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Saturday, May 3: Stage 4, Fribourg circuit, 173.1 km (first lap 28.1 km, then five 29 km laps)

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The Race: Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) has won his third Tour de Romandie stage. This time he didn't depend upon outsprinting a big field. Today, he earned it by getting in a strong break, staying with it to the end and outsprinting his companions. By the end of the stage, the break was reduced to just three (Albasini, Thomas Voeckler and Jan Bakelants) and the Orica-GreenEdge rider was easily the fastest of the trio.

Simon Spilak with Chris Froome finished in the peloton that was just nine seconds behind the Albasini break and so retained his one-second GC lead.

Tomorrow is the final stage, an 18.5 km individual time trial with a climb in the middle.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.833 km/hr

1	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	4hr 14min 21sec
2	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
3	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
4	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale	@ 9 seconds
5	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
6	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
7	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
8	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano
9	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
10	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
11	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
12	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team
13	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team
14	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
15	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
16	Christopher Froome	Team Sky
17	Egor Silin	Katusha Team
18	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE
19	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale
20	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
21	Mikael Chérel	AG2R La Mondiale
22	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano
23	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
24	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team
25	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
26	Andre Fernando	Garmin-Sharp
27	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling
28	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
29	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
30	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr
31	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
32	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar
33	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr
34	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team
35	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
36	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
37	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team
38	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team
39	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling
40	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
41	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp
42	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
43	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team
44	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
45	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team
46	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida
47	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing
48	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team
49	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	Team Sky
50	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team
51	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
52	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr
53	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
54	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE
55	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo
56	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
57	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
58	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky
59	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
60	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp
61	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team
62	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
63	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
64	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team
65	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
66	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano
67	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar
68	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling
69	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr
70	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano
71	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
72	Jean Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:40
73	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale
74	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale	0:01:20
75	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:02:42
76	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:02:43
77	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	0:03:26
78	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
79	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team
80	Brett Daniel Lancaster	Orica GreenEDGE
81	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida
82	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	0:04:04
83	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
84	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr
85	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr
86	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
87	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale
88	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team
89	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team
90	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team
91	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling
92	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team
93	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
94	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp
95	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
96	Luke Rowe	Team Sky
97	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
98	Christian Meier	Orica GreenEDGE
99	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
100	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
101	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida
102	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
103	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:08:04
104	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
105	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida
106	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida
107	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
108	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team
109	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team
110	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
111	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
112	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE
113	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing
114	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
115	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE
116	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar
117	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol Team
118	Xabier Zandio Echaide	Team Sky
119	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	0:09:24
120	Nicolas Castroviejo	Movistar Team
121	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano
122	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team
123	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr
124	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol Team
125	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing
126	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale
127	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano	0:16:02
128	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
129	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	0:23:47
130	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	0:23:04

DNFs:

Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol Team	Abandon
Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	Abandon
Christophe Kern	Team Europcar	Abandon
Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	Abandon
Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	Abandon
Lachlan David Morton	Garmin-Sharp	Abandon
Richie Porte	Team Sky	Abandon
Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	Abandon
Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano	Abandon
Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	Did not start
Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	Did not start

GC after stage 4:

1	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	15hr 53min 55sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	@ 1 second
3	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:01:02
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:01:06
5	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:01:10
6	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	0:01:13
7	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	0:01:14
8	Jesus Herrada	Movistar Team	0:01:40
9	Ion Izagirre	Movistar Team	0:01:48
10	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:50
11	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	0:01:57
12	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:02:18
13	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	0:02:46
14	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	0:03:01
15	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	0:03:05
16	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:03:36
17	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	0:04:09
18	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	0:04:16
19	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	0:05:52
20	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:06:00
21	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
22	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:07:49
23	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	0:07:50
24	Egor Silin	Katusha Team	0:07:56
25	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	0:08:10
26	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:10:06
27	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:10:09
28	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:11:35
29	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	0:11:47
30	Mikael Chérel	AG2R La Mondiale	0:12:09
31	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano	0:12:10
32	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:12:13
33	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr	0:12:15
34	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	0:12:39
35	Jean Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	0:12:51
36	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale	0:13:05
37	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	0:13:13
38	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida	0:13:15
39	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	0:15:20
40	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team	0:15:29
41	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	0:15:41
42	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky	0:16:34
43	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE	0:16:37
44	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	0:16:54
45	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:17:16
46	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:17:27
47	Nicolas Castroviejo	Movistar Team	0:20:41
48	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	0:20:41
49	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida	0:21:25
50	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp	0:22:50
51	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	0:23:11
52	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team	0:23:17
53	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	0:23:21
54	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
55	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	0:23:23
56	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	Team Sky	0:23:36
57	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	0:24:20
58	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	0:24:25
59	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	0:27:24
60	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	0:27:49
61	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	0:28:07
62	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar	0:28:16
63	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:28:34
64	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team	0:29:50
65	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	0:29:52
66	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	0:30:59
67	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	0:31:03
68	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
69	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	0:31:39
70	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:31:57
71	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team	0:32:14
72	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:32:24
73	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:33:31
74	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	0:33:52
75	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:34:12
76	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	0:34:21
77	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:34:46
78	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:37:08
79	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	0:38:55
80	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	0:39:30
81	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	0:39:32
82	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:40:13
83	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:40:42
84	Xabier Zandio	Team Sky	0:42:07
85	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale	0:42:42
86	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	0:43:20
87	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar	0:43:23
88	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano	0:43:31
89	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:43:32
90	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team	0:43:51
91	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:44:51
92	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale	0:45:17
93	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	0:45:30
94	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano	0:47:00
95	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	0:47:07
96	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar	0:47:08
97	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:47:30
98	Christian Meier	Orica GreenEDGE	0:47:42
99	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale	0:49:22
100	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	0:51:01
101	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	0:51:37
102	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:52:41
103	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:52:47
104	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	0:52:53
105	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	0:53:46
106	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	0:54:52
107	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:55:14
108	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	0:55:28
109	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	0:55:33
110	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	0:56:09
111	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale	0:57:32
112	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	0:57:56
113	Brett Daniel Lancaster	Orica GreenEDGE	1:00:11
114	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	1:01:59
115	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	1:02:05
116	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	1:05:23
117	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE	1:06:47
118	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	1:07:02
119	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	1:07:09
120	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	1:09:30
121	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	1:10:29
122	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol Team	1:14:00
123	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE	1:15:01
124	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano	1:15:02
125	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team	1:16:49
126	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr
127	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	1:17:06
128	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano	1:20:52
129	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	1:25:09
130	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	1:25:30

Race day photos:

Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r) and Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) lead the break.

Of course Thomas Voeckler is in the break.

And here comes the pack led by Pavel Brutt and Mikhail Ignatiev.

Team Sky is sticking close together.

Chris Froome is just one second behind race leader Simon Spilak and intends to win.

In a sea of dark jerseys world champion Rui Costa stands out.

Richie Porte at the front.

Race leader Simon Spilak

Movistar rider Giovanni Visconti

Michael Albasini wins again and again Thomas Voeckler is foiled in his hunt for a Tour de Romandie stage win.

Simon Spilak after the stage. If he wants to hold onto his lead he'll have to out-time trial Chris Froome, a difficult challenge if there ever was one.

Albasini celebrates his thrid stage win.

Spilak spends another day in the lead.

Stage 4 map and profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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