Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2022 - Matteo Moschetti wins stage four, Aleksandr Vlasov retains GC lead

Updated 05/02/2022 at 17:28 GMT

Trek-Segafredo's 25-year-old Italian cyclist Matteo Moschetti won stage four of the Volta a la Communitat Valenciana on Saturday afternoon with a well-time sprint finish. The general classificaiton was retained by Bora-Hansgrohe's Russia rider Aleksandr Vlasov, who leads Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl).

'A really scrappy finale' - Moschetti takes stage 4 sprint win of Vuelta a Valencia

Matteo Moschetti won stage four of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana for Trek-Segafredo while Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) retained the overall lead.

The Italian rider won the sprint finish in Torrevieja, as he dashed for the line with the perfect poise compared to his rivals.

He took the lead in the last corner and was able to hold off the chasing pack. Second place went to Mauel Penalver (Burgos-BH) and third to Alexander Kristoff (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux). British team Ineos Grenadiers had a fourth place finish with Elia Viviani.

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QuickStep-AlphaVinyl’s Fabio Jakobsen came in fifth.

The general classification lead is retained by Russian rider Vlasov, holding off his challenger Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), who is a little over 30 seconds behind. Ineos have Carlos Rodriguez in third, 36 seconds behind.

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