Tsarenko wins big at the Tour of Slovenia as breakaway takes Queen Stage
Ukrainian rider Kyrylo Tsarenko (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini) took arguably the biggest win of his career on stage 4 of the prestigious Tour of Slovenia, the 24-year-old's first victory on European soil after adding first ink to his palmarès with a stage and overall at April's Tour of Hainan.
Tsarenko got himself into the break of the day on the Queen Stage, an optimistic move but one unlikely to make it all the way with the race lead up for grabs. The 24-year-old Ukrainian survived, though, along with Samuele Zoccarato (Polti-VisitMalta), the pair of them taking first and second on the first-category Golte climb.
Anders Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) was first across the line from the peloton a few seconds ahead of Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), now respectively first and second overall. Tao Geoghegan Hart's (Lidl-Trek) sixth-place stage finish was enough to move the former Giro d'Italia champion onto the GC podium with one stage to go.
Stage 4 top 5
- Kyrylo Tsarenko (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini) 4:37:46
- Samuele Zoccarato (Polti-VisitMalta) +0:28
- Anders Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) +0:38
- Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +0:41
- Johannes Kulset (Uno-X Mobility) +0:47
GC after stage 4
- Anders Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility)
- Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +0:16
- Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) +0:19
- Jakob Omrzel (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:35
- Fabio Christen (Q36.5) +0:50