Johannes Adamietz (Lotto Dstny) prevailed from a small breakaway on stage four of the Tour of Slovakia, beating Corratec-Vini Fantini's Kyrylo Tsarenko and Pierre Thierry (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) on a punchy stage to Ruzomberok.
Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) assumed the race lead from teammate Anders Foldager, and leads the Tour of Slovakia by two seconds ahead of Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quickstep) with Foldager dropping to third at 22 seconds.
Results
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Critérium du Dauphiné stage 5 live – Breakaway kept close on lumpy stage with sprint potential
Four climbs in final 90km of stage from Saint-Priest to Mâcon, with several riders in touching distance of the yellow jersey -
'The first three-hour outings seemed endless' – Marta Cavalli offers insight into Mount Teide altitude camp ahead of Tour de Suisse
Italian rider looks to reap benefits on return from high ground, as she continues build-up for Giro d'Italia Women -
'I had a lump in my throat' – former Soudal-QuickStep CEO Patrick Lefevere celebrates 1000th victory at Critérium du Dauphiné with Remco Evenepoel
World and Olympic Time Trial Champion dedicates knock-out TT stage win to ex-boss -
'Not everything breaks with noise, sometimes it just slips out of rhythm' – Mattias Skjelmose to skip Tour de Suisse after illness
Lidl-Trek Tour de France contender, who already missed Critérium du Dauphiné, says French Grand Tour 'still the priority and I’m fully focused on being ready'
