A breakthrough performance by Timo De Jong (VolkerWessels) in the fourth stage of the Tour of Holland, a 158.3-kilometer route starting from Emmen and finishing at the top of the Col du Vam, after twelve ascents of the same climb where the European Championships were held two years ago. At that time Christophe Laporte (Visma Lease a Bike) won the continental title, and today he tries to repeat his success, taking a good position relative to Lukas Kubis (Tietema Rockets) but not accounting for the 26-year-old Dutch rider, who secures his eighth career victory, but his first in a professional race.

Laporte nonetheless consoles himself by wearing the leader's jersey with a comfortable half-minute margin over Kubis on the eve of the final Sunday, snatching the general classification lead from Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step) who abandoned due to illness. De Jong's clear courage was rewarded, as he carried the day's breakaway to the finish, which arrived with almost all of its original protagonists, with Laporte and Kubis joining the leading group with 17 kilometers to go.

TOP TEN

1 de Jong Timo VolkerWessels Cycling Team 03:32:49

2 Laporte Christophe Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 00

3 Kubis Lukas Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00

4 Ottema Rick Diftar Continental Cycling Team + 06

5 Boulahoite Rayan Team TotalEnergies + 06

6 de Vries Hartthijs Unibet Tietema Rockets + 16

7 Vanhoof Ward Team Flanders-Baloise + 01:01

8 van Poppel Danny Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 01:03

9 Dujardin Sandy Team TotalEnergies + 01:05

10 Bol Cees XDS Astana Team + 01:05

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1 Laporte Christophe Team Visma | Lease a Bike 6:27:30

2 Kubiš Lukáš Unibet Tietema Rockets 0:37

3 Söderqvist Jakob Lidl - Trek 1:05

4 Boulahoite Rayan Team TotalEnergies 1:25

5 Ottema Rick Diftar Continental Cyclingteam 1:26

6 Lampaert Yves Soudal Quick-Step 1:28

7 de Jong Timo VolkerWessels Cycling Team 1:30

8 de Vries Hartthijs Unibet Tietema Rockets 1:32

9 Hoole Daan Lidl - Trek 1:36

10 Lanhove Milan Team Flanders - Baloise 1:52