Tour of Slovenia: Kyrylo Tsarenko wins stage 4 from early breakaway, Anders Halland Johannessen moves into race lead

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Ukranian rider survives up final ascent to Golta, with group of favourites battling it out for the overall lead behind

TURIN, ITALY - MARCH 19: Anders Halland Johannessen of Norway and Uno-X Mobility Team crosses the finish line during the 106th Milano - Torino 2025 a 174km one day race from Rho to Torino - Superga 670m on March 19, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
New Tour of Slovenia race leader Anders Halland Johannessen (Image credit: Getty Images)

Ukraine's Kyrylo Tsarenko (Solution Tech - Vini Fantini) claimed the biggest win of his life on stage 4 of the Tour of Slovenia, surviving a brutal day in the early breakaway to conquer the climb to Golte.

Also a member of the early move of six, who got away and built a big lead out of the stage start in Maribor, Samuele Zoccarato (Polti VisitMalta) finished second up the stinging, steep 13km climb, just 28 seconds behind Tsarenko at the line.

The battle for the overall lead played out in the group of favourites further down the climb, with Anders Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) coming out on top ahead of Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) to finish 38 seconds after the Ukrainian.

Tsarenko has shown signs of such a performance by winning the 2.pro Tour of Hainan overall and a stage last season, but against WorldTour opposition in Europe, he found a new peak on Saturday. 

With pre-stage leader Fabio Christen (Q36.5) dropping on the final climb, Johannessen moved into the overall lead of the race, with a 16-second advantage over Großschartner heading into the final stage on Sunday. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) sits third overall, 19 seconds back.

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James Moultrie
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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.

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