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Thursday, August 14: Stage 4, Koksijde (Bel) - Ardooie (Bel), 179.1 km

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Nacer Bouhanni wins stage 4. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: Nacer Bouhanni notched his first win since the Giro d'Italia where he won the points classification. It was the FDJ rider's ninth victory this season. He came off the wheel of Jens Debusschere to easily take the stage.

Near the finish, a touch of wheels caused 2013 Eneco Tour winner Zdenek Stybar to do a horrible faceplant. He was ambulanced off with a neck brace.

Race leader Lars Boom finished 26th at the same time as Bouhanni to preserve his overall lead.

Tomorrow will be a hard stage with lots of climbing, including ascents of the Bosberg and Grammont.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.31 km/hr

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	4hr 13min 59sec
2	Luka Mezgec	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
4	Michael Van Staeyen	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
5	Jens Debusschere	LOTTO BELISOL
6	Andrea Guardini	ASTANA PRO TEAM
7	Tyler Farrar	GARMIN SHARP
8	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
9	Roy Jans	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
10	Nikolay Trusov	TINKOFF-SAXO
11	Jose Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
12	Davide Appollonio	AG2R LA MONDIALE
13	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
14	Borut Bozic	ASTANA PRO TEAM
15	Silvan Dillier	BMC RACING TEAM
16	Enrique Sanz	MOVISTAR TEAM
17	Aidis Kruopis	ORICA GreenEDGE
18	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr
19	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO BELISOL
20	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
21	Tim Wellens	LOTTO BELISOL
22	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN SHARP
23	Manuele Mori	LAMPRE-MERIDA
24	Gijs Van Hoecke	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
25	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
26	Lars Boom	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
27	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
28	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr
29	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
30	Francisco Ventoso Alberdi	MOVISTAR TEAM
31	Zico Waeytens	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
32	Philippe Gilbert	BMC RACING TEAM
33	David Boucher	FDJ.fr
34	Laurens De Vreese	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
35	Jelle Vanendert	LOTTO BELISOL
36	Julian Kern	AG2R LA MONDIALE
37	José Gutierrez Palacios	MOVISTAR TEAM
38	Christopher Sutton	TEAM SKY
39	Manuel Quinziato	BMC RACING TEAM
40	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
41	Maxime Daniel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
42	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
43	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
44	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
45	Paolo Longo Borghini	CANNONDALE
46	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GreenEDGE
47	Jack Bauer	GARMIN SHARP
48	Vincent Jerome	TEAM EUROPCAR
49	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
50	Bram Tankink	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
51	Alex Dowsett	MOVISTAR TEAM
52	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO BELISOL
53	Jasha Sütterlin	MOVISTAR TEAM
54	Salvatore Puccio	TEAM SKY
55	Morgan Lamoisson	TEAM EUROPCAR
56	Pablo Lastras Garcia	MOVISTAR TEAM
57	Christian Knees	TEAM SKY
58	Leigh Howard	ORICA GreenEDGE
59	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
60	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GreenEDGE
61	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR
62	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO BELISOL
63	Jos Van Emden	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
64	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
65	Yoann Offredo	FDJ.fr
66	Stijn Steels	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
67	Nick Nuyens	GARMIN SHARP
68	Kevin Van Melsen	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
69	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R LA MONDIALE
70	Mirko Selvaggi	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
71	Jesse Sergent	TREK FACTORY RACING
72	Eugenio Alafaci	TREK FACTORY RACING
73	Danilo Hondo	TREK FACTORY RACING
74	Boy Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
75	Stijn Devolder	TREK FACTORY RACING
76	Nathan Earle	TEAM SKY
77	Dylan Van Baarle	GARMIN SHARP
78	Luke Rowe	TEAM SKY
79	Bryan Nauleau	TEAM EUROPCAR
80	Karsten Kroon	TINKOFF-SAXO
81	Jan Polanc	LAMPRE-MERIDA
82	Edvald Boasson Hagen	TEAM SKY
83	Ian Stannard	TEAM SKY
84	Arman Kamyshev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
85	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE-MERIDA
86	Ivan Rovni	TINKOFF-SAXO
87	Nathan Haas	GARMIN SHARP
88	Dayer Quintana	MOVISTAR TEAM
89	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
90	Valentin Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
91	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
92	Jean-Pierre Drucker	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
93	Matti Breschel	TINKOFF-SAXO
94	Matthew Harley Goss	ORICA GreenEDGE
95	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
96	Tony Hurel	TEAM EUROPCAR
97	Evgeny Petrov	TINKOFF-SAXO
98	Rohan Dennis	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 1min 14sec
99	Ruslan Tleubayev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
100	Tom Stamsnijder	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
101	Gert Dockx	LOTTO BELISOL
102	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
103	Michal Kolár	TINKOFF-SAXO
104	Alberto Bettiol	CANNONDALE
105	Kenneth Van Bilsen	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
106	Tim Declercq	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
107	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
108	Benoît Vaugrenard	FDJ.fr
109	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr
110	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	TEAM KATUSHA
111	Barry Markus	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
112	Michael Hepburn	ORICA GreenEDGE
113	Jens Mouris	ORICA GreenEDGE
114	Moreno Moser	CANNONDALE
115	Alexandr Dyachenko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
116	Simon Geschke	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
117	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
118	Frederik Veuchelen	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
119	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:45
120	Filippo Pozzato	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:00:00
121	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	0:01:51
122	Stephen Cummings	BMC RACING TEAM	0:00:00
123	Pavel Brutt	TEAM KATUSHA	0:00:00
124	Mikhail Ignatyev	TEAM KATUSHA	0:00:00
125	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM	0:01:57
126	Steve Chainel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:02:01
127	Janse Van Rensburg	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:00:00
128	Brian Bulgac	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:00:00
129	Niccolo Bonifazio	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:00:00
130	Pavel Kochetkov	TEAM KATUSHA	0:00:00
131	David Millar	GARMIN SHARP	0:02:05
132	Tim De Troyer	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:00:00
133	Evan Huffman	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:02:10
134	Damien Howson	ORICA GreenEDGE
135	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	0:00:00
136	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	0:00:00
137	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	0:00:00
138	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:00:00
139	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	0:02:45
140	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN SHARP	0:02:50
141	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:03:08
142	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	0:00:00
143	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	0:00:00
144	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	0:00:00
145	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	0:00:00
146	Yves Lampaert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	0:03:33
147	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	0:04:10
148	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:00:00
149	Alexsei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA	0:00:00
150	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	0:00:00
151	Zdenek Stybar	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	0:00:00
152	Alexandr Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	0:00:00

GC after Stage 4: 547.6 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.90 km/hr

1	Lars Boom	Belkin	12hr 45min 53sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Giant-Shimano	@ 4 seconds
3	Manuel Quinziato	BMC
4	Andriy Grivko	Astana	0:00:07
5	Zdenek Stybar	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:00:09
6	Geraint Thomas	SKY	0:00:14
7	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin	0:00:17
8	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:00:18
9	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale	0:00:19
10	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-GreenEdge	0:00:21
11	Philippe Gilbert	BMC
12	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:24
13	Pavel Brutt	Katusha	0:00:25
14	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	0:00:26
15	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
16	Sebastian Langeveld	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:29
17	Alexandr Porsev	Katusha	0:00:31
18	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
19	J. Gutierrez Palacios	Movistar	0:00:34
20	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC
21	Stig Broeckx	Lotto-Belisol	0:00:35
22	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha
23	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:37
24	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	0:00:42
25	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol
26	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:00:43
27	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	0:00:44
28	F. Ventoso Alberdi	Movistar
29	Jasha Sütterlin	Movistar
30	Gijs Van Hoecke	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:46
31	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	0:00:47
32	Davide Cimolai	Lampre-Merida	0:00:50
33	Leigh Howard	Orica-GreenEdge
34	Silvan Dillier	BMC	0:00:51
35	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
36	Bram Tankink	Belkin	0:00:52
37	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
38	Zico Waeytens	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:53
39	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo
40	Mirko Selvaggi	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:54
41	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
42	Roy Jans	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:56
43	Jean-Pierre Drucker	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:58
44	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
45	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:59
46	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
47	Yoann Offredo	FDJ	0:01:00
48	Yohann Gene	Europcar	0:01:01
49	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:02
50	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r
51	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
52	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
53	Bauke Mollema	Belkin	0:01:05
54	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
55	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol
56	Karsten Kroon	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:06
57	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:01:07
58	Borut Bozic	Astana
59	Aidis Kruopis	Orica-GreenEdge	0:01:08
60	Vincent Jerome	Europcar	0:01:11
61	Matti Breschel	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:18
62	Andrea Guardini	Astana	0:01:19
63	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ
64	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:01:20
65	Thomas Sprengers	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
66	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:21
67	Alexandre Pichot	Europcar
68	Tony Hurel	Europcar	0:01:28
69	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:36
70	Barry Markus	Belkin	0:01:41
71	Dayer Quintana	Movistar	0:01:52
72	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Belisol	0:01:53
73	Enrique Sanz	Movistar
74	Nick Nuyens	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:55
75	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r
76	Jurgen Roelandts	Lotto-Belisol	0:02:11
77	Alexsei Tcatevich	Katusha	0:02:12
78	Julian Kern	Ag2r	0:02:14
79	Christopher Sutton	SKY	0:02:16
80	Kenneth Van Bilsen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:20
81	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	0:02:45
82	Pavel Kochetkov	Katusha	0:02:53
83	Jens Mouris	Orica-GreenEdge	0:03:22
84	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:03:25
85	Jose Rojas Gil	Movistar	0:03:31
86	Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre-Merida	0:03:35
87	Mathew Hayman	Orica-GreenEdge	0:03:37
88	David Millar	Garmin-Sharp	0:03:44
89	Christian Knees	SKY
90	Frederik Veuchelen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:03:46
91	Jos Van Emden	Belkin	0:03:56
92	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:04:10
93	Anthony Roux	FDJ	0:05:19
94	Luke Rowe	SKY	0:05:29
95	Thomas Leezer	Belkin	0:05:42
96	David Boucher	FDJ	0:05:46
97	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	0:06:28
98	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
99	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	0:06:37
100	Ivan Rovni	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:06:39
101	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:06:44
102	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha	0:06:56
103	Bryan Nauleau	Europcar	0:06:58
104	R. Janse Van Rensburg	Giant-Shimano	0:07:05
105	Roy Curvers	Giant-Shimano	0:07:17
106	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana	0:07:22
107	Michael Van Staeyen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:07:33
108	Tim Declercq	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:07:34
109	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:07:42
110	Steve Chainel	Ag2r	0:07:52
111	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana	0:07:59
112	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	0:08:21
113	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	0:08:32
114	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:08:38
115	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r	0:08:41
116	Ian Stannard	SKY	0:09:09
117	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	0:09:22
118	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	0:09:46
119	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre-Merida	0:10:00
120	Jens Debusschere	Lotto-Belisol	0:10:10
121	Morgan Lamoisson	Europcar	0:10:23
122	Yves Lampaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:10:30
123	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	0:10:45
124	Brian Bulgac	Giant-Shimano	0:10:46
125	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ	0:10:56
126	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge	0:10:57
127	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lampre-Merida	0:11:12
128	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:11:20
129	Kevin Van Melsen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:12:01
130	Gatis Smukulis	Katusha	0:12:25
131	Rohan Dennis	BMC	0:12:43
132	Benoît Vaugrenard	FDJ	0:13:03
133	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r	0:13:07
134	Daniel Oss	BMC	0:13:09
135	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	0:13:27
136	Tim De Troyer	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:14:14
137	Maxime Daniel	Ag2r	0:14:18
138	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp	0:15:16
139	Yannick Martinez	Europcar	0:15:30
140	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol	0:15:43
141	Stephen Cummings	BMC	0:17:28
142	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	0:17:29
143	Marcus Burghardt	BMC	0:17:32
144	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp	0:17:37
145	Alberto Bettiol	Cannondale	0:18:08
146	Nathan Earle	SKY	0:18:16
147	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	0:18:20
148	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica-GreenEdge
149	Jean Marc Marino	Cannondale	0:18:29
150	Alexandr Dyachenko	Astana	0:20:42
151	Damien Howson	Orica-GreenEdge	0:22:20
152	Evan Huffman	Astana	0:23:47

Stage 4 photos:

Matti Breschel gets ready to go to work. Photo ©Sirotti

André Greipel. Photo ©Sirotti

Stijn Devolder. Photo ©Sirotti

Geraint Thomas. Photo ©Sirotti

Frederik Veuchelen tries to get away. Photo ©Sirotti

FDJ policing the race for Nacer Bouhanni. Photo ©Sirotti

Tyler Farrar. Photo ©Sirotti

Daniel Oss attacks. Photo ©Sirotti

Nacer Bouhanni is getting tuned up for the Vuelta. He looks ready to go...Photo ©Sirotti

Paramedics put Zdenek Stybar in an ambulance. Let's hope he's OK. Photo ©Sirotti

Alexey Tcatevitch bearing the wounds of the crash. Photo ©Sirotti

Lars Boom safely finishes the stage. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 4 map:

Stage 4 map

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