Tadej Pogacar is unstoppable in the Tour of Andalusia, Santiago Buitrago gives up a place in the general

There return to Andalusia is coming to an end and without a doubt the great protagonist of the competition was the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, who in the fourth stage won again and gave another blow to the general classification. It is the third victory for the double Tour de France champion in the Spanish race and the fourth for UAE Team Emirates who dominated from start to finish.

The Colombian Santiago Buitragowho was in second position in the general classification, did not have his best day and although he remained in the group of favorites, he could not follow Pogacar and Enric Mas, who broke away and crossed the finish line first, which is why he ended up finishing the day in fifth position.

Now the Colombian rider of the Bahrain Victorious He is third in the general classification of the competition, 1h19 behind Tadej Pogacar, who alone leads the classification. Second place now goes to local rider and Buitrago team leader Mikel Landa. The top 5 is completed by Spaniard Carlos Rodríguez of INEOS Grenadiers and Enric Mas of the Movistar team.

Despite the fact that the Colombian cyclist remained in the group of favorites until the end of the race, he lost time due to the strong pace imposed by Tadej Pogacar in the last kilometers of the section, which ended the fourth day of the Vuelta Andalucía in fifth place, 21 seconds behind the Slovenian, author of a time of 4:01:11.

The fourth stage of the Tour of Andalusia had several escape attempts in the first kilometers; however these were quickly neutralized by the main peloton, Tim Wellens managed to join 17 other riders and started to gain seconds ahead of the general peloton, but a few kilometers later they were checked.

A new group tried to Goal 90 km, there were seven riders this time, including Edoardo Zambanini, Pavel Sivakov, Ruben Guerreiro, Gonzalo Serrano, Matteo Sobrero, Lionel Taminiaux, Dion Smith, Pascal Eenkhoorn and Edvald Boasson-Hagen. 30 kilometers later, they extended the gap to more than two minutes.

He United Arab Emirates team He pulled the general peloton and started to cut the time with the break, becoming only 50 seconds with 30 kilometers from the finish line. On the last 15 kilometers, Sivakov went solo and tried to escape, but was controlled by the peloton of favorites and surprisingly it was Tadej Pogacar who led the race, while Enric Mas followed him behind the wheel .

in the last kilometers Pogacar y Enrique Mas they met in a difficult head-to-head, which was joined by Mikel Landa, however, in the last meters the Slovenian rider attacked again and won the climb. Another victory for the double Tour de France champion, another victory for the UAE Team Emirates. Santiago Buitrago, although he tried to keep up, couldn’t give up several seconds on the move to fifth position.

1. Tadej Pogacar – United Arab Emirates team | 4:01:11

2. Enrique Mas – The Movistar team | at 1:47″| at 0:03″

3. Laurent Rota – Intermarché Circus Wanty | 0:09″

4. Michael Landa – Bahrain-Victorious | one 0:12″

5. Santiago Buitrago – Bahrain-Victorious | one 0:21″

1. Tadej Pogacar – United Arab Emirates team | 16:36:58

2. Michael Landa – Bahrain-Victorious | a 1:14″

3. Santiago Buitrago – Bahrain-Victorious | a 1:19″

4. carlos rodriguez – INEOS Grenadiers | 1:35″

5. Enrique Mas – The Movistar team | a 1:54″

The last stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía will be 184.3 kilometers between Otura and Alhaurin of the tower. An explosive last day where the high mountains are once again the great protagonist with three third category prizes and one first category.