Oier Lazkano (Movistar) won stage 4 of the Vuelta a Burgos after he overpowered Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) on the uphill finale in Pradoluengo. The Spanish champion was part of a nine-man move that escaped early in the stage and fought out the victory on the category 3 climb to the line.
Lazkano showed his strength by closing down a late attack from Joan Bou (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Buitrago was the only rider who could follow Lazkano’s acceleration, but he was unable to come around the strongman in the closing metres. Raul Garcia Pierna (Kern Pharma) took third place, three seconds behind Lazkano.
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) was part of the break, and his presence ensured that Jumbo-Visma were reluctant to offer them too much latitude, with the peloton closing to within 58 seconds come the finish.
Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) finished safely in the main peloton to retain the overall lead ahead of Saturday’s finale at Lagunas de Neila. The Slovenian leads Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) by 40 seconds.
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