Samuel Lerꦬoux celebrates♊ at finish line as stage winner at 54th Etoile de Besseges (Image credit: Getty Images)
T♈he stage 4 breakaway of Samuel Leroux, Leo Danes, Jonas Iversbꦜy Hvideberg, Dries De Bondt and Stefan Bissegger at Etoile de Besseges (Image credit: Getty Images)
The stage 4 br𒆙eakaway of Samuel Leroux, Leo Danes, Jonas Iversby Hvideberg, Dries De Bondt and Stefan Bissegger at Etoile de Bes🧸seges (Image credit: Getty Images)
The stage 4 breakaway of Samuel Leroux, Leo Danes, Jonas Iversby Hvideberg, Driesﷺ🧔 De Bondt and Stefan Bissegger at Etoile de Besseges (Image credit: Getty Images)
A genera🎃l view of the peloton passing through a bridge during the 54th Etoile de🎐 Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
A general view of the peloton compe𒆙ting during stage 4 atꦑ Etoile de Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
Point leader Benoit Cosnefroy as✨sisted by the team caꦑr during stage 4 at Etoile de Besseges (Image credit: Getty Images)
Tim Dec𝔍lercq leads the peloton during stage 4 ꦏat Etoile de Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
Stefan Bissegger and Dries De Bondt compete in th෴e breakaway during stage 4 at the Etoile de Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
Simon𝓀🥂 Carr attacks during stage 4 at Etoile de Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
Valentin Retailleau attacks 🥂during stage 4 at Etoile de Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
Mads Pedersen of Den📖mark and Team Lidl-Trek wears the orange leader's Jersey on stage 4 at E🍃toile de Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
Samuel Leroux leads the break during stage 4 at 54t൩h Etoile de Besseges (Image credit: Getty Images)
Samuel Leroux cross the finish li✤ne to win the the fourth stage of꧃ the 54nd Etoile de Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
Frenc✱h rider Samuel Leroux celebrates on the podium after winning the fourth stage of the 5ꦰ4nd Etoile de Besseges(Image credit: Getty Images)
Samuel Leroux surprised the big-name riders and overall contenders at the Eto🍃ile de Beꦆssèges, winning stage 4 to Méjannes-le-Clap from the early break of the day.
The Van Rysel–Roubaix rider dug deep on the climb to the finish to close a gap, hold off the peloton and win the four-rider🧸 sprint.
Leroux beat Dries De Bondt (Decath🎐lon Ag2r), Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) Jonas Hvideberg and Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (both Uno-X Mobility).
Magnus Cort (Uno-X M⛦obility) won the sprint behind for fifth place, just two seconds down on a tired but happy Leroux.
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) finished in the chase group and so retained the overall race lead, with just Sunda🦩y’s 10.6km individual time trial around Alès to race. He leads Axel Laurance (Alpecin-Deceuninck) by just six seconds, with eight other riders within 28 seconds.
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