Tour of the Alps: Thymen Arensman wins stage 4 to blow-up GC battle

The Dutchman, winner at Obertilliach in the Austrian Tyrol, relegates former leader Michael Storer to 11 seconds. Derek Gee completes the podium.

Thymen Arensman is the first Dutchman ever to win a stage at the Tour of the Alps. And what a stage… some of the insiders didn’t hesitate to call it “the most beautiful in the history of this race”. The credits......

On Thursday, the Tour of the Alps was probably the hardest stage of the tour, which caused a change of direction in the overall classification.

On Thursday, Dutchman Thymen Arensman (25 years old), boarder of the Ineos Grenadiers team, won the fourth stage of the Tour des Alpes alone. It was the third victory since the beginning of his career, the first since 2022. At the finish, the Dutchman expressed, in words reported by the AFP: "It was an incredible day. It was very cold at the beginning of the stage. I attacked in the descent (of the Kreuzberg) to try to get out. I felt very well.…

With a total of 3:21 minutes behind, Tirol's cycling star Felix Gall will start the final of the Tour of the Alps on Friday. After the Obertilliach stage, Dutchman Thymen Arensman leads.

Dutch rider Thymen Arensman (Ineos-Grenadiers) won on Thursday the fourth stage of the Tour des Alpes after a solo raid of nearly 80 kilometers. A victory that allowed him to do double-kick since he recovered the green jersey of Michael Storer, third of this stage.