Magnier times it right in Heilbronn as Del Toro seals Deutschland Tour
The Soudal Quick-Step sprinter won from a reduced bunch, while Isaac del Toro finished the race with the overall, points and youth classifications.
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Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) won the final stage of the Lidl Deutschland Tour in Heilbronn, beating Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) and Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek).
Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) took the overall by 1:24 from Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Soudal Quick-Step), with Natnael Tesfatsion (Movistar) third at 1:25. The Mexican champion also won the points and young rider classifications, and finished third in the mountains competition.
Six riders formed the day's move: Miguel Heidemann (REMBE rad-net), Ben Felix Jochum (Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur), Ian Kings (Team Visma Lease a Bike Development), Lennart Voege (Team Storck-MRW Bau), Ko Molenaar (Development Team Picnic PostNL) and Dominik Röber (Team Vorarlberg). Their advantage peaked at 3:15, the largest gap of any stage in this race apart from the opening road stage.
Heidemann used the escape to secure the mountains jersey, taking maximum points on two ascents of the Jägerhaus before the break was reeled in.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, Lidl-Trek and Soudal Quick-Step shared the chase. Röber, Molenaar and Voege were caught with 41km remaining, Kings, Jochum and Heidemann with 15km left.
Del Toro attacked from the front group with 12km to go and Louis Barré (Team Visma Lease a Bike) went after him. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) joined the chase before both were brought back with 6.6km left.
Edgar David Cadena (Team Storck-MRW Bau) attacked at 1.7km and was caught inside the final kilometre with his compatriot, leaving Magnier to finish it off.
Result: Lidl Deutschland Tour stage 4
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