{"id":190006,"date":"2022-07-06T09:39:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T09:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=190006"},"modified":"2022-07-06T09:39:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T09:39:50","slug":"wout-van-aert-on-stage-4-this-is-certainly-one-of-my-careers-most-stunning-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2022\/07\/06\/wout-van-aert-on-stage-4-this-is-certainly-one-of-my-careers-most-stunning-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"Wout van Aert on Stage 4: \u2018This is certainly one of my career\u2019s most stunning victories\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 27-year-old Belgian won yesterday\u2019s stage in a spectacular manner. Van Aert prolonged his stint in the yellow jersey thanks to an attack on the final climb, which saw him ride the last 10 km solo to the finish line. The Jumbo Visma rider won the stage after three consecutive second places.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a planned action,\u201d Nathan Van Hooydonck\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamjumbovisma.com\/race-report\/news\/van-aert-solos-in-yellow-jersey-to-phenomenal-win-in-calais\/\">described<\/a>\u00a0on the team\u2019s website. \u201cWe study the Tour route every year down to the last detail. We knew we could do something today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian accelerated on the climb, with his compatriots Tiesj Benoot and Van Aert in his wheel. After Van Hooydonck and Benoot\u2019s hard work, it was Van Aert\u2019s turn to finish the job.<\/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\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2022<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Wout\u2019s World\ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sMYz6nb3gz\">pic.twitter.com\/sMYz6nb3gz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vismaleaseabike\/status\/1544609727702859776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe sports directors told us over the radio that our leaders were between their main competitors\u201d, Van Aert refers to his teammates Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d\u2019s and Jonas Vingegaard\u2019s position. \u201cThat was a perfect opportunity for me to go for the stage win. This stage was important for the battle for the green because it was perhaps too difficult for the real sprinters while fifty points were to be earned. I had to go over the limit and it was a fight for ten kilometres but the result was great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe yellow jersey gives me wings. This is certainly one of my career\u2019s most stunning victories. Winning in the yellow jersey is very special. Fortunately, I can start in this beautiful jersey again tomorrow. We did some impressive things as a team today. This was a perfect day for our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was the sixth win for van Aert this season and the 27th for Jumbo Visma this year. Is it a sign of more to come?<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Stage 4 results<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) \u2013 4:01:36<\/li>\n<li>Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 8 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Laporte (Jumbo-Visma)<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Kristoff (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty-Gobert Mat\u00e9riaux)<\/li>\n<li>Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>General classification after stage 4<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) \u2013 13:02:43<\/li>\n<li>Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) + 25 s<\/li>\n<li>Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates) + 32 s<\/li>\n<li>Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) + 36 s<\/li>\n<li>Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 38 s<\/li>\n<li>Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) + 40 s<\/li>\n<li>Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Jumbo-Visma) + 41 s<\/li>\n<li>Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) + 48 s<\/li>\n<li>Stefan K\u00fcng (Groupama-FDJ) + 48 s<\/li>\n<li>Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) + 49 s<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 27-year-old Belgian won yesterday\u2019s stage in a spectacular manner. 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