2021-05-27T12:51:09.734Z
12 minutes now for the break. It looks certain for them to succeed today, with 90km left to run.
2021-05-27T12:45:47.525Z
2021-05-27T12:41:56.858Z
A quiet period of the sprint is interrupted by the intermediate sprint. Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Fenix) takes it. He s protecting the classification lead of teammate Dries De Bondt there.
2021-05-27T12:34:22.966Z
103km to go
We re nearing the 100km to go mark now. 10:45 for the breakaway at the moment.
2021-05-27T12:26:41.530Z
In other news, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) will forgo the Critérium du Dauphiné for the first time in his career, instead choosing to build up for the Tour de France at the Tour de Suisse which kicks off in Frausenfeld on June 6.
Primož Roglič was untouchable on his way to stage victory on stage four of Paris-Nice 2021, taking the overall lead in the process.
The Jumbo-Visma rider waited until just 3km remained of the final climb to Chiroubles to launch his enormous attack, taking bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint and powering to the line alone.
Despite a commendable effort from Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) to chase down Roglič, it was the Slovenian who dominated the stage and takes over the leader’s yellow jersey from Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Nippo).
How it happened
The fourth stage of Paris-Nice 2021 from Chalon-sur-Saône to Chiroubles was the first opportunity for the climbers to take back time after the short individual time trial on stage three.