Fernando Gaviria (quick -step floors) wins stage 4 sprint tour d France.

Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step) out sprints Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) to nab his second stage victory of this year's Tour d France in  Sarzeau on stage 4.  

While green jersey wearer Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) squeezed up inside to take second as Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) took third after striking out early.

How stage 4 unfolded

After BMC Racing won the stage 3 team time trial, Greg Van Avermaet was keen to start the day in the yellow jersey, perhaps hoping it would be a good omen for the national side ahead of Belgium's clash with France at the FIFA World Cup later in the day.

It was a lengthy neutral zone with the peloton travelling nine kilometres before the flag was finally dropped for racing to begin. Each of the Pro Continental teams had riders getting up close and personal with the race director's car, eager to make it into another breakaway. It would likely be a publicity effort with the peloton targeting a third sprint finish of this year's Tour de France.

Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) finished safely in the peloton retain the yellow jersey.

Top ten General classification standings 

1, Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) BMC Racing Team 13:33:56,
2, Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team,
3, Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 00:00:03,
4, Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:05,
5, Julian Alaphilippe (France) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:07,
6, Bob Jungels (Luxemburg) Quick-Step Floors,
7, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 00:00:11,
8, Søren Kragh Andersen (Denmark) Team Sunweb,
9, Michael Matthews (Australia) Team Sunweb,
10, Rigoberto Uran (Colombia) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale