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.
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'A bit of a rollercoaster of a season' – Ally Wollaston sets her sights on Track Worlds after going 'back to the drawing board' at Tour of Britain Women
'I feel like I've just been floating through the season a little bit without real targets' says New Zealand champion -
'I gave everything I had, and cycling gave me everything in return' – Julian Alaphilippe confirms his career is over
Two-time World Champion says he's stopping 'not with sadness, but with gratitude' -
'We're looking for the green jersey, but it'll be difficult' - Kaden Groves tips Tadej Pogačar as potential rival in hunt for Vuelta a España points classification
27-year-old Australian also aiming for 11th Grand Tour stage win of career -
Kortijk Koerse: Sofie van Rooijen out-sprints Charlotte Kool for a second career victory in Belgian race
Kathrin Schweinberger takes third in bunch finish
