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Wednesday, August 6: Stage 4, Tarnów Gemini Park - Katowice, 236 km

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Jonas Van Genechten wins stage four. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: If the stage didn't end with a winning breakaway, it wasn't because no one tried to escape. Three times small groups clawed their way up the road, only to be rounded up by a peloton intent upon a sprint finish. The final break of three riders was caught with about four kilometers to go. Even then riders tried fliers, to no avail.

Stage winner Jonas Van Genechten came from a ways back to take his first-ever World Tour victory.

Petr Vakoc finished in the front group to preserve his GC lead.

Giant-Shimano sprinter Luka Mezgec, who crashed in stage one, will not start the hilly stage five on Thursday. He's going home to heal up from his injuries rather than suffer in the mountains. He may start the Eneco Tour on Monday.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.225 km/hr

1	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol	5hr 43min 29sec
2	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana
3	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
4	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida
5	Yauheni Hutarovich	Ag2r
6	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r
7	Raymond Kreder	Garmin-Sharp
8	Nikias Arndt	Giant-Shimano
9	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10	Steele Von Hoff	Garmin-Sharp
11	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
12	Timofey Kritskiy	RusVelo
13	Roman Maikin	RusVelo
14	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
15	Sebastian Lander	BMC
16	Jose Lobato Juan	Movistar
17	Bos Theo	Belkin
18	Ivan Balykin	RusVelo
19	Grzegorz Stępniak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
20	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
21	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
22	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
23	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ
24	Ramon Sinkeldam	Giant-Shimano
25	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing
26	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
27	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale
28	Sergey Lagutin	RusVelo
29	Kamil Zieliński	Poland
30	Bartłomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
31	Yaroslav Popovuch	Trek Factory Racing
32	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
33	Marek Rutkiewicz	CCC Polsat Polkowice
34	Murilo Fischer	FDJ
35	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
36	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
37	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana
38	Petr Vakoc	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
39	Pawel Poljański	Tinkoff-Saxo
40	Kevin De Weert	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
41	Rafał Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
42	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
43	Dominik Nerz	BMC
44	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
45	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha
46	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha
47	Konrad Dąbkowski	Poland
48	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
49	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
50	Fabio Aru	Astana
51	Marco Haller	Katusha
52	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge
53	Peter Velits	BMC
54	Stephen Cummings	BMC
55	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge
56	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol
57	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
58	Sanchez Samuel	BMC
59	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing
60	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
61	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
62	Steve Morabito	BMC
63	Nicki Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
64	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
65	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
66	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
67	Robert Gesink	Belkin
68	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
69	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r
70	Warren Barguil	Giant-Shimano
71	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
72	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
73	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol
74	Paul Martens	Belkin
75	Jose Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
76	Martin Velitis	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
77	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
78	Johannes Frohlinger	Giant-Shimano
79	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol
80	Tomasz Marczyński	CCC Polsat Polkowice
81	Manuel Silva Pires	Tinkoff-Saxo
82	Andrey Solomennikov	RusVelo
83	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo
84	Jimmy Engoulvent	Europcar
85	Philip Deignan	SKY
86	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
87	Beant Intxausti	Movistar
88	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
89	Thor Hushovd	BMC
90	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
91	Andrey Amador	Movistar
92	Arman Kamyshev	Astana
93	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
94	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
95	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar
96	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r
97	Sebastian Henao	SKY
98	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
99	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
100	Dario Cataldo	SKY
101	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
102	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice
103	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Europcar
104	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge
105	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC
106	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice
107	Christophe Kern	Europcar
108	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
109	Sergey Firsanov	RusVelo
110	Maciej Paterski	CCC Polsat Polkowice
111	Przemysław Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
112	Davide Villella	Cannondale
113	Jon Izaguirre	Movistar
114	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
115	Adriano Malori	Movistar
116	Maxime Mederel	Europcar
117	Paweł Cieślik	Poland
118	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
119	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY
120	Ilnur Zakarin	RusVelo
121	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing
122	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar
123	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana
124	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
125	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
126	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
127	Sergei Chernetski	Katusha
128	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp
129	Hugo Houle	Ag2r
130	Paweł Bernas	Poland
131	Anton Vorobyev	Katusha
132	Paweł Franczak	Poland
133	Jesus Hernandez	Tinkoff-Saxo
134	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ
135	Bart De Clercq	Lotto-Belisol
136	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha
137	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha
138	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r
139	Bartosz Warchoł	Poland
140	Kamil Gradek	Poland
141	Anthony Roux	FDJ
142	Andrey Zeits	Astana	@ 27 seconds
143	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	00' 39''
144	Samuel Bewley	Orica-GreenEdge	00' 49''
145	David Tanner	Belkin	00' 52''
146	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge	00' 56''
147	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	01' 02''
148	Laurent Mangel	FDJ	01' 03''
149	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	01' 03''
150	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	01' 11''
151	Przemysław Kasperkiewicz	Poland	01' 13''
152	Barry Markus	Belkin
153	Rick Flens	Belkin
154	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol	01' 28''
155	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	01' 30''
156	Angelo Tulik	Europcar	02' 25''
157	Ben Swift	SKY	02' 43''
158	Petter Nordhaug Lars	Belkin	02' 55''
159	Lasse Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	04' 18''
160	Jerome Cousin	Europcar
161	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	04' 39''
162	Joshua Edmondson	SKY	05' 09''
163	Jack Bobridge	Belkin	07' 10''
164	Thierry Hupond	Giant-Shimano

GC after Stage 4:

1	Petr Vakoc	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	20hr 34min 24sec
2	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale	@ 26 seconds
3	Yauheni Hutarovich	Ag2r	00' 27''
4	Bos Theo	Belkin
5	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
6	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol
7	Roman Maikin	RusVelo	00' 31''
8	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol	00' 33''
9	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
10	Maciej Paterski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	00' 35''
11	Grzegorz Stępniak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	00' 37''
12	Ramon Sinkeldam	Giant-Shimano
13	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
14	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
15	Marco Haller	Katusha
16	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
17	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
18	Dominik Nerz	BMC
19	Timofey Kritskiy	RusVelo
20	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha
21	Kamil Zieliński	Poland
22	Pawel Poljański	Tinkoff-Saxo
23	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
24	Rafał Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
25	Steve Morabito	BMC
26	Marek Rutkiewicz	CCC Polsat Polkowice
27	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
28	Peter Velits	BMC
29	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
30	Kevin De Weert	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
31	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale
32	Konrad Dąbkowski	Poland
33	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
34	Martin Velitis	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
35	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
36	Robert Gesink	Belkin
37	Sebastian Lander	BMC
38	Andrey Amador	Movistar
39	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
40	Jose Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
41	Tomasz Marczyński	CCC Polsat Polkowice
42	Sanchez Samuel	BMC
43	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo
44	Warren Barguil	Giant-Shimano
45	Jon Izaguirre	Movistar
46	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
47	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
48	Davide Villella	Cannondale
49	Przemysław Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
50	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r
51	Manuel Silva Pires	Tinkoff-Saxo
52	Sebastian Henao	SKY
53	Philip Deignan	SKY
54	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
55	Sergey Firsanov	RusVelo
56	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol
57	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
58	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
59	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
60	Paweł Cieślik	Poland
61	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
62	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
63	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice
64	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar
65	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
66	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice
67	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
68	Ilnur Zakarin	RusVelo
69	Maxime Mederel	Europcar
70	Beant Intxausti	Movistar
71	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	01' 03''
72	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
73	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
74	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol
75	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Europcar
76	Stephen Cummings	BMC
77	Christophe Kern	Europcar
78	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	01' 12''
79	Sergey Lagutin	RusVelo
80	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
81	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
82	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	01' 17''
83	Paul Martens	Belkin	01' 28''
84	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	01' 31''
85	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	01' 33''
86	Bartosz Warchoł	Poland
87	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC	01' 45''
88	Dario Cataldo	SKY
89	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing
90	Adriano Malori	Movistar	01' 48''
91	Barry Markus	Belkin	01' 50''
92	Paweł Bernas	Poland	01' 59''
93	Bart De Clercq	Lotto-Belisol
94	Ivan Balykin	RusVelo	02' 04''
95	Jimmy Engoulvent	Europcar	02' 09''
96	Raymond Kreder	Garmin-Sharp	02' 20''
97	Johannes Frohlinger	Giant-Shimano	02' 25''
98	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	02' 39''
99	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	02' 44''
100	Angelo Tulik	Europcar	03' 02''
101	Andrey Zeits	Astana	03' 08''
102	Andrey Solomennikov	RusVelo	03' 09''
103	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	03' 31''
104	Nicki Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	03' 33''
105	Anton Vorobyev	Katusha	04' 05''
106	Yaroslav Popovuch	Trek Factory Racing	04' 13''
107	Nikias Arndt	Giant-Shimano	04' 35''
108	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	04' 53''
109	Bartłomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	05' 06''
110	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha	05' 11''
111	Steele Von Hoff	Garmin-Sharp	05' 34''
112	Hugo Houle	Ag2r	05' 36''
113	Salvatore Puccio	SKY	06' 20''
114	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	06' 21''
115	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY	06' 22''
116	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	06' 28''
117	Thor Hushovd	BMC	06' 40''
118	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	06' 48''
119	Anthony Roux	FDJ	07' 08''
120	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	07' 13''
121	David Tanner	Belkin	07' 15''
122	Sergei Chernetski	Katusha	07' 18''
123	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar	07' 29''
124	Jesus Hernandez	Tinkoff-Saxo	07' 36''
125	Paweł Franczak	Poland	07' 43''
126	Samuel Bewley	Orica-GreenEdge	07' 48''
127	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ	07' 55''
128	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana	08' 07''
129	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	08' 14''
130	Kamil Gradek	Poland	08' 20''
131	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	08' 24''
132	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	08' 55''
133	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana	09' 00''
134	Przemysław Kasperkiewicz	Poland	09' 25''
135	Laurent Mangel	FDJ	09' 27''
136	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	09' 57''
137	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	10' 46''
138	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar	10' 59''
139	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	10' 59''
140	Fabio Aru	Astana	11' 02''
141	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	11' 21''
142	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	11' 26''
143	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha	11' 55''
144	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	11' 58''
145	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana
146	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	12' 09''
147	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ
148	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
149	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
150	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
151	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	12' 17''
152	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	13' 10''
153	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge	14' 02''
154	Rick Flens	Belkin	14' 04''
155	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	14' 39''
156	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	14' 40''
157	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol	14' 56''
158	Ben Swift	SKY	18' 09''
159	Jerome Cousin	Europcar	19' 50''
160	Lasse Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	20' 16''
161	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp	21' 32''
162	Joshua Edmondson	SKY	28' 10''
163	Thierry Hupond	Giant-Shimano	35' 31''
164	Jack Bobridge	Belkin	42' 14''

Stage 4 photos:

The peloton rides through Katowice. Photo ©Sirotti

Race leader Petr Vakoc surrounded by teammates. Photo ©Sirotti

Damiano Cunego crashed in stage one and needed four stitches in one knee, but he seems to be thriving. Photo ©Sirotti

Jerome Cousin trying to get away. Photo ©Sirotti

Thor Hushovd. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Jonas Van Genechten. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 4 map and profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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