the long mšŸ·id-stage drag ℱnow. Six minutes is the gap.

Ganna survives Tirreno-Adriatico echelons but fears climb in Apennine mountains

165km to go

McNulty, Almeida give UAE Team Emirates well-placed duo at Tirreno-Adriatico

The five breakaway riders are edging closer to the t🐷op of this very long uphill run to Amatrice.

We also have 168澳擲5ęœ€ę–°å¼€å„–ē»“ęžœ:live coverage running from stage 5 of Paris-Nice today.

150km to go

A shot of the peloton during today's stage.

3:30 from the peloton up to the breakaway five.

125km to go

Another thrilling day out at Tirreno-AdriatišŸøco so far...

The tꦚime gap is stable at three minutes currently.

111km to go

Live TV coverage starts soon. Find out 168澳擲5ęœ€ę–°å¼€å„–ē»“ęžœ:how to watch Tirreno-Adriatico.

100km to go

A look at the breakaway.

44.4kph average so far.

2:30 between break and peloton.

Bad news from Spain, where 168澳擲5ęœ€ę–°å¼€å„–ē»“ęžœ:Caja Rural-Seguros RGA rider Sergio Martín has🐭 been hospitalised after he was hit by a driver while out training.

TotalEnergies rider Mathieu Burgaudeau almost comes a cropper after slipping on the pedals, while the numerous riders in the peloton are wrong-footed by a tšŸŽ¶raffic-ꦉcalming lane divider in the middle of a town. Everyone continues just fine, though.

87km to go

Alessan♓dro De Marchi (Jayco-AlU🧸la) has put in an attack from the peloton.

The Australian team was formerly known as BikeExchange before Saudi resort AlUla stepped up to take on title sponsorship duties until 202ꦉ5 during tā™›he past off-season.

Anyway, De Marchi's attack didn't stick but the peloton has sped up as a result. A minute up to the break𓆉 now.

A shot of the peloton during today's stage. Very wšŸ’®intry.

Ineos, Jumbo, EF, Bahrain up front.

74km to go

13km until the riders hit the finishing circuit.

63km to go

There's so mucšŸØh going on at the moment that the TV coverage has consisted of several minutes of FšŸŒernando Gaviria delivering bottles to his teammates. 

It's almost over for the break now. What ꦗa waste of time for green jersey Bais this has been...

60km to go

Now the pace goesź§‚ up as the riders head towards the hills.

Now the riders start the climb꧃ on the waꦯy to the circuit in Tortoreto.

Ineos Grenadiers lead the way over the top of the climb and now dź§‘oā™”wn the descent to the circuit.

A shot of the peloton during stage 4.

53km to go

Uphilꦛl again now as the peloton hits a section of the closing climb towards the KOM point/stašŸ’«ge finish.

Michał Kwiatkowski leads the peloton through the finish line for the first time.

47km to go

Honoré passes through th🌱e intermediate sprint alone 13 seconds up on the pelotošŸ°n.

Samuele Zoccarato (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) is alsź§™o on the move, trying to chase down the Dane.

41km to go

The pelošŸŒton races along the coastal road by the Adriatic.

No big rush in the peloton to catch HonšŸ—¹oré. He's 25 seconds up thešŸ“– road now.

37km to go

And Honoré is caught.

Riders drop out thꦓe rear of the peloton as the climb begins again.

Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) attacks!

35km to go

The pair get across to Alaphilippe and bring⛄ what rešŸ…·mains of the peloton with them.

Around 20-25 riders there as Alaphilippe leads the way across thešŸ° finish line once agai🤔n.

Onceą¦“šŸŒ± more over the top and then that'll be it before a final visit for the stage finish.

31km to go

Riꦿders get back on the rear of the peloton as they head do🐼wnhill.

29km to go

Jumbo-Visma now massed on the front of the peloton๊ on the flat roads through the town.

22km to go

AG2R, Jumbo, Groupama on the front.

The 3.2km, 7% climb is coming up once more.

Groupama and Trek push the ꧟pace on the climb. The dropped riders fall out the baꦯck of the peloton again.

Blue jersey Ganna is right up there.

19km to go

Tom Pidcock is surprisingly dropped.

Magnus Sheffield is also dropped.

Ganna is still up therš“ƒ²e and now Quinn Simļ·½mons takes over at the front.

Still around 30 in the f🦩ront group. All 🌼the GC favourites are in there.

Simmons lā™ˆed Ciccone and HišŸ…·ndley over the top. Another descent, another stint on the flat, and then it's the climb to the finish.

14km to go

Alaphilippe during his attack earlier on.

12km to go

10km to go

They have six men up front.

8km to go

Cofidis and TotalEnergies have moved up frontꦐ now.

6km to go

Crash in the peloton!

Pidcock touches wheels with Van Aert as he drops back from 🌺near the front of the pelotဣon. The pair both hit the deck.

4km to go

The pair roll along ꦓas Alpecin-Deceuninck lead tಌhe peloton onto the final climb.

3km to go

Gianni Vermeersch (AlpšŸ™ˆecin-DeceunišŸ”“nck) makes a move. Valter goes with him.

Vlasov goes šŸ’Ÿtoo, but the peloton is back with thešŸ’«m.

2km to go

Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) makes a move now.

The Frenchman has multiple riders on his wheel.

Now ValtšŸ¬er takes it up at the front of the peloton.

We cut back to Van Aert, who gives a thumbs ušŸ—¹p to the camera.

Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo-Kometa) goes now.

1.5km to go

Valter leads the chase.

Damien Howson (Q36.5) is with Fortunato.

The pair are just a few seconds up on the pelot🦩on.

1km to go

The pair are brought back.

Hugh Carthy tries a move but can't get anywhere.

500m to go

Roglič pushes on.

Lafay and Yates are up there too.

Lafay leads into the closing metres.

Now Roglič and Yates come through again.

Roglič takes it around the outside of the final bend and he wins the stage!

šŸƒAlaphilippe snuck through to se♕cond place behind the Slovenian.

Adam Yates took third.

First win of 2023 for Roglič on his fourth race day of the season.

Wilco Kelderman, Tao Gą¶£eš“€oghegan Hart, and Enric Mas came home in fourth, fifth, and sixth.

Roglič celebrates his stage 4 victory.

Ganna will be out of the race lead tonight. One from Lennard Kämna, Brandon McNulty, Thymen Arensman or João Almeida should take over, depending on time gaps at ♉the line.

Here's what Roglič said after the finish...

Roglič celebrates the win.

Bora-Hansgrohe's Lennard Kämꦔna is the new race leader🌟.

Take a look back at♑ the final kilometre of stage 4 here.

Here's our stage 4 report.

Roglič leading the way to the line ahead of Alaphilippe and Yates.

25km to go over in Paris-Nice. 168澳擲5ęœ€ę–°å¼€å„–ē»“ęžœ:Follow the action live here.

Roglič celebrates his stage win on the podium.

And Lennard Kämna celebrates taking over the rašŸ’ƒce lead.

WešŸŒ'll have news and reaction coming in from the race throuā™Žgh the afternoon and evening. Check back for more!

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