Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid, Thursday, February 1st 2023
Stage 4 of the Saudi Tour was promised to a climber or at least a man with GC ambitions and it delivered. The decisive and extremely steep climb to the Skyviews of Harrad Uwayrid saw four strong men pull away: Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), Formolo, Grossschartner (UAE Team Emirates) and Guerreiro (Movistar). They managed to keep a decent enough gap on the green jersey group to make it clear to the line and battle for the overall lead. Ruben Guerreiro proved to be the fastest beating Formolo and Buitrago to the line. The Portuguese who joined Movistar from EF during the winter break wins his fourth ever pro win and captures the green jersey with one day to go.
STAGE CLASSIFICATION
- Ruben Almeida Guerreiro (Movistar Team) 03h45’01’’
- Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) +00’’
- Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Bahrain Victorious) +00’’
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
- Ruben Almeida Guerreiro (Movistar Team) 17h09’51’’
- Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) +08’’
- Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Bahrain Victorious) +09’’
