Stage and jersey for Joao Almeida who pulls off one of his trademark performances in the fourth stage, the Beasain-Markina-Xemein of 169 kilometers, of the Itzulia Basque Country. An outstanding performance by the Portuguese rider from UAE Team Emirates XRG (today in the mountain jersey) who breaks away from his rivals on the Izua climb with 15 kilometers to go. A great action, well-coordinated and effective, which Almeida completed solo under the finish line, beating his immediate chasers by 28" in a sprint won by his teammate Isaac Del Toro ahead of Maximilian Schachmann, who hands over the yellow leader's jersey to winner Almeida. A good performance also by Simone Velasco, who finishes in seventh position.

STAGE RESULTS

1 ALMEIDA Joao UAE Team Emirates-XRG 03:52:39

2 DEL TORO Isaac UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 28

3 SCHACHMANN Max Soudal Quick-Step + 28

4 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément XDS Astana Team + 28

5 GROSSSCHARTNE Felix UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 28

6 BERTHET Clément Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 28

7 VELASCO Simone XDS Astana Team + 28

8 ONLEY Oscar Team Picnic PostNL + 28

9 VAN WILDER Ilan Soudal Quick-Step + 28

10 MARTIN-GUYONNET Guillaume Groupama-FDJ + 28

11 KELDERMAN Wilco Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 28

12 SKJELMOSE Mattias Lidl-Trek + 28

13 MAS Enric Movistar Team + 28

14 LIPOWITZ Florian Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 28

15 BUITRAGO Santiago Bahrain Victorious + 01:05

16 COBO Ivan Equipo Kern Pharma + 01:13

17 SILVA Thomas Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01:23

18 VERGALLITO Luca Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01:23

19 JEGAT Jordan Team TotalEnergies + 01:23

20 IRIBAR Unai Equipo Kern Pharma + 01:23