Adam Yates won stage four of the Tour de Romandie, Sion to Thyon 2000 of 161.6km.

On the only uphill finish of the Swiss race, on a rain-conditioned day, the UAE Emirates rider preceded Thibaut Pinot (Groupama Fdj) and Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) by a few seconds.

Nothing to do for Juan Ayuso , leader of the general this morning: the young Spaniard broke away at -8 from the finish, then arriving more than 3 minutes behind. One stage from the conclusion, the podium of the standings is made up of Adam Yates, Matteo Jorgenson and Caruso himself.

Photo Sprint Cycling

Order of arrival:

1 YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 0:00:10

2 PINOT Thibaut Groupama - FDJ 0:07

3 CARUSO Damiano Bahrain - Victorious 0:19

4 POOLE Max Team DSM 0:21

5 JORGENSON Matteo Movistar Team ,,

6 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian BORA - hansgrohe 0:23

7 BARDET Romain Team DSM 0:45

8 BERNAL Egan INEOS Grenadiers 0:54

9 DUNBAR Eddie Team Jayco AlUla,,

10 GLOAG Thomas Jumbo-Visma,,

Overall ranking:

1 YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 13:14:41

2 JORGENSON Matteo Movistar Team + 19

3 CARUSO Damiano Bahrain Victorious + 27

4 POOLE Max Team DSM + 38

5 PINOT Thibaut Groupama-FDJ + 41

6 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian BORA-hansgrohe + 01:21

7 BARDET Romain Team DSM + 01:28

8 DUNBAR Edward Team Jayco-AlUla + 01:53

9 BERNAL Egan INEOS Grenadiers + 01:53

10 MAJKA Rafal UAE Team Emirates + 02:07