With seven categorized climbs and an uphill finish, the fourth stage promised to be an interesting one. After the last remaining breakaway rider was caught on the first climb of Mont Brouilly, Lucas Plapp and Santiago Buitrago took their chance to break away from the peloton.

The two steadily increased their lead and on the final climb of Mont Brouilly Buitrago proved to be the strongest. In the group with the other favorites, Jorgenson and Kelderman climbed with the best riders. The American eventually crossed the finish line in eighth place, Kelderman finished eleventh.

"A fine performance by Wilco and Matteo," sports director Frans Maassen said. "They were well in front on the final climb and held on strongly. We thought Matteo would be good, so this only confirms what we hoped for. We had to endure the race and I think the guys rode a good race."

According to the sports director, it was far from an easy day. "At the end there were only fifteen riders left, so that says it all." In the general classification, Jorgenson occupies eighth place, just under a minute behind the leader. "Our goal is to go for a good general classification. Tomorrow there is another chance to sprint with Olav Kooij and after that we will see what is still possible in the general classification."