Vuelta a Burgos 2021 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE] (spanish)

August 6, 2021

Vuelta a Burgos 2021 – Stage 4 – Roa – Aranda de Duero : 149 km

Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite men’s professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour.

Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) won his second bunch sprint of the Vuelta a Burgos ahead of Jon Aberasturi (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) in a photo finish.

The Colombian banged his handlebars upon crossing the finish line, although whether the gesture was one of celebration or frustration was unclear. It took a photo finish to confirm that he had edged out Aberasturi at the line.

Romain Bardet (Team DSM) finished safely in the peloton to hold the overall lead, but one of his main rivals on GC, Domenico Pozzovivo (Qhubeka NextHash), went down in a crash in the final 10km, meaning he drops out of GC contention from being third overall.

It was a messy bunch sprint that no single team managed to control. But UAE Team Emirates’ Matteo Trentin did manage to help provide a lead out for Molano, just as he had done a couple of days ago.

For a moment it looked as though it would be Aberasturi who would most benefit from Trentin’s lead out rather than Molano when he emerged from the Italian’s wheel to start his sprint. But Molano managed to latch onto his wheel, and just about passed him in time to take the victory.

Vincenzo Albanese (EOLO-Kometa) also looked for a moment like he would take the win when he swung over to the left-hand side of the road to start his sprint, but was narrowly edged by both Molano and Aberasturi into third.

Trentin continued sprinting after his lead out so that he finished fourth, and there was little to choose between all of the top four finishers, who were spread all across the road at the finish line.

How it unfolded

The penultimate stage of the five-day Vuelta a Burgos took place under blue skies and in warm weather.

Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Nippo) was the most striking name in the day’s break. Having lost lots of time yesterday, the British rider began the day over eight minutes down on GC, meaning he had a licence to go on the attack without alerting the GC teams.

This was not a stage for him to use his climbing prowess, however, as not a single categorised climb featured on the parcours from Roa to Arnada de Duero.

Joining him in the break were Mario Aparicio and Diego Rubio (Burgos-BH), Diego Pablo Sevilla and Marton Dina (EOLO-Kometa) and Mikel Bizkarra (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

Despite none of these riders posing a threat on GC, the break wasn’t allowed a gap of much more than a couple of minutes, as the likes of UAE Team Emirates and Bora-Hansgrohe controlled the peloton with a sprint finish in mind.

With the gap down to under 1:30, Aparacio attacked from the breakaway 43km from the finish, only to be brought back a few minutes later.

Back in the peloton, Ineos Grenadiers increased the pace as they entered the final 40km, reaching speeds of over 70km per hour on the flat plains.

Amid this extra intensity, there was a large crash in the middle of the bunch, with lots of riders held up. Groups were strewn all across the road, but gradually all came back together as none showed any desire to press on in the aftermath of the crash.

That allowed the break’s advantage to increase to back over two minutes, although by this point it was splintering with Carthy, Dina and Rubio going clear from the rest about 30km from the finish.

While the distanced escapees dropped back into the peloton, the leading trio gave themselves a chance of surviving, and still had a gap of almost two minutes as they entered the final 20km. Their task was made very difficult by the long, exposed roads that led to the finish, and work by teams like AG2R Citroën, Bora-Hansgrohe and Team DSM soon saw the gap come down to within a minute.

Rubio went for glory by dropping the other two 9km from the finish, but by now the catch was inevitable, and was made a couple of kilometres later.

Another crash occurred in the peloton shortly before the catch was made, this time towards the front, and involved Pozzovivo. The crash occurred too late in the stage for him to make it back to the peloton, meaning the drops out of GC contention. That means Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) is now the only rider within one minute of Romain Bardet on GC, who will attempt to defend the leader’s purple jersey on tomorrow’s mountainous final stage.

Results :
1 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 3:20:28
2 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
3 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
4 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
5 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
6 Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
7 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
8 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
10 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
12 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
13 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
14 Adrien Petit (Fra) TotalEnergies
15 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
16 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
17 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
18 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH
19 Mikel Alonso Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Alex Jaime Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
21 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
22 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
23 Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
24 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange
25 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
26 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
27 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
28 Florian Maitre (Fra) TotalEnergies
29 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
30 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
31 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
33 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
34 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
35 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix
36 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM
37 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies
38 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
39 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
40 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic
41 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious
42 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
43 William Barta (USA) EF Education-Nippo
44 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
45 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
46 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
47 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation
48 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
49 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
50 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
51 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
52 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
53 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
54 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
55 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:08
56 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
57 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team
58 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
59 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
60 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
62 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates
63 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
64 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange
66 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange
67 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates
68 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
69 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
70 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
71 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
72 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
73 Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
74 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
75 Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
76 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
77 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
78 Reuben Thompson (NZL) Groupama-FDJ
79 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
80 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
81 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:17
82 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
83 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
84 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:20
85 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
86 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
87 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
88 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
89 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
90 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
91 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
92 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
93 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:28
94 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
95 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:51
96 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
97 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM
98 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 0:00:58
99 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:05
100 Márton Dina (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
101 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo
102 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
103 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM
104 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
105 Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
106 Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
107 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
108 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
109 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:36
110 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:01:46
111 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:57
112 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:02:00
113 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:10
114 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:18
115 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 0:02:24
116 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
117 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH
118 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash
119 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:03:11
121 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
122 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
123 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team
124 Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
125 Damien Gaudin (Fra) TotalEnergies
126 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
127 Marlon Gaillard (Fra) TotalEnergies
128 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
129 Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-BH
130 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
131 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:05:32
132 Christopher Lawless (GBr) TotalEnergies
133 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash 0:05:43
134 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Qhubeka NextHash
135 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:03
136 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:07:16
DNS Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 15:05:06
2 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:45
3 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:00
4 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
5 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:05
6 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:07
7 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:08
8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:01:18
9 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:41
10 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:53
11 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:54
12 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
13 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:08
14 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:11
15 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:36
16 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:39
17 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
18 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:02:45
19 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:02:53
20 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:02:55
21 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:03:00
22 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:03:26
23 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:03:31
24 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:03:43
25 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
26 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:14
27 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:04:29
28 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:37
29 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:04:51
30 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:04:57
31 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:05:01
32 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:05:16
33 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:28
34 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:05:31
35 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:05:55
36 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:06:03
37 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:06:05
38 Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:29
39 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:06:30
40 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:06:49
41 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:07:03
42 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:08
43 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:25
44 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:07:56
45 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:02
46 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:08:20
47 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:38
48 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:08:40
50 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:46
51 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:52
52 Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:09:24
53 Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:09:29
54 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech 0:09:52
55 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:10:01
56 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech 0:10:15
57 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo 0:10:19
58 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:21
59 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 0:10:28
60 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 0:10:47
61 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:10:58
62 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:11:48
63 Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:12:40
64 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:12:52
65 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:12:54
66 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:13:15
67 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:18
68 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:13:23
69 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:13:29
70 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:14:04
71 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team 0:14:05
72 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:20
73 Marlon Gaillard (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:15:03
74 Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:15:17
75 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:15:20
76 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:15:51
77 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:16:22
78 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:16:24
79 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:16:31
80 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:16:41
81 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82 William Barta (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:16:56
83 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
84 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana-Premier Tech 0:17:01
85 Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:17:02
86 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:06
87 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 0:17:24
88 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:17:47
89 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:17:56
90 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:18:01
91 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM 0:18:05
92 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Qhubeka NextHash 0:18:12
93 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:18:54
94 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20:00
95 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 0:20:02
96 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
97 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo 0:20:12
98 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:20:19
99 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 0:20:29
100 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:20:34
101 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:20:41
102 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
103 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 0:20:57
104 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:21:05
105 Reuben Thompson (NZL) Groupama-FDJ 0:21:10
106 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:15
107 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:21:41
108 Alex Jaime Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:21:46
109 Márton Dina (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:21:49
110 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:22:03
111 Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:23:04
112 Florian Maitre (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:23:09
113 Christopher Lawless (GBr) TotalEnergies 0:23:11
114 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:23:13
115 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:23:15
116 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:23:24
117 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH
118 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:23:38
119 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash 0:23:57
120 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo 0:24:28
121 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:24:37
122 Adrien Petit (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:25:00
123 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:26:34
124 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:26:50
125 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:27:04
126 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash 0:27:29
127 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:27:31
128 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:27:56
129 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:28:00
130 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:28:20
131 Mikel Alonso Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:30:37
132 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:31:04
133 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix 0:31:39
134 Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:32:04
135 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:32:50
136 Damien Gaudin (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:41:46