Van Den Berg Sprints To Tour Of Catalonia Stage 4 Win

EF Training-Straightforward Submit rider Van den Berg prevailed in a blistering end to the 169km run from Kind to Lleida to attain his second World Tour victory.

The 24-year-old Dutchman, who was concussed in a crash in February, edged out second-place Arne Marit and Emils Liepins, third.

“It was a extremely quick day … (the house stretch) was fairly hectic with all of the roundabouts,” Van den Berg informed Teledeporte.

“I crashed fairly onerous within the Algarve, so I used to be out slightly bit.

“I got here right here to concentrate on getting in form once more and see how the end result can be on phases like at this time, and now I am again on monitor I might say.”

Stage 5 on Friday takes riders 167.5km from Altafulla to Viladecans and doesn’t function any notably troublesome climbs.

Slovenian star Pogacar, two minutes and 27 seconds forward of his closest challenger Mikel Landa, may successfully seal his victory on Saturday with a 6km climb to a mountain sanctuary at a mean gradient of seven.2 %.

The UAE Group Emirates rider is aiming for an formidable Giro-Tour double in 2024, with Marco Pantani the final to win each in 1998.

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