Roglic wins Stage 4, Alaphilippe stays in yellow

ORCIERES-MERLETTE (France): Slovenian Primoz Roglic showed no ill effects of his crash earlier this month as he prevailed in the first mountain-top finish of this year’s Tour de France on the fourth stage, a 160.5-km ride from Sisteron today. His compatriot Tadej Pogacar was second and Frenchman Guillaume Martin was third in a sprint featuring all the pre-race favourites. France’s Julian Alaphilippe retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey when he took fifth place. Roglic, whose participation in the Tour was in doubt after a crash in the Criterium du Dauphine, eased to victory to claim a 10-second bonus and send an early warning to his rivals. “It was quite a hard day actually, but the guys did again a really good job,” said bookmakers’ favourite Roglic. Reuters