Greipel at the double in Brit Tour

Germany’s Andre Greipel was victorious at Royal Leamington Spa as the Tour of Britain’s fourth stage ended in a sprint.

The Lotto-Soudal sprinter won for a second time this week, adding the 183.5-kilometres stage from Nuneaton to Sunday’s opening win in Newport, with Italy’s Sacha Modolo (Education First) second and Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing) third.

New Zealand’s Bevin (BMC Racing) retained the overall lead ahead of today’s fifth stage – a 14km uphill team time-trial from Cockermouth to Whinlatter.

Australia’s Cameron Meyer is four seconds behind and Julian Alaphilippe, of France, is a further two seconds back. Hugh Carthy (Education First) is the highestplaced Briton, 0.23 behind in ninth. The race finishes in London on Sunday.

Italy’s Alessandro De Marchi won stage 11 of La Vuelta as Britain’s Simon Yates clung on to the overall lead.

BMC rider De Marchi opened up a gap on the final uphill section of the 207.8km route from Mombuey to Luintra and comfortably held on for a 28-second victory. Colombian Jhonatan Restrepo (Katusha Alpecin) emerged through the rain clouds to finish second, while Italian Franco Pellizotti (Bahrain-Merida) was a further 31 seconds behind in third.

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde is one second behind Yates in the general classification, while Colombian Nairo Quintana is 14 seconds adrift.