Volta a Portugal: Luis Ángel Maté wins stage 4

UTRECHT NETHERLANDS AUGUST 20 Luis ngel Mat Mardones of Spain and Team Euskaltel Euskadi competes in the breakaway during the 77th Tour of Spain 2022 Stage 2 a 1751km stage from sHertogenbosch to Utrecht LaVuelta22 WorldTour on August 20 2022 in Utrecht Netherlands Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Luis Angel Mate (Euskaltel Euskadi) (Image credit: Getty Images)

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40-year-old Luis Angel Mate (Euskaltel-Euskadi) outsprinted his breakaway companions to win stage 4 of the 85th edition of the Volta a Portugal. Rafael Reis (Sabgal-Anicolor) was second and Iñigo Elosegui (Kern Pharma) took third in Guarda.

Mate was part of the 11-rider breakaway which escaped after 32 kilometres of racing on the 164.5km stage and at one time held a maximum gap of over 6 minutes to the field.

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