After 178 days since his last victory (the general classification at the Vuelta a España) and on the fourth day of racing this season, Jonas Vingegaard returns to winning: the Dane has conquered the fourth stage of the Race of the Sun, the Bourges - Uchon of 195 km, which today provided little sunshine. However, there was no shortage of emotions, dramatic reversals and physical challenges. With an attack in the final kilometre of the climb leading to Uchon, the Visma Lease a Bike captain dropped his breakaway companions Dani Martinez and Tim Van Dijke to claim both the stage victory and the yellow jersey.

THE RACE. A fourth stage of the Paris-Nice that defied every prediction, aided by the wind and rain that characterized the day.

The stage exploded immediately due to crosswinds and extremely high speeds. Again today there were many crashes including those of Hoole, Tarling and Onley practically halfway through the race, with the first forced to retire and the others managing to rejoin.

47 kilometres from the finish, race leader Ayuso (Lidl Trek), McNulty and Politt (UAE), Romeo and Garcia Pierna of Movistar hit the ground, with Ayuso and McNulty forced to abandon.

On the Côte de la Croix de la Liberation, Vingegaard (Visma Lease a Bike) and three Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe riders, namely Dani Martinez and twins Tim and Mick Van Dijke, attack. Meanwhile, Castrillo and Piganzoli also abandon the race, while the first to lose ground on the climb, after working hard, is Mick Van Dijke.

Behind the leaders, meanwhile, riders scattered all over the place with gaps continuing to widen.

A curiosity: the combativity award was given to twins Tim and Mick Van Dijke, something that doesn't happen every day…

STAGE RESULTS

1. Vingegaard Jonas (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) in 04:16:12
2. Martinez Daniel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) + 41
3. van Dijke Tim (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) + 45
4. van Dijke Mick (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) + 01:42
5. Steinhauser Georg (EF Education-EasyPost) + 02:54
6. Vauquelin Kévin (INEOS Grenadiers) + 03:38
7. Martinez Lenny (Bahrain Victorious) + 04:02
8. Gaudu David (Groupama-FDJ United) + 04:20
9. Plowright Jensen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) + 04:55
10. Soler Marc (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) + 05:07

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1. Vingegaard Jonas (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) in 12:53:15
2. Martinez Daniel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) + 52
3. Steinhauser Georg (EF Education-EasyPost) + 03:20
4. Vauquelin Kévin (INEOS Grenadiers) + 03:39
5. Gaudu David (Groupama-FDJ United) + 05:02
6. Martinez Lenny (Bahrain Victorious) + 05:07
7. van Dijke Tim (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) + 05:33
8. Soler Marc (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) + 05:45
9. Plowright Jensen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) + 06:27
10. Izagirre Ion (Cofidis) + 06:32