Tour de France: Thor Hushovd wins stage 4

Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd sprinted his way to a stage four victory in the 2007 Tour de France on Wednesday.

Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland maintained the overall lead, while Hushovd moved into second place, 29 seconds behind Cancellara.

Cancellara is not confident of keeping the yellow jersey. "When I get into the mountains, it's sure that it's finished," Cancellara said.

Danish mountain specialist, and "King of the Mountains" for 2005 and 2006, Michael Rasmussen agrees that the Alps will be a turning point in the race.

"We'll definitely get some answers on those days," Rasmussen said. "Already on the Colombiere [La Colombiere Pass], there will be guys from the general classification maybe even dropping or being in trouble."

French mountain specialist Remy Di Gregorio withdrew from the Tour after fracturing his elbow during stage 4.

Stage 4 results

RankRiderTeamTime1Thor HushovdCrédit Agricole 4h 37'47"2Robert HunterBarloworld s.t"3Óscar FreireRabobank s.t"4Erik ZabelTeam Milram s.t"5Danilo NapolitanoLampre-Fondital s.t"6Gert SteegmansQuick Step-Innergetic s.t"7Robert FörsterGerolsteiner s.t"8Tom BoonenQuick Step-Innergetic s.t"9Sébastien ChavanelFrançaise des Jeux s.t"10Mark CavendishT-Mobile Team s.t"

General classification after stage 4

RankRiderTeamTime1Fabian CancellaraTeam CSC 19h 49'55"2 Thor HushovdCrédit Agricole 29"3 Andreas KlödenAstana Team 33"4 David MillarSaunier Duval-Prodir 41"5 George HincapieDiscovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43"6 Bradley WigginsCofidis 43"7 Sylvain ChavanelCofidis 44"8Vladimir GusevDiscovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45" 9Tom BoonenQuick Step-Innergetic 46" 10 Vladimir KarpetsCaisse d'Epargne 46"