Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta del Sol: Team Bahrain Victorious' Wout Poels outsprints Alexey Lutsenko to land fourth stage

Wout Poels outsprinted Alexey Lutsenko after a late breakaway to take the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Andalusia Ruta del Sol — and the leader's jersey going into Sunday's final stage. The pair extricated themselves from a larger group with 15 kilometres to go and had enough of a gap to keep their lead, with Poels edging the sprint to win by half a bike length.

Ad/> The stage saw the riders roll out of Cullar Vega to take on a hilly, 167-kilometre route towards the finish at Baza. Tour de FranceWoods and Poels duel promises a polka dot battle to savour10/07/2021 AT 17:17 Friday's third stage — which had seen Ineos Grenadiers' Magnus Sheffield take his first professional win — had involved plenty of breakaway attempts, and it was the same story on Saturday as a group of riders managed to get a lead of over two-and-a-half minutes with just 60 kilometres to go.

And it was from that group that Poels and Lutsenko broke off the front to get a lead of around 35 seconds as the final five kilometres approached. From there, Poels — perhaps against the odds against the more-fancied Lutsenko — made it count.

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/> «We have the [leader's] jersey now so we're going to ride for it. »The legs are good, so let's see tomorrow." Poels will carry a lead of ten seconds over Miguel Angel Lopez into the final day, which sees the riders travel 146km from Huesa to the