Time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) blasted to victory and the overall race lead on stage 4 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, completing the 17.4km individual time trial in 20:50 to take his second win in the discipline this year.
Evenepoel takes over the yellow jersey from stage 3 winner Iván Romeo (Movistar), and made gains on his two main GC rivals Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).
Vingegaard finished second on the stage, 20 seconds down on Evenepoel, whilst Pogačar took fourth, ceding 48 seconds to the Belgian at the halfway point of the race.
Evenepoel came across the line 37 seconds faster than previous leader Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), who was knocked off the hotseat but held on for third on the stage.
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Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) during ITT (Image credit: Getty Images)
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