May 1/21 14:47 pm - Mike Woods WINS Stage 4 of Tour de Romandie
Posted by Editoress on 05/1/21
Israel Start-Up Nation’s team leader Michael Woods put on an impressive performance to claim victory on stage 4 of Tour de Romandie. Woods is also the new race leader!
With five categorized climbs, over 4,000 metres of climbing and a 20 km long final ascent with an average gradient of 7.7 %, today’s stage was always going to be extremely important for the general classification.
Early on, a breakaway of seven riders managed to distance the peloton. Mads Würtz Schmidt was quick to follow the moves and join the group. The break quickly opened up a gap of over five minutes, but the teams of the GC riders were not going to let the stage win slip away.
On the final climb of the day, the last rider from the breakaway got caught and then it was up to the favourites to fight for victory. Woods did well to stay in contention, always following the right moves.
At the end, only Woods and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) remained at the front. In the final sprint, Thomas crashed leaving Woods to cross the line first and take the stage win and the yellow jersey.
Michael Woods: “I was really happy with the race today, really proud with how the team rode and how my legs felt. The guys just did such a great job in delivering me and Mads got into the breakaway and was able to help position me for the final climb. I had really good legs and, ya, just felt awesome. Didn’t want to take the yellow the way I took it, I didn’t want to see Geraint Thomas go down the way he did, but it’s special to be in a yellow jersey at a WorldTour race. I’m really proud of myself and hopefully I can land a podium tomorrow.”
Team ISN report
| Stage 4: Sion to Thyon 2000, 161.3 km | |
| 1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | 4:58:35 |
| 2 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team | at 0:17 |
| 3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:21 |
| 4 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:34 |
| 5 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:37 |
| 6 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:42 |
| 7 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 0:52 |
| 9 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:53 |
| 10 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM | 1:57 |
| 11 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 12 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2:20 |
| 13 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma | 2:45 |
| 14 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 3:00 |
| 15 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 3:25 |
| 16 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 3:28 |
| 17 Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 4:17 |
| 18 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 4:40 |
| 19 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 5:00 |
| 20 Simon Pellaud (Sui) Swiss National Team | 5:34 |
| 21 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 5:53 |
| 22 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 23 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM | 6:18 |
| 24 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM | s.t. |
| 25 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo | 6:46 |
| 26 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | 7:22 |
| 27 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 28 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers | 7:36 |
| 29 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 8:09 |
| 30 Jesus Herrada (Esp) Cofidis | 8:15 |
| 31 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 32 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 8:29 |
| 33 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 34 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 8:40 |
| 35 Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis | 9:09 |
| 36 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 9:38 |
| 37 Mathias Fluckiger (Sui) Swiss National Team | 10:55 |
| 38 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo | 12:06 |
| 39 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos | 13:03 |
| 40 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 13:09 |
| 41 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 13:34 |
| 42 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 14:27 |
| 43 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious | 14:34 |
| 44 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team | 15:09 |
| 45 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 15:55 |
| 46 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal | 16:29 |
| 47 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 17:15 |
| 48 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team | 17:44 |
| 49 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 18:03 |
| 50 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 51 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange | |
| 52 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 53 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 54 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange | all s.t. |
| 55 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos | 18:56 |
| 56 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange | |
| 57 Javier Romo Oliver (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 58 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 59 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 60 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 61 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 62 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 63 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 64 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM | |
| 65 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 66 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM | |
| 67 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 68 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 69 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 70 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 71 Stefan Küng (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 72 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 73 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | all s.t. |
| 74 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 20:03 |
| 75 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange | 21:02 |
| 76 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 77 Marc Hirschi (Sui) UAE Team Emirates | 21:28 |
| 78 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 22:29 |
| 79 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Team Qhubeka Assos | 23:10 |
| 80 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation | s.t. |
| 81 Mathias Frank (Sui) AG2R Citroën Team | 24:26 |
| 82 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 83 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 24:36 |
| 84 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | s.t. |
| 85 Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 26:04 |
| 86 Joel Suter (Sui) Swiss National Team | 26:15 |
| 87 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ | 26:40 |
| 88 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma | 27:23 |
| 89 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 90 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team | 28:35 |
| 91 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 29:39 |
| 92 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo | 30:42 |
| 93 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis | 31:54 |
| 94 Stefan Bissegger (Sui) EF Education-Nippo | 32:34 |
| 95 Matthias Reutimann (Sui) Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 96 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal | 32:38 |
| 97 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 98 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 33:39 |
| 99 Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 100 Johan Jacobs (Sui) Movistar Team | |
| 101 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis | |
| 102 Joab Schneiter (Sui) Swiss National Team | |
| 103 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 104 Cyrille Thiery (Sui) Swiss National Team | |
| 105 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 106 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis | |
| 107 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 108 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 109 Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 110 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation | 33:43 |
| 111 Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 112 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | 33:49 |
| 113 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis | 34:10 |
| 114 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 115 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos | both s.t. |
| 116 Jordi Meeus (Bel) BORA-hansgrohe | 34:15 |
| 117 Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 34:39 |
| 118 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates | 34:50 |
| 119 Tom Bohli (Sui) Cofidis | 34:59 |
| 120 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | 35:24 |
| 121 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 35:27 |
| 122 Claudio Imhof (Sui) Swiss National Team | s.t. |
| 123 Albert Torres Barcelo (Esp) Movistar Team | 35:58 |
| 124 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos | 37:53 |
| DNF Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious | |
| DNF Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| DNF Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| DNF Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal | |
| DNF Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| DNS Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| DNS Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM | |
| GC | |
| 1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | 17:37:35 |
| 2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | at 0:11 |
| 3 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team | 0:21 |
| 4 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:33 |
| 5 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:36 |
| 6 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:45 |
| 7 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:48 |
| 8 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:49 |
| 9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 1:04 |
| 10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:58 |
| 11 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM | 2:03 |
| 12 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma | 2:46 |
| 13 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 3:04 |
| 14 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 3:28 |
| 15 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 3:37 |
| 16 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 6:01 |
| 17 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM | 6:19 |
| 18 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 6:21 |
| 19 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 6:37 |
| 20 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 7:01 |
| 21 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo | 7:25 |
| 22 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | 7:32 |
| 23 Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 8:15 |
| 24 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 8:54 |
| 25 Jesus Herrada (Esp) Cofidis | 9:13 |
| 26 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 9:19 |
| 27 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | 9:42 |
| 28 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 10:32 |
| 29 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 10:52 |
| 30 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious | 11:14 |
| 31 Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis | 12:14 |
| 32 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 13:47 |
| 33 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM | 13:52 |
| 34 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 15:00 |
| 35 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 16:07 |
| 36 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 17:22 |
| 37 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team | 17:41 |
| 38 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 17:57 |
| 39 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 19:04 |
| 40 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers | 19:21 |
| 41 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 20:07 |
| 42 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 20:16 |
| 43 Stefan Küng (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 20:59 |
| 44 Simon Pellaud (Sui) Swiss National Team | 21:01 |
| 45 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo | 21:04 |
| 46 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange | 21:05 |
| 47 Marc Hirschi (Sui) UAE Team Emirates | 21:24 |
| 48 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 49 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 22:08 |
| 50 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo | 22:56 |
| 51 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos | 23:05 |
| 52 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Israel Start-up Nation | 23:27 |
| 53 Mathias Fluckiger (Sui) Swiss National Team | 23:31 |
| 54 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech | 24:23 |
| 55 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team | 24:26 |
| 56 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange | 24:52 |
| 57 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team | 25:22 |
| 58 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo | 26:16 |
| 59 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 26:44 |
| 60 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 27:23 |
| 61 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma | 27:36 |
| 62 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal | 27:47 |
| 63 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 28:27 |
| 64 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos | 28:48 |
| 65 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange | 29:10 |
| 66 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 30:10 |
| 67 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM | 30:38 |
| 68 Mathias Frank (Sui) AG2R Citroën Team | 33:03 |
| 69 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious | 33:17 |
| 70 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Team Qhubeka Assos | 33:45 |
| 71 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 34:26 |
| 72 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team | 35:26 |
| 73 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 36:51 |
| 74 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious | 36:53 |
| 75 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo | 37:00 |
| 76 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 38:50 |
| 77 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers | 39:07 |
| 78 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 40:39 |
| 79 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 40:45 |
| 80 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 41:04 |
| 81 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos | 42:21 |
| 82 Javier Romo Oliver (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | 44:13 |
| 83 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious | 44:34 |
| 84 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | 45:03 |
| 85 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ | 45:07 |
| 86 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM | 45:13 |
| 87 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation | 45:15 |
| 88 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal | 45:17 |
| 89 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo | 47:26 |
| 90 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma | 49:15 |
| 91 Stefan Bissegger (Sui) EF Education-Nippo | 49:30 |
| 92 Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 49:43 |
| 93 Joel Suter (Sui) Swiss National Team | 49:44 |
| 94 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 49:50 |
| 95 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | 53:15 |
| 96 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis | 54:13 |
| 97 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 56:13 |
| 98 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos | 56:42 |
| 99 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation | 57:16 |
| 100 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 58:50 |
| 101 Matthias Reutimann (Sui) Swiss National Team | 59:52 |
| 102 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 1:02:16 |
| 103 Johan Jacobs (Sui) Movistar Team | 1:02:40 |
| 104 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis | 1:03:29 |
| 105 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | 1:03:46 |
| 106 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | 1:03:59 |
| 107 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 1:05:34 |
| 108 Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | 1:06:26 |
| 109 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 1:06:54 |
| 110 Jordi Meeus (Bel) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:10:31 |
| 111 Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 1:13:27 |
| 112 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech | 1:14:37 |
| 113 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates | 1:14:42 |
| 114 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis | 1:14:55 |
| 115 Joab Schneiter (Sui) Swiss National Team | 1:15:45 |
| 116 Tom Bohli (Sui) Cofidis | 1:15:49 |
| 117 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos | 1:16:03 |
| 118 Cyrille Thiery (Sui) Swiss National Team | 1:18:20 |
| 119 Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team | 1:20:26 |
| 120 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 1:20:48 |
| 121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis | 1:21:27 |
| 122 Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:21:40 |
| 123 Albert Torres Barcelo (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:24:24 |
| 124 Claudio Imhof (Sui) Swiss National Team | 1:29:01 |
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