Tour de France: Thor Hushovd wins stage 4

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd sprinted his way to a stage four victory in the 2007 Tour de France on Wednesday.

Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland maintained the overall lead, while Hushovd moved into second place, 29 seconds behind Cancellara.

Cancellara is not confident of keeping the yellow jersey. "When I get into the mountains, it's sure that it's finished," Cancellara said.

Danish mountain specialist, and "King of the Mountains" for 2005 and 2006, Michael Rasmussen agrees that the Alps will be a turning point in the race.

"We'll definitely get some answers on those days," Rasmussen said. "Already on the Colombiere [La Colombiere Pass], there will be guys from the general classification maybe even dropping or being in trouble."

French mountain specialist Remy Di Gregorio withdrew from the Tour after fracturing his elbow during stage 4.

Stage 4 results

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	4h 37'47"
2	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	s.t"
3	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t"
4	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t"
5	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre-Fondital	s.t"
6	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step-Innergetic	s.t"
7	Robert Förster	Gerolsteiner	s.t"
8	Tom Boonen	Quick Step-Innergetic	s.t"
9	Sébastien Chavanel	Française des Jeux	s.t"
10	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	s.t"

General classification after stage 4

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	19h 49'55"
2	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	29"
3	Andreas Klöden	Astana Team	33"
4	David Millar	Saunier Duval-Prodir	41"
5	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	43"
6	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis	43"
7	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis	44"
8	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	45"
9	Tom Boonen	Quick Step-Innergetic	46"
10	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	46"

Sources

Jerome Pugmire, AP. "Raisin and shine: Early morning phone call spurs Hushovd" — Yahoo! Sports, July 12, 2007
"Hushovd sprints to stage four win" — BBC Sport, July 11, 2007

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