ORCIERES MERLETTE, France (Reuters) – Slovenian Primoz Roglic showed no ill effects of his crash earlier this month as he prevailed in the first mountain-top finish of the Tour de France in the fourth stage, a 160.5-km ride from Sisteron on Tuesday.
His compatriot Tadej Pogacar was second and Frenchman Guillaume Martin was third in a sprint featuring all the pre-race favourites.
France’s Julian Alaphilippe retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey when he took fifth place.
Roglic, whose participation in the Tour was in doubt after a crash in the Criterium du Dauphine, eased to victory to claim a 10-second bonus and send an early warning to his rivals.
Wednesday’s fifth stage is a 183-km effort from Gap to Privas.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Toby Davis)
