Stage 4

The road

How it was won

1. 134 km to go

   A tight corner on smooth roads

   Thirteen and a half minutes of breakaway lead has become one by Chiclana, and here a fast bend catches out a clutch of riders. BMC send three men back to shepherd Tejay van Garderen home; the peloton does not slow down for a second.

2. 24 km to go

   The hairpin at four kilometres

   The longest stage of the race ends with a tight left-hand hairpin onto the climb into Vejer de la Frontera. Position is everything; Van der Sande goes at the bottom, Bilbao goes next.

3. 32 km to go

   Sánchez and Roche gamble

   Samuel Sánchez counters on a short descent with Nicolas Roche glued to him, and for a moment the Irishman is riding for the red jersey and the stage at once.

4. 4At the line

   Valverde soars past

   Sánchez is swallowed first, Roche holds on until 200 metres, and then Alejandro Valverde comes by with Sagan on his wheel and doesn't stop. Chaves loses time but keeps red.

The result