
It was another big chance for the sprinters on stage 4 of the Vuelta a Andalucia, and it was taken by young Belgian sprint sensation, Tom Crabbe (Flanders-Baloise), ahead of Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) and Sandy Dujardin (TotalEnergies), rounding off the podium in Pozoblanco.
The day started off slowly with a steady ascent of the one and only categorised climb with a three-man break getting away. They were kept on a tight leash, though, as the peloton had eyes on the first Golden Kilometre of the race with nine seconds available. They were well fought for, with Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ United) coming out of it best of the GC men, gaining five bonus seconds, moving up to third overall