Fabio Jakobsen just beats Sam Bennett to La Vuelta Stage 4 Victory

Fabio Jakobsen denied a surging Sam Bennett to take his first Grand Tour stage victory at just 22 years old

As the race left Cullera a group of two riders broke away and built up a maximum lead of six minutes. This move would be reeled back in as the pack closed in on the final 20km.

Wind would see the peloton stretched as they descended towards the line in El Puig but ultimately it would not split the group.

Deceuninck – Quick-Step put the Dutch national champion in perfect position, to sprint straight to the line.

Stage three winner Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) went the wrong way around the final roundabout in the final 1200m and fought his way back through the field from around 12th place and put in a remarkable surge to threaten Jakobsen, but the 22-year-old's bike throw was just that bit better.

Bennett took second with Sunweb’s Max Walscheid settling for third place.

Nicolas Roche (Sunweb) finished comfortably in the bunch, holding onto his race lead, 2 seconds clear of Nairo Quintana (Movistar).

VIDEO: 2019 La Vuelta Stage 4 Highlights

2019 La Vuelta Stage 4 Top 10

1 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 04:04:16
2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
4 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates
5 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
6 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
7 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
9 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
10 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates 

2019 La Vuelta GC after Stage 4

1 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 13:55:30
2 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:02
3 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First 0:00:08
4 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:22
5 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:33
6 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:35
7 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education First 0:00:37
8 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:38
9 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:46
10 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe