Irish cyclist Eddie Dunbar has put in another big shift on the front of the bunch at Tour de la Provence as his Ineos Grenadiers took overall victory with Ivan Sosa.
On today’s stage 4, the final day of the race, a
breakaway went clear early and managed to build a lead of more than five
minutes at one point.
That group included Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM), Jeremy
Leveau (Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Métropole), Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroën Team) and
Luis Mas Bonet (Movistar).
With Sosa carrying the race leader’s jersey into today’s stage, having won at Mont Ventoux-Chalet Reynard yesterday, Ineos Grenadiers took on much of the responsibility for pegging the breakaway back today.
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They were joined in the chase by the sprinters’ teams,
including Arnaud Demare’s Groupama-FDJ and Nacer Bouhanni’s Arkea Samsic.
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Dunbar did a lot of pulling on the front, especially inside the final 50km, when the breakaway men were not caught as easily as they might have been.
In the end the group was recaptured deep inside the last
5km, with the victory fought out in a bunch sprint won by Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain
Victorious) from double stage winner Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck-QuickStep)
and Bouhanni.
The result meant Sosa took the race overall, though Julian
Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) gained time at an intermediate sprint and so
leapfrogged Egan Bernal into 2nd place to deny Ineos Grenadiers a 1-2.
Sosa, who looked so impressive yesterday, claimed overall
victory by 18 seconds from Alaphilippe, with Bernal at 19 seconds.
Eddie Dunbar and Nicolas Roche (Team DSM) finished side by side today; in 128th and 129th at 51 seconds.
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