Dominant victory for Poels on Xorret del Catí
Wout Poels (Sky) destroyed his rivals for the general classification on the very steep slopes of Xorret del Catí, in the fourth stage of Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. His teammate, Benat Inxtausti, managed to surpass the Astana duo Aru-Sanchez and finished second in the stage, with Ion Izagirre rounding up the podium.
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2016 – stage 4 results (Orihuela – Xorret del Catí):
| 1 | Wout Poels (Sky) | 3:26:32 |
| 2 | Benat Intxausti (Sky) |
+23” |
| 3 | Ion Izagirre (Movistar) |
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| 4 | Fabio Aru (Astana) |
+25” |
| 5 | Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) |
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| 6 | Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) |
+31” |
| 7 | Davide Formolo (Cannondale) |
+38” |
| 8 | Sergey Firsanov (Gazprom-RusVelo) |
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| 9 | Tom-Jelte Slagter (Cannondale) |
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| 10 | Javier Moreno (Movistar) |
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General classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Wout Poels (Sky) | 12:03:26 |
| 2 | Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) |
+46” |
| 3 | Benat Intxausti (Sky) |
+56” |
| 4 | Ion Izagirre (Movistar) |
+1’01” |
| 5 | Javier Moreno (Movistar) |
+1’10” |
| 6 | Fabio Aru (Astana) |
+1’26” |
| 7 | Diego Rosa (Astana) |
+1’27” |
| 8 | Jesus Herrada (Movistar) |
+1’31” |
| 9 | Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) |
+1’34” |
| 10 | Leopold König (Sky) |
+1’50” |
