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Adam Yates became the third British rider in four days to claim a stage victory at the Tour de Romandie as he also assumed the overall lead.<\/span><\/p>\n The 30-year-old won Saturday’s stage four in the Swiss Alps by seven seconds from France’s Thibaut Pinot to take the yellow jersey from Spain’s Juan Ayuso.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Yates has a 19-second lead on American Matteo Jorgenson ahead of Sunday’s fifth and final stage in Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n Britons Ethan Vernon and Ethan Hayter won stages one and two respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n Yates had to come through a tough battle with Pinot high in the mountains on the 161.6km fourth stage between Sion and Thyon.<\/span><\/p>\n In doing so, he moved clear at the top of the overall standings – taking first place from his UAE Emirates team-mate Ayuso, who had <\/span>won Friday’s third stage.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Yates launched his attack 4km from the finish, on the long final climb of almost 21km hemmed in by walls of snow.<\/span><\/p>\n “It’s a really good performance from the team,” said Yates after claiming his first victory since joining UAE last September.<\/span><\/p>\n Fellow Briton Max Poole sits fourth overall, 38 seconds behind Yates, after finishing fourth in Saturday’s stage.<\/span><\/p>\n The final stage will take place on Sunday over 170.8 km between Vufflens-la-Ville and Geneva.<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Adam Yates (GB\/UAE Team Emirates) 4hrs 40mins 41secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Thibaut Pinot (Fra\/Groupama – FDJ) +7secs<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Damiano Caruso (Ita\/Bahrain Victorious) +19secs<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Max Poole (GB\/Team DSM) +21secs<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Matteo Jorgenson (US\/Movistar Team) +21secs<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Adam Yates (GB\/UAE Team Emirates) 13hrs 14mins 41secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Matteo Jorgenson (US\/Movistar Team) +19secs<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Damiano Caruso (Ita\/Bahrain Victorious) +27secs<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Max Poole (GB\/Team DSM) +38secs<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra\/Groupama – FDJ) +41secs<\/span><\/p>\nStage four result<\/h3>\n
General classification after stage four<\/h3>\n