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Catalonia tour, 4th stage: Quintana takes over lead

by Ziems

Quintana The Colombian of the Team Arkea-Samsic had to be beaten after 169 km from La Seu d’Urgell by the serpentines high into the Pyrenees ski resort Boi Taüll only beaten the Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates).

Quintana (32), former giro and Vuelta overall winner, sparked at the top the Australian Ben O’Connor (Ag2r Citroen Team), which could no longer go through 1.5 km from the destination and lost his twelve seconds ahead. Almeida is at the same time as Quintana on the second place. The first three sections had all won Australians.

From a German point of view, Anton Palzer came with a residue of over five minutes as 42th. The former ski mountaineer is in the overall standings with a residue of 11:10 minutes also rank 42.

Why won't UAE Emirates work for Juan Ayuso? Volta a Catalunya 2022 Stage 3
The fifth stage leads on Friday over 207 km from La Pobla de Segur to Vilanova I La Geltru, the profile becomes aiming flat. The tour ends on Sunday with a round course around Barcelona.

4. Stage La Seu D Urgell / Spain – Boí Taüll / Spain (166.70 km):

1. Joao Almeida (Portugal) – UAE Team Emirates 4:20:27 hrs.; 2. Nairo Quintana (Colombia) – Team Arkea-Samsic + 0 sec.; 3. Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Colombia) – Bora Hansgrohe; 4. Wouter Poels (Netherlands) – Bahrain Victorious + 7; 5. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Norway) – UNO-X Pro Cycling Team + 13; 6. Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spain) – UAE Team Emirates; 7. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers; 8. Jai Hindley (Australia) – Bora Hansgrohe; 9. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spain) – Ineos Grenadiers; 10. Guillaume Martin (France) – Cofidis;… 42. Anton Palzer (Ramsau near Berchtesgaden) – Bora-Hansgrohe + 4:37 min.; 52. Ben Zwiehoff (Essen) – Bora-Hansgrohe + 5:08; 133. Phil Bauhaus (Cologne) – Bahrain Victorious + 23:08; Marco Brenner (Ansbach) – Team DSM excreted

Total standings single, stand after the 4th stage:

1. Nairo Quintana (Colombia) – Team Arkea-Samsic 17:04:53 hrs.; 2. Joao Almeida (Portugal) – UAE Team Emirates + 0 sec.; 3. Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Colombia) – Bora-Hansgrohe + 6; 4. Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spain) – UAE Team Emirates + 17; 5. Wouter Poels (Netherlands) – Bahrain Victorious; 6. Ben O’Connor (Australia) – AG2R Citroën Team; 7. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Norway) – UN-X Pro Cycling Team + 23; 8. Guillaume Martin (France) – Cofidis; 9. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers + 26; 10. Torstein Traeen (Norway) – UN-X Pro Cycling Team + 34;… 42. Anton Palzer (Ramsau near Berchtesgaden) – Bora-Hansgrohe + 11:10 min.; 59. Ben Zwiehoff (Essen) – Bora-Hansgrohe + 17:50; 141. Phil Bauhaus (Cologne) – Bahrain Victorious + 1:07:04 hrs.

mountain rating, stand after the 4th stage:

1. Mikel Bizkarra (Spain) – Euskaltel – Euskadi 21 pts; 2. Other Okamika (Spain) – Burgos – BH 20; 3. Marc Soler (Spain) – UAE Team Emirates 18; 4. Bruno Armirail (France) – Groupama-FDJ 16; 5. Jesús Herrada Lopez (Spain) – Cofidis 14; 6. Casper Pedersen (Denmark) – Team DSM 12; 7. Ben O’Connor (Australia) – AG2R Citroën Team 10; 8. Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Norway) – Team DSM 10; 9. Joan Bou Company (Spain) – Euskaltel – Euskadi 9; 10. Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spain) – UAE Team Emirates 8

Sprinting, stand after the 4th stage:

1. Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Norway) – Team DSM 11 Point; 2. Joao Almeida (Portugal) – UAE Team Emirates 10; 3. Ben O’Connor (Australia) – AG2R Citroën Team 10; 4. Caden Groves (Australia) – BikeExchange 10; 5. Nairo Quintana (Colombia) – Team Arkea-Samsic 10; 6. Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spain) – UAE Team Emirates 6; 7. Phil Bauhaus (Cologne) – Bahrain Victorious 6; 8. Joan Bou Company (Spain) – Euskaltel – Euskadi 4; 9. Other OKamika (Spain) – Burgos – BH 4; 10. Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Colombia) – Bora-Hansgrohe 4

Team rating, stand after the 4th stage:

1. UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) 51:16:08 hrs.; 2. Bahrain Victorious (Bahrain) + 1:04 min.; 3. Ineos Grenadiers (United Kingdom) + 7:10; 4. Groupama FDJ (France) + 7:16; 5. UNO-X Pro Cycling Team (Norway) + 7:32; 6. Movistar Team (Spain) + 7:52; 7. Bora Hansgrohe (Germany) + 8:50; 8. Trek – Segafredo (USA) + 9:17; 9. EF Education EasyPost (USA) + 10:41; 10. Wanty-Gobert (Belgium) + 12:34;… 23. Team DSM (Germany) + 55:34