Canadian Michael Woods defended the blue jersey of the leader of the worldtour race Tirreno-Ariatico after the first mountain stage. EF Pro Cycling team member arrived in the destination city on the fourth day of Cascia with refugees Lucas Hamilton and Faust Masnada with a loss of ten seconds, four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome lost another ten minutes.
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Hamilton won the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Ariatico race
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Woods took the lead in the standings on Wednesday and in the middle of the race he has a good nine seconds on the Pole Rafal Majka. “There are a lot of great, strong riders here, so I’m so happy to have the jersey the next day,” Woods said.
The winner of today’s stage, Australian Hamilton, attacked from the front group in the downhill seven kilometers before the finish and defeated the home cyclist Masnad in the finish. He is third overall so far, the winner of last year’s Tour de France Geraint Thomas is in sixth place with a gap of 34 seconds.
Woods took the lead on Tirren after the climb
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The race will end on Monday with a time trial of 10 kilometers. There are no Czech riders in the peloton.
| Tirreno-Adriatico Cycling Race (WorldTour) – Stage 4 (194 km): |
| 1. Hamilton (Austr./Mitchelton-Scott) 4:46:22 |
| 2. Masnada (It./Deceuninck-Quick Step) at the same time |
| 3. Woods (Kan./EF Pro Cycling) |
| 4. Vlasov (Rus./Astana) |
| 5. Thomas (Brit./Ineos) |
| 6. Kelderman (Niz./Sunweb) all -10 |
| Running order: |
| 1. Woods 18:05:52 |
| 2. Mother (Pol./Bora-hansgrohe) -9 |
| 3. Masnada -18 |
| 4. Hamilton -27 |
| 5. Kelderman -30 |
| 6. Thomas -34 |
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