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Freddy Ovett and April Tacey Win Stage 4 of the Virtual Tour and Other News from the World of Cycling

By Monica Buck

Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?

Men’s Virtual Tour de France Stage 4

Freddy Ovett takes the win for Israel Start-Up Nation in the Virtual Tour de France. The Canadian had finished second last week, but moved up one spot this time. He beat Michael Valgren (NTT) and Nick Schultz (Mitchelton-Scott) in a fast finish.

Stage 4 results

1. Freddy Ovett (Aus) Israel Start-Up Nation 58:06
2. Nick Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
3. Michael Valgren (Den) NTT
4. Will Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
5. Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
6. Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Pro Cycling – + 1s
7. Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Start-Up Nation – + 2s
8. Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT
9. Pier-André Coté (Can) Rally – + 10s
10. Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2r La Mondiale – + 11s

General classification

1. NTT (RSA) – 263 points
2. Rally Cycling (USA) – 188 pts
3. Trek-Segafredo (USA) – 162 pts
4. Israel Start-Up Nation (Isr) – 161 pts
5. Mitchelton-Scott (Aus) – 110 pts
6. EF Pro Cycling (USA) – 109 pts
7. Alpecin-Fenix (Bel) – 99 pts
8. Ag2r La Mondiale (Fra) – 84 pts
9. Ineos (GBr) Ineos – 80 pts
10. Groupama-FDJ (Fra) – 75 pts

Women’s Virtual Tour de France Stage 4

April Tacey won the virtual Tour for the second time. The 19-year-old sprinted past Anna Henderson (Team Sunweb) and Lauren Stephens (Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank) to claim Stage 4. Her team Drops now sits in second place, 50 points behind Tibco – Silicon Valley Bank.

Stage 4 results

1. April Tacey (GBr) Drops – 1:04:47
2. Anna Henderson (GBr) Team Sunweb
3. Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
4. Leah Dixon (GBr) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank – + 1s
5. Chloe Dygert (USA) Twenty20
6. R Kasper (Ger) PHY
7. Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit WNT
8. Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb
9. Jos Lowden (GBr) Drops + 2s
10. E Bujak (Slo) Alé + 2s

General classification

1. Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank (USA) – 277 points
2. Drops (GBr) – 219 points
3. Canyon-SRAM (Ger) – 206 points
4. Twenty20 (USA) – 189 points
5. CCC Liv (Pol) – 148 points
6. Sunweb (Ger) – 121 points
7. Ceratizit WNT (Ger) – 110 points
8. Boels Dolmans (Ned) – 82 points
9. FDJ Nouvelle – Aquitaine Futuroscope (Fra) – 82 points
10. Rally Cycling (USA) – 77 points

Illegal drafting!

Happens to everybody

Wout van Aert and his ex-wife