Stage 4: Tour de France 2024 Bike Climb - PJAMM Cycling

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Côtes and climbs of Stage 4 of the 2024 TdF (Mountain):

Sestrières  (Cat 2)

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2024 TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE 4:  MOUNTAIN

138 km (86 mi) / 3,541 m (11,617’’)

PINEROLO > VALLOIRE  (July 2)

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KOM Corner

STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 4 (July 2)

Individual standings

Rider

Time

gap

Team

1

Tadej Pogacar

19:06:38

-

UAE Emirates

2

Remco Evenepoel

19:07:23

45"

Soudal Quickstep

3

Jonas Vingegaard

19:07:28

50"

Visma | Lease a Bike

KOM Standing

Rider

KOM Points

Country

Team

1

Jonas Abrahamsen

24

NOR

Uno-X-Mobility

2

Tadej Pogacar

20

SLO

UAE Emirates

3

Valentin Madouas

16

FRA

Groupama FDJ

4

Jonas Vingegaard

15

DEN

Visma | Lease a Bike

5

Remco Evenepoel

12

BEL

Soudal Quickstep

6

Stephen Williams

10

GBR

Israel - Premier Tech

7

Carlos Rodriguez

10

SPA

Ineos Grenadiers

8

Frank Van Den Broek

9

NDL

DSM-Firmenich Postnl

9

Ion Izagirre

8

SPA

Cofidis

10

Juaan Ayuso

8

SPA

UAE Emirates

Official post-race summary for Stage 4 (from TDF)

Stage 4 of the Tour de France was won in style by Tadej Pogacar in Valloire, with the UAE Team Emirates rider attacking on the Galibier climb before descending to the finish line to reclaim the Yellow Jersey. After controlling the evolution of the breakaway on the climbs to the Italian resort of Sestriere, then the Col de Montgenevre, the UAE riders put their leader into position on the Col du Galibier. It was 800 metres from the summit that Pogacar struck a big blow to his rivals. The Slovenian then increased his advantage on the descent to Valloire to claim the 12th stage victory of his career on the Tour, also reclaiming the Yellow Jersey. He will start the fifth stage 45” ahead of Remco Evenepoel and 50” ahead of Jonas Vingegaard.

The intermediate sprint for Pedersen
There were 174 riders at the start of Stage 4 in Pinerolo after the withdrawal of Casper Pedersen (Soudal-Quick Step), who crashed towards the end of Stage 3 near Turin suffering a collarbone fracture, forcing him to leave the Tour. After the peloton left Pinerolo for this short, tough (139.6 km) stage in the mountains, the positioning of the intermediate sprint at km 18.6 inspired Mads Pedersen, who immediately tried to launch a breakaway, though the attack would not succeed. So it was from within the bunch that the Dane accelerated to the line to take the maximum 20 points in the Castel Del Bosco intermediate sprint, in the fight for the green jersey.

The first big climb
At km 30, on the asecent to Sestriere – with 20km of the climb remaining -  there were 17 riders who broke clear, with Chris Juul-Jensen (Jayco-AlUla), Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek), Bruno Armirail (Decathlon-AG2R), David Gaudu, Romain Grégoire, Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ ), Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Oier Lazkano (Movistar), Raul Garcia, Cristian Rodriguez (Arkes-B&B), Kobe Goosens (Intermarche-Wanty), Warren Barguil (dsm-Firmenich), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Odd Christian Eiking, Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X), Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) and Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech) all in the group.

Williams shows his prowess
It was 2024 Flèche Wallonne winner Williams who topped the Sestriere climb (Cat 2, km 50.4) first and by the time the breakaway riders reached the summit of the second categorised climb - Col de Montgenevre (Cat 2, km 71,1) - their gap over the peloton was 2’10”. Again it was Williams who reached the top of the climb first, earning himself 10 points for the Mountain classification from those first two peaks of the day. On the descent from Montgenevre, Nils Politt set a very fast pace for Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates causing several splits in the peloton, which were nullified when the bunch passed through Briançon (km 82.1), with Richard Carapaz accelerating to 86.6 km/h in the Yellow Jersey to chase his way back to the GC group. The breakaway’s advantage increased to 2'30” as the escapees gained some momentum in the valley to the foot of the Galibier.

The breakaway disintegrates on the Galibier
The breakaway group fell apart on the Galibier with Chris Juul-Jensen (Jayco-AlUla), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) and Oier Lazkano (Movistar Team), the last four to stay at the front, not opting to assist each other. Only 30 riders remained in the main group of a reduced peloton when it caught and overtook Lazkano with 26 km to go, driven by the UAE Team Emirates riders. The elimination game in the main group saw the Yellow Jersey Carapaz distanced at 6 km from the summit and he would eventually finish 5'28" down on the GC. There were only eight riders at the front at 3 km from the top of the climb: Almeida, Ayuso, Pogacar, Vingegaard, Car.Rodriguez, Roglic, Evenepoel and Landa. Pogacar then produced a sublime attack 800 metres from summit of the Col du Galibier, with Vingegaard hanging onto his wheel for around a 100 metres, but the gap grew with the UAE leader taking the Henri-Desgrange souvenir by 10” ahead of his rival. On the descent and in the final kilometres to Valloire Pogacar opened up a clear gap to win by 35” from Evenepoel, Ayuso and Roglic, with Vingegaard in fifth, two further seconds behind.

Stage 4  Climbs

Category

Winner

Points Awarded

Sestrieres

2

Stephen Williams

+5

Col de Montgenvre

2

Stephen Williams

+5

Col du Galibier

HC

Tadej Pogacar

+ 20

STAGE 4 DETAILS AND STATISTICS

  •  Location: Piedmont Region, Italy andAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  • Distance: 138 kilometers / 86 miles
  • Altitude gained: 3,541 meters / 11,617’’
  • Percentage Grade:
  • 33% (45 km/ 28 mi) descent
  • 46% (63.5 km/ 40  mi) 0-5%
  • 20% (27.5 km/ 17 mi) 5-10%
  • 1% ( 1.6 /1 mi) 10-15%
  • Steepest:
  • 500 meters 10.4%  / ¼ mile 11.2%
  • 1 Kilometer 9.9% / mile 9.6%
  • Highest Point on the Route: 2,642 meters / 8,668’’
  • Lowest Point on the Route:  408 meters / 1339’

COMMENTS FROM RACE DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME - STAGE 4:

“The race leaves Italy after a long climb to the resort of Sestrières, where Coppi triumphed in 1952, the border subsequently reached at the Col de Montgenèvre. Then, after ascending the Lautaret pass, the riders will tackle the 2,642-metre Galibier. This will be the first opportunity for the favourites to test themselves in the high mountains.” (Tour de France Stage 4).

The hardest climb of the stage and second highest of the 2024 TdF.

Col du Galibier has been featured in the Tour de France 64 times.

Visit our Highest Climbs in the history of the Tour de France page.

These are the highest points the Tour de France has ever reached, from 1903 to 2022.

Photos clockwise from upper left:  Col du Galibier (2642m), Col d’L’Iseran (2770m),

Col Agnel (2744m), Col du Granon (2413m), and Cime de la Bonette (2802m)

Col du Galibier has been featured in the TdF 64 times, more than any climbs other than 4 (Tormalet 90, Col d’ Aspin 74, Col d’Aubisque 73 and Col de Peyresourde 69)

TOP 10 MOST FREQUENT CLIMBS OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE

(AND 10 FAMOUS ONES AFTER THAT)

Climb name

Mountain Range

Times Featured in Tour de France

Most recent

First included

Col du Tourmalet

Pyrenees

90

2023

1910

Col d'Aspin

Pyrenees

74

2023

1910

Col d'Aubisque

Pyrenees

73

2022

1910

Col de Peyresourde

Pyrenees

69

2021

1910

Col du Galibier

Alps

64

2022

1911

Col de Portet d'Aspet

Pyrenees

58

2021

1910

Col des Aravis

Alps

42

2023

1911

Col d'Izoard

Alps

36

2019

1922

Col de Vars

Alps

35

2019

1922

Col d'Allos

Alps

34

2015

1911

Alpe d'Huez

Alps

32

2022

1952

Col du Télégraphe

Alps

31

2022

1911

Col de la Madeleine

Alps

29

2020

1969

Col de la Croix de Fer

Alps

21

2022

1947

Mont Ventoux

Alps

18

1921

1951

Col du Soulor

Pyrenees

16

2019

1912

Col du Glandon

Alps

14

2015

1947

Puy de Dome

Massif Central

14

2023

1952

Luz Ardiden

Pyrenees

9

2021

1985

Col de l'Iseran

Alps

8

2019

1938

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