Fernando Gaviria claimed his second stage win of the Vuelta a San Juan on stage 4 as the Quick-Step Floors team reverted to their opening stage approach, with Tom Boonen leading out the Colombian and Elia Viviani (Italy) finishing a helpless second.
After Wednesday's time trial, it was another day for the sprinters, and Ramunas Navardauskas, who took the overall lead in the time trial, finished safely in the bunch to keep hold of the blue jersey.
The bunch, however, played with fire. Whereas on the opening two stages the breakaway was never allowed to carve out an advantage of more than three minutes, this time a large group of 13 took out nearly six minutes on the 160km circuit-based route in San Martín.
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The catch was only made in the final few kilometres as Quick-Step once again showed themselves to be the strongest team in the peloton. Boonen did plenty of work to ensure a bunch sprint would ensue, and he went on to deliver another textbook leadout for Gaviria, who did not disappoint.
Once again, Elia Viviani was the only rider to get close, though with three second places now, the Italian must be sick of seeing the back of the QuickStep jersey.
"It's difficult to know who is the fastest here," said Gaviria. "I don't know if it's me because I have the best team in world for the sprints. The team put me in the best possible position today."
How it unfolded
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