Breakaway King Simmons Escapes with Win at Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
Quinn Simmons earned his first win in France after a breakaway held off the peloton by a few seconds.
- American champion Quinn Simmons of Lidl-Trek won the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes stage on Wednesday, with his breakaway group finishing ahead of the peloton at Montrond-les-Bains.
- Regularly featuring in breakaway attempts while wearing his stars and stripes road champion jersey, Simmons earned his first win in France and his third at World Tour level.
- Finn Fisher-Black of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe finished behind Simmons, with Matteo Vercher of TotalEnergies completing the podium after the group accelerated over the final kilometres of the 167km route.
- Overall leader Alex Baudin of EF Education-EasyPost retains the yellow jersey, while Belgian Wout Van Aert won the sprint behind the break and Ineos Grenadiers pair Kevin Vauquelin and Oscar Onley trail by 12sec.
- Thursday's stage five is the longest on the eight-day race at 195.8km, and the event culminates with a Sunday finale featuring a 11.3-kilometre climb at the Plateau de Solaison in the French Alps.
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Quinn Simmons won the 4th stage of the Aura Tour on Wednesday. The American Quinn Simmons is back in good shape as he approaches the Tour de France with his victory in the 4th stage of the Tour d
Fourth stage, this Wednesday 10 June, of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, between Le Puy-en-Velay in Haute-Loire and Montrond-les-Bains, in the Loire. This cycling race presents itself as a prelude to the Tour de France. Quinn Simmons, champion of the United States, has won. Alex Baudin keeps the yellow jersey.
Quinn Simmons has won the fourth stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, formerly the Critérium du Dauphiné.
The fourth stage of the former Dauphiné brought the breakaways their third success. American champion Quinn Simmons won a sprint from a group of ten breakaways that finished just four seconds ahead of the main group. This allowed Alex Baudin to once again defend the leader's yellow jersey.
Surprised on Wednesday in Montrond-les-Bains! After 167,4 km, the breakaway resisted the return peloton for a few seconds, allowing the American Quinn Simmons (Lidl Trek) to win in the sprint, ahead of Rhôdanien Mattéo Vercher (TotalEnergies), third.
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