TOUR OF BRITAIN: PALOMARES ADDS TO PALMARES

Tour of Britain stage four

Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) took Tour of Britain stage four after he and two companions got away from the decisive 26-rider attack on the Cow and Calf climb just outside Bradford.

Palomares beat Belgian Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques) and fellow Spaniard David Blanco (Duja Tavira), finishing 12 seconds ahead of the chasers. Thanks to the ten-second time bonus for winnig the stage, Palomares also pulled on the race leader's yellow jersey after Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff) finished in the main bunch 57 seconds adrift of the attackers.

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