Gonzalo Serrano won at Helmsley and became the head of the general

the Spanish cyclist Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar) took the win this Wednesday, in the fourth stage of the Tour of Great Britain, by beating the other runners who joined him in a small breakaway group in the final sprint and taking the lead in the general classification.

There were four cyclists who broke away on the last climb of the day, Newgate Bank, 8 kilometers from the finish line, but Serrano was fastest in his sprint and managed to leave the British Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) second and the Belgian Dylan Teuns (Israel Premier Tech) was third.

Behind them, in addition, the Spaniard Omar Fraile, Pidcock’s teammate, had an outstanding stage, fighting until the end for the victory without abandoning his cooperation, and finished fourth, moving up to second place in general.

In this way, the two Spaniards remain in the rest of the general classification of the Tour of Great Britain, with Serrano in the blue jersey, leading with a 7 second advantage after time bonuses over the two riders of the INEOS Grenadiers team. , Pidcock and Friar, and about the former leader, the Canadian Benjamin Perry (WiV SunGod)

Gonzalo Serrano, 28, completed the 149.5km route between Redcar and Duncombe Park (Helmsley) in 3 hours, 40 minutes and 38 seconds, adding to his third stage victory as a professional, his first of the year , after being achieved in 2020 and 2021, both in the Vuelta a Andalucía.

In addition, with this Wednesday’s victory, the Madrid cyclist became the third Spaniard to win a stage in Great Britain after Adrián Palomares (2007) and Pablo Urtasun (2012); and the second to lead the British test general after Juan José Lobato, who achieved this in 2015.

The fifth stage of the Tour of Britain takes place this Thursday, covering 186.8km between West Bridgford and Mansfield.