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Tuesday, July 8: Stage 4, Le Touquet Paris Plage - Lille Métropole, 163.5 km

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Marcel Kittel (center, black and white Giant-Shimano kit) just wins stage four. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated Ascents:

• Km 34: Côte de Campagnette, 1 km @ 6.5% average gradient - Category 4
• Km 117.5: Mont Noir, 1.3 km@ 5.7% - Category 4

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The Race: Thomas Voeckler and Luis Maté broke away early, but the sprinters wanted this flat stage for themselves, so the lead never got very large. Maté had bad luck, first having his chain get snarled and needing a new bike (Voeckler waited) and then getting a front flat. At that point Voeckler pressed on. Refusing to give up, Voeckler grimly held on until about 15 km to go, when he was finally caught.

There was more bad luck. Lotto-Belisol had three riders go down, forcing Greg Henderson to abandon. Chris Froome crashed and had to wear a splint for much of the race. At this point I don't know his condition, though he did finish the stage in the front group.

The pack was together for a big sprint and all the good speedsters duked it out. Alexander Kristoff got a jump and Marcel Kittel clawed his way past him. Peter Sagan had a late crash and resolutely made his way to the front and at the last moment landed on Kittel's wheel. Kittel towed the talented Sagan to fifth place.

Kittel has so far won three of the four stages. Vincenzo Nibali remains the GC leader going into tomorrow's stage. Peter Sagan is still the leader in the points and young rider classifications.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 45.3 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3hr 36min 39sec
2	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
3	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
4	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
5	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
6	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
7	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
8	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
9	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
10	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
11	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
12	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
13	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
14	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
15	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
16	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
17	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
18	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
19	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
20	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
21	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
22	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
23	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
24	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
25	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
26	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
27	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING
28	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
29	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
30	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
31	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM
32	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
33	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
34	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
35	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
36	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
37	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
38	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
39	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
40	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
41	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
42	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
43	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
44	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
45	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
46	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
47	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
48	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
49	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
50	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
51	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
52	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
53	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
54	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
55	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
56	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
57	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
58	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
59	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
60	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
61	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
62	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
63	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
64	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
65	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
66	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
67	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
68	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
69	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
70	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
71	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
72	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
73	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
74	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
75	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
76	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
77	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
78	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
79	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
80	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
81	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
82	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
83	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
84	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
85	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
86	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
87	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
88	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
89	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
90	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
91	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
92	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
93	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
94	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP
95	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
96	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
97	Darwin Atapuma John	BMC RACING TEAM
98	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
99	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	@ 16 seconds
100	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 00' 17''
101	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
102	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 26''
103	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
104	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
105	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
106	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
107	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
108	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 31''
109	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 00' 34''
110	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
111	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
112	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
113	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 00' 41''
114	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
115	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
116	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
117	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
118	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
119	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 00' 50''
120	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
121	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
122	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
123	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
124	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
125	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
126	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
127	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 55''
128	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
129	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 09''
130	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
131	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
132	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 19''
133	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
134	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 19''
135	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 28''
136	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
137	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
138	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 32''
139	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
140	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 00''
141	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 32''
142	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
143	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01' 43''
144	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 01' 43''
145	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
146	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 45''
147	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 05''
148	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
149	Jesus Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO
150	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
151	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
152	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
153	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
154	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
155	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
156	Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA
157	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
158	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY
159	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
160	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
161	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
162	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
163	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 23''
164	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 51''
165	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
166	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
167	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
168	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03' 37''
169	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03' 53''
170	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
171	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 19''
172	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04' 19''
173	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
174	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
175	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
176	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
177	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
178	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 04' 40''
179	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
180	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 05' 40''
181	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 05' 43''
182	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 05' 52''
183	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
184	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
185	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
186	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
187	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
188	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
189	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 07' 11''
190	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
191	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 07' 26''
192	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
193	Edward King	CANNONDALE
194	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM

GC after Stage 4: 710 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.225 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	17hr 7min 52sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	@ 2 seconds
3	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
4	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
5	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
6	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
7	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
8	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
9	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
10	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
11	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
12	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
13	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
14	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
15	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA
16	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
17	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
18	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
19	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
20	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
21	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
22	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 16''
23	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
24	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
25	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
26	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
27	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
28	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
29	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
30	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
31	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 35''
32	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
33	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
34	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
35	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
36	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
37	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 56''
38	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 58''
39	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01' 01''
40	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 18''
41	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 19''
42	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
43	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
44	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 21''
45	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
46	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
47	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 40''
48	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
49	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 45''
50	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
51	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02' 24''
52	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02' 26''
53	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 34''
54	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 49''
55	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 50''
56	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 50''
57	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 03' 29''
58	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03' 45''
59	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03' 47''
60	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
61	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03' 59''
62	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04' 22''
63	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04' 46''
64	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04' 59''
65	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 46''
66	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 05' 59''
67	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 06' 51''
68	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 08' 31''
69	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 08' 37''
70	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 08' 38''
71	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 40''
72	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 08' 44''
73	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 09' 06''
74	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 10' 31''
75	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
76	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
77	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
78	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
79	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
80	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
81	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
82	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 10' 57''
83	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 11' 21''
84	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 11' 31''
85	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 11' 36''
86	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
87	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
88	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
89	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 11' 48''
90	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 12' 17''
91	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 12' 23''
92	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 12' 24''
93	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 12' 26''
94	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 12' 44''
95	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 12' 45''
96	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 12' 55''
97	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 13' 19''
98	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 13' 31''
99	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 13' 41''
100	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 13' 57''
101	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 14' 34''
102	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 14' 40''
103	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 14' 48''
104	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
105	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
106	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
107	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
108	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
109	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 14' 52''
110	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 15' 05''
111	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 15' 07''
112	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 15' 14''
113	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 15' 39''
114	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 15' 41''
115	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 15' 53''
116	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 15' 53''
117	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 16' 16''
118	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 16' 16''
119	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 23''
120	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 16' 24''
121	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 16' 26''
122	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 16' 27''
123	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 16' 34''
124	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 16' 43''
125	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 17' 05''
126	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 17' 09''
127	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 17' 15''
128	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 17' 25''
129	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 17' 30''
130	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 17' 34''
131	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 17' 44''
132	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 17' 53''
133	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 18' 12''
134	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 18' 14''
135	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 18' 16''
136	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 18' 30''
137	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 18' 41''
138	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 18' 44''
139	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY	+ 18' 49''
140	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
141	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 18' 50''
142	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 18' 51''
143	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 18' 57''
144	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 19' 04''
145	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 19' 35''
146	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
147	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 19' 50''
148	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
149	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
150	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
151	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
152	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
153	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
154	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
155	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 19' 59''
156	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 20' 12''
157	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
158	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 20' 24''
159	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 21' 12''
160	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 21' 14''
161	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 21' 23''
162	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 21' 38''
163	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 42''
164	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 45''
165	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 21' 55''
166	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 56''
167	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 22' 04''
168	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 22' 06''
169	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 22' 15''
170	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 22' 25''
171	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 22' 38''
172	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
173	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
174	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 23' 00''
175	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 23' 19''
176	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 23' 29''
177	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 23' 57''
178	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 24' 09''
179	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 24' 14''
180	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 24' 17''
181	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 24' 30''
182	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 24' 31''
183	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 24' 42''
184	Jesus Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 25' 09''
185	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 25' 25''
186	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 25' 48''
187	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 26' 46''
188	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 27' 01''
189	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 28' 42''
190	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 28' 55''
191	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 32' 08''
192	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 32' 51''
193	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 35' 54''
194	Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 40' 28''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	158 points
2	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	135
3	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	121
4	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	82
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	48
6	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	44
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	42
8	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	38
9	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	37
10	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	37
11	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	36
12	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	31
13	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	30
14	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
15	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	27
16	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	24
17	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	22
18	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
19	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
20	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
21	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	20
22	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	20
23	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	18
24	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	18
25	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	18
26	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	17
27	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
28	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
29	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
30	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
31	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	16
32	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	15
33	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	15
34	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
35	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	14
36	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
37	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	13
38	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	13
39	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
40	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	12
41	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	11
42	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	11
43	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
44	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	10
45	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
46	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
47	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
48	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	9
49	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	9
50	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
51	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	8
52	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	8
53	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	7
54	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	7
55	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
56	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	7
57	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	6
58	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5
59	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	4
60	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	4
61	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	4
62	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	3
63	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
64	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
65	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	3
66	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
67	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	2
68	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	1
69	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6 points
2	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
3	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
4	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	4
5	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	3
6	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
7	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
8	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
9	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
10	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	1
11	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
12	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1
13	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
14	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
15	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
16	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1
17	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	17hr 7min 54sec
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 14 seconds
5	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
6	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 00' 59''
7	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 43''
8	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02' 24''
9	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 47''
10	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 48''
11	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 08' 29''
12	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 10' 29''
13	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 10' 55''
14	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 11' 46''
15	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 14' 46''
16	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 14' 46''
17	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 16' 14''
18	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 19' 33''
19	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 19' 48''
20	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 19' 48''
21	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 40''
22	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 43''
23	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 22' 13''
24	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 22' 58''
25	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 26' 44''
26	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 28' 40''
27	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 28' 53''

Team Classification:

1	Team Sky	51hr 23min 42sec
2	Astana Pro Team	@ 12 seconds
3	BMC Racing Team	+ 00' 14''
4	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 00' 47''
5	Trek Factory Racing
6	Iam Cycling	+ 01' 01''
7	Team Katusha	+ 01' 20''
8	Belkin Pro Cycling	+ 01' 31''
9	Lampre - Merida
10	Cannondale	+ 01' 42''
11	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 02' 46''
12	Garmin - Sharp	+ 03' 26''
13	Orica Greenedge	+ 04' 42''
14	Ag2R-La Mondiale	+ 05' 44''
15	FDJ.Fr	+ 06' 31''
16	Team Europcar	+ 08' 28''
17	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 10' 27''
18	Lotto-Belisol	+ 10' 29''
19	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 11' 02''
20	Movistar Team	+ 12' 12''
21	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	+ 13' 29''
22	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 25' 55''

Stage 4 photos:

Kittel beats the other fast men. From left, in French tricolor, Arnaud Démare, Peter Sagan in Green, kittel and Alexander Kristoff. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Marcel Kittel. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali heads to stage five's cobbles still in yellow. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 4 Live Updates:

Km 33.5: The Tour today is in France, but Andy Schleck did not start. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) and Luis Maté (Cofidis) escaped early and now have a lead of 3min 15sec. Chris Froome (Sky) and Bauke Mollema (Belkin) crashed. Both made it back to the pelton but Froome is looking banged up.

Km 38: Giant-Shimano and Lotto-Belisol are helping Astana police the front of the pack. The gap to Voeckler and Maté is 3min 32sec. Average speed so far is 43.7 km/hr.

Km 61: The race is 1hr 24min old. Voeckler and Maté are 3 minutes ahead of the peloton. Voeckler's director sportif Dominique Arnould said this about Voeckler, "He told us this morning he wanted to get in the breakaway. He's riding strong and you never know. They may manage to thwart the sprinters, although it would have been better if there'd been other riders with them. It's not easy for two riders on their own. It'll all depend on how the sprinters' teams react."

Km 68, 95km to go: The gap is falling, it's now 2min 22sec. Regarding Chris Froome's fall, one of his directors, Nicolas Portal, said, "It's OK, It's OK. We were scared out of our wits, like everyone else, but after talking with him everything seems OK. He hit the tarmac hard, but everything's all right. We gave him a splint and, of course, we're taking things carefully now. I'm not superstitious, but this is one fall we could've done without." But of course, Sky would not say, Froome is in trouble, he weak and this would be a good time to attack him. Teams almost always try to hide their riders' troubles.

Km 91: We're coming to the intermediate sprint, which is placed 15 deep. Cannondale is moving to the front, bringing points leader Peter Sagan. Maté has a mechanical, a problem with his chain. He gets a new bike almost immediately. Voeckler waited for Maté and the two are together. Voeckler crosses the line first, the pair do not contest the sprint.

The sprint is a long, uphill drag. Cannondale takes Sagan to the sprint, where he gets third place easily. The makes the Points Classification at this point thus:

1. Peter Sagan 132 points
2. Bryan Coquard 99
3. Marcel Kittel 90

Voeckler and Maté now are only 64 seconds ahead of the pack.

Km 99: Well, things just got interesting. Between the accelleration caused by the intermediate sprint and the cobbled descent and tail wind, there is a split in the peloton. Cannondale and Lotto-Belisol are hammering the front, trying to keep the dropped riders, who are not organized yet, from regaining the field. Don't know yet who was caught out.

Km 105: As the pack tries to leave the split behind, Voeckler and Maté are losing their lead. The pair have just 34 seconds. The second group has Joaquin Rodriguez, Arnaud Démare and Michal Kwiatkowski and is a minute behind the main peloton.

Km 109: Maté has a front flat. Voeckler presses on. Maté gets a fast repair, but he is caught by the peloton. Kwiatkowski's getting caught in the second group has Omega Pharma working to unify the peloton and bring their GC man back up to the front group with Nibali and Froome.

Km 112: The Kwiatkowski/Rodriguez group has caught the main peloton. At the back Nicki Terpstra (2014 Paris-Roubaix winner) went down and he's back up almost immediately and chasing the pack.

Voeckler is awesome! He has grown his solo lead to 1min 15sec. He's got 50 km to go.

Km 127: The peloton seems unmotivated and the lone Thomas Voeckler (in a huge gear) has conserved his 1min 15sec lead. Of course, he was first over the fourth category Mont Noir. Lotto-Belisol and Tinkoff-Saxo are at the front of the pack.

Km 132, 31 km to go: The pack has come alive and Voeckler's lead is now just 33 seconds.

Km 137: Going through Armentières, Lotto-Belisol riders Greg Henderson, Lars Ytting Bak and Bart de Clercq have gone down. Henderson crashed hard. This will certainly make André Greipel's job of beating Marcel Kittel, Arnaud Démare and Peter Sagan today much harder.

Voeckler has just 18 seconds and is looking like he's running out of gas. He's making even more odd faces than usual. Giant-Shimano has put a lot of horsepower at the front. The race is going 48 km/hr.

Km 143, 20 km to go: Greg Henderson has had to abandon after crashing and injuring his knee. Voeckler has just 12 seconds.

Km 148: Sagan has had some sort of problem and is making his way through the follow cars alone. Sagan has a scuffed jersey, looking like he crashed. Voeckler, fighting until the last moment, has been caught. At the front, it's Garmin-Sharp and Tinkoff-Saxo.

Km 151, 13 km to go: Sagan has made contact with the back of the peloton. The pack is flying (57 km/hr!) and now he has to make his way to the front.

Km 154: Parallel lines of Tinkoff-Saxo and Garmin-Sharp riders are leading, protecting their GC men Contador and Talansky as the pack blitzes through Lille.

Omega-Pharma went to the front, Tony Martin took a pull and found hismelf with a gap. Martin waited for the field.

Km 159, 5 km to go: Garmin-Sharp is back to leading with Omega-Pharma just taking over. The roads are damp from an earlier rain. Now Europcar is moving up.

The finish: Alessandro Petacchi took a fierce pull and swung off. Now Tony Martin leads.

Giant-Shimano pulls hard at the front while Peter Sagan keeps moving up and now, incredibly, is now on Kittel's wheel.

All the good sprinters were lined across the road for a huge, fast sprint. Kittel just takes it from Alexander Kristoff and Arnaud Démare.

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