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Alasdair Fotheringham

AlUla Tour: Matteo Malucelli denies Jonathan Milan with surprise sprint win on stage 4

HEGRA, SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 30: Matteo Malucelli of Italy and XDS Astana Team celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Jonathan Milan of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek - Red Points Jersey and Frits Biesterbos of Netherlands and Team Picnic PostNL during the 6th AlUla Tour 2026, Stage 4 a 173,4 km stage from Winter Park - Alula to Hegra - Shalal Sijyat Rocks 785m on January 30, 2026 in Hegra, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

Italian veteran Matteo Malucelli (XDS-Astana) has captured a memorable shock bunch sprint win on stage 4 of the AlUIa Tour after a slight miscalculation by arch-favourite Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) saw the Italian suffer a surprise defeat in the final metres.

Overall and with one day remaining, the GC remains in the hands of Yannis Voisard (Tudor Pro Cycling), after a largely flat 173-kilometre stage where the main interest boiled down to the final mass dash for the line at Shalal Sijyat Rocks.

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