Tour of Normandie – Moses loses yellow

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Wisniowski from the Quickstep feeder team won a tough stage, Moses drops to 4th overall equal on time to rider in 3rd

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Tour of Normandie – Moses loses yellow

Polish Champion Lukasz Wisniowski won the 4th stage of Tour de Normandie after incredible finish and takes the leader’s jersey. Tom Moses drops to fourth.

The fourth stage in Normandy, 172 km between Domfront and Villers-Bocage was expected to be tough and in the end, saw splits at the front of the race where Tom Moses lost his leader’s jersey.

The route of the day provided opportunities for opportunists wanting to upset the overall standings. The work done since Wednesday by the RaphaCondor JLT team in defence of the yellow jersey began to weigh heavily. At kilometre 9, Paul Ourselin (Sojasun Hope CBCA), Benoit Jarrier (Brittany Dried Environment) and Guillaume Thevenot (Vendée U) were the first to escape.

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It was a break lasted until the final circuit around Villers-Bocage to be covered four times. There were lots of attacks from then on but it wasn’t until 5km from the finish that 4 riders escaped to victory.

Behind it, the chase dithered thus benefiting Luksz Wisniowski (Etixx), Erwann Corbel (Brittany Dried Environment), Dylan Teuns (BMC Development Team) and Bertjan Lindeman (Rabobank Development Team).

The four battled it out for the win with Wisniowski winning from Corbel whilst twenty two seconds behind, Raleigh’s Morgan Kneisky won the bunch kick for 5th place. Prior to the sprint, Raleigh’s Yanto Barker fell heavily after a rider crashed in front of him. The number one domestic based rider in 2013 said afterwards he was okay but battered by the fall.

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In the overall, Moses drops to 4th.

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Stage 4
1 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz Etixx 04:00:59
2 CORBEL Erwann Bretagne РS̩ch̩ Environnement
3 TEUNS Dylan
4 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan Rabobank Development Team
5 KNEISKY Morgan Team Raleigh 00:22
6 PATOUX Cyrille
7 KIRSCH Alex Leopard Development Team
8 PARDINI Olivier Verandas Willems
9 CORNU Jeremy
10 MONCORGE Pierre FireFighters Upsala CK

15 WETTERHALL Alexander FireFighters Upsala CK
25 BOULO Matthieu Team Raleigh
27 MOSES Thomas Rapha Condor JLT
38 MCNALLY Mark An Post – Chain Reaction
53 BLAIN Alexandre Team Raleigh
92 WILKINSON Ian Team Raleigh @8.23
93 MCLAY Daniel
94 DOULL Owain An Post – Chain Reaction
95 ENGLISH Felix Rapha Condor JLT
104 GARBET Nicolas 14:29
116 HANDLEY Richard Rapha Condor JLT
117 STEPHENSON William Rapha Condor JLT
123 BARKER Yanto Team Raleigh
125 CUMING Michael Rapha Condor JLT
133 OPIE Christopher Rapha Condor JLT 23:23

Overall
1. WISNIOWSKI Lukasz Etixx
2. LINDEMAN Bert-Jan Rabobank Development Team @ 2 secs
3. CORBEL Erwann Bretagne РS̩ch̩ Environnement @ 10 secs
4. MOSES Thomas Rapha Condor JLT @ 10

10. BOULO Matthieu Team Raleigh @ 21 secs
29. WETTERHALL Alexander FireFighters Upsala CK @ 29
39. MCNALLY Mark An Post – Chain Reaction @36
43. BLAIN Alexandre Team Raleigh @ 40 secs
44. KNEISKY Morgan Team Raleigh @ 42
Points
1. Dan McLay
5. Tom Moses

Young Rider
3. Tom Moses

 

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