Adriano Malori in the Tour de Romandie 2010, Stage 3. Photo by Fanny Schertzer and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

After three riders were unable to start Stage 4 of the Tour de France, 191 riders were left to come home on a long but fast day, quiet sizzle after the furious pop of Stage 3. Adriano Malori of Movistar sat at the fulcrum of the peloton at the end of the stage and is the first rider of the 2015 Tour to hold the Point d’Appui.

Malori, the Lanterne Rouge of the 2010 Tour de France, has won three of the last five National Time Trial Championships of Italy, including this year’s contest. He also won the final time trial, Stage 21, in the 2014 Vuelta a España.

With his strong finish, Tony Martin of Etixx-Quick-Step was able to just finish enough ahead of Chris Froome to gain the maillot jaune. Michael Matthews of Orica GreenEdge remained the Lanterne Rouge, although if he mends enough he will assuredly climb out of last place.