Saudi Tour: Van Gils wins stage 4
By Cyclingnews published
Belgian takes over race leader ahead of final stage

Lotto Soudal won their second stage at the Saudi Tour after Maxim Van Gils soloed to victory on stage 4 at the Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid.
The 22-year-old second-year pro followed Andrea Bagioli's (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) attack on the double-digit gradient slopes of the main climb of the day, 10 kilometres from the finish before the Italian cracked under pressure from the Belgian, leaving Van Gils to ride alone to the finish.
Luka Mezgec (BikeExchange-Jayco) took second place ahead of Tim Declercq (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), though at 40 seconds back it means that Van Gils is the new race leader.
He heads into Saturday's final stage with a 36-second advantage over second-placed Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), while Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) is third at 48 seconds.
Earlier in the day, the wind provoked echelons and splits in the peloton, with Buitrago on the wrong side of a move which saw Van Gils, Oss, Mezgec and the majority of QuickStep-AlphaVinyl get up the road.
The winning move was made on the three-kilometre climb at the end of the stage from the group largely made up of non-climbers. There, the average gradient of 12 per cent enough for Van Gils to push on and build an insurmountable lead to take his first career victory.
Buitrago and Costa would eventually make it back to the group, taking advantage of the steep slopes to do so, though by that time the winning move – and the race lead – had already gone.
Place | Rider (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 03:32:39 |
2 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:00:40 |
3 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
4 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
5 | Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
6 | Daniel Oss (Ita) TotalEnergies | |
7 | Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis | |
8 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | |
9 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:00:44 |
10 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) TotalEnergies | 00:01:19 |
11 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
12 | Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:01:20 |
13 | Donavan Grondin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 00:01:29 |
14 | Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Arkea-Samsic | |
15 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
16 | Lawson Craddock (USA) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
17 | Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM | |
18 | Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM | |
19 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Bahrain Victorious | |
20 | Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis | |
21 | Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:01:32 |
22 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:02:48 |
23 | Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious | |
24 | Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies | |
25 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies | 00:03:35 |
26 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
27 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:04:12 |
28 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies | |
29 | Jannik Steimle (Ger) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
30 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
31 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM | |
32 | Capser van Uden (Ned) Team DSM | 00:06:00 |
33 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
34 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:06:03 |
35 | Sam Welsford (Aus) Team DSM | |
36 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
37 | Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM | |
38 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
39 | Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
40 | Alexander Konychev (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
41 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:07:37 |
42 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
43 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies | |
44 | Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates | |
45 | Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates | 00:09:29 |
46 | Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates | |
47 | Max Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates | |
48 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:10:38 |
49 | Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
50 | Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM | |
51 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
52 | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:10:56 |
53 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
54 | Jan Maas (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:11:25 |
55 | Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
56 | Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies | |
57 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:12:21 |
58 | Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | |
59 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Cofidis | |
60 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
61 | Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM | |
62 | Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
63 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis | |
64 | Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:12:51 |
65 | Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
66 | Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic | 00:13:47 |
67 | Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
68 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Cofidis | |
69 | Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
70 | Julius Jayde (RSA) Kuwait Pro Cycling | |
71 | Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious | |
72 | Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM | |
73 | Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis | |
74 | Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM | |
75 | Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
76 | Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:14:39 |
77 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Arkea-Samsic | |
78 | James Jobber (GBr) Kuwait Pro Cycling | |
79 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM | |
80 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Arkea-Samsic | |
81 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM | |
82 | Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:15:30 |
83 | Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) Kuwait Pro Cycling | |
84 | Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM | |
85 | Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:15:33 |
86 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal | 00:15:41 |
87 | Abdulhadi Alajmi (Kuw) Kuwait Pro Cycling | 00:20:20 |
88 | Muhamad Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
89 | Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
DNS | Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious | |
DNF | Matthew Clements (GBr) Kuwait Pro Cycling |
Place | Rider (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 15 |
2 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco | 12 |
3 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 9 |
4 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe | 7 |
5 | Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 6 |
6 | Daniel Oss (Ita) TotalEnergies | 5 |
7 | Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis | 4 |
8 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | 3 |
9 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 2 |
10 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) TotalEnergies | 1 |
Place | Rider (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 03:32:39 |
2 | Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis | 00:00:40 |
3 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | |
4 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:00:44 |
5 | Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:01:20 |
6 | Donavan Grondin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 00:01:29 |
7 | Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious | 00:02:48 |
8 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM | 00:04:12 |
9 | Capser van Uden (Ned) Team DSM | 00:06:00 |
10 | Alexander Konychev (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:06:03 |
11 | Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates | 00:09:29 |
12 | Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:10:38 |
13 | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:10:56 |
14 | Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:12:21 |
15 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
16 | Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM | |
17 | Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
18 | Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:12:51 |
19 | Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
20 | Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic | 00:13:47 |
21 | Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
22 | Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM | |
23 | Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis | |
24 | Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:15:30 |
25 | Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:15:33 |
Place | Rider (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Bora-Hansgrohe | 10:41:28 |
2 | QuickStep-AlphaVinyl | 00:00:41 |
3 | TotalEnergies | 00:01:16 |
4 | Bahrain Victorious | 00:01:26 |
5 | BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:02:13 |
6 | B&B Hotels-KTM | 00:05:30 |
7 | Lotto Soudal | 00:08:35 |
8 | UAE Team Emirates | 00:10:46 |
9 | Cofidis | 00:10:59 |
10 | Team DSM | 00:12:44 |
11 | Alpecin-Fenix | 00:12:48 |
12 | Arkea-Samsic | 00:13:14 |
13 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:19:52 |
14 | Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:38:42 |
15 | Kuwait Pro Cycling | 00:40:25 |
Place | Rider (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 17:09:38 |
2 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | 00:00:36 |
3 | Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 00:00:48 |
4 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:00:52 |
5 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:00:57 |
6 | Daniel Oss (Ita) TotalEnergies | |
7 | Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:01:29 |
8 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) TotalEnergies | 00:01:36 |
9 | Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis | 00:01:45 |
10 | Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis | 00:01:46 |
11 | Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM | |
12 | Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Arkea-Samsic | |
13 | Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM | 00:01:51 |
14 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Bahrain Victorious | 00:02:11 |
15 | Donavan Grondin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 00:02:13 |
16 | Lawson Craddock (USA) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:02:33 |
17 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:02:58 |
18 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:03:22 |
19 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:03:30 |
20 | Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious | 00:03:48 |
21 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:04:56 |
22 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:05:12 |
23 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM | 00:05:17 |
24 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
25 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 00:06:17 |
26 | Jannik Steimle (Ger) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:07:33 |
27 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:07:42 |
28 | Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:08:04 |
29 | Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM | 00:08:12 |
30 | Capser van Uden (Ned) Team DSM | 00:08:22 |
31 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:08:33 |
32 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies | 00:08:52 |
33 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies | 00:08:58 |
34 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 00:09:51 |
35 | Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 00:09:57 |
36 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:10:12 |
37 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:10:35 |
38 | Alexander Konychev (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:10:58 |
39 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:11:03 |
40 | Max Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates | 00:11:08 |
41 | Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies | 00:11:17 |
42 | Sam Welsford (Aus) Team DSM | 00:11:26 |
43 | Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates | 00:11:38 |
44 | Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies | 00:12:09 |
45 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis | 00:12:38 |
46 | Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM | 00:12:48 |
47 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:13:03 |
48 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:13:05 |
49 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies | 00:13:40 |
50 | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:13:48 |
51 | Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 00:13:56 |
52 | Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates | 00:14:26 |
53 | Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:14:34 |
54 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:15:09 |
55 | Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:15:27 |
56 | Jan Maas (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:15:31 |
57 | Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM | 00:15:37 |
58 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal | 00:15:40 |
59 | Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:15:47 |
60 | Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic | 00:16:01 |
61 | Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:16:05 |
62 | Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM | 00:16:22 |
63 | Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis | 00:16:26 |
64 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM | 00:16:39 |
65 | Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious | 00:16:52 |
66 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Cofidis | 00:17:18 |
67 | Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM | 00:17:42 |
68 | Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:17:52 |
69 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:18:06 |
70 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Cofidis | 00:18:18 |
71 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Arkea-Samsic | 00:18:21 |
72 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Arkea-Samsic | 00:18:38 |
73 | Julius Jayde (RSA) Kuwait Pro Cycling | 00:19:05 |
74 | Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM | 00:19:25 |
75 | Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:20:02 |
76 | Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto Soudal | 00:20:30 |
77 | Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:20:37 |
78 | Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:20:47 |
79 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:20:55 |
80 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:22:07 |
81 | Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:24:38 |
82 | James Jobber (GBr) Kuwait Pro Cycling | 00:25:22 |
83 | Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:27:36 |
84 | Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:29:17 |
85 | Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:29:44 |
86 | Abdulhadi Alajmi (Kuw) Kuwait Pro Cycling | 00:31:37 |
87 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM | 00:34:47 |
88 | Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) Kuwait Pro Cycling | 00:35:51 |
89 | Muhamad Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:38:42 |
Place | Rider (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 17:09:38 |
2 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | 00:00:36 |
3 | Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:01:29 |
4 | Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis | 00:01:45 |
5 | Donavan Grondin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 00:02:13 |
6 | Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious | 00:03:48 |
7 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM | 00:05:17 |
8 | Capser van Uden (Ned) Team DSM | 00:08:22 |
9 | Alexander Konychev (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:10:58 |
10 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:13:05 |
11 | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:13:48 |
12 | Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 00:13:56 |
13 | Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates | 00:14:26 |
14 | Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:14:34 |
15 | Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | 00:15:27 |
16 | Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:15:47 |
17 | Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic | 00:16:01 |
18 | Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM | 00:16:22 |
19 | Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis | 00:16:26 |
20 | Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM | 00:17:42 |
21 | Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:17:52 |
22 | Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:20:02 |
23 | Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto Soudal | 00:20:30 |
24 | Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:20:47 |
25 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 00:22:07 |
Place | Rider (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | QuickStep-AlphaVinyl | 51:34:14 |
2 | Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:00:41 |
3 | TotalEnergies | 00:00:45 |
4 | Bahrain Victorious | 00:00:55 |
5 | BikeExchange-Jayco | 00:02:21 |
6 | B&B Hotels-KTM | 00:05:25 |
7 | Lotto Soudal | 00:09:13 |
8 | UAE Team Emirates | 00:09:59 |
9 | Cofidis | 00:10:01 |
10 | Team DSM | 00:13:28 |
11 | Arkea-Samsic | 00:14:40 |
12 | Alpecin-Fenix | 00:17:03 |
13 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 00:20:39 |
14 | Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 00:55:28 |
15 | Kuwait Pro Cycling | 01:01:01 |

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