Only Jhonatan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers) was able to follow the Austrian until 18 kilometres before the finish, before the Ecuadorian also dropped back. From then on, Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) rode alone and, thanks to a convincing performance after a second place on stage 3 the following day, finished first after 152.5 kilometres between Monthey and Leukerbad. "I'm overwhelmed and don't know what to think," said the 25-year-old, who is currently "in the form of his life" and impressively demonstrated this with his first professional victory.
The top 10 of stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse 2023
- Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) 3:42:22
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) +1:02
- Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) +1:03
- Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1:05
- Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma) +1:05
- Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) +1:05
- Romain Bardet (Team DSM) +1:07
- Sylvain Moniquet (Lotto-Dstny) +1:10
- Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan Team) +1:36
- Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1:49
Schachmann best German
The group of favourites reached the finish more than a minute behind the day's winner. First and foremost Romain Bardet (Team DSM) was active from this group and kept attacking without really being able to pull away. Top favourite Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) confirmed yesterday's impression and repeatedly dropped out of the group, but fought his way back towards the end to finish second. None of the favourites made any real effort to catch up with the breakaway.
For the German team Bora-Hansgrohe 20-year-old Cian Uijtdebroeks finished 4th on stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse 2023 and also moved up in the overall standings. The best German rider was Maximilian Schachmann, who just made it into the top 10 in tenth place.
The overall standings of the Tour de Suisse after stage 4
- Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) 11:19:50
- Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) +0:02
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:16
- Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:57
- Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma) +1:12
- Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) +1:18
- Romain Bardet (Team DSM) +1:25
- Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1:26
- Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) +1:33
- Rigoberto Uran (EF Education EasyPost) +1:50
Felix Gall leads the overall standings with this victory, having pushed Mattias Skjelmose into second place and Remco Evenepoel into third. Wout van Aert remains the leader in the points classification, while Lilian Calmejane took over the mountains jersey.
