{"id":170142,"date":"2018-08-29T12:24:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T12:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=170142"},"modified":"2018-08-30T05:44:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T05:44:09","slug":"simon-yates-didnt-mean-to-attack-but-he-did-and-brilliantly-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/08\/29\/simon-yates-didnt-mean-to-attack-but-he-did-and-brilliantly-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Yates Didn\u2019t Mean to Attack, But He Did. And Brilliantly So"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Mitchelton-Scott pro simply rode away from his GC rivals on the summit finale of stage 4, but he wasn\u2019t really trying to send out a message. He simply wanted to show that he can attack as well. And suddenly, he was alone and no one dared to follow him.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t mean to. I\u2019m not trying to be cocky or anything, it was just one of those things and when I tried once, I got away. It looks like I have gained the time I lost in the other part of the race, in the prologue and the other day with the little kicker, so yeah, it was a good day,\u201d Yates told reporters after the stage finish.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LaVuelta18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LaVuelta18<\/a>: We battle through another hot day in Spain as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonYatess?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SimonYatess<\/a> &#39;doesn&#39;t mean to&#39; take 25seconds on his rivals. Check out the behind the scenes in our stage 4 video \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I8ErKAzJ6U\">https:\/\/t.co\/I8ErKAzJ6U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GreenEDGE Cycling (@GreenEDGEteam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenEDGEteam\/status\/1034549344828104709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>He took back 27 seconds on leader Michal Kwiatkowski and moved from ninth place to third. The Team Sky pro managed to stay in the red, but only just held off Emanuel Buchman from Bora-Hansgrohe, who also bolted from the GC pack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still had something left in the tank and thought why not try. I think a lot of guys still have their sights on Rafa [Rafael Majka, Emanuel\u2019s teammate] and that was my advantage,\u201d Buchmann said after moving from third to second, just 7 seconds behind Kwiatkowski.<\/p>\n<p>Team Sky is still in the lead, but they aren\u2019t nearly as strong as they were during their Giro d\u2019Italia and Tour de France triumphs. Kwiatkowski still rode well enough to wear the red jersey in today\u2019s transition stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First mountain check today. We need to stay focused and smart on the final climb. Keep your\ud83e\udd1efor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teamsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamSky<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LaVuelta18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LaVuelta18<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udcf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GettySport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gettysport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LgRqbF7gmr\">pic.twitter.com\/LgRqbF7gmr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Micha\u0142 Kwiatkowski (@kwiato) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwiato\/status\/1034394436606861312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe expected other teams to put pressure on the final climb, and that\u2019s how it turned out with Lotto-Jumbo. I am not the most dangerous rider in the GC: Quintana, Valverde, Bennett, Buchmann, they are the ones who have to put pressure if they want to win the Vuelta. They need to take time on these summit finishes. The scenario was perfect for me. I wasn\u2019t interested in chasing down the break, but rather keep the leader\u2019s jersey on the final climb. In this regard, I can only say that I am happy to still have the jersey,\u201d Kwiatkowski said.<\/p>\n<p>The happiest guy in the peloton was, however, Ben King from Dimension Data. The American broke away from the day\u2019s main break just before the final climb and managed to claim his first-ever Grand Tour stage win.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a stage 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1 Benjamin King (Dimension Data) in 4-33-12<br \/>\n2 Nikita Stalnov (Astana Pro Team) + 2s<br \/>\n3 Pierre Rolland (EF Education First-Drapac) + 13s<br \/>\n4 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis) + 1:08<br \/>\n5 Ben Gastauer (AG2R La Mondiale) + 1:39<br \/>\n6 Jelle Wallays (Lotto-Soudal) + 1:57<br \/>\n7 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Burgos BH) + 2:24<br \/>\n8 Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) + 2:48<br \/>\n9 Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 2:50<br \/>\n10 Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro Team) + 3:07<\/p>\n<h2><strong>GC after stage 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) in 13-47-19<br \/>\n2 Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 7s<br \/>\n3 Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) + 10s<br \/>\n4 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) + 12s<br \/>\n5 Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) + 25s<br \/>\n6 Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) + 30s<br \/>\n7 Tony Gallopin (AG2R La Mondiale) + 33s<br \/>\n8 Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) + 33s<br \/>\n9 Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) + 37s<br \/>\n10 Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors) + 42s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mitchelton-Scott pro simply rode away from his GC rivals on the summit finale of stage 4, but he wasn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":170144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[1886,2234,1548,479,494,1786],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-170142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-alejandro-valverde","tag-emanuel-buchmann","tag-george-bennett","tag-la-vuelta","tag-nairo-quintana","tag-simon-yates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Simon Yates Didn\u2019t Mean to Attack, But He Did. 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