Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) took a sprint win on the cobbled streets of Sibiu ahead of the Lotto Dstny duo of Milan Menten and Michael Schwarzmann on stage 4a - the first half of a double-stage final day in Romania.
The 97.3km stage started and ended in Sibiu, finishing the uphill cobbled sprint to the Piața Mare, and saw two major breakaways. The latter of which, containing Frederik Wandahl (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Marcin Budziński (Mazowsze Serce Polski), was caught with 2km remaining - lining up a sprint finish dominated by Bennett and Bora-Hansgrohe.
It was Bennett's second win of the race, after winning the opening stage also in Sibiu, which was rounded off by an identical podium of Menten and Schwarzmann.
After the race, Sem Bennett said, "It's always nice to win, and to collect two stage wins here. It's never easy to win, and I'm especially happy to win after the work my teammates did. It's always great to finish the job."
The race's final stage, stage 4b, is a time trial that will begin at 15:30 CET. Overall leader Matteo Badilatti (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) will be battling against the clock to retain his two-second advantage over teammate Mark Donovan, and five seconds over Jakub Otruba (ATT Investments).
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