Filippo Ganna wins hotly contested time trial, Wout van Aert stays in yellow

Within two seconds, Wout van Aert could have had his fifth victory in the Critérium du Dauhpiné during the 4th stage. The individual time trial was won on Wednesday by the world champion in the discipline, the Italian Filippo Ganna (Ineos).

Surprised on Tuesday in an uphill sprint by David Gaudu, van Aert had to resign himself again, more easily than the day before. “I am beaten by the world champion”underlined the Belgian from the Jumbo team who consolidated his position at the top of the general classification after this stage run north of Montbrison, in the Loire.

Thursday, the 5th stage is offered to sprinters but gives adventurers a chance on a 162.3 kilometer course between Thizy-les-Bourges, in the Rhône, and Chaintré, in Saône-et-Loire, near Mâcon.

Stage classification

1. Filippo Ganna
2. WOUT VAN AERT
3. ETHAN HAYTER
4. MATTIA CATTANEO
5. PRIMOŽ ROGLIC

General classification

1. WOUT VAN AERT
2. MATTIA CATTANEO
3. PRIMOŽ ROGLIC
4. JONAS VINGEGAARD
5. ETHAN HAYTER