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By MTN - Qhubeka
Stage 4 of the Tour of Eritrea saw riders climbing along the 94km route from Keren to Asmara. MTN-Qhubeka’s Jani Tewelde claimed his second stage victory of this year’s tour in front of his ecstatic Eritrean countrymen as he outsprinted a group of four breakaway riders to claim his team’s third win of the tour.
Jacques Janse Van Rensburg retained his overall race lead and is making good progress towards claiming his maiden Tour of Eritrea title.
Four riders escaped early on the day’s stage and as the peloton recognised that none of the leaders were a serious threat to the overall positions, the gap quickly grew to 2, then 3 then 4 minutes.
Dawit Haile riding for the Red Sea Camels then launched an attack up the only serious climb of the day, the Shindwa Pass, and before long he had ridden across to the leading quartet, which started alarm bells ringing in the peloton as he had started the day in sixth position overall, just 3min 55sec behind the race leader.
Team MTN-Qhubeka calmly upped the pace and slowly reeled in the gap to the break and Tewelde crossed the finish line only 1min44sec ahead of the yellow jersey bunch.
Tour of Eritrea 2012 Stage 4 Result
General Classification @ Stage 4
