The Spanish Alejandro Valverde, Movistar, won the 4th stage of La Vuelta

USPA NEWS - The Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde, Movistar, released the dramatic end of Vejer de la Frontera scoring victory in the fourth stage of La Vuelta of Spain. Colombian Esteban Chaves continues to lead.

Valverde proved once again his enormous power in late overtaking uphill sprint to a specialist like Peter Sagan (Saxo-Tinkoff) and Dani Moreno (Katusha). Valverde thus achieved the first success for the Spanish cycling in the 70th edition of the Vuelta. Six men escaped from the start of the stage. Were Mickael Delage (FDJ), Jimmy Engoulvent (Europcar), Bert Jan Lindeman (LottoNL-Jumbo), Markel Irizar (Trek Factory Racing), Nikolas Maes (Etixx-Quick Step) and Kristijan Durasek (Lampre-Merida). Their advantage climbed exponentially until kilometer 40, reaching 13'30 ", but the entrance of the team of the leader, Orica-GreenEdge, began hunting process gradually but steady.

Was the entry of Tinkoff-Saxo at kilometer 100 which revitalized the pace in the peloton and led to a sharp cut to the break during the middle part of the stage, with continuous ledges complicating further the goal of a well-matched sextet from the beginning. Passage through provisioning, his handicap was reduced to 7 minutes. Third would be arriving at the end, when the peloton finally drop the break, cutting more than 6 minutes between Cadiz and the Intermediate Sprint in Chiclana de la Frontera. Irizar and Engoulvent, the last to keep the pulse, were absorbed to 11 kilometers to go. Esteban Chaves continue wearing the red jersey of leader on Wednesday in a flat stage between Rota and Alcala de Guadaira with foreseeable end to sprint.