Colombian Fernando Gaviria edged out Peter Sagan to win stage four of the Tour of San Juan on Wednesday and take the overall lead. The 28-year-old secured his first victory of the season and the 50th of his career by outsprinting Sagan and Italian Filippo Ganna at the end of a 122 mile ride to Barreal. Previous leader Sam Bennett fell away as several sprinters were dropped in the mountains.

Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal was one of the men to attack and is only 18 seconds behind Gaviria in the overall standings. The Ineos rider will be hoping to make an impact in Friday’s mountain run from Chimbas to Alto Colorado as he steps up his comeback from a horrific crash in training 12 months ago.

VUELTA A SAN JUAN STAGE 4 RESULTS

1	GAVIRIA Fernando	Movistar Team	4:35:27
2	SAGAN Peter	TotalEnergies	0:00
3	GANNA Filippo	INEOS Grenadiers	0:00
4	LAMPAERT Yves	Soudal – Quick Step	0:00
5	MÄRKL Niklas	Team DSM	0:00
6	RIVERA Brandon Smith	INEOS Grenadiers	0:00
7	TIVANI German Nicolás	Team Corratec	0:00
8	SIMMONS Quinn	Trek – Segafredo	0:00
9	ROSAS Laureano	Gremios por el Deporte – Cutral Co	0:00
10	VACEK Mathias	Trek – Segafredo	0:00

 

OVERALL STANDINGS

1	GAVIRIA Fernando	Movistar Team	16:06:19
2	SAGAN Peter	TotalEnergies	0:10
3	DOTTI Juan Pablo	Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan	0:13
4	GANNA Filippo	INEOS Grenadiers	0:14
5	TIVANI German Nicolás	Team Corratec	0:16
6	ANDRESEN Tobias Lund	Team DSM	0:16
7	OSS Daniel	TotalEnergies	0:16
8	LAMPAERT Yves	Soudal – Quick Step	0:16
9	VACEK Mathias	Trek – Segafredo	0:16
10	SEVILLA Óscar	Team Medellin – EPM	0:16

 

RBA/AFP Photo: Sprint Cycling