Pogačar beats Van der Poel to Suisse ITT victory by a third of a second

Mathieu van der Poel put in one of the time trials of his life to secure a long stint in the hotseat on stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse. One by one, other favourites arrived home outside his benchmark until only race leader Tadej Pogačar remained on course.

At the end of the 23.7-kilometre test, Pogačar thundered into Aarburg and sprinted to the line. And the time stayed green. Pogačar arrived home 0.31 of a second faster than Van der Poel to seal his second stage win of the Tour de Suisse.

Pogačar also extended his lead overall, and will take an advantage of 4 minutes 22 seconds into the final stage.

Brief results stage 4

1. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 26:37.99
2. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) +0:00.31
3. Tobias Foss (Netcompany-Ineos) +0:06.68
4. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) +0:10.79
5. Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +0:12.2

GC after stage 4

1. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
2. Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) +4:22
3. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) +4:27
4. Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek) +4:46
5. Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +5:16

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