Eduardo Sepulveda (Fortuneo Vital Concept) was the strongest climber during stage 4 at the Tour de San Luis, claiming the summit finish to Cerro El Amago. The Argentinean climber attacked partway up the final 10km climb and built enough of a lead to take the stage win ahead of solo chaser Janier Acevedo (Jamis) in second, Roman Villalobos (Costa Rica) in third and Dayer Quintana (Movistar) in fourth.
Sepulveda's effort was enough to bump him into the overall race lead by three seconds ahead of Dayer Quintana and 38 seconds to Rodrigo Contreras (Etixx - QuickStep).
Stage 4 was a big day for the climbers, who were treated to their first summit finish at the Tour de San Luis. The day started in San Luis and went through two intermediate sprints at Villa De La Quebrada (32.8km) and San Francisco Del Monte De Oro (117.5km), which spelled the end for the sprinters.
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The route then took the peloton up the first KOM at Alto De la Candela (128.7km). That climb continued onto the summit (140km) at Alto del Amago. The last climb was 10km with an average gradient of 7.3 per cent and a maximum of 11.5 per cent.
It wasn’t long before a breakaway set off with Richard Carapaz (Strongman–Campagniolo), Ariel Sivori and Julian Gaday (Los Matanceros), Riccardo Stacchiotti (Nippo Vini Fantini), Nippo Vini Fantini (Unitedhealthcare), Ruben Ramos (Argentina), Jon Hornbeck (Holowesko-Citadel), Ignacio Sarabia (Inteja-MMR) and Emmanuel Guevara (San Luis Team).
The large breakaway held a 2:45 gap over the field with 60km to go. But as the race drew closer to the final ascent, the riders began to show how tired they were and several of them fell off the pace. The time gap then dropped to 1:45 with 16km to go.
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