Baloise Belgium Tour: Aranburu powers to stage 4 victory

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Alex Aranburu (Movistar) won stage 4 of the Baloise Belgium Tour
Alex Aranburu (Movistar) won stage 4 of the Baloise Belgium Tour (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Alex Aranburu (Movistar) was the fastest to the finish line in an uphill sprint to take the stage 4 victory at the Baloise Belgium Tour.

Aranburu came around runner-up Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) to take the win as Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) punched up the climb to take third place on the day.

Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) maintained his overall race lead two seconds ahead of the day's late-race breakaway rider Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) and Aranburu moved up to third place at six seconds back.

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A large breakaway of 12 riders emerged mid-stage that included Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Martin Svrček (Soudal-QuickStep), Rémi Cavagna (Movistar), Tristan Scherpenbergh (Philippe Wagner/Bazin), Lindsay De Vylder (Team Flanders-Baloise), Jasper Haest and Jago Willems (VolkerWessels), Jeroen Van Krimpen (BEAT Cycling), Diego Pablo Sevilla (Team Polti Kometa), Valentin Retailleau (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) and Nathan Smith (Team Novo Nordisk).

Lidl-Trek and Visma-Lease a Bike moved to the front as counter-attacks from a new four-rider breakaway set off with Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek), Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché-Wanty), Joseph Blackmore (Israel-Premier Tech) and Jenno Berckmoes (Lotto Dstny).

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