Tour of the Alps: Tao Geoghegan Hart maintains lead on penultimate stage
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Tao Geoghegan Hart finished 18th on stage four
Tao Geoghegan Hart maintained his 22-second lead over fellow Briton Hugh Carthy at the Tour of the Alps on the penultimate stage.
Thursday's 152.9km stage was won by Austrian Gregor Muhlberger, who pipped Torstein Traeen and Giulio Pellizzari in a breakaway in northern Italy.
Ineos Grenadiers rider Geoghegan Hart finished in the main group.
He was alongside EF Education-Easypost's Carthy and Australian Jack Haig, who is third overall.
Geoghegan Hart, 28, won the first two stages of the race earlier in the week and victory in the general classification would be his first race win since he triumphed in the Giro d'Italia in 2020.
The final day is a tricky 144.5km stage which begins with a steep climb and ends in the Italian city of Bruneck.
Stage four result
Gregor Muhlberger (Aut/Movistar) 4hrs 16mins 53secs
Torstein Traeen (Nor/UNO-X) Same time
Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizane)
Patrick Konrad (Aut/BORA-Hansgrohe) +40secs
Stefan de Bod (SA/EF Education-Easypost) Same time
Oscar Rodriguez (Spa/Movistar)
Marco Frigo (Ita/ISRAEL-Premier Tech)
Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra/AG2R Citroen Team)
Mark Donovan (GB/Q36.5)
Antonio Pedrero (Spa/Movistar)
General classification
Tao Geoghegan Hart (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) 15hrs 41mins 54secs
Hugh Carthy (GB/EF Education-Easypost) +22secs
Jack Haig (Aus/Bahrain-Victorious) +28secs
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (Ecu/EF Education-Easypost) +36secs
Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita/EOLO-Kometa) +38secs
Lennard Kamna (Ger/BORA-Hansgrohe) +45secs
Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/BORA-Hansgrohe) +49secs
Pavek Sivakov (Fra/Ineos Grenadiers) +56secs
Santiago Buitrago (Col/Bahrain-Victorious) +58secs
Felix Gall (Aut/AG2R Citroen) +1min 20secs