Italian Matteo Trentin’s sprint to the victory made him win the fourth stage of Vuelta a Espana while Britain’s champion, Chris Froome, retained the red jersey as the overall leader.
The Quick-Step Floors’ boy was seen to reel in while passing the Spain’s Juan Jose Lobato. The four-time Tour de France champion, Chris Froome, finished in the bunch of the 198km-route of stage four from Escaldes to Engordany still holding the 2-second lead.
? Resumen de la Etapa 4: Escaldes-Engordany ➡️Tarragona
Final al sprint para Matteo Trentin.#LV2017 pic.twitter.com/kS8G9Ny8rR— Vuelta a España (@lavuelta) August 22, 2017
Trentin, 28, is now a stage winner in all three Grand Tours, adding to his victory at the Giro d’Italia in 2016 and victories in the 2013 and 2014 Tours de France.
During an official interview, he admitted to feel very proud for his achievement. “I’m really proud to have done this with this team. I was really looking for this stage win as I’ve been going well in the last part of the season.”- he said.
Quick-Step’s team members have been able to win two of the four stages of this year’s Vuelta so far following Yves Lampaert’s victory of the second stage.
Top 5 etapa:
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1. Matteo Trentin
2. Juanjo Lobato
3. Tom Van Asbroeck
4. Edward Theuns
5. Jens Debusschere#LV2017 pic.twitter.com/TuaGS66UQ7— Vuelta a España (@lavuelta) August 22, 2017
Stage four results:
Matteo Trentin (Ita/Quick-Step Floors): 4hrs 43mins 57secs
Juan Jose Lobato (Spa/Team LottoNL-Jumbo) Same time
Tom van Asbroeck (Bel/Cannondale-Drapac)
Edward Theuns (Bel/Trek-Segafredo)
Jens Debusschere (Bel/Lotto Soudal)
Sacha Modolo (Ita/Team UAE Emirates)
Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra/FDJ)
Soren Kragh Andersen (Den/Team Sunweb)
Youcef Reguigui (Alg/Team Dimension Data)
Jetse Bol (Ned/Manzana Postobon)
General classification:
Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 13hrs 37mins 41secs
David de la Cruz (Spa/Quick-Step Floors) +2secs
Nicolas Roche (Ire/BMC Racing Team) Same time
Tejay van Garderen (US/BMC Racing Team)
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain-Merida) +10secs
Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica-Scott) +11secs
Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana Pro Team) +38secs
Adam Yates (GB/Orica-Scott)+39secs
Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale) +48secs
Simon Yates (GB/Orica-Scott) Same time
